20 july 2008

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WORLD YOUTH DAY - SYDNEY, 14-20 JULY 2008
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WYD - GENERAL
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Dining with Pope `very emotional' (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10522375
How do you hug a Pope? If you're from Africa, maybe, or somewhere a little
more demonstrative, you just leap in. But if you're Clare Dooley, 30-year-
old Catholic youth worker from Christchurch, you resist temptation _ though
you do shake hands at least three times...

Lunch date with 'gentle, sincere, amusing' Pope
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4623276a6530.html

City strains as pilgrim masses await arrival of Pontiff (koala photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10521979

NZ sounds take centre stage (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=252&objectid=10521772
The sound of New Zealand rolled across World Youth Day late yesterday as
Sydney Cardinal George Pell celebrated a two-hour opening Mass with an
estimated 140,000 pilgrims. With dusk settling over east Darling Harbour, a
group from Auckland's Hato Petera College sang in Maori during communion,
joining the blaze of national cultures, colours and flags that in the past
few days have taken over Australia's biggest city.

Josie shares the stage with the Pope (photo)
The Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/6c5z72
Josie Leota of Wainuiomata loves being Catholic, Samoan and Kiwi. She's
about to share this with an anticipated audience of 250,000 people in Sydney
at World Youth Day this week...

Off to see the Pope (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4619216a6497.html
A year of fundraising has paid off for Catholic youth from Pt Chevalier
attending World Youth Day in Sydney this week...

3 News: Massive crowds gather in Sydney for World Youth Day (video report)
http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/World/tabid/313/articleID/63162/cat/62/Default.aspx\
#video
First events of WYD. Missing pilgrims.

Scarce priests dashing to funerals, masses
http://www.stuff.co.nz/thepress/4621867a19753.html
An exodus of Catholic priests to Sydney for World Youth Day has left others
dashing around the country to cover masses and funerals. More than 4000
Kiwis headed to Australia for the event, which will end on Sunday...

Kiwi shares Pope's Sydney harbour 'boat-a-cade'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4622025a11.html
The afternoon sun greeted Pope Benedict XVI as he made his first public
appearance in Sydney yesterday and a young New Zealander was right on hand
to share the moment. Cameron Surrey had been selected to ride on the
Pontiff's vessel, MV Sydney 2000 ...

Pilgrims to see Pope (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/5pulv2
Three members of the Fisher family will be representing Cambridge at the
gigantic Catholic get-together in Australia this week ...


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DAYS IN THE DIOCESE
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Youth tour Coromandel (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/5qtcmk
Catholic youth from the US and France were in the Hauraki-Coromondel last
week during a side-trip on the way to see the Pope in Australia ...

Pilgrims sow seeds (photo)
Manukau Courier
http://tinyurl.com/6qk3ha
It isn't exactly Plymouth Rock, but that didn't stop 100 American pilgrims
landing on Otara Creek last week ...

Youth celebrate faith (photo)
North Shore Times
http://tinyurl.com/5tteod
Thousands of young people from sixteen different countries flocked to the
Shore for a day of environmental cleanup work as part of World Youth Day
celebrations ...

Sydney-bound pilgrims stay with locals (photo)
Rodney times
http://tinyurl.com/6nbjxn
During the past week Rodney has hosted young pilgrims on their way to Sydney
to greet Pope Benedict XVI for World Youth Day 2008 ...


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POPE BENEDICT'S APOLOGY
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NZ Catholics approve apology
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318360/1921040
The New Zealand Catholic church is confident the Pope's apology for past
sexual abuse by priests, delivered on Saturday, is more than just talk...

Universal apology a start
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4618073a6520.html
The focus of the Pope's trip is World Youth Day but an issue that will also
dominate proceeding is the matter of sexual abuse by Catholic priests. The
Pope has said he will apologise to victims of sexual abuse by Catholic
clergy in Australia, just as he did in the United States this year, writes
The Marlborough Express in an editorial.

Radio NZ. Nine to Noon. 'Pope's apology for New Zealand Catholic Church's
treatment of sex abuse victims'
http://www.radionz.co.nz/__data/assets/audio_item/0004/1656886/ntn-20080715-0908\
-Pope_Sorry-wmbr.asx
Interview with 'Liz from Wellington'. One of Liz's family member's was
sexually abused by a Catholic priest. Liz says the Church is not proactive
enough. Lyndsay Freer, director of Catholic Communications, responds.


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MISSING PILGRIMS
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'Pilgrims' gained NZ entry by conning church
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4619579a11.html
A group of missing Indians who travelled to New Zealand claiming to be on a
pilgrimage are non-Christians who, as part of an immigration scam, conned
Indian church leaders into believing they were devout Catholics...

