Dear friends,
A warm welcome to our new forum member Terry and many thanks your introduction. You wrote: > > My interests are aircraft, although I no longer fly, amateur radio, and photography ... > Did you read this item? .......... **************************************** 'Community farewells West Coast pioneer aviator and true character' (photo) Otago Daily Times 12 April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=12Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/0411474372.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial One of South Westland's legends, Des Nolan, was farewelled by nearly 300 family and friends yesterday in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, at Okuru, south of Haast. Mr Nolan died recently, aged 81. Earlier this year, he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to aviation and the community ... ************************************** Thank you also to the forum member who sent me the link to the Daily Mass Readings, at: http://www.easterbrooks.com/personal/calendar/select.html The New Zealand Bishops' post-Easter meeting has just ended in Christchurch so I would expect a press release or two and reports in the Catholic press in the next week or so. Any I hear about, I 'll mention in 'News & Notes' - unless someone beats me to it :-) God bless, Mike Leon 'kiwicath' forum manager ******************************* IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST PAUL: Papal Pilgrimage 2001 So far so good. Pope John Paul's visit to Athens took place in a far better atmosphere than many dared to hope. Now John Paul is in Syria ( inspiring the Syrian tourism ministry to publish a poster reading: "Have a vision! Take the road to Damascus!!") My impression is that in Syria Latin and Greek Catholics are a minority within a minority but all reports say the same thing: all Syrian Christians regard the Pope as their representative to the Moslem majority; they can't afford denominational strife. Consequently the Orthodox community will also welcome him warmly. The Syrian part of the pilgrimage will be quite long - four days altogether and then the Pope is off to the Catholic island nation of Malta. You can follow the pilgrimage on the bishops News page - http://catholic.org.nz and click the News button. The U.S. Catholic broadcaster EWTN has a special feature about the pilgrimage at: http://www.ewtn.com/footsteps/index.htm and the Vatican Web site is publishing the text of the Pope's principal addresses and homilies here: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/travels/sub_index/trav_greece-syr\ ia-malta-2001.htm ******************************** NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY http://catholic.org/nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html Getting there! I am now onto updating the National Offices and Associations section of the directory, the last and biggest of the sections on the bishops' Web site. The A-L section is finished: 27 organisations, most with associated Websites. Next week: M-W. ****************************** JUSTICE , PEACE & DEVELOPMENT The annual report of Caritas Aotearoa-NZ - full-text and illustrated - is on Caritas' Web site at: http://caritas.org.nz/publications/AnnualReport2001/ar2000_0_index.htm Caritas Aotearoa-NZ is the New Zealand Catholic bishops' agency for justice peace and development, part of an international network of Catholic aid agencies. Its Web site has extensive information about its activities in New Zealand and around the world, and resources for social justice education in schools. Four times a year the newsletter CARITAS Update reports on the work of the Caritas international aid network in photographs and articles and this is also published on their Website: http://caritas.org.nz *************************** FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS The following stories from 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Sunday 6 May 2001, will appear on its Website in a day or two: 'Consistency seen as key in handling school bullying' "Common-sense and hard work go a long way to making and keeping schools safe, says the principal of an Auckland school which has dealt with a bullying problem. Helen Kermode was appointed to St Pius X Primary School in Glen Innes at the beginning of last year. She said consistency in discipline was a key for safety, but maintaining consistency demanded continual effort...." [Links to the Websites of the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe', 'Kia Kaha' and 'Cool Schools' programmes] 'Schools are urged to question teachers' values' "Catholic schools should strongly question prospective teachers about their values before hiring them, says the chief executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office, Br Pat Lynch. Br Lynch told the Dominican Educators' Conference in Auckland last month that children came to understand goodness when they saw goodness acted out. "This is why hiring teachers who are committed to the values of the school is a fundamentally necessary employment practice,"... [Link to NZ Catholic Education Office] 'Caritas aids major work in E. Timor' "The lives of East Timorese people became a bit easier in the past year, thanks in part to Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. The 2000 annual report of Caritas says the agency funded three major projects in East Timor during the year ... [Link to the full text of the annual report, illustrated] **************************************** EVENTS 22-23 June Mercy Health Care Conference 2001, Waipuna Conference Centre, Auckland The focus of the conference will be how Catholic health and aged care services can uphold the dignity of human life while setting realistic limits to the care provided. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.19 and from the Conference Organiser, Te Tairere Oranga, PO Box 109 025 Newmarket, Auckland. Website: http://www.mercy.co.nz/ ***************************** EMPLOYMENT (Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ) Co-ordinator, Christian family Life Education, Auckland and Hamilton Dioceses Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23; Therese Verheyn, tel: 09 378 4380; theresev@cda.org.nz Youth Minister, St Michael's Parish, Remuera. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Craig Dunford, 5 Beatrice Rd, Remuera Tel: 09 520 1226 Tertiary Education Chaplain, Palmerston North Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Bishop's Office, Private Bag 11012 Palmerston North, tel 06 357 1980. Applications close 12 June 2001 Religious Education/Pastoral Assistant, St Mark's Parish, Pakuranga Auckland. Details in NZ Catholic May 6 p.23 and from the Parish Office tel 576 7959; fax: 576 7905. Applications close 1 June 2001 |
Sunday, May 6, 2001
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
Dear friends,
The New Zealand Bishops' post-Easter meeting has just ended in Christchurch so I would expect a press release or two and reports in the Catholic press in the next week or so. Any I hear about, I 'll mention in 'News & Notes' - unless someone beats me to it :-)
God bless, Mike Leon 'kiwicath' forum manager
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NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY http://catholic.org/nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html
Getting there! I am now onto updating the National Offices and Associations section of the directory, the last and biggest of the sections on the bishops' Web site. The A-L section is finished: 27 organisations, most with associated Websites. Next week: M-W.
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JUSTICE , PEACE & DEVELOPMENT
The annual report of Caritas Aotearoa-NZ - full-text and illustrated -is on Caritas' Web site at: http://caritas.org.nz/publications/AnnualReport2001/ar2000_0_index.htm
Caritas Aotearoa-NZ is the New Zealand Catholic bishops' agency for justice peace and development, part of an international network of Catholic aid agencies. Its Web site has extensive information about its activities in New Zealand and around the world, and resources for social justice education in schools. Four times a year the newsletter CARITAS Update reports on the work of the Caritas international aid network in photographs and articles and this is also published on their Website: http://caritas.org.nz
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Community farewells West Coast pioneer aviator and true character' (photo) Otago Daily Times 12 April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=12Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/0411474372.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial One of South Westland's legends, Des Nolan, was farewelled by nearly 300 family and friends yesterday in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, at Okuru, south of Haast. Mr Nolan died recently, aged 81. Earlier this year, he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to aviation and the community ...
