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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
In issue 288, April 6 - 19, 2008 ...
NATIONAL
Campaigner proposes pro-life party ... High-rise complex seen as a threat to
cathedral ... Continuing battle to protect Easter seen ... Kiwi ordained for
St Peter fraternity ... Joint ceremony commissions chaplains ... Hundreds
join solemn procession ... Depiction of sexual act in church was okay, says
standards authority ... Govt policies of justice, compassion called for ...
MP seeks bishops' support for family initiative ... 160 priests to get
together in Blenheim ... Environmentally-aware pupils make nature trail ...
Porirua principal wins award ... Tauranga student wins human rights prize
... Awards for two heads ... ERO File
FEATURES
Prayer focus and time off essential for busy priests ... Taking problems to
the Lord seen as a key ... Women's long service recognised ... Youth to
benefit from golf tourney proceeds ... New Christian courses for Rimutaka
inmates ... PNG Church becoming stronger, says NZ priest
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The domestic and monastic ... Pat Lynch: Religion is
becoming more important than some think ... Pew Point: Ideas on sin already
known ... Others Say: Catholic cheerleading not enough ... Editorial:
Archbishop's adultery saddening ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters ... Vatican
Letter: Pope in US expected to touch all faiths
INTERNATIONAL
Psychiatrists warn of harm from abortions ... Outspoken archbishop admits to
affair ... Gluten intolerance exercises bishop's mind ... The Pope:
Confessing opens our hearts to the Spirit ... Peacekeeping Holy Land leaders
needed, says Patriarch ... Focolare founder dies ... Christians leaving
Lebanon ... Muslim-born Catholic witnessing to Islam ... Appeal made for
faith-based agencies' right to share ... Ease off Tibet, China urged ...
Risen Christ our hope, says Pope ... Prayers for youth urged ... A broad
encyclical ... Gorbachev denies rumours ... Bounty on bishop ... In Brief
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 FEATURE
Lamb of God Christian Community
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
School "put under cloud" by student fights
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=135143
St Paul's College says it is sad that the actions of a small group of
students has painted a negative picture of the school...
Students quizzed on fight club, but culprits at large
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/metro/story.cfm?l_id=117&objectid=10501961
College shocked by fight videos
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1681449
`Fight club' scandal at college
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10501762
Editorial: Church call to go back 17 years
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10501061
Church actions louder than words
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10501913
David Moxon and Brown Turei write that, outside the state, religious groups
are the biggest providers of social services in New Zealand ...
Give us the message but cut out the sermonising, by Tapu Misa
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10501441
What do we expect from the church and its leaders? Moral leadership? Social
conscience? Good works? Or just to shut up and go away?...
Gala huge success
Whangarei Leader
http://tinyurl.com/2eu4nm
Thousands flocked to the annual St Francis Xavier School gala in Whangarei
for a family day of fun and food ...
Abduction inquiry at end of road
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4460133a6554.html
Stratford police have completed their investigation into an alleged
abduction attempt of a young girl from a Kaponga primary school...
Education quality at school worries ERO
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4461397a6579.html
An Education Review Office report has found the quality and learning for
students is at risk in most classrooms at St Joseph's Catholic School in
Paeroa...
Principal retiring after 16 years
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4458887a6571.html
Terry Rush, the principal of Timaru's St Joseph's school for 16 years,
retires at the end of the term...
Priests move to new flats (photo)
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/26nzgu
The first residents of the new Mosgiel flats for retired Catholic priests
moved in last week ...
Cartoonist Evans Makes Live Billboard For Climate
Press Release: Greenpeace New Zealand 03-04 13:02-2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0804/S00065.htm
Wellington Thursday 3 April, 2008 - NZ Catholic's political cartoonist
Malcolm Evans will do a live billboard drawing in central Wellington today,
as part of calls for stronger climate policies from New Zealand's political
leaders...
Kiwis providing medical care
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4461922a6568.html
Dr Derek Allen, a New Zealand doctor based in Indonesia, found his calling
providing medical care in poverty-stricken countries such as Vanuatu,
Pakistan, Eastern Europe, Africa and Indonesia. A job good for the soul, if
not the bank balance...
Southlanders gear up for youth day event
The Southland Times 3 Apr 2008 Page: 8
A group of Southland youngsters is looking forward to the pilgrimage of a
lifetime, despite having to give up the comforts of home and share portaloos
with half a million people to do it... [This story is not available on the
newspaper's free Website]
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Kiwis will add their skills to WYD liturgies (04 Apr 2008)
Kiwi WYD Ambassador, Josie Leota (Archdiocese of Wellington) and seminarian,
Cameron Surrey (Hamilton Diocese) will represent the New Zealand Catholic
Bishops’ Conference as members of the International Liturgy Group at World
Youth Day 08 in Sydney this July...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
'Why World Youth Day?
Confession booth-style video of Julie and Therese, students from Villa Maria
College, talking openly about what they expect to get from their journey to
see the Pope ....
'Angel in the City'
Luke 24 (on the road to Emmaus), a illustrated reading and discussion with
Christine and the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington.
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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 ...
** What a Mess! (an unusual pregnancy; human-animal hybrids)
** Going to the chapel (on getting married at last)
** Why can't we be friends? (on working in a "non-denominational" Christian
workplace)
** Shall we 'test drive' first? (in the throes of wedding week)
** No Place For God (modern Catholic architecture and the sense of the
sacred and divine)
** Culture clash (on the beauty of "mixed culture marriages")
** A voice you can agree with? (Why the comments on so many world issues)
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EVENTS
World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Vatican ambassador to U.S. talks of coming papal trip
I was in Washington, D.C., this week for a Tuesday luncheon sponsored by the
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. George Weigel and I had been invited
by Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum, to brief reporters on Pope Benedict
XVI's April 15-20 visit to the United States. As Weigel put it, he was there
to offer an "op/ed" perspective, with emphasis on the pope and Islam, while
I tried to fill the "news hole" with a broad overview...
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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/ ]
Property Asset Manager, Auckland Diocese
http://www.administrationaucklandcatholic.org.nz/Property/tabid/871/Default.aspx
Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 6 - 19, 2008 p.23, on
http://jobs.search4.co.nz/job/view/2jn34z/search/ao/auckland/real-estate/
and from David Randall, Pompallier Diocesan Centre, tel: (09) 360 3031;
e-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 21 April 2008
Part-time Experienced Counsellor, Catholic Social Services, Wellington
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=153
Details in 'Wel-com' April 2008 p.17 and from The director, Catholic social
Services, PO Box 9408, Wellington 6141. Applications close 24 April 2008.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Churches issue call for action on benefits
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10500621
Church leaders will issue a "call to action" to politicians today to restore
benefit rates that were cut 17 years ago and have never been raised since,
apart from adjustment for inflation...
National Church Leaders. Towards A More Just And Compassionate Society
(press release)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00262.htm
NZ Council of Christian Social Services. Putting the poor and vulnerable on
the agenda
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00266.htm
World Youth Day's search for Jesus down to final few
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00194.htm
World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08) organisers today announced the few final
young men in the running to play the part of Jesus before His Holiness Pope
Benedict XVI...
The bloom of youth (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4451630a6551.html
Seventeen and blessed with what his mum calls a "silky tongue", Josh Walden
is Year 13 student at New Plymouth's Francis Douglas Memorial College. He
has a head of wild curls, is enthusiastic, a great talker, and looking
forward to turning 18...
Taggers put mark on St Pat's (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4451339a6497.html
Tagging on a church’s holy doors has left staff at Auckland's St Patrick’s
Cathedral shocked and upset...