Missing pilgrims 'paid $15,000 in scam'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10521593

Pilgrims paid scammer $34,000 for visas
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4618951a10.html

Catholic host feels duped by "pilgrims"
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=140763

Immigration seeking Indian pilgrims
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10521501

Church People Shocked Over WYD Truants
http://www.ucanews.com/2008/07/15/church-people-shocked-over-wyd-truants/
New Delhi (UCAN) -- Church officials in India have expressed shock and
dismay over news that some Indian delegates to the World Youth Day (WYD)
celebration in Australia have gone missing.

3 missing Indians in NZ to expose agent
India Times
http://tinyurl.com/5m6278

'Pilgrims' caught in immigration scam devastated
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4621893a11.html


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MEANWHILE, IN OTHER NEWS ...
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Church arsonist destroyed irreplaceable objects
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4621645a11.html
A man who vandalised cricket club rooms and destroyed irreplaceable objects
in a church pleaded guilty in Christchurch District Court today to five
charges of burglary and three of arson...


Gerard Matthew Mills: Broadening education's embrace (obituary)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4620960a24437.html
Gerry Mills was an influential Marist teacher whose horizons were notably
broader than a priestly life suggests...

New block opens door to school's future
Manukau Courier
http://tinyurl.com/6ktbtj
The long-awaited administration block of St Anne's Catholic School in
Manurewa has been officially opened by the Bishop of Auckland Reverend
Patrick Dunn ...

Catholic school rated highly by ERO (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/63fx3n
St Francis School in Thames has received a positive report from the
Education Review Office...

College's proud sporting tradition (photos)
Christchurch Mail
http://tinyurl.com/5lzjns
Article on the sporting achievements of Villa Maria College, Christchurch.

Highest order for woman (full text)
Waikato Times â€" News â€" 19 Jul 2008 â€" Page 3
Former Hamilton resident and Sacred Heart Girls' College student Pat Lythe,
formerly Pat Reid, is to be invested with the highest order the Catholic
Church can give a woman. In September Mrs Lythe will be made an Order of St
Gregory, which makes her a Papal Dame or the equivalent of a secular
knighthood. She was nominated for her layperson services to the Church.

13 july 2008

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WORLD YOUTH DAY - SYDNEY, 14-20 JULY 2008
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World Youth Day News
http://www.wyd.org.nz


Catholic Communications NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

** World Youth Day: Schedule of Events (10 Jul 2008)

** Sky News Television Channel 90 to broadcast World Youth Day events live
(10 July 2008)

** Prime Minister and politicians farewell Kiwi pilgrims to World Youth Day
(09 Jul 2008)

** Religious and community leaders say “God Speed� to 4000 young Kiwi
Catholic WYD pilgrims (09 Jul 2008)

** Wellington lass to be the voice of World Youth Day (09 Jul 2008)


Count them in, count them out
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/articles/11700
The Pope, thousands of young Catholics and people from all over the world
arrive in Sydney next week to celebrate World Youth Day. They will find an
Australian Church which transformed the lives of people who all too often
then abandoned it ...

Reception in Auckland for overseas pilgrims to WYD (brief video clip)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/video_popup_windows_skin/1902640

Young Kiwi pilgrims to have largest ever national gathering at World Youth
Day in Sydney
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00122.htm
The nine Catholic bishops of New Zealand who are attending WYD08 are
inviting our 4000 Kiwi pilgrims to join them for a National Gathering on
Wednesday 16 July. The National Gathering, to be held at the Hordern
Pavilion in central Sydney from 3.00 â€" 4.30pm, will constitute the largest
single event for young New Zealand Catholics ever.

Celebration of faith 'bigger than Olympics' (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/12945/celebration-faith-039bigger-olympic\
s039
Billed as the largest youth event in the world, World Youth Day (WTD) is a
week-long series of events attended by Pope Benedict XVI and hundreds of
thousands of pilgrims from all corners of the globe. "I can't wait to go,"
Danielle Buchanan-Windfuhr (23), of Dunedin, said...

Gisborne crew join huge Kiwi trip
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=3671
A group of 37 people from Gisborne leave today for Sydney to celebrate World
Youth Day, where they will be led in prayer by Pope Benedict XVI...

Pilgrims' progress rocks city (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10521119
More than 2600 Catholic pilgrims from 16 countries on their way to Sydney
for World Youth Day met for a reception and welcome in Auckland yesterday.
At Auckland's Beaumont Centre, masses of energetic youths representing every
continent on Earth chanted and cheered throughout the service, complete with
Mexican waves...