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
The following stories from 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Sunday 6 May 2001, will appear on its Website in a day or two:
'Consistency seen as key in handling school bullying' "Common-sense and hard work go a long way to making and keeping schools safe, says the principal of an Auckland school which has dealt with a bullying problem. Helen Kermode was appointed to St Pius X Primary School in Glen Innes at the beginning of last year. She said consistency in discipline was a key for safety, but maintaining consistency demanded continual effort...." [Links to the Websites of the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe', 'Kia Kaha' and 'Cool Schools' programmes]
'Schools are urged to question teachers? values' "Catholic schools should strongly question prospective teachers about their values before hiring them, says the chief executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office, Br Pat Lynch. Br Lynch told the Dominican Educators? Conference in Auckland last month that children came to understand goodness when they saw goodness acted out. ?This is why hiring teachers who are committed to the values of the school is a fundamentally necessary employment practice,?... [Link to NZ Catholic Education Office]
'Caritas aids major work in E. Timor' "The lives of East Timorese people became a bit easier in the past year, thanks in part to Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. The 2000 annual report of Caritas says the agency funded three major projects in East Timor during the year ... [Link to the full text of the annual report, illustrated]
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EVENTS
22-23 June Mercy Health Care Conference 2001, Waipuna Conference Centre, Auckland The focus of the conference will be how Catholic health and aged care services can uphold the dignity of human life while setting realistic limits to the care provided. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.19 and from the Conference Organiser, Te Tairere Oranga, PO Box 109 025 Newmarket, Auckland. Website: http://www.mercy.co.nz/
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Co-ordinator, Christian family Life Education, Auckland and Hamilton Dioceses Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23; Therese Verheyn, tel: 09 378 4380; theresev@cda.org.nz
Youth Minister, St Michael's Parish, Remuera. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Craig Dunford, 5 Beatrice Rd, Remuera Tel: 09 520 1226
Tertiary Education Chaplain, Palmerston North Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Bishop's Office, Private Bag 11012 Palmerston North, tel 06 357 1980. Applications close 12 June 2001
Religious Education/Pastoral Assistant, St Mark's Parish, Pakuranga Auckland. Details in NZ Catholic May 6 p.23 and from the Parish Office tel 576 7959; fax: 576 7905. Applications close 1 June 2001
The New Zealand Bishops' post-Easter meeting has just ended in Christchurch so I would expect a press release or two and reports in the Catholic press in the next week or so. Any I hear about, I 'll mention in 'News & Notes' - unless someone beats me to it :-)
God bless, Mike Leon 'kiwicath' forum manager
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NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY http://catholic.org/nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html
Getting there! I am now onto updating the National Offices and Associations section of the directory, the last and biggest of the sections on the bishops' Web site. The A-L section is finished: 27 organisations, most with associated Websites. Next week: M-W.
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JUSTICE , PEACE & DEVELOPMENT
The annual report of Caritas Aotearoa-NZ - full-text and illustrated -is on Caritas' Web site at: http://caritas.org.nz/publications/AnnualReport2001/ar2000_0_index.htm
Caritas Aotearoa-NZ is the New Zealand Catholic bishops' agency for justice peace and development, part of an international network of Catholic aid agencies. Its Web site has extensive information about its activities in New Zealand and around the world, and resources for social justice education in schools. Four times a year the newsletter CARITAS Update reports on the work of the Caritas international aid network in photographs and articles and this is also published on their Website: http://caritas.org.nz
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Community farewells West Coast pioneer aviator and true character' (photo) Otago Daily Times 12 April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=12Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/0411474372.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial One of South Westland's legends, Des Nolan, was farewelled by nearly 300 family and friends yesterday in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, at Okuru, south of Haast. Mr Nolan died recently, aged 81. Earlier this year, he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to aviation and the community ...
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
The following stories from 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Sunday 6 May 2001, will appear on its Website in a day or two:
'Consistency seen as key in handling school bullying' "Common-sense and hard work go a long way to making and keeping schools safe, says the principal of an Auckland school which has dealt with a bullying problem. Helen Kermode was appointed to St Pius X Primary School in Glen Innes at the beginning of last year. She said consistency in discipline was a key for safety, but maintaining consistency demanded continual effort...." [Links to the Websites of the 'Keeping Ourselves Safe', 'Kia Kaha' and 'Cool Schools' programmes]
'Schools are urged to question teachers? values' "Catholic schools should strongly question prospective teachers about their values before hiring them, says the chief executive of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office, Br Pat Lynch. Br Lynch told the Dominican Educators? Conference in Auckland last month that children came to understand goodness when they saw goodness acted out. ?This is why hiring teachers who are committed to the values of the school is a fundamentally necessary employment practice,?... [Link to NZ Catholic Education Office]
'Caritas aids major work in E. Timor' "The lives of East Timorese people became a bit easier in the past year, thanks in part to Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. The 2000 annual report of Caritas says the agency funded three major projects in East Timor during the year ... [Link to the full text of the annual report, illustrated]
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EVENTS
22-23 June Mercy Health Care Conference 2001, Waipuna Conference Centre, Auckland The focus of the conference will be how Catholic health and aged care services can uphold the dignity of human life while setting realistic limits to the care provided. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.19 and from the Conference Organiser, Te Tairere Oranga, PO Box 109 025 Newmarket, Auckland. Website: http://www.mercy.co.nz/
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Co-ordinator, Christian family Life Education, Auckland and Hamilton Dioceses Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23; Therese Verheyn, tel: 09 378 4380; theresev@cda.org.nz
Youth Minister, St Michael's Parish, Remuera. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Craig Dunford, 5 Beatrice Rd, Remuera Tel: 09 520 1226
Tertiary Education Chaplain, Palmerston North Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Bishop's Office, Private Bag 11012 Palmerston North, tel 06 357 1980. Applications close 12 June 2001
Religious Education/Pastoral Assistant, St Mark's Parish, Pakuranga Auckland. Details in NZ Catholic May 6 p.23 and from the Parish Office tel 576 7959; fax: 576 7905. Applications close 1 June 2001
Sunday, April 22, 2001
Dear friends,