Indoor bowlers to celebrate 50 years (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/4453804a20379.html
In November 1957, with a new church hall being planned, a meeting was called
in a classroom at St Joseph's School, Feilding to gauge interest in forming
an indoor bowls club. St Brigid's Indoor Bowls Club was the result and at
Anzac weekend the club is holding a reunion...
Young genius to study at university (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/2hrr9d
11-year-old St Peter's Catholic School student Jozef Erece has been accepted
to study at Stanford University in the United States and Cambridge
University in England ...
Pupils tune in (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/yqv3ek
A school radio station is helping students at Cathedral College stay tuned
in ...
Pupils take on paddy's challenge (photo)
Northern Outlook
http://tinyurl.com/2y9lcz
Pupils from St Patrick's School in Kaiapoi celebrated St Patrick's Day by
collectively completing more than 1300 laps of an obstacle course ...
Students get busy among the swan plants (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4451303a6497.html
Fred the caterpillar will have many eyes on him until he transforms into a
monarch butterfly. He is part of a study by 50 junior students at St Mark’s
Catholic Primary School, Pakuranga...
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Easter 2008
Churches combine
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/4453812a20379.html
The Good Friday combined church service saw the Feilding Civic Centre filled
with more than 400 people from the congregations of most Christian churches
in the town...
Bumper crowds mark Good Friday (photos)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/284pny
A gloriously fine morning again brought out bumper crowds to traditional
Good Friday church services in Piako ...
Cross walk popular (photo)
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/34dgfs
A relaxed, smiling multi-denominational crowd of Taieri residents gathered
at Holy Cross Church, Mosgiel for the start of this Easter's Walking of the
Cross ceremony on Friday morning ...
Churches full for services
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4449661a6554.html
Easter church services recognising the pre-eminent Christian message of
salvation were well received at the weekend, say Hamilton church leaders...
Marking the Son-rise (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4450290a10.html
While some New Zealanders over-indulged in Easter eggs, others attended a
dawn service on Wellington's Mt Victoria summit to celebrate the day Christ
rose from the dead after his crucifixion...
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NEWSLETTERS AND MAGAZINES
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' and Catholic Schools'
Supplement - March 2008
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' - March 2008
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
'Tui Motu InterIslands' - March 2008
http://www.tuimotu.org/
St Columban's Mission society. 'The Far East' - March 2008
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
'Angel in the City': John 20: 19-31
A reading and discussion with Rev. Frank Nelson, Dean of St Paul's
Cathedral, Wellington and Canon Ellie Sanderson.
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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 ...
** Bring back the Index (books and their influence)
** “Wait, I’m no missionary! I don’t even believe in Jebus!� (on waiting
to
get in to Confession)
** This Confession thing…
** Present as dude… (Christ's presence in Scripture and the Eucharist)
** A very timely message from a very unlikely source (Sarkozy and European
secularism)
** Paschal Ponderings (Easter 2008)
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EVENTS
World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Public spotlight on a personal conversion; Papal trip prep; 1978 and
Catholic life
Rarely does an Easter Vigil Mass become a news event, but this year's
edition in St. Peter's Basilica certainly got the world's attention. The
reason: One of seven new Catholics personally baptized by Pope Benedict XVI
happens to be an Egyptian-born Italian journalist and convert from Islam,
widely regarded as the successor to Oriana Fallaci in terms of visceral
protest against Muslim extremism...
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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
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Churches issue call for action on benefits
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10500621
Church leaders will issue a "call to action" to politicians today to restore
benefit rates that were cut 17 years ago and have never been raised since,
apart from adjustment for inflation...
National Church Leaders. Towards A More Just And Compassionate Society
(press release)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00262.htm
NZ Council of Christian Social Services. Putting the poor and vulnerable on
the agenda
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00266.htm
World Youth Day's search for Jesus down to final few
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0803/S00194.htm
World Youth Day Sydney 2008 (WYD08) organisers today announced the few final
young men in the running to play the part of Jesus before His Holiness Pope
Benedict XVI...
The bloom of youth (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4451630a6551.html
Seventeen and blessed with what his mum calls a "silky tongue", Josh Walden
is Year 13 student at New Plymouth's Francis Douglas Memorial College. He
has a head of wild curls, is enthusiastic, a great talker, and looking
forward to turning 18...
Taggers put mark on St Pat's (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4451339a6497.html
Tagging on a church’s holy doors has left staff at Auckland's St Patrick’s
Cathedral shocked and upset...
Indoor bowlers to celebrate 50 years (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/4453804a20379.html
In November 1957, with a new church hall being planned, a meeting was called
in a classroom at St Joseph's School, Feilding to gauge interest in forming
an indoor bowls club. St Brigid's Indoor Bowls Club was the result and at
Anzac weekend the club is holding a reunion...
Young genius to study at university (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/2hrr9d
11-year-old St Peter's Catholic School student Jozef Erece has been accepted
to study at Stanford University in the United States and Cambridge
University in England ...
Pupils tune in (photo)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/yqv3ek
A school radio station is helping students at Cathedral College stay tuned
in ...
Pupils take on paddy's challenge (photo)
Northern Outlook
http://tinyurl.com/2y9lcz
Pupils from St Patrick's School in Kaiapoi celebrated St Patrick's Day by
collectively completing more than 1300 laps of an obstacle course ...
Students get busy among the swan plants (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4451303a6497.html
Fred the caterpillar will have many eyes on him until he transforms into a
monarch butterfly. He is part of a study by 50 junior students at St Mark’s
Catholic Primary School, Pakuranga...
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Easter 2008
Churches combine
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatustandard/4453812a20379.html
The Good Friday combined church service saw the Feilding Civic Centre filled
with more than 400 people from the congregations of most Christian churches
in the town...
Bumper crowds mark Good Friday (photos)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/284pny
A gloriously fine morning again brought out bumper crowds to traditional
Good Friday church services in Piako ...
Cross walk popular (photo)
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/34dgfs
A relaxed, smiling multi-denominational crowd of Taieri residents gathered
at Holy Cross Church, Mosgiel for the start of this Easter's Walking of the
Cross ceremony on Friday morning ...
Churches full for services
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4449661a6554.html
Easter church services recognising the pre-eminent Christian message of
salvation were well received at the weekend, say Hamilton church leaders...
Marking the Son-rise (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4450290a10.html
While some New Zealanders over-indulged in Easter eggs, others attended a
dawn service on Wellington's Mt Victoria summit to celebrate the day Christ
rose from the dead after his crucifixion...
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NEWSLETTERS AND MAGAZINES
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' and Catholic Schools'
Supplement - March 2008
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/pages/resourcesubpages/lighting-new-fires.html
Catholic Diocese of Christchurch. 'Inform' - March 2008
http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=25
'Tui Motu InterIslands' - March 2008
http://www.tuimotu.org/
St Columban's Mission society. 'The Far East' - March 2008
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
'Angel in the City': John 20: 19-31
A reading and discussion with Rev. Frank Nelson, Dean of St Paul's
Cathedral, Wellington and Canon Ellie Sanderson.
