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'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 286, Mar 9 - 22, 2008
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
NATIONAL
NZ's WYD involvement delights cardinal ... Court decision won't change
practice in annulment cases ... Bishops relaxed about Baptism ruling ...
Visitor tells of challenges for Nepalese ... 50 years watching over
Paraparaumu ... 7700 abortions in 2006 after birth control failures ...
Vatican expert in NZ confident of strong cluster munitions treaty ...
50-minute homily not needed, says bishop ... Southland's famed St Mary's
Hall sold ... PM praises De La Salle results ... SI schools punch above
their weight ... Project to boost thinking ... 126 days to World Youth Day
2008 ... ERO File
FEATURES
Controversy has its place, declares Australian cardinal ... Two sisters
celebrate 60 years ... New Plymouth Dove leader commissioned ... MP's move
out of politics applauded ... Sisters tackle tough job to boost education in
PNG
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The nature of faith ... David Tutty: Apologies, power and
the common good ... Pew Point: Talk the talk or walk the walk ... Editorial:
Harsh words need not be unwelcome ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters ... Vatican
Letter: Pope's approach to problems inspires religious orders
INTERNATIONAL
Cuba's bishops get their mission from Pope ... Sr Rosalind sees God in her
massage ministry ... Ethics conflict leads cardinal to dismiss hospital
board ... $5m to study belief in God ... The Pope: Parishes seedbed for many
vocations ... Romero to be a saint? ... Nuns lead protest against US
presence ... Ex-Italy PM woos Catholic voters ... Priest jailed for visit
... Call made for unborn ... Vatican and Muslims agree on joint actions ...
Poverty persistent despite progress, conference hears ... Many US Catholics
change their affliation, study finds ... Holy Father urges Jesuits to accept
Church teachings ... Murderous attackers abduct archbishop ... Secular
culture seducing many priests, says cardinal ... Oscar winners criticised
... Laws need focus for dying, says Pope
REGULAR FEATURES
Papal Prayer, Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Catholic.Geek, Tape Deck,
Scripture, Feasts, Liturgical Calendar, The Doolans, God in the Garden,
Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Cryptic Crossword,
That Word!, Holy Lives, Kit's Corner, Photo Prayer, Wit's End.
ADVERTISING FEATURES
2008 Eucharistic Convention ... Auckland Marist Rugby centenary ...
Pilgrimages
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Love-struck woman drives priest from his church
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080308/3/4daj.html
A woman's obsessive infatuation has driven a Catholic priest from his
pulpit. Father Hamesh Wyatt, 40, announced to the congregation at St
Patrick's Church in Invercargill last night that he was taking indefinite
leave after being stalked by one of his parishioners...
Court upholds finding in Catholic care case
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4430013a6479.html
A woman whose screams rang out in court as she was giving evidence of abuse
and neglect while in the care of Catholic agencies has lost her appeal
against the failure of her case.
Exam successes make a difference (photo)
East and Bays Courier
http://tinyurl.com/2ktkmq
Completing his four-year engineering degree has been made easier thanks to
Liam Fisk's success at Glendowie's Sacred Heart College last year ...
Town to mark Irish heritage in fine style (photos)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/2mqhtn
Last year members of St Pius X Catholic Church decided more needed to be
done to mark Katikati's Irish roots, so an outdoor concert, "Irish in the
Afternoon", was born ...
Mum grieves only child at special service (photo)
The Northern Advocate
http://tinyurl.com/3xz9m3
A year of grief for her only child, killed by a hit-and-run driver in
Whangarei, caught up with South Korean mother Sun Ja Back yesterday. She was
in tears after a memorial mass at Pompallier Catholic College for her son
SangJe Lee, who died on March 5 last year after being run over while waiting
to buy a ticket to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers...
An animated learning experience (photos)
The Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/3b359o
Last year, children at Stella Maris Catholic Primary School produced a short
film titled 'The Christmas Wish' under the direction of Cristina Casares of
La Luna Studios ...
Principles of innovative teaching (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4425204a6497.html
Five eastern principals have been given the chance to explore and establish
innovative educational practices into their schools over the next four
years. Pakuranga College, Farm Cove Intermediate, Wakaaranga School,
Sunnyhills Primary School and St Mark’s Catholic School have been awarded
$680,000 to work together on the government initiative called Extending High
Standards Across Schools...
Units opened
The Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/36d4wt
Pouring rain on Sunday afternnon did not deter some 100 people who attended
the opening of Mosgiel units to house retired Catholic priests ...
Wellness group celebrates two years of support
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/38xva3
Second birthday celebrations will be held this Saturday for an Upper Hutt
support and wellness group. Based at St Joseph's Church, but not exclusively
for people of the parish or even the denomination, the Saturday Support and
Wellness Group came out of a Mental Health Week promotion run by the
church's justice peace and development group ...
Sun shines on joint outdoor Mass (photos)
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2onw6w
[Photographs of the Catholic parishes' combined Mass and picnic at Harcourt
Park on Sunday week]
Spirit of sisterhood gets school running (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/4423832a6502.html
They drove to school every day in a beat-up 1928 Chrysler packed with
half-a-dozen students, the class budgie and stacks of exercise books -
Palmerston North's St James' Catholic School was founded on the
determination of two sisters...
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EVENTS
Auckland Eucharistic Convention 2008
http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/
Friday 28th March 2008 to Sunday 30th March 2008.
Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Takapuna, North Shore,
Auckland.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
- The Sacrament of the Dead (catechesis on Confession)
- Power to the peee-ople (on democracy)
- Who cares about a harmless smack when we’re killing 18,000 babies a year?
Grub’s up! (on family dinners)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Over the weekend, I delivered two presentations at the annual Religious
Education Congress in Anaheim, Calif., a beehive of some 40,000 catechists,
educators and Catholic activists that always feels like a mad adrenaline
rush. I then spoke Monday night in Thousand Oaks, California, as part of a
remarkable 10-parish Lenten faith formation program called "The University."
My mini-barnstorming tour ended Tuesday night in Denver, where I spoke at
the John Paul II Center at the invitation of Archbishop Charles Chaput. In
one way or another, these presentations focused on my "Mega-Trends in
Catholicism" project, attempting to identify the most important forces
shaping the Catholic future, and/or Pope Benedict XVI's looming April 15-20
visit to the United States...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
Chaplain (part-time), Catholic Deaf Community, Auckland diocese
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Mar 9 - 22, 2008 p.27 and from Michael Beaumont,
Pompallier Centre, tel. (09) 360 3051; fax (09) 376 2829; e-mail:
michaelb@cda.org.nz Applications close 31 March 2008
Religious Education Advisor, Northland (part-time)
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Mar 9 - 22, 2008 p.26 and from Maureen Hammond,
Co-ordinator, Religious Education, Pompallier ?Diocesan Centre, Private Bag
47-904, Ponsonby, Auckland. E-mail: maureen@cda.org.nz Applications close 31
March 2008