If you attended this weekend's Jesus 4 Real camp in Wellington or the Eucharistic Convention in Auckland, it would be great if you could send us your impressions. Continuing the update of the National Catholic directory pages at http://catholic.org/nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html - I have completed the Religious Orders section. There are about 45 orders with a presence in New Zealand or at least an Australian/New Zealand province. The most remarkable change on this page since last year is the number of Web page links. Quite a few religious orders have taken advantage of an Australian vocations site which offers them a page each on which to describe their special character. In other cases the international centre - or 'mother house' - for a particular religious order had made space available on its Web site for the order's New Zealand members. Finally, a few New Zealand congregations have chosen to operate their own Web sites independently. Together with the New Zealand contact information in the directory, these linked pages generally give an abundance of useful information about each congregation. I hope and expect that all the other NZ Catholic dioceses, schools, parishes, laypeople's organizations and companies will eventually come 'online' in one of these three ways creating "a virtual Church", an online "mirror" of the actual Church. This will never be a substitute for the real Church, but it does offer the priceless advantage that people who are curious about the Catholic faith, but who don't dare approach a Catholic person or organisation for fear of the imagined consequences, can become familiar with the life of our Church in a non-scary way and discover what we have to offer them in their particular situation. Next week's update will be of 'National Organizations' (chiefly of lay people). God bless, Mike Leon 'kiwicath' list manager ******************************** FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS 'NZ Catholic' no. 111 22 April 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html The following stories from this weekend's 'NZ Catholic' will appear on its Web site in a day or two: 'Dispute over Futuna future' Wellington - The former Futuna Retreat Centre in Karori, once an oasis of peace, prayer and fellowship, has become a focus of local discontent. Its new owner, developer Eyal Aharoni of Prime Property Group, says he plans to build a retirement village of more than 70 units with carports on the site ....... [Link to a description and photo of Futuna Chapel] 'Genetic work threatens thinking about 'human'' Increasing genetic intervention is going to change our understanding of what it means to be human, says Marist priest Fr Neil Vaney SM. Fr Vaney, a lecturer at Good Shepherd College - Te Hepara Pai - in Auckland, talked of developments in the field of genetic technology in a Catholic Family Life Education seminar last month ....... [Links to: NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre ... The NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference submissions to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification ... The Inter-church Commission on Genetic Engineering (Aotearoa-Zealand)] 'Milestone gained in Auckland's pastoral planning' The process of pastoral planning for the future of Auckland diocese reached a milestone this month when three North Shore parishes came together to present their area proposal to Bishop Pat Dunn. Beachhaven, Glenfield and Northcote parishes - which expect to have only two priests between them by the year 2006 - have decided to begin working together as a pastoral area wherever possible ............ [Link to the Auckland diocese's Pastoral Planning page] ***************************** FROM THE SECULAR PRESS [You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ] [Please don't try to hand-copy newspaper Web addresses. Instead Select, Copy and Paste them into your browser's address line] 'School celebrates Passover with feast' (photo) The Press (Christchurch) 07 April 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,738097a1934,FF.html Angus Vincent, five, is no novice when it comes to good food – his parents are restaurateurs, and at St Albans Catholic School yesterday he had no trouble tucking into a feast prepared by his schoolmates. The whole school of 49, plus three teachers, celebrated the Passover with a traditional feast of unleavened bread and lamb, and dressed in biblical costumes cobbled from bath and tea towels. The Passover festival commemorates the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egyptian bondage. **************************************** EDUCATION: Faith Central: http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/music.htm Classroom resources on Christian art, music and architecture throughout the centuries. **************************************** EVENTS 29 April 'Logos' Event, Liston College, 16 Edwards Avenue, Henderson 1.30pm - 6 pm "Music, workshops, give-aways, prayer, scripture and food for the soul" Contact Fathers Pat, Joe or Kevin tel: 09 625 1250; e-mail: logosproject@hotmail.com 30 April - 28 September (Sydney, Australia) Kerygma Teams Discipleship Training School, Sydney, Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay missionary organization Youth With A Mission. It supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, training and cross-cultural missions projects. Its Discipleship Training School is a five month intensive course which helps students to cultivate a vibrant relationship with God, identify their unique gifts and visions, exercise their faith and grow in character. Full details at: http://www.kerygmateams.org/html/locations/australia/index.html 4-6 May National Conference of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, St Patrick's College, Silverstream (north of Wellington). No registration fee. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 19 and from Cherylynn Passmore: cherylynn.passmore@xtra.co.nz 22-23 June Mercy Health Care Conference 2001, Waipuna Conference Centre, Auckland The focus of the conference will be how Catholic health and aged care services can uphold the dignity of human life while setting realistic limits to the care provided. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.19 and from the Conference Organiser, Te Tairere Oranga, PO Box 109 025 Newmarket, Auckland. Website: http://www.mercy.co.nz/ ***************************** EMPLOYMENT (Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ) Full-time Catholic Youth Minister, Paraparaumu & Waikanae Parishes, Wellington Archdiocese. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 17 and from John McCardle: tel. 04 298 2434. Applications close Friday 28 April. Promotions Officer, Catholic Development Fund, Dunedin Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April p.14 and from: PO Box 5555 Dunedin Youth Minister, Piopio-Aria-Mokau Cooperating Parish and St Mary's Catholic Church, Piopio. Piopio is south-west of Te Kuiti on the road to New Plymouth in a rural multicultural region. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.18 and from Rev Peter Osborne, PO Box 119, Piopio 2555. Tel 07 877 8097 Co-ordinator, Christian family Life Education, Auckland and Hamilton Dioceses Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23; Therese Verheyn, tel: 09 378 4380; theresev@cda.org.nz Youth Minister, St Michael's Pariah, Remuera. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Craig Dunford, 5 Beatrice Rd, Remuera Tel: 09 520 1226 Tertiary Education Chaplain, Palmerston North Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Bishop's Office, Private Bag 11012 Palmerston North, tel 06 357 1980. Applications close 12 June 2001 | |||||
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Sunday, April 15, 2001
Dear friends,
"His state was divine, yet he did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave and became as men are; and being as all men are he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross. "But God raised him high and gave him the name which is above all other names so that all beings in the heavens, on the earth and in the underworld should bend the knee at the name of JESUS and every tongue should acclaim Jesus Christ as Lord ..." (St Paul to the Church at Philippi ch. 2) A very happy Easter to all our readers. Mike Leon 'kiwicath' list manager *********************************** EASTER IN JERUSALEM AND ROME Paul: Thank you very much for sending the account of the miracle of the Holy Fire at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. I hadn't heard of it either. The Catholic Encylopedia article on the Holy Sepulchre just mentions the cermony in passing with no hint of a miracle incolved ( http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07425a.htm ) At the following Web site - http://198.62.75.1/www1/ofm/easter/Reform.html - you can read about and see pictures of the Service of Light at the Holy Sepulchre, the first part of the standard Catholic Easter Saturday liturgy, but in Jerusalem it's held on Easter Saturday morning (I suppose in order not to conflict with the Orthodox liturgy later on the same day). A virtual tour of the Holy Sepulchre begins here: http://198.62.75.1/www1/jhs/TSspintr.html On our bishops' News page at http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/news/frnews.html you can open links to reports of the Easter celebrations in Rome and Jerusalem from the Catholic and secular news services. ******************************** NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY http://catholic.org/nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html I have updated the directory of chaplains (police, armed forces and workplace support). Next week: 'Religious Orders' - 45 of them! ******************************** FROM THE SECULAR PRESS [You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ] [Please don't try to hand-copy newspaper Web addresses. Instead Select, Copy and Paste them into your browser's address line] 'Easter: the big picture', by the Most Rev Len Boyle, Catholic Bishop of Dunedin. Otago Daily Times 16 April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=16Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/FCI04A3590IC.