********************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
** Bring back the Index (books and their influence)
** “Wait, I’m no missionary! I don’t even believe in Jebus!� (on waiting
to
get in to Confession)
** This Confession thing…
** Present as dude… (Christ's presence in Scripture and the Eucharist)
** A very timely message from a very unlikely source (Sarkozy and European
secularism)
** Paschal Ponderings (Easter 2008)
*****************************************************
EVENTS
World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Public spotlight on a personal conversion; Papal trip prep; 1978 and
Catholic life
Rarely does an Easter Vigil Mass become a news event, but this year's
edition in St. Peter's Basilica certainly got the world's attention. The
reason: One of seven new Catholics personally baptized by Pope Benedict XVI
happens to be an Egyptian-born Italian journalist and convert from Islam,
widely regarded as the successor to Oriana Fallaci in terms of visceral
protest against Muslim extremism...
*************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
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
Sunday, March 23, 2008
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EASTER 2008
More join procession to mark Easter (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelsonmail/4448727a6510.html
A procession that organisers say marks the true meaning of Easter is
gathering a greater following each year, with about 150 people joining the
Way of the Cross walk in Nelson yesterday.
Reflections on cross (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4447847a6571.html
Yesterday's Way Of The Cross brought Timaru's Christian denominations
together to reflect on the meaning of Good Friday...
Faithful walking (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4447790a6011.html
About 30 people gathered at Wachner Place in Invercargill for the start of
the walking of the cross through Invercargill streets yesterday, but the
group swelled to about 80 as the cross made its way from Dee St to five
inner-city churches...
Christians mark Good Friday
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1651623
Christian parishes around New Zealand have commemorated Good Friday in a
traditional cross carrying ceremony to portray Jesus' final journey...
Marchers carry cross for Easter
Waikato Times 22 Mar 2008 Page: 5
Catholics, Anglicans, Methodists and Presbyterians came together yesterday
to march through the Hamilton suburb of Dinsdale as part of Good Friday
commemorations. Throughout the 1km march, members took turns to lead the
procession and carry the large cross ...
Easter mission to feed hungry (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4447671a23918.html
There will be a new face dishing out the meals to the hungry and needy in
Wellington this Easter Monday. Desmond Ang is the first layperson to be
appointed manager of the Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre, which includes
the Tory St soup kitchen.
Iain Gillies: From the pain of the crucifixion comes the symbol of salvation
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=f136a7cc5ae04d16a5c705a\
112b1194f
Garth George: He's not myth or fable, he's my personal saviour
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10499169
Easter trading law inaction upsets
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/4447465a6410.html
The Government's decision not to change Easter trading laws has attracted
criticism from retailers, the Green Party and the CTU...
ALSO FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
High-rise hangs over St Pat's (photO)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4447018a6497.html
A 46-storey "needle in the sky" is threatening to overshadow one of the
central city’s few tranquil corners. The 144-metre apartment building is
proposed for Albert St next to St Patrick’s Cathedral and the surrounding
square.
Paul Thomas: 'Hatchet job' clearly hit the mark
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10499471
Mockery is part of the columnist's armoury. I wouldn't say we mock for a
living but you'd have to be a saint and/or a stuffed shirt to fill 50-odd
columns a year without the odd burst. So it was gratifying that the Herald's
coverage of the Vatican's recent pronouncement on sin and my column on the
subject should have drawn an indignant squawk from the Roman Catholic
Church...
Roncalli takes home advantage to nab wins (no link)
The Timaru Herald 20 Mar 2008 Page: 10
On home ground, Roncalli College has won the Bishop Lyons Shield for the
second year in a row. Roncalli hosted the public speaking and debating
competition between the schools of the Christchurch Catholic Diocese last
weekend. With seven schools...
Joseph Zawada. 'The Polish Boys' Hostel, 167 Clyde Street'. Southern Bays,
2007; n.3:p.7-10
The history of the hostel established in Island Bay by the Catholic Church
to cater for the needs of some of the Polish orphans who were being shifted
to Wellington from Pahiatua. 'Southern Bays' magazine is published by The
Wellington Southern Bays Historical Society INC;
info@southernbayshistory.wellington.net.nz
Principal on trial over sex charges
http://www.tv3.co.nz/Video/HowKiwiscelebrateEaster/tabid/309/articleID/49932/cat\
/64/Default.aspx#video
Hato Paora College principal Elvis Dobson Shepherd has denied nine sex
charges and will face a High Court trial...
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - Issue 287, March 23 - April 5, 2008
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
NATIONAL
Former brother ordained for Hamilton ... Stalker's advances not the reason
for priest leaving, says Dunedin bishop ... Vasectomy auction by school
described as one person's mistake ... New Joy Cowley book appears ... High
Court upholds ruling in favour of Catholic agencies ... Diocese beats rugby
union in super 10 workplaces ... NZ leaders of marriage movement meet Pope
... Governor-General and wife join pupils on walking bus ... Sisters
honoured for long service in Far North ... North Shore college retains
Mahony Cup
FEATURES
Media mangled the message on social sin ... What the bishop really said ...
19th-century NZ Catholic layman saw link between deforestation and climate
... Palmerston North school celebrates ... Children's issues seen as needing
party co-operation ... Frenchmen prepare the way for WYD pilgrims to NZ
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Justice and Jesus ... Paul Sanchez: American media ignore
Democratic contenders' flip-flops on abortion ... Others Say: Focusing on
family strengthens peace ... Editorial: Faith means we can help the unhappy
... Malcolm Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL
Move to canonise murderer criticised ... England and Wales abolish offence
of blasphemy ... St Pio's body displayed for public veneration ... Clampdown
on abuse of Mass cards in Ireland ... The Pope: Effect of values wanted for
US ... Church misusing words, says priest ... Many events in papal visit to
US ... Website to help priests ... Abducted Iraqi bishop found dead ...
Actor Sheen's "genius" wins prestigious Catholic honour ... Polish priest
wins rich prize ... Italian rails against Lourdes trains ... Strong witness
urged ... Church leaders protected ... Church aided in surrender ... Ongoing
formation urged ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES
Papal Prayer, Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Catholic.Geek, Tape Deck,
Scripture, Feasts, Liturgical Calendar, The Doolans, Family Talk, 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
Eternal Word Television Network 2008 ... Eucharistic Convention ... Divine
Mercy Sunday
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
WYD08 Papal Boat-a-cade announced (19-03-2008)
WYD08 organisers today announced that Captain Cook Cruises will become the
official cruise operator for the event and will provide the official entry
vessel for His Holiness - The Sydney 2000. Pope Benedict will arrive via a
(13)-vessel "boat-a-cade" - a nautical adaptation of the traditional Papal
motorcade...
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EVENTS
Auckland Eucharistic Convention 2008
Friday 28th March 2008 to Sunday 30th March 2008.
Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Takapuna, North Shore,
Auckland.
http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/
World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
Snapshot: Aquinas goes wild
Tauranga's Aquinas College students combine bible readings with an adventure
park - forcing them to learn to help each other in order to succeed....
Angel in the City
Father David Kennerley reads St Matthew's gospel 28:1-10 and discusses it
with Suzanne
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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 ...
** Mary Queen of Sorrows (Meditations of Anne Catherine Emmerich)
** Good Friday (at St Patrick's Cathedral)
** Feel the love people, feel the love (liturgical abuses; married
diaconate)
** A Truth .. when convenient (the media and new sins)
** I like legal killing - it gives me control of my life (Matt McCarten's
article on abortion)
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
One-stop-shopping" guide to Pope Benedict's U.S. visit
This week's column is intended as a "one-stop-shopping" guide to the April
15-20 visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States. There's a lot of
material, and it may be best read in chunks rather than at one sitting. I
hope it proves a useful overview not just of the highlights of the pope's
schedule, but also the trip's background and context...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
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
EASTER 2008
More join procession to mark Easter (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelsonmail/4448727a6510.html
A procession that organisers say marks the true meaning of Easter is
gathering a greater following each year, with about 150 people joining the
Way of the Cross walk in Nelson yesterday.