Irish group on way to papal mass (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4614284a6007.html
Don't be surprised if you hear a bit more Irish brogue than usual around
Nelson in the next few days. Sixty-four young Irish pilgrims were welcomed
to the city by the local Catholic community during a powhiri at Garin
College Wednesday...

Pilgrims beat a path to World Youth Day (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4613462a6002.html
From Montana, USA, to Sydney, Australia - via New Plymouth. That's how 47
pilgrims from the massive land-locked American state are travelling to World
Youth Day in Sydney...

Snowy welcome a shock for island visitors
The Press | 9 Jul 2008 | Page: 4
Jandals and lava-lavas were swapped for boots and woolly coats when a group
of Catholic New Caledonians arrived in a snow-covered Christchurch. The
group is visiting as part of the Days in the Diocese programme that is
bringing pilgrims from around...

Pope draws Blenheim youth to Sydney
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4613050a6008.html
An elderly German man has the power to attract thousands of young people
from every continent and nation to gather in Sydney next week. He is, of
course, Pope Benedict XVI, and 13 members and leaders of St Mary's Parish
youth group say he is their leader...

International pilgrims make New Zealand detour (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10520659
As Australia gears up for a Papal visit, 4000 young Catholics will converge
on New Zealand this week for a pitstop on their international pilgrimage...

Te Aroha Teens take part in Youth Day (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/5p5n35
Three Te Aroha teens will take part in the World Youth Day event in Sydney
and are looking forward to meeting new people ...

Waiuku hosts Texans (photo)
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/6oxzqo
Twenty Texan Catholic pilgrims were welcomed at St Anthony's Church, Waikuku
on Monday as they visited the area on the way to World Youth Day in Sydney
...

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ALSO IN THE SECULAR MEDIA

St Peter's hails priest's years of service (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/65qmgn
Monsignor David Bennett has been an integral part of Cambridge's Catholic
community for seven years, but has been in the business for more than 40 ...

Rotary honours years of community service (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/59sann
Britt Brewer, one of Piako's greatest community servants, has been honoured
by the Rotary Club of Morrinsville ...

Kenneth Ralph Prebble: From the pulpit to the TV screen (obituary)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4613627a24437.html
Kenneth Prebble was a progressive Anglican who, with his wife, was so moved
by the number of New Zealand casualties at Monte Cassino during World War II
that they were determined to emigrate to do what they could to help. They
arrived in New Zealand with three youngsters in 1948...

Villa's heritage recognition
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4611872a22399.html
The Gothic-styled house of a prominent Auckland stonemason has been
recognised for its heritage value. The Pleasant Villa on Grey St, built by
William Kemp around 1904, has been registered as a category two historic
place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust...


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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

** Carrying the Cross through New Zealand to World Youth Day...

** Monk-ey stuff: We go to Kopua in central Hawkes Bay to find out what
monks get up to in their 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 ...

WYD and civil liberties ... Tony Veitch ... Tales of generosity from WYD ...
Environmental justice in Catholic schools ... Controversies around WYD ... A
23-year-old new Catholic ...

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Jesuit named to Vatican's top doctrinal post
Last week brought a Vatican appointment that didn't exactly cut in the
direction of what I call "affirmative orthodoxy," meaning Pope Benedict
XVI's strong defense of the faith coupled with a gentle, positive style.
Archbishop Raymond Burke, named as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura,
instead has a profile as something of a cultural warrior. This week Benedict
XVI returned to form, with a nomination to a post arguably more
consequential than Burke's. On Wednesday, the pope named Jesuit Fr. Luis
Ladaria, a Spaniard, as secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith...

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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 ]

Society of St Vincent de Paul. Kapi Mana Area Council. Part-time primary
school youth coordinator.
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/youth/
Details in 'Wel-com' July 2008 p.8 and from Youth Coordinator, Southern, 46
Oriel Avenue, Tawa, Wellington 5028. Applications close 18 July 2008

Archdiocese of Wellington. Adviser in Youth and Young Adult Ministry
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=16
Details in 'Wel-com' July 2008 p.2 and from Lorraine McArthur, Director,
Archdiocesan Pastoral Services, tel. (04) 4961706; e-mail:
lmcarthur@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 8 August 2008.

L'Arche New Zealand Incorporated. Volunteer Fundraiser, Kapiti Coast.
http://www.larche.org/asia-west-pacific-l-arche-in-your-region.en-gb.35.0.news.h\
tm
Details in 'Wel-com' July 2008 p.11, and from E. Keith Banks, tel: (04) 298
3892; L'Arche Kapiti Community, 7 Hinemoa Street, Paraparaumu 5032. Tel (04)
298 4633; fax: (04) 298 4693; e-mail larche@larche.org.nz