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Some years ago in Wellington, I was in a room where three reporters were sending stories of the same event. During a break, I asked them how they put their stories together. There was agreement that you must, in the first few lines, not only capture the interest of the reader, but sum up what the whole story is about... 'Churches prepare' Otago Daily Times 12 April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=12Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/FBH30L5582IR.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Churches throughout Dunedin are preparing for Easter, the most important weekend of the Christian calendar. Denominational barriers are being set aside as Christians join to commemorate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ ... 'Community farewells West Coast pioneer aviator and `true character' ' (photo) Otago Daily Times 12 April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=12Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/0411474372.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial One of South Westland's legends, Des Nolan, was farewelled by nearly 300 family and friends yesterday in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, at Okuru, south of Haast. Mr Nolan died recently, aged 81. Earlier this year, he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to aviation and the community ... 'Churches preparing for packed pews ' The Evening Post 12 April 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,748263a1700,FF.html Wellington Christians will celebrate Easter with traditional services that are likely to be packed... 'CWL Congratulates Gregory Fortuin' Scoop 5 April 2001 http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/cb/34/200104051535.6dfe43fd.html The Catholic Women's League of the Wellington Catholic Archdiocese congratulates Gregory Fortuin on his appointment as Race Relations Conciliator, said Archdiocesan President Susan Lloyd today. "We were thrilled to hear the news and we think New Zealand will be well served by Mr Fortuin in this role"... **************************************** EVENTS 18-22 April 2001 'Jesus 4 Real' Youth Camps Jesus 4 Real Ministries is an independent voluntary group of adults bringing the reality of Jesus to Catholic teenagers, and training adult leaders for Catholic youth work, through camps and seminars in the Wellington Archdiocese. Web site: http://members.xoom.com/Jesus4Real Contact: (04) 904 7217 ; (04) 905 6636 20 - 22 April Eucharistic Convention, Auckland Showground Details at: http://www.eucharistic-convention.com 30 April - 28 September 2001 (Sydney, Australia) Kerygma Teams Discipleship Training School, Sydney, Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay missionary organization Youth With A Mission. It supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, training and cross-cultural missions projects. Its Discipleship Training School is a five month intensive course which helps students to cultivate a vibrant relationship with God, identify their unique gifts and visions, exercise their faith and grow in character. Full details at: http://www.kerygmateams.org/html/locations/australia/index.html 4-6 May National Conference of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, St Patrick's College, Silverstream (north of Wellington). No registration fee. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 19 and from Cherylynn Passmore: cherylynn.passmore@xtra.co.nz 22-23 June Mercy Health Care Conference 2001, Wapiuna Conference Centre, Auckland The focus of the conference will be how Catholic health and aged care services can uphold the dignity of human life while setting realistic limits the care provided. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.19 and from the Conference Organiser, Te Tairere Oranga, PO Box 109 025 Newmarket, Auckland. Website: http://www.mercy.co.nz/ ***************************** EMPLOYMENT (Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ) Full-time Catholic Youth Minister, Paraparaumu & Waikanae Parishes, Wellington Archdiocese. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 17 and from John McCardle: tel. 04 298 2434. Applications close Friday 28 April. Promotions Officer, Catholic Development Fund, Dunedin Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April p.14 and from: PO Box 5555 Dunedin Youth Minister, Piopio-Aria-Mokau Cooperating Parish and St Mary's Catholic Church, Piopio. Piopio is south-west of Te Kuiti on the road to New Plymouth in a rural multicultural region. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.18 and from Rev Peter Osborne, PO Box 119, Piopio 2555. Tel 07 877 8097 |
Sunday, April 8, 2001
Dear friends,
So far I have updated the following Web pages with information from the New Zealand Catholic Directory 2001: Bishops (including photos, short biographies, and e-mail contact addresses): Apostolic Nuncio Seminaries, Theological Colleges and Formation Houses Catholic Publishers Personal Prelature of Opus Dei Melkite and Ukrainian Catholic Eparchies
Each section includes e-mail and Web site addresses. Next week I hope to update 'Chaplains' and 'Religious Orders' and after Easter, the two-page directory of national organisations. Ordering details for the full Directory and an index to the Web pages are on: http://catholic.org/nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html
Wishing you a blessed Holy Week,
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
>From 'NZ Catholic' No 110, April 8, 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
'38 women accept bishop's offer ' Thirty-eight women have take up the offer made by Bishop Patrick Dunn 12 months ago to give financial and every other possible help for women to choose life instead of abortion .... [Related Link: Family Life International's Crisis Pregnancy Centre ]
'Boys' schools lacking in health syllabus area ' Not all Catholic schools, especially boys' secondary schools, have sufficient trained people to teach the new health and physical education syllabus says Averille Schmidt, the retiring co-ordinator of Christian Family Life Education for the Auckland and Hamilton dioceses .... [Related Links: National Centre for Religious Studies (NCRS) ... NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference: 'Health and Moral Education' ... NZ Ministry of Education. Health and Physical Education syllabus]
'Historic site is investigated ' Five archaeologists and 15 students spent three weeks at one of the Church's most historic sites last month. The team was on an Auckland University field school at Purakau, on the northern bank of the Hokianga Harbour, the site of the Catholic Hokianga Mission in 1839....
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
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Patricia-Anne "Paddy" Burton was murdered by one of her sons in Queenstown a few days ago. The first two reports describe her personality and contributions to the community, and her funeral ...
'Victim's husband thanks Queenstown' Otago Daily Times Thursday, 5-April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=05Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/0404514217.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial
'Town mourns loss of well-liked teacher ' Otago Daily Times Monday, 2-April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=02Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/0401314135.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial
'Still swaying to the rhythm of life' (photo) Otago Daily Times Saturday, 7-April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=07Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/F6G38N1591JC.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Mary McHardy was seeking a dancing partner yesterday at her 100th birthday party. "But only if someone asks me," the sprightly centenarian said. Although she was initially overwhelmed at a special lunch organised by the Little Sisters of the Poor at Sacred Heart Home yesterday, Miss McHardy soon had her violin out and her dancing shoes on...
'Garden centres open Easter Sunday; other businesses not keen ' Otago Daily Times Saturday, 7-April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=07Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/F6H04C8041NC.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Most garden centres around Otago will take advantage of a new law and open on Easter Sunday. However, while some owners believed the law, passed on Thursday night, was simply returning a right gardening shops had prior to 1990, others were less enthusiastic ....
'No cross without the crown ' Southland Times 07 April 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,738127a1942,FF.html A famous musician arrived in New York to play at Carnegie Hall, Father Colin Campbell of Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland writes in Religion and Life. Deciding to walk to the famous music centre, he lost his way. Approaching a rather scruffy looking man, he said: "Excuse me, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?" "Practice, man practice!".......