Reflections on cross (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4447847a6571.html
Yesterday's Way Of The Cross brought Timaru's Christian denominations
together to reflect on the meaning of Good Friday...
Faithful walking (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4447790a6011.html
About 30 people gathered at Wachner Place in Invercargill for the start of
the walking of the cross through Invercargill streets yesterday, but the
group swelled to about 80 as the cross made its way from Dee St to five
inner-city churches...
Christians mark Good Friday
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1651623
Christian parishes around New Zealand have commemorated Good Friday in a
traditional cross carrying ceremony to portray Jesus' final journey...
Marchers carry cross for Easter
Waikato Times 22 Mar 2008 Page: 5
Catholics, Anglicans, Methodists and Presbyterians came together yesterday
to march through the Hamilton suburb of Dinsdale as part of Good Friday
commemorations. Throughout the 1km march, members took turns to lead the
procession and carry the large cross ...
Easter mission to feed hungry (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4447671a23918.html
There will be a new face dishing out the meals to the hungry and needy in
Wellington this Easter Monday. Desmond Ang is the first layperson to be
appointed manager of the Suzanne Aubert Compassion Centre, which includes
the Tory St soup kitchen.
Iain Gillies: From the pain of the crucifixion comes the symbol of salvation
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=f136a7cc5ae04d16a5c705a\
112b1194f
Garth George: He's not myth or fable, he's my personal saviour
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10499169
Easter trading law inaction upsets
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/4447465a6410.html
The Government's decision not to change Easter trading laws has attracted
criticism from retailers, the Green Party and the CTU...
ALSO FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
High-rise hangs over St Pat's (photO)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4447018a6497.html
A 46-storey "needle in the sky" is threatening to overshadow one of the
central city’s few tranquil corners. The 144-metre apartment building is
proposed for Albert St next to St Patrick’s Cathedral and the surrounding
square.
Paul Thomas: 'Hatchet job' clearly hit the mark
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10499471
Mockery is part of the columnist's armoury. I wouldn't say we mock for a
living but you'd have to be a saint and/or a stuffed shirt to fill 50-odd
columns a year without the odd burst. So it was gratifying that the Herald's
coverage of the Vatican's recent pronouncement on sin and my column on the
subject should have drawn an indignant squawk from the Roman Catholic
Church...
Roncalli takes home advantage to nab wins (no link)
The Timaru Herald 20 Mar 2008 Page: 10
On home ground, Roncalli College has won the Bishop Lyons Shield for the
second year in a row. Roncalli hosted the public speaking and debating
competition between the schools of the Christchurch Catholic Diocese last
weekend. With seven schools...
Joseph Zawada. 'The Polish Boys' Hostel, 167 Clyde Street'. Southern Bays,
2007; n.3:p.7-10
The history of the hostel established in Island Bay by the Catholic Church
to cater for the needs of some of the Polish orphans who were being shifted
to Wellington from Pahiatua. 'Southern Bays' magazine is published by The
Wellington Southern Bays Historical Society INC;
info@southernbayshistory.wellington.net.nz
Principal on trial over sex charges
http://www.tv3.co.nz/Video/HowKiwiscelebrateEaster/tabid/309/articleID/49932/cat\
/64/Default.aspx#video
Hato Paora College principal Elvis Dobson Shepherd has denied nine sex
charges and will face a High Court trial...
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'NZ CATHOLIC' - Issue 287, March 23 - April 5, 2008
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
NATIONAL
Former brother ordained for Hamilton ... Stalker's advances not the reason
for priest leaving, says Dunedin bishop ... Vasectomy auction by school
described as one person's mistake ... New Joy Cowley book appears ... High
Court upholds ruling in favour of Catholic agencies ... Diocese beats rugby
union in super 10 workplaces ... NZ leaders of marriage movement meet Pope
... Governor-General and wife join pupils on walking bus ... Sisters
honoured for long service in Far North ... North Shore college retains
Mahony Cup
FEATURES
Media mangled the message on social sin ... What the bishop really said ...
19th-century NZ Catholic layman saw link between deforestation and climate
... Palmerston North school celebrates ... Children's issues seen as needing
party co-operation ... Frenchmen prepare the way for WYD pilgrims to NZ
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Justice and Jesus ... Paul Sanchez: American media ignore
Democratic contenders' flip-flops on abortion ... Others Say: Focusing on
family strengthens peace ... Editorial: Faith means we can help the unhappy
... Malcolm Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL
Move to canonise murderer criticised ... England and Wales abolish offence
of blasphemy ... St Pio's body displayed for public veneration ... Clampdown
on abuse of Mass cards in Ireland ... The Pope: Effect of values wanted for
US ... Church misusing words, says priest ... Many events in papal visit to
US ... Website to help priests ... Abducted Iraqi bishop found dead ...
Actor Sheen's "genius" wins prestigious Catholic honour ... Polish priest
wins rich prize ... Italian rails against Lourdes trains ... Strong witness
urged ... Church leaders protected ... Church aided in surrender ... Ongoing
formation urged ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES
Papal Prayer, Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Catholic.Geek, Tape Deck,
Scripture, Feasts, Liturgical Calendar, The Doolans, Family Talk, 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
Eternal Word Television Network 2008 ... Eucharistic Convention ... Divine
Mercy Sunday
****************************************************
CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
WYD08 Papal Boat-a-cade announced (19-03-2008)
WYD08 organisers today announced that Captain Cook Cruises will become the
official cruise operator for the event and will provide the official entry
vessel for His Holiness - The Sydney 2000. Pope Benedict will arrive via a
(13)-vessel "boat-a-cade" - a nautical adaptation of the traditional Papal
motorcade...
*****************************************************
EVENTS
Auckland Eucharistic Convention 2008
Friday 28th March 2008 to Sunday 30th March 2008.
Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Takapuna, North Shore,
Auckland.
http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/
World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
Snapshot: Aquinas goes wild
Tauranga's Aquinas College students combine bible readings with an adventure
park - forcing them to learn to help each other in order to succeed....
Angel in the City
Father David Kennerley reads St Matthew's gospel 28:1-10 and discusses it
with Suzanne
********************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
** Mary Queen of Sorrows (Meditations of Anne Catherine Emmerich)
** Good Friday (at St Patrick's Cathedral)
** Feel the love people, feel the love (liturgical abuses; married
diaconate)
** A Truth .. when convenient (the media and new sins)
** I like legal killing - it gives me control of my life (Matt McCarten's
article on abortion)
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
One-stop-shopping" guide to Pope Benedict's U.S. visit
This week's column is intended as a "one-stop-shopping" guide to the April
15-20 visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States. There's a lot of
material, and it may be best read in chunks rather than at one sitting. I
hope it proves a useful overview not just of the highlights of the pope's
schedule, but also the trip's background and context...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
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
Sunday, March 16, 2008
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Young Human Rights Activists Awarded for Public Service (photo)
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-3-15/67565.html
One of New Zealand's youngest mayoral candidates and the relative of a
cluster bomb victim were among over 20 youths recognised at the Youth for
Human Rights awards ceremony on Friday night. Jade Gray, 17, from Tauranga
took out the top prize for his efforts to reduce poverty at a decile 1
school in his area...
Church sells bush retreat (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10498279
The success of Catholic schools' religious education programmes has spurred
the church to sell a camp it has owned for almost 70 years. Knock Na Gree _
which sold for $2 million to Auckland couple Simon and Yvette Feasey _
covers about 13ha of native bush and flat land on West Coast Rd, Oratia, and
includes part of the Oratia Stream...