'School paradise for predator: a powerful, popular teacher of religious studies abuses his students at a Catholic Maori school. Libby Middlebrook looks at what went on at Hato Petera' ... NZ Herald 05.04.2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=181228 [Note: This report commences with detailed descriptions of sexual abuse. However it goes on to say that the spirit of the Hato Petera school community is unbroken and the school has a promising future. ML]
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EVENTS
18-22 April 2001 'Jesus 4 Real' Youth Camps Jesus 4 Real Ministries is an independent voluntary group of adults bringing the reality of Jesus to Catholic teenagers, and training adult leaders for Catholic youth work, through camps and seminars in the Wellington Archdiocese. Web site: http://members.xoom.com/Jesus4Real Contact: (04) 904 7217 ; (04) 905 6636
20 - 22 April Eucharistic Convention, Auckland Showground Details at: http://www.eucharistic-convention.com
30 April - 28 September 2001 (Sydney, Australia) Kerygma Teams Discipleship Training School, Sydney, Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay missionary organization Youth With A Mission. It supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, training and cross-cultural missions projects. Its Discipleship Training School is a five month intensive course which helps students to cultivate a vibrant relationship with God, identify their unique gifts and visions, exercise their faith and grow in character. Full details at: http://www.kerygmateams.org/html/locations/australia/index.html
4-6 May National Conference of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, St Patrick's College, Silverstream (north of Wellington). No registration fee. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 19 and from Cherylynn Passmore: cherylynn.passmore@xtra.co.nz
22-23 June Mercy Health Care Conference 2001, Wapiuna Conference Centre, Auckland The focus of the conference will be how Catholic health and aged care services can uphold the dignity of human life while setting realistic limits the care provided. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.19 and from the Conference Organiser, Te Tairere Oranga, PO Box 109 025 Newmarket, Auckland. Website: http://www.mercy.co.nz/
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Full-time Catholic Youth Minister, Paraparaumu & Waikanae Parishes, Wellington Archdiocese. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 17 and from john McCardle: tel. 04 298 2434. Applications close Friday 28 April.
Promotions Officer, Catholic Development Fund, Dunedin Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April p.14 and from: PO Box 5555 Dunedin
Youth Minister, Piopio-Aria-Mokau Cooperating Parish and St Mary's Catholic Church, Piopio. Piopio is south-west of Te Kuiti on the road to New Plymouth in a rural multicultural region. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.18 and from Rev Peter Osborne, PO Box 119, Piopio 2555. Tel 07 877 8097 **************************************************************
So far I have updated the following Web pages with information from the New Zealand Catholic Directory 2001: Bishops (including photos, short biographies, and e-mail contact addresses): Apostolic Nuncio Seminaries, Theological Colleges and Formation Houses Catholic Publishers Personal Prelature of Opus Dei Melkite and Ukrainian Catholic Eparchies
Each section includes e-mail and Web site addresses. Next week I hope to update 'Chaplains' and 'Religious Orders' and after Easter, the two-page directory of national organisations. Ordering details for the full Directory and an index to the Web pages are on: http://catholic.org/nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html
Wishing you a blessed Holy Week,
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
>From 'NZ Catholic' No 110, April 8, 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
'38 women accept bishop's offer ' Thirty-eight women have take up the offer made by Bishop Patrick Dunn 12 months ago to give financial and every other possible help for women to choose life instead of abortion .... [Related Link: Family Life International's Crisis Pregnancy Centre ]
'Boys' schools lacking in health syllabus area ' Not all Catholic schools, especially boys' secondary schools, have sufficient trained people to teach the new health and physical education syllabus says Averille Schmidt, the retiring co-ordinator of Christian Family Life Education for the Auckland and Hamilton dioceses .... [Related Links: National Centre for Religious Studies (NCRS) ... NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference: 'Health and Moral Education' ... NZ Ministry of Education. Health and Physical Education syllabus]
'Historic site is investigated ' Five archaeologists and 15 students spent three weeks at one of the Church's most historic sites last month. The team was on an Auckland University field school at Purakau, on the northern bank of the Hokianga Harbour, the site of the Catholic Hokianga Mission in 1839....
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't try to hand-copy newspaper Web addresses. Instead Select, Copy and Paste them into your browser's address line]
Patricia-Anne "Paddy" Burton was murdered by one of her sons in Queenstown a few days ago. The first two reports describe her personality and contributions to the community, and her funeral ...
'Victim's husband thanks Queenstown' Otago Daily Times Thursday, 5-April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=05Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/0404514217.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial
'Town mourns loss of well-liked teacher ' Otago Daily Times Monday, 2-April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=02Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/0401314135.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial
'Still swaying to the rhythm of life' (photo) Otago Daily Times Saturday, 7-April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=07Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/F6G38N1591JC.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Mary McHardy was seeking a dancing partner yesterday at her 100th birthday party. "But only if someone asks me," the sprightly centenarian said. Although she was initially overwhelmed at a special lunch organised by the Little Sisters of the Poor at Sacred Heart Home yesterday, Miss McHardy soon had her violin out and her dancing shoes on...
'Garden centres open Easter Sunday; other businesses not keen ' Otago Daily Times Saturday, 7-April 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=07Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/F6H04C8041NC.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Most garden centres around Otago will take advantage of a new law and open on Easter Sunday. However, while some owners believed the law, passed on Thursday night, was simply returning a right gardening shops had prior to 1990, others were less enthusiastic ....
'No cross without the crown ' Southland Times 07 April 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,738127a1942,FF.html A famous musician arrived in New York to play at Carnegie Hall, Father Colin Campbell of Holy Cross Seminary in Auckland writes in Religion and Life. Deciding to walk to the famous music centre, he lost his way. Approaching a rather scruffy looking man, he said: "Excuse me, how do I get to Carnegie Hall?" "Practice, man practice!".......
'School paradise for predator: a powerful, popular teacher of religious studies abuses his students at a Catholic Maori school. Libby Middlebrook looks at what went on at Hato Petera' ... NZ Herald 05.04.2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=181228 [Note: This report commences with detailed descriptions of sexual abuse. However it goes on to say that the spirit of the Hato Petera school community is unbroken and the school has a promising future. ML]
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EVENTS
18-22 April 2001 'Jesus 4 Real' Youth Camps Jesus 4 Real Ministries is an independent voluntary group of adults bringing the reality of Jesus to Catholic teenagers, and training adult leaders for Catholic youth work, through camps and seminars in the Wellington Archdiocese. Web site: http://members.xoom.com/Jesus4Real Contact: (04) 904 7217 ; (04) 905 6636
20 - 22 April Eucharistic Convention, Auckland Showground Details at: http://www.eucharistic-convention.com
30 April - 28 September 2001 (Sydney, Australia) Kerygma Teams Discipleship Training School, Sydney, Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay missionary organization Youth With A Mission. It supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, training and cross-cultural missions projects. Its Discipleship Training School is a five month intensive course which helps students to cultivate a vibrant relationship with God, identify their unique gifts and visions, exercise their faith and grow in character. Full details at: http://www.kerygmateams.org/html/locations/australia/index.html
4-6 May National Conference of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, St Patrick's College, Silverstream (north of Wellington). No registration fee. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 19 and from Cherylynn Passmore: cherylynn.passmore@xtra.co.nz
22-23 June Mercy Health Care Conference 2001, Wapiuna Conference Centre, Auckland The focus of the conference will be how Catholic health and aged care services can uphold the dignity of human life while setting realistic limits the care provided. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.19 and from the Conference Organiser, Te Tairere Oranga, PO Box 109 025 Newmarket, Auckland. Website: http://www.mercy.co.nz/
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Full-time Catholic Youth Minister, Paraparaumu & Waikanae Parishes, Wellington Archdiocese. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 17 and from john McCardle: tel. 04 298 2434. Applications close Friday 28 April.