90th a Family Affair (photo)
The Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/ynqqte
Fromer Villa Maria College student Dr Susan Gordon had plenty of family
around her when she attended the 90th anniversary celebarations of the Upper
Riccareton Catholic Girls' school last month...
[The following stories are not available on the newspapers' free Websites,
but can be read at the public library]
Innovative head teacher tuned in to needs of pupils
Waikato Times 15 Mar 2008 Page: 22
It must have been gifted through the genes of his Irish-born parents â€"
Hamilton’s Michael O’Brien had more than a ‘‘touch of the Blarney’’.
He was
a popular raconteur, had a fine tenor voice, and was a natural entertainer
who could charm the young ...
St Francis de Sales Catholic church is not for sale
The Marlborough Express 14 Mar 2008 Page: 16
St Francis de Sales Catholic church in Renwick is not for sale. The
101-year-old church will remain open, following a passionate call from the
parishioners who were worried about its future...
Abuse hearing
The Press 11 Mar 2008 Page: 3
A Catholic brother who faces historical sexual-abuse charges against boys
had a pre-trial hearing in the High Court in Christchurch yesterday. Brother
Rodger Moloney, 73, from the St John of God Order, was extradited from
Australia in October 2006,...
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St Patrick's Day
Early Easter dates bring St Patrick's Day forward
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=224&objectid=10497837
St Patrick's Day will be observed tomorrow _ three days early _ by many
Catholics, because of the very early timing of Easter this year. Tradition
dictates no feast days can be held during the church's pre-Easter Holy
Week...
Bishop celebrating St Pat's Day, twice
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080312/2/4fhg.html
St Patrick's Day moved to early date
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1636038
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The Harrassment of Father Wyatt
Help for priests available: bishop
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4438345a6568.html
Help is available to priests but it has to be made use of. Catholic Bishop
of Dunedin, the Most Rev Bishop Colin Campbell, was responding to questions
in relation to departing St Patrick's priest Father Hamesh Wyatt, who
announced at the weekend he was taking indefinite leave because of workload
and difficulty coping with attention from parishioner Marianne Bonn
(Monteath)...
"I'm not obsessed by priest" - woman
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4433816a6011.html
An Invercargill woman's alleged obsessive behaviour towards a priest raises
a medical versus ethical debate, a Dunedin-based clinical psychologist said.
Woman's actions tip priest to resign
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4432018a6568.html
A popular Invercargill Roman Catholic priest has left his parish after
battling with work-related stress and a decade of harassment from an
obsessed parishioner. Father Hamesh Wyatt, 40, announced at the weekend that
he is taking indefinite leave from his St Patrick's parish because of
workload and difficulty coping with attention from parishioner Marianne Bonn
(Monteath).
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Seven sins, four editorials and three columns
[At least four editorial writers and three columnists were inspired to write
at length on the Vatican's list of seven deadly sins of the modern era,
mostly with a facetious or hostile tone. While comments like this are
disagreeable and even distressing, there is another way of looking at them.
To be attacked is to be taken seriously. When we find we are being ignored,
that's when we should be worried. ML]
Sin list modernised (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4435354a6010.html
The Vatican has overhauled its list of mortal sins adding several more to
cope with the age of globalisation. However the additions are really nothing
new, according to Father Brian Fennessy of the Temuka and Geraldine St
Josephs parishes...
Are the items on the new Vatican list really sins? Your Views (NZ Herald's
readers comments)
http://tinyurl.com/3de7rf
Deadly enough already, thanks (editorial, The Nelson Mail)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4441220a23218.html
Original sins still do job perfectly well (NZ Herald editorial)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10498310
When sinners repent (editorial, Dominion Post)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4440037a6483.html
Sensible sentencing (editorial, Southland Times)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4435179a6566.html
Thank God for deadly sins (Noelle McCarthy in The New Zealand Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10498270
Vatican desperate for relevance (Paul Thomas in The NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10498253
New sins for an old church (Chris Trotter in The Dominion Post and other
papers)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4439705a1861.html
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From the Catholic news agencies
Catholic social justice agency welcomes Bunnings'Easter decision
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00095.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development, welcomed today the news that Bunnings warehouses have agreed to
honour New Zealand domestic legislation by closing on Easter Sunday...
The gift of Hope' at 2008 Eucharistic Convention
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00079.htm
Media headlines are beyond belief. Murders, home invasions, hijackings. It's
enough to make you weep. But, thankfully, there is an answer - the 15th
Annual Eucharistic Convention, whose theme is 'The Gift of Hope.' The
Catholic event will be held 28-30 March at Westlake Boys High School and
will include daily Mass, holy hours and outstanding choirs...
Local eastern rites Bishops meet
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=6188
The Bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches in Australia and New Zealand
have met in a show of unity among churches...
New Provincial to lead Redemptorists
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=6198
A new provincial leader has been elected for the Redemptorists for Australia
and New Zealand. Fr Paul Bird CSsR, who is editor of the family magazine The
Majellan, was elected to the role at the order's retreat and conference
centre in Galong, NSW...
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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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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
Reflections: Valuing life
Take a walk with Sister Mary to two places in Mary's neighbourhood that talk
to her about how society treats the very young and the very old...
Angel in the City
Jesus at Gethsemane (Jn 9), a reading and discussion with Father David
Kennerley and Suzanne at St Mary of the Angels.
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'THE 15TH STATION' - a New Zealand Catholic podcast
http://station15.libsyn.com/
'Sing a new song' - 15 March 2008
In this episode we're looking at a number of stories that are in the media -
a priest being stalked, weird baptismal formulae, Cardinal Pell's visit to
New Zealand and the "new" seven sins. Plus we have a fantastic song from
James Wong as part of his submission for World Youth Day.
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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 ...
** Fraternal Correction
** the Word (on being better acquainted with Scripture)
** Surely it shouldn’t have come to this? (the harrassment of Fr Hamesh
Wyatt)
** Carpe…really carpe! (tragedy as opportunity)
** Popping pills (community as an anti-depressant)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Giving a name to historical change
On Tuesday I was in Dayton, Ohio, where the University of Dayton put
together a panel to discuss my argument that "evangelical Catholicism"
constitutes a mega-trend in Catholic life. Aside from me, the panelists were
William Portier, who holds the Mary Ann Spearin Chair in Catholic Theology
at the University of Dayton; and David J. O'Brien, Loyola Professor of Roman
Catholic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. Both Portier and O'Brien
had used the phrase "evangelical Catholicism" before I did. What became
clear on Tuesday was that each of us thinks "evangelical Catholicism" is
important, but each of us is actually talking about something quite
different...
Also:
Chiara Lubich, founder of Focolare movement, dies at 88
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
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
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Young Human Rights Activists Awarded for Public Service (photo)
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-3-15/67565.html
One of New Zealand's youngest mayoral candidates and the relative of a
cluster bomb victim were among over 20 youths recognised at the Youth for
Human Rights awards ceremony on Friday night. Jade Gray, 17, from Tauranga
took out the top prize for his efforts to reduce poverty at a decile 1
school in his area...
Church sells bush retreat (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10498279
The success of Catholic schools' religious education programmes has spurred
the church to sell a camp it has owned for almost 70 years. Knock Na Gree _
which sold for $2 million to Auckland couple Simon and Yvette Feasey _
covers about 13ha of native bush and flat land on West Coast Rd, Oratia, and
includes part of the Oratia Stream...