Promotions Officer, Catholic Development Fund, Dunedin Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April p.14 and from: PO Box 5555 Dunedin
Youth Minister, Piopio-Aria-Mokau Cooperating Parish and St Mary's Catholic Church, Piopio. Piopio is south-west of Te Kuiti on the road to New Plymouth in a rural multicultural region. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.18 and from Rev Peter Osborne, PO Box 119, Piopio 2555. Tel 07 877 8097 **************************************************************
Sunday, April 1, 2001
Dear friends,
The new Catholic Directory for 2001 is currently being mailed out to those who ordered advance copies. It lists contact information and personnel for every Catholic school, parish, and diocese - and almost all Catholic organisations - in New Zealand recognised by our bishops. It's an invaluable handbook for anyone who regularly contacts Church workers in other parishes, dioceses or regions of NZ. The price per copy is NZ$20 plus postage. It can be ordered from: Catholic Communications Pompallier Diocesan Centre Private Bag, Ponsonby Auckland 1034, New Zealand Phone: + 64 9 378 8017 ; Fax: + 64 9 360 3061 Email: cathcomm@xtra.co.nz
Catholic Communications sends an invoice with the book.
The national portions of the Directory appear in full on the bishops' Web site, starting at: http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html , that's to say: the directories of organisations which have a national scope (St Vincent de Paul, Caritas, Young Christian Workers, Catholic Enquiry Centre ...), plus the Chaplaincies, religious orders, seminaries and bishops' pages. I will be updating these Web pages from the latest directory over the next few weeks, and I will report progress in 'News & Notes' each week until it's completed.
Every best wish and all God's blessings.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
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RELIGIOUS LIFE
The Discalced Carmelites (an enclosed order of nuns following the rule of St Teresa of Avila - d.1582) were the first religious order in New Zealand to open their own Web site. On it they publish an annual newsletter; the most recent one reports events in the life of the Christchurch Carmel during the Jubilee Year 2000. It is illustrated with hand-drawn watercolour pictures by a member of the community. For an inside view of cloistered life in our time, click over to: http://www.karmel.at/christchurch.nz/ccnews.htm
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
From: 'The Far East' March 2001 (monthly magazine of the New Zealand and Australian members of St Columban's Missionary Society http://www.columban.org.au/TFE/TrevorTrotter/FarEast.htm
'Prayer for missionaries' (Editorial) For many years we have been asking you to pray for missionaries and the people they serve. We want to acknowledge your cooperation in the missionary work of the Columbans and encourage you to continue to pray for our missionaries and those to whom they are sent ...
'Ministry to overseas Chinese' In October 2000, Chinese Catholics from around the world took part in the first ever Conference for the Apostolate among overseas Chinese, held in Rome as part of the celebrations for the Year of Jubilee. Participants came from Australia, Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia ...
'A dream comes true' For a long time the women of Candela Hill in Lima, Peru, had wished for a place where they could learn new skills, grow in self-confidence, meet new friends and feel a sense of belonging and community...
'Chinese Martyrs' On October 1 2000, John Paul II canonized 120 martyrs of the Church in China. For the Columbans, founded originally to work among the Chinese people, this was an event of great significance. However, due to the exceptionally negative reaction of the Chinese government the occasion was surrounded by controversy outside China and pressure placed upon Catholics inside China ... ( NB: The site's link to the story is faulty. The correct link is: http://www.columban.org.au/TFE/TrevorTrotter/March01_ChnseMrtyrs.htm )
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't try to hand-copy newspaper Web addresses. Instead Select, Copy and Paste them into your browser's address line]
'A man strongly committed to life and to his community' (photo) Otago Daily Times 31 March 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=02Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/ETF0188591ES.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Mosgiel has lost a man who will be long remembered for his outstanding civic contributions to the community. John McGhie QM, died earlier this month, aged 81. Despite Mr McGhie being an active and devout Anglican, when he retired he attended the Roman Catholic Holy Cross Seminary, taking a course each year for 12 years ...
'Prester John's Talk of the Times' ODT 30 March 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=30Mar2001/edi\ torial/content/ETI02B1705YH.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Another 125th anniversary is about to be marked in Otago. Four Christian Brothers arrived in Dunedin 125 years ago on April 2 and within three weeks had established a primary school, the remodelled St Joseph's in Tennison St, with 129 pupils ...
'Sisters are leaving Taranaki in God's hands' (photo) Daily News (Taranaki) 30 March 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,725035a1885,FF.html The modern-day nun is far from the black cloaked, wimple wearing woman kneeling demurely in the Catholic church's front pews. In fact, they live very balanced lives, comprising work, prayer and plenty of leisure, according to Bell Block Sister Bridget Shannon, the last of a long line of Bell Block's Little Sisters of the Assumption. The Sisters' work is being wound up in Taranaki after 18 years of service in the region ...
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EVENTS
30 April - 28 September 2001 (Sydney, Australia) Kerygma Teams Discipleship Training School, Sydney, Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay-missionary organization Youth With A Mission. It supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, training and cross-cultural missions projects. Its Discipleship Training School is a five month intensive course which helps students to cultivate a vibrant relationship with God, identify their unique gifts and visions, exercise their faith and grow in character. Full details at: http://www.kerygmateams.org/html/locations/australia/index.html
Friday 20 April - Sunday 22 April Eucharistic Convention, Auckland Showground Details at: http://www.eucharistic-convention.com
18-22 April 2001 'Jesus 4 Real' Youth Camps Jesus 4 Real Ministries is an independent voluntary group of adults bringing the reality of Jesus to Catholic teenagers, and training adult leaders for Catholic youth work, through camps and seminars in the Wellington Archdiocese. Web site: http://members.xoom.com/Jesus4Real Contact: (04) 904 7217 ; (04) 905 6636
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Deputy Executive Director, New Zealand Catholic Education Office, Wellington. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 25 March 2001, p.23 and 'Wel-com' March 2001 p.19; and from the Executive Director (Brother Pat Lynch) : nzceogs@xtra.co.nz Home page: http://catholic.org.nz/nzceo Applications close: 6 April 2001
The new Catholic Directory for 2001 is currently being mailed out to those who ordered advance copies. It lists contact information and personnel for every Catholic school, parish, and diocese - and almost all Catholic organisations - in New Zealand recognised by our bishops. It's an invaluable handbook for anyone who regularly contacts Church workers in other parishes, dioceses or regions of NZ. The price per copy is NZ$20 plus postage. It can be ordered from: Catholic Communications Pompallier Diocesan Centre Private Bag, Ponsonby Auckland 1034, New Zealand Phone: + 64 9 378 8017 ; Fax: + 64 9 360 3061 Email: cathcomm@xtra.co.nz
Catholic Communications sends an invoice with the book.
The national portions of the Directory appear in full on the bishops' Web site, starting at: http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html , that's to say: the directories of organisations which have a national scope (St Vincent de Paul, Caritas, Young Christian Workers, Catholic Enquiry Centre ...), plus the Chaplaincies, religious orders, seminaries and bishops' pages. I will be updating these Web pages from the latest directory over the next few weeks, and I will report progress in 'News & Notes' each week until it's completed.
Every best wish and all God's blessings.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
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RELIGIOUS LIFE
The Discalced Carmelites (an enclosed order of nuns following the rule of St Teresa of Avila - d.1582) were the first religious order in New Zealand to open their own Web site. On it they publish an annual newsletter; the most recent one reports events in the life of the Christchurch Carmel during the Jubilee Year 2000. It is illustrated with hand-drawn watercolour pictures by a member of the community. For an inside view of cloistered life in our time, click over to: http://www.karmel.at/christchurch.nz/ccnews.htm
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
From: 'The Far East' March 2001 (monthly magazine of the New Zealand and Australian members of St Columban's Missionary Society http://www.columban.org.au/TFE/TrevorTrotter/FarEast.htm
'Prayer for missionaries' (Editorial) For many years we have been asking you to pray for missionaries and the people they serve. We want to acknowledge your cooperation in the missionary work of the Columbans and encourage you to continue to pray for our missionaries and those to whom they are sent ...
'Ministry to overseas Chinese' In October 2000, Chinese Catholics from around the world took part in the first ever Conference for the Apostolate among overseas Chinese, held in Rome as part of the celebrations for the Year of Jubilee. Participants came from Australia, Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia ...
'A dream comes true' For a long time the women of Candela Hill in Lima, Peru, had wished for a place where they could learn new skills, grow in self-confidence, meet new friends and feel a sense of belonging and community...
'Chinese Martyrs' On October 1 2000, John Paul II canonized 120 martyrs of the Church in China. For the Columbans, founded originally to work among the Chinese people, this was an event of great significance. However, due to the exceptionally negative reaction of the Chinese government the occasion was surrounded by controversy outside China and pressure placed upon Catholics inside China ... ( NB: The site's link to the story is faulty. The correct link is: http://www.columban.org.au/TFE/TrevorTrotter/March01_ChnseMrtyrs.htm )
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't try to hand-copy newspaper Web addresses. Instead Select, Copy and Paste them into your browser's address line]
'A man strongly committed to life and to his community' (photo) Otago Daily Times 31 March 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=02Apr2001/edi\ torial/content/ETF0188591ES.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Mosgiel has lost a man who will be long remembered for his outstanding civic contributions to the community. John McGhie QM, died earlier this month, aged 81. Despite Mr McGhie being an active and devout Anglican, when he retired he attended the Roman Catholic Holy Cross Seminary, taking a course each year for 12 years ...
'Prester John's Talk of the Times' ODT 30 March 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=30Mar2001/edi\ torial/content/ETI02B1705YH.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Another 125th anniversary is about to be marked in Otago. Four Christian Brothers arrived in Dunedin 125 years ago on April 2 and within three weeks had established a primary school, the remodelled St Joseph's in Tennison St, with 129 pupils ...
'Sisters are leaving Taranaki in God's hands' (photo) Daily News (Taranaki) 30 March 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,725035a1885,FF.html The modern-day nun is far from the black cloaked, wimple wearing woman kneeling demurely in the Catholic church's front pews. In fact, they live very balanced lives, comprising work, prayer and plenty of leisure, according to Bell Block Sister Bridget Shannon, the last of a long line of Bell Block's Little Sisters of the Assumption. The Sisters' work is being wound up in Taranaki after 18 years of service in the region ...
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EVENTS
30 April - 28 September 2001 (Sydney, Australia) Kerygma Teams Discipleship Training School, Sydney, Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay-missionary organization Youth With A Mission. It supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, training and cross-cultural missions projects. Its Discipleship Training School is a five month intensive course which helps students to cultivate a vibrant relationship with God, identify their unique gifts and visions, exercise their faith and grow in character. Full details at: http://www.kerygmateams.org/html/locations/australia/index.html
Friday 20 April - Sunday 22 April Eucharistic Convention, Auckland Showground Details at: http://www.eucharistic-convention.com
18-22 April 2001 'Jesus 4 Real' Youth Camps Jesus 4 Real Ministries is an independent voluntary group of adults bringing the reality of Jesus to Catholic teenagers, and training adult leaders for Catholic youth work, through camps and seminars in the Wellington Archdiocese. Web site: http://members.xoom.com/Jesus4Real Contact: (04) 904 7217 ; (04) 905 6636
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Deputy Executive Director, New Zealand Catholic Education Office, Wellington. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 25 March 2001, p.23 and 'Wel-com' March 2001 p.19; and from the Executive Director (Brother Pat Lynch) : nzceogs@xtra.co.nz Home page: http://catholic.org.nz/nzceo Applications close: 6 April 2001
Sunday, March 25, 2001
Dear friends,
In last week's News & Notes I mentioned that nearly all our parishes are publishers, in that they bring out a weekly parish bulletin, and this is ideal for putting on a parish Web site as it reveals the 'atmosphere' of the parish community to anyone thinking of joining it. The Newsletter of SS Peter and Paul parish in Lower Hutt ( http://hutt-catholic.org.nz/parish_bulletin.htm ) is so far the only example I've been able to find on a New Zealand Catholic Web site, but it's an excellent one. If you have a moment, click over to it and try to see it from the point of view of an 'outsider'. You get the impression of a lively parish community with a variety of activities and everyone invited to get involved; and the parish didn't have to compose this specially for their Web site: it's just the familiar weekly bulletin dropped into a Web page.
The New Zealand Catholic Directory for 2001 is currently being mailed out to those who ordered advance copies, and I'll give it a write-up here next week.
Every best wish and all God's blessings.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
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NEWS
Two media releases are on the bishops News page at: http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/news/frnews.html
'Double Standards from Te Papa' refers to our national Museum's decision to withdraw an exhibition of T-shirts because of trademark violation in the designs, and recalls that the Museum refused to do the same with another exhibit which was offensive to Christians;
'A Catholic Reaction to Human Cloning Proposals' is a commentary on the ethical issues of cloning by Rev. Doctor Neil Vaney SM who teaches Christian Ethics (including bioethics) at the national Catholic theological college in Auckland.
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
>From 'NZ Catholic' March 25, 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
'Human cloning: not ethical and there's no need to do it' Fears about human cloning should not be based on scaremongering scenarios of duplicated people, says Marist priest and theology lecturer Fr Neil Vaney ... [Links to: Health Research Council Ethics Committee Guidelines ... Faith Central: Classroom resources on cloning ]
'High Pacific presence in Catholic schools' An Auckland Catholic school has been identified as the New Zealand secondary school with the highest proportion of Pacific Islanders on its roll. At McAuley High School, a decile 1 school in Otahuhu, 80.1 per cent of students are Pacific Islanders ... [Links to: NZ Catholic Schools on the Web ... NZ Catholic Education Office]
'Caritas office is busy as Lent donations arrive' Halfway through Lent, already some of the expected 40,000 Lenten donations are arriving at the Wellington headquarters of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand ...... [Link to: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand ]
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't try to hand-copy newspaper Web addresses. Instead Select, Copy and Paste them into your browser's address line]
'Agencies confirm strain on families' Otago Daily times 24 March 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=24Mar2001/edi\ torial/content/ENH05E4587NG.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial A University of Otago marketing survey highlights huge pressures on families and relationships, Dunedin church social agencies say. Catholic Social Services director Mike Noonan said the report's findings were "fascinating". He aimed to discuss the report with its authors and with other community support groups ...