90th a Family Affair (photo)
The Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/ynqqte
Fromer Villa Maria College student Dr Susan Gordon had plenty of family
around her when she attended the 90th anniversary celebarations of the Upper
Riccareton Catholic Girls' school last month...
[The following stories are not available on the newspapers' free Websites,
but can be read at the public library]
Innovative head teacher tuned in to needs of pupils
Waikato Times 15 Mar 2008 Page: 22
It must have been gifted through the genes of his Irish-born parents â€"
Hamilton’s Michael O’Brien had more than a ‘‘touch of the Blarney’’.
He was
a popular raconteur, had a fine tenor voice, and was a natural entertainer
who could charm the young ...
St Francis de Sales Catholic church is not for sale
The Marlborough Express 14 Mar 2008 Page: 16
St Francis de Sales Catholic church in Renwick is not for sale. The
101-year-old church will remain open, following a passionate call from the
parishioners who were worried about its future...
Abuse hearing
The Press 11 Mar 2008 Page: 3
A Catholic brother who faces historical sexual-abuse charges against boys
had a pre-trial hearing in the High Court in Christchurch yesterday. Brother
Rodger Moloney, 73, from the St John of God Order, was extradited from
Australia in October 2006,...
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St Patrick's Day
Early Easter dates bring St Patrick's Day forward
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=224&objectid=10497837
St Patrick's Day will be observed tomorrow _ three days early _ by many
Catholics, because of the very early timing of Easter this year. Tradition
dictates no feast days can be held during the church's pre-Easter Holy
Week...
Bishop celebrating St Pat's Day, twice
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080312/2/4fhg.html
St Patrick's Day moved to early date
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1636038
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The Harrassment of Father Wyatt
Help for priests available: bishop
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4438345a6568.html
Help is available to priests but it has to be made use of. Catholic Bishop
of Dunedin, the Most Rev Bishop Colin Campbell, was responding to questions
in relation to departing St Patrick's priest Father Hamesh Wyatt, who
announced at the weekend he was taking indefinite leave because of workload
and difficulty coping with attention from parishioner Marianne Bonn
(Monteath)...
"I'm not obsessed by priest" - woman
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4433816a6011.html
An Invercargill woman's alleged obsessive behaviour towards a priest raises
a medical versus ethical debate, a Dunedin-based clinical psychologist said.
Woman's actions tip priest to resign
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4432018a6568.html
A popular Invercargill Roman Catholic priest has left his parish after
battling with work-related stress and a decade of harassment from an
obsessed parishioner. Father Hamesh Wyatt, 40, announced at the weekend that
he is taking indefinite leave from his St Patrick's parish because of
workload and difficulty coping with attention from parishioner Marianne Bonn
(Monteath).
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Seven sins, four editorials and three columns
[At least four editorial writers and three columnists were inspired to write
at length on the Vatican's list of seven deadly sins of the modern era,
mostly with a facetious or hostile tone. While comments like this are
disagreeable and even distressing, there is another way of looking at them.
To be attacked is to be taken seriously. When we find we are being ignored,
that's when we should be worried. ML]
Sin list modernised (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4435354a6010.html
The Vatican has overhauled its list of mortal sins adding several more to
cope with the age of globalisation. However the additions are really nothing
new, according to Father Brian Fennessy of the Temuka and Geraldine St
Josephs parishes...
Are the items on the new Vatican list really sins? Your Views (NZ Herald's
readers comments)
http://tinyurl.com/3de7rf
Deadly enough already, thanks (editorial, The Nelson Mail)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4441220a23218.html
Original sins still do job perfectly well (NZ Herald editorial)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10498310
When sinners repent (editorial, Dominion Post)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4440037a6483.html
Sensible sentencing (editorial, Southland Times)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4435179a6566.html
Thank God for deadly sins (Noelle McCarthy in The New Zealand Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10498270
Vatican desperate for relevance (Paul Thomas in The NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10498253
New sins for an old church (Chris Trotter in The Dominion Post and other
papers)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4439705a1861.html
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From the Catholic news agencies
Catholic social justice agency welcomes Bunnings'Easter decision
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00095.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development, welcomed today the news that Bunnings warehouses have agreed to
honour New Zealand domestic legislation by closing on Easter Sunday...
The gift of Hope' at 2008 Eucharistic Convention
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0803/S00079.htm
Media headlines are beyond belief. Murders, home invasions, hijackings. It's
enough to make you weep. But, thankfully, there is an answer - the 15th
Annual Eucharistic Convention, whose theme is 'The Gift of Hope.' The
Catholic event will be held 28-30 March at Westlake Boys High School and
will include daily Mass, holy hours and outstanding choirs...
Local eastern rites Bishops meet
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=6188
The Bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches in Australia and New Zealand
have met in a show of unity among churches...
New Provincial to lead Redemptorists
http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=6198
A new provincial leader has been elected for the Redemptorists for Australia
and New Zealand. Fr Paul Bird CSsR, who is editor of the family magazine The
Majellan, was elected to the role at the order's retreat and conference
centre in Galong, NSW...
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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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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
Reflections: Valuing life
Take a walk with Sister Mary to two places in Mary's neighbourhood that talk
to her about how society treats the very young and the very old...
Angel in the City
Jesus at Gethsemane (Jn 9), a reading and discussion with Father David
Kennerley and Suzanne at St Mary of the Angels.
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'THE 15TH STATION' - a New Zealand Catholic podcast
http://station15.libsyn.com/
'Sing a new song' - 15 March 2008
In this episode we're looking at a number of stories that are in the media -
a priest being stalked, weird baptismal formulae, Cardinal Pell's visit to
New Zealand and the "new" seven sins. Plus we have a fantastic song from
James Wong as part of his submission for World Youth Day.
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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 ...
** Fraternal Correction
** the Word (on being better acquainted with Scripture)
** Surely it shouldn’t have come to this? (the harrassment of Fr Hamesh
Wyatt)
** Carpe…really carpe! (tragedy as opportunity)
** Popping pills (community as an anti-depressant)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Giving a name to historical change
On Tuesday I was in Dayton, Ohio, where the University of Dayton put
together a panel to discuss my argument that "evangelical Catholicism"
constitutes a mega-trend in Catholic life. Aside from me, the panelists were
William Portier, who holds the Mary Ann Spearin Chair in Catholic Theology
at the University of Dayton; and David J. O'Brien, Loyola Professor of Roman
Catholic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. Both Portier and O'Brien
had used the phrase "evangelical Catholicism" before I did. What became
clear on Tuesday was that each of us thinks "evangelical Catholicism" is
important, but each of us is actually talking about something quite
different...
Also:
Chiara Lubich, founder of Focolare movement, dies at 88
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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
Sunday, March 9, 2008
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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...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
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
'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
********************************************************
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.
*******************************************************
'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)
*****************************************************
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...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
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
Sunday, March 2, 2008
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
New priest at age 76 (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/387vou
Rev Vince Smith, a former Hikutaia man, has become an ordained Roman
Catholic priest at the age of 76 ...
Sisters of Nazareth's mortgages irk abuse claimants
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4421084a24035.html
Financial loans a Catholic order of nuns has granted to abuse complainants,
secured over their homes, have been questioned as "unethical" and
"inappropriate" by a victims' advocate group...
Nothing prepares us for finality of death, by John Roughan
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10495358
Mum sat on the edge of the bed while the last of the doctors, an overbearing
anaesthetist, outlined what would happen.
"Do you have any questions?" he finished. "No", she replied, "I think I'm in
the hands of experts." And they wheeled her away...
Site safety net for Parachute
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4419286a6415.html
A contract that will lock the Parachute Christian music festival into
Mystery Creek Events Centre for another five years is yet to be signed by
both parties...
Blogger targets 'political' editing of Wikipedia in Beehive
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10495206
A person at Parliament is making too many "political" alterations to New
Zealand entries in the open-access internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia, says
media commentator Russell Brown of Auckland. The IP address used for the
June 2007 alterations - to remove information about the deputy Opposition
leader Bill English's moral beliefs and family - is assigned to the New
Zealand Parliament, Brown said...
Hands clasped as world prays
South Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/39zrkq
The annual World Day of Prayer service for the needs of the world will be
celebrated in the Waikato on Friday, March 7. Both Tokoroa and Putaruru
will be part of the 300 services held in New Zealand on this day ...
[The following stories are not avaialable on the newspapers' free Websites,
but can be read at public libraries]
Meeting with order disappoints
The Press 23 Feb 2008 Page: 11
Hart Cox, a former Christchurch farmer shot in 1966 by a teen who ran away
from a Catholic residential school, has finally met with the order that ran
the institution. The Cox family has waited 41 years to meet the St John of
God Order ...
St James celebrates
Manawatu Standard 29 Feb 2008 Page: 5 (no link)
Palmerston North's St James’ Catholic School is celebrating its 50th
Jubilee, with events being held from today through until Sunday. Past and
present students and staff will be attending a dinner, mass, and various
events over the weekend...
A rich history
Manawatu Standard 29 Feb 2008 Page: 29 (no link)
St Patrick’s Parish was established in Palmerston North in 1875. But it was
not until 1877 that the first church was built in Broad Street (now known as
Broadway Avenue). The Catholic community’s first school was established in
the church building ...
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MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS
Marist Messenger - March 2008
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/
Society of St Vincent de Paul News - February 2008
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/current-news/
St. Columban's Missionary Society magazine 'The Far East' - Jan.-Feb. 2008
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
Tui Motu InterIslands - Feb. 2008
http://www.tuimotu.org/
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
What to make of a miracle?
From Wellington's Anglican Cathedral, a discussion about one of the most
famous miracles in the Bible ... which tells of a blind man's sight being
restored.
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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 ...
- WYD
- Can you smell the fear? (Referendum on the anti-smacking law)
- I still believe the children are our future (Cardinal Pell's Mass at St
Patrick's cathedral)
Communism would probably be more just? but it doesn’t work…
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
In much of the global south, especially in places where a majority of the
population is Catholic, the "job description" of a Catholic bishop often
includes acting as a "tribune" in the original sense -- meaning a
representative and a voice for the country's people, as opposed to its
government and ruling class. This week brought a classic case in point, in
the form of a visit to Washington, D.C., by Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval
of Bolivia...
***************************************************
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/ ]
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
New priest at age 76 (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/387vou
Rev Vince Smith, a former Hikutaia man, has become an ordained Roman
Catholic priest at the age of 76 ...
Sisters of Nazareth's mortgages irk abuse claimants
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4421084a24035.html
Financial loans a Catholic order of nuns has granted to abuse complainants,
secured over their homes, have been questioned as "unethical" and
"inappropriate" by a victims' advocate group...
Nothing prepares us for finality of death, by John Roughan
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10495358
Mum sat on the edge of the bed while the last of the doctors, an overbearing
anaesthetist, outlined what would happen.
"Do you have any questions?" he finished. "No", she replied, "I think I'm in
the hands of experts." And they wheeled her away...
Site safety net for Parachute
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4419286a6415.html
A contract that will lock the Parachute Christian music festival into
Mystery Creek Events Centre for another five years is yet to be signed by
both parties...
Blogger targets 'political' editing of Wikipedia in Beehive
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10495206
A person at Parliament is making too many "political" alterations to New
Zealand entries in the open-access internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia, says
media commentator Russell Brown of Auckland. The IP address used for the
June 2007 alterations - to remove information about the deputy Opposition
leader Bill English's moral beliefs and family - is assigned to the New
Zealand Parliament, Brown said...
Hands clasped as world prays
South Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/39zrkq
The annual World Day of Prayer service for the needs of the world will be
celebrated in the Waikato on Friday, March 7. Both Tokoroa and Putaruru
will be part of the 300 services held in New Zealand on this day ...
[The following stories are not avaialable on the newspapers' free Websites,
but can be read at public libraries]
Meeting with order disappoints
The Press 23 Feb 2008 Page: 11
Hart Cox, a former Christchurch farmer shot in 1966 by a teen who ran away
from a Catholic residential school, has finally met with the order that ran
the institution. The Cox family has waited 41 years to meet the St John of
God Order ...
St James celebrates
Manawatu Standard 29 Feb 2008 Page: 5 (no link)
Palmerston North's St James’ Catholic School is celebrating its 50th
Jubilee, with events being held from today through until Sunday. Past and
present students and staff will be attending a dinner, mass, and various
events over the weekend...
A rich history
Manawatu Standard 29 Feb 2008 Page: 29 (no link)
St Patrick’s Parish was established in Palmerston North in 1875. But it was
not until 1877 that the first church was built in Broad Street (now known as
Broadway Avenue). The Catholic community’s first school was established in
the church building ...
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MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS
Marist Messenger - March 2008
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/
Society of St Vincent de Paul News - February 2008
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/current-news/
St. Columban's Missionary Society magazine 'The Far East' - Jan.-Feb. 2008
http://www.columban.org.au/?MID=200510192652
Tui Motu InterIslands - Feb. 2008
http://www.tuimotu.org/
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
What to make of a miracle?
From Wellington's Anglican Cathedral, a discussion about one of the most
famous miracles in the Bible ... which tells of a blind man's sight being
restored.
*******************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
- WYD
- Can you smell the fear? (Referendum on the anti-smacking law)
- I still believe the children are our future (Cardinal Pell's Mass at St
Patrick's cathedral)
Communism would probably be more just? but it doesn’t work…
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
In much of the global south, especially in places where a majority of the
population is Catholic, the "job description" of a Catholic bishop often
includes acting as a "tribune" in the original sense -- meaning a
representative and a voice for the country's people, as opposed to its
government and ruling class. This week brought a classic case in point, in
the form of a visit to Washington, D.C., by Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval
of Bolivia...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
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/ ]
Sunday, February 24, 2008
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'WEL-COM' - The newspaper of the archdiocese of Wellington and the diocese
of Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz/
**News**
Opposition to proposed changes to Easter trading; Former Anglican priest new
lay pastoral leader; Learning from Asia
**World News**
Bearing fruit in Timor Leste; The 1967 Middle East war 40 years on and still
raging; Timor Leste in election turmoil
**Columns**
Archbishop's column: Dedicating the year to God, by Archbishop John Dew;
Kieran Fenn FMS: From the beginning - a pattern in Adam and Eve; Cecily
McNeill: A new Jesuit leader
**Schools**
Carterton school gets down to earth; Viard choir in US barbershop contest;
Wilton school joins dolphin protection call
**Features**
A postmodern Christianity; Book review: The Seeking Feet, by Rosaleen
Conway; Reflecting on moving on
**Wellington**
Karen Holland installed in Sth Wellington; WCEC graduation December 13,
2007; Distance learning course helps those on faith journey
**Palmerston North**
Fr Kevin Neal on his recovery from stroke. Part five; Hato Paora principal
faces sex charges; Whanganui reunion for class of '54: Sacred Heart College
Old Girls get together
**Reflect**
Third Sunday of Lent Year A John 4:5-42
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Research centre head arrives (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3cm3fg
The newly-appointed head of New Zealand’s first Centre for International
Health says he has a ‘‘sobering responsibility’’ ahead. The Centre for
International Health was established using a $1.5 million grant from the
Sisters of Mercy, the Catholic order which runs Dunedin’s Mercy Hospital,
and a matching government grant...