'Catholic Bishop Pompallier?s bones on the move again' The Northern News 22 March 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,715060a1927,FF.html Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier?s bones will be buried at Motuti in the churchyard of the original Catholic church where he held services in the [mid-19th century] ...
'Kaponga churches join to celebrate' The Waikato Daily News (photo) 19 March 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,707585a1885,FF.html Catholics and Anglicans came together for a special church service in Kaponga yesterday. More than 120 people, including the Bishop of Waikato and the Bishop in Taranaki, turned up to celebrate the St Mark's Anglican Church centenary...
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EVENTS
30 April - 28 September 2001 (Sydney, Australia) Kerygma Teams Discipleship Training School, Sydney, Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay-missionary organization Youth With A Mission. It supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, training and cross-cultural missions projects. Its Discipleship Training School is a five month intensive course which helps students to cultivate a vibrant relationship with God, identify their unique gifts and visions, exercise their faith and grow in character. Full details at: http://www.kerygmateams.org/html/locations/australia/index.html
18-22 April 2001 'Jesus 4 Real' Youth Camps Jesus 4 Real Ministries is an independent voluntary group of adults bringing the reality of Jesus to Catholic teenagers, and training adult leaders for Catholic youth work, through camps and seminars in the Wellington Archdiocese. Web site: http://members.xoom.com/Jesus4Real Contact: (04) 904 7217 ; (04) 905 6636
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Deputy Executive Director, New Zealand Catholic Education Office, Wellington. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 25 March 2001, p.23 and 'Wel-com' March 2001 p.19; and from the Executive Director (Brother Pat Lynch) : nzceogs@xtra.co.nz Home page: http://catholic.org.nz/nzceo Applications close: 6 April 2001
Team Leader, Firepower Catholic Youth Outreach, Wellington FCYO encourages young Catholics to deepen their relationship with Jesus and live a life of faith and service in the Catholic church. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 11 March 2001, p.23 and from Brendan Woodnutt tel: 04 939 9890 (day) or 04 380 8898 Home page: http://www.firepower.org.nz
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In last week's News & Notes I mentioned that nearly all our parishes are publishers, in that they bring out a weekly parish bulletin, and this is ideal for putting on a parish Web site as it reveals the 'atmosphere' of the parish community to anyone thinking of joining it. The Newsletter of SS Peter and Paul parish in Lower Hutt ( http://hutt-catholic.org.nz/parish_bulletin.htm ) is so far the only example I've been able to find on a New Zealand Catholic Web site, but it's an excellent one. If you have a moment, click over to it and try to see it from the point of view of an 'outsider'. You get the impression of a lively parish community with a variety of activities and everyone invited to get involved; and the parish didn't have to compose this specially for their Web site: it's just the familiar weekly bulletin dropped into a Web page.
The New Zealand Catholic Directory for 2001 is currently being mailed out to those who ordered advance copies, and I'll give it a write-up here next week.
Every best wish and all God's blessings.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
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NEWS
Two media releases are on the bishops News page at: http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/news/frnews.html
'Double Standards from Te Papa' refers to our national Museum's decision to withdraw an exhibition of T-shirts because of trademark violation in the designs, and recalls that the Museum refused to do the same with another exhibit which was offensive to Christians;
'A Catholic Reaction to Human Cloning Proposals' is a commentary on the ethical issues of cloning by Rev. Doctor Neil Vaney SM who teaches Christian Ethics (including bioethics) at the national Catholic theological college in Auckland.
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
>From 'NZ Catholic' March 25, 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
'Human cloning: not ethical and there's no need to do it' Fears about human cloning should not be based on scaremongering scenarios of duplicated people, says Marist priest and theology lecturer Fr Neil Vaney ... [Links to: Health Research Council Ethics Committee Guidelines ... Faith Central: Classroom resources on cloning ]
'High Pacific presence in Catholic schools' An Auckland Catholic school has been identified as the New Zealand secondary school with the highest proportion of Pacific Islanders on its roll. At McAuley High School, a decile 1 school in Otahuhu, 80.1 per cent of students are Pacific Islanders ... [Links to: NZ Catholic Schools on the Web ... NZ Catholic Education Office]
'Caritas office is busy as Lent donations arrive' Halfway through Lent, already some of the expected 40,000 Lenten donations are arriving at the Wellington headquarters of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand ...... [Link to: Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand ]
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
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'Agencies confirm strain on families' Otago Daily times 24 March 2001 http://www1.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?PATH=24Mar2001/edi\ torial/content/ENH05E4587NG.html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial A University of Otago marketing survey highlights huge pressures on families and relationships, Dunedin church social agencies say. Catholic Social Services director Mike Noonan said the report's findings were "fascinating". He aimed to discuss the report with its authors and with other community support groups ...
'Catholic Bishop Pompallier?s bones on the move again' The Northern News 22 March 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,715060a1927,FF.html Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier?s bones will be buried at Motuti in the churchyard of the original Catholic church where he held services in the [mid-19th century] ...
'Kaponga churches join to celebrate' The Waikato Daily News (photo) 19 March 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,707585a1885,FF.html Catholics and Anglicans came together for a special church service in Kaponga yesterday. More than 120 people, including the Bishop of Waikato and the Bishop in Taranaki, turned up to celebrate the St Mark's Anglican Church centenary...
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EVENTS
30 April - 28 September 2001 (Sydney, Australia) Kerygma Teams Discipleship Training School, Sydney, Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay-missionary organization Youth With A Mission. It supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, training and cross-cultural missions projects. Its Discipleship Training School is a five month intensive course which helps students to cultivate a vibrant relationship with God, identify their unique gifts and visions, exercise their faith and grow in character. Full details at: http://www.kerygmateams.org/html/locations/australia/index.html
18-22 April 2001 'Jesus 4 Real' Youth Camps Jesus 4 Real Ministries is an independent voluntary group of adults bringing the reality of Jesus to Catholic teenagers, and training adult leaders for Catholic youth work, through camps and seminars in the Wellington Archdiocese. Web site: http://members.xoom.com/Jesus4Real Contact: (04) 904 7217 ; (04) 905 6636
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EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Deputy Executive Director, New Zealand Catholic Education Office, Wellington. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 25 March 2001, p.23 and 'Wel-com' March 2001 p.19; and from the Executive Director (Brother Pat Lynch) : nzceogs@xtra.co.nz Home page: http://catholic.org.nz/nzceo Applications close: 6 April 2001
Team Leader, Firepower Catholic Youth Outreach, Wellington FCYO encourages young Catholics to deepen their relationship with Jesus and live a life of faith and service in the Catholic church. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 11 March 2001, p.23 and from Brendan Woodnutt tel: 04 939 9890 (day) or 04 380 8898 Home page: http://www.firepower.org.nz
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