Attempt to grab kid fails
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4410277a6002.html
A distraught mother says two men who tried to abduct her five-year-old
daughter from St Patrick's Catholic Primary School in Kaponga have robbed a
little girl of her innocence...
Katikati market proves popular (photos)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/3ycv93
Early in the afternoon, St Pius X Catholic Church committee spokesperson
Pauline van Rijen was wondering if anyone would turn up at all to the
inaugural night of the Katikati plant and produce market ...
Radio NZ. Nine to Noon. Religious leadership and World Youth Day (audio
file)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ntn/religious_leadership_and_world_youth\
_day
Kathryn Ryan interviews Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney.
Church may have to reveal its records
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10493846
A weighty court judgment has bolstered a woman's case to view secret
information held by the Catholic Church about her. The unnamed woman wants
to find out what her husband said about her in the process of getting their
marriage annulled through the church...
Te Aroha school creates new look (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/yp3enp
St Joseph's Catholic School in Te Aroha has just finished renovations on old
buildings and construction of new ones ...
Outdoor Mass at Harcourt Park
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/248lae
Upper Hutt's and Stokes Valley's three Catholic parishes are combining for
an outdoor Mass at Harcourt Park this Sunday, February 24 ...
Battered priest ready to turn other cheek
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4407356a23955.html
Almost three months after being attacked during a break-in at his church
house, Masterton priest Julian Wagg is prepared to turn the other cheek...
Concern over abortion rise
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4409860a6510.html
The Abortion Supervisory Committee has recently released its annual report,
which shows 359 abortions were carried out in Nelson in 2006. Nationally,
there were 17,934 abortions in 2006, 400 more than in 2005...
*******************************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
4 million dreams: Part 2
Sister Stephanie interviews Mary-Alice Arthur, founder of the 4 Million
Dream Project, to help the 4 million New Zealanders to talk to each other
about the direction we all want the country moving in.
'What's New'
St Valentine's Day: does it really have any religious meaning?
*******************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
Work to live, or live to work?
"I’m sorry. I can’t come in today. Religious holiday. The feast of…
Maximum
Occupancy."
Trying something different (Protestant vs Catholic styles of worship)
’til death do us part…
Eyes Front! (on celebrating Mass facing the altar)
Prayer and ministry
Fortitude
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Many are curious about Vatican’s take on ’08 presidential race
Next week, the annual “Catholic Social Ministry Gathering� will take place
in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by 19 Catholic organizations, it’s an
important annual get-together for Catholics who, in one way or another, are
involved in social action and political advocacy on behalf of human life,
justice and peace. Inevitably, the elections and the question of the
“Catholic vote� will be much in the air. It’s likely, too, that talk
around
the edges will focus on how Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming April 15-20 visit
to the United States might be read in terms of the dynamics of an election
year...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
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/ ]
'WEL-COM' - The newspaper of the archdiocese of Wellington and the diocese
of Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz/
**News**
Opposition to proposed changes to Easter trading; Former Anglican priest new
lay pastoral leader; Learning from Asia
**World News**
Bearing fruit in Timor Leste; The 1967 Middle East war 40 years on and still
raging; Timor Leste in election turmoil
**Columns**
Archbishop's column: Dedicating the year to God, by Archbishop John Dew;
Kieran Fenn FMS: From the beginning - a pattern in Adam and Eve; Cecily
McNeill: A new Jesuit leader
**Schools**
Carterton school gets down to earth; Viard choir in US barbershop contest;
Wilton school joins dolphin protection call
**Features**
A postmodern Christianity; Book review: The Seeking Feet, by Rosaleen
Conway; Reflecting on moving on
**Wellington**
Karen Holland installed in Sth Wellington; WCEC graduation December 13,
2007; Distance learning course helps those on faith journey
**Palmerston North**
Fr Kevin Neal on his recovery from stroke. Part five; Hato Paora principal
faces sex charges; Whanganui reunion for class of '54: Sacred Heart College
Old Girls get together
**Reflect**
Third Sunday of Lent Year A John 4:5-42
********************************************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Research centre head arrives (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/3cm3fg
The newly-appointed head of New Zealand’s first Centre for International
Health says he has a ‘‘sobering responsibility’’ ahead. The Centre for
International Health was established using a $1.5 million grant from the
Sisters of Mercy, the Catholic order which runs Dunedin’s Mercy Hospital,
and a matching government grant...
Attempt to grab kid fails
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4410277a6002.html
A distraught mother says two men who tried to abduct her five-year-old
daughter from St Patrick's Catholic Primary School in Kaponga have robbed a
little girl of her innocence...
Katikati market proves popular (photos)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/3ycv93
Early in the afternoon, St Pius X Catholic Church committee spokesperson
Pauline van Rijen was wondering if anyone would turn up at all to the
inaugural night of the Katikati plant and produce market ...
Radio NZ. Nine to Noon. Religious leadership and World Youth Day (audio
file)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ntn/religious_leadership_and_world_youth\
_day
Kathryn Ryan interviews Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney.
Church may have to reveal its records
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10493846
A weighty court judgment has bolstered a woman's case to view secret
information held by the Catholic Church about her. The unnamed woman wants
to find out what her husband said about her in the process of getting their
marriage annulled through the church...
Te Aroha school creates new look (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/yp3enp
St Joseph's Catholic School in Te Aroha has just finished renovations on old
buildings and construction of new ones ...
Outdoor Mass at Harcourt Park
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/248lae
Upper Hutt's and Stokes Valley's three Catholic parishes are combining for
an outdoor Mass at Harcourt Park this Sunday, February 24 ...
Battered priest ready to turn other cheek
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4407356a23955.html
Almost three months after being attacked during a break-in at his church
house, Masterton priest Julian Wagg is prepared to turn the other cheek...
Concern over abortion rise
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4409860a6510.html
The Abortion Supervisory Committee has recently released its annual report,
which shows 359 abortions were carried out in Nelson in 2006. Nationally,
there were 17,934 abortions in 2006, 400 more than in 2005...
*******************************************************
INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
4 million dreams: Part 2
Sister Stephanie interviews Mary-Alice Arthur, founder of the 4 Million
Dream Project, to help the 4 million New Zealanders to talk to each other
about the direction we all want the country moving in.
'What's New'
St Valentine's Day: does it really have any religious meaning?
*******************************************************
'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
Work to live, or live to work?
"I’m sorry. I can’t come in today. Religious holiday. The feast of…
Maximum
Occupancy."
Trying something different (Protestant vs Catholic styles of worship)
’til death do us part…
Eyes Front! (on celebrating Mass facing the altar)
Prayer and ministry
Fortitude
*****************************************************
ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Many are curious about Vatican’s take on ’08 presidential race
Next week, the annual “Catholic Social Ministry Gathering� will take place
in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by 19 Catholic organizations, it’s an
important annual get-together for Catholics who, in one way or another, are
involved in social action and political advocacy on behalf of human life,
justice and peace. Inevitably, the elections and the question of the
“Catholic vote� will be much in the air. It’s likely, too, that talk
around
the edges will focus on how Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming April 15-20 visit
to the United States might be read in terms of the dynamics of an election
year...
***************************************************
WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
*******************************************************
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/ ]
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