23 July 2000

FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Shelter from war and persecution' (NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=144613
Bill Smith, executive secretary of the Auckland Refugee Council, encounters [asylum-seekers] every day. The council's resources are modest, relying on the largess of the Lottery Grants Board, community grants, the Salvation Army, the Auckland City Council, the Catholic Church and other benefactors...

'Catholic school system 'on a roll'' (NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=144609
Land has been bought on the edge of Tauranga for a Catholic secondary school and the Church will open a small primary school at Mt Maunganui next year. They will join 238 existing Catholic schools nationwide, 48 of them at secondary level...

'Sailboats soon set for sea ' (The Press, Chch)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,264929a1936,FF.html
In a transformed classroom at Catholic Cathedral College, 13 students are beavering away like elves in a workshop, constructing Firebugs, small sailing boats made of timber, mainly plywood ...


EMPLOYMENT

[Administration and teaching vacancies in the Catholic school system are advertised in The Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]

* Pastoral care coordinator, Mercy Parkland's hospital and resthome, Ellerslie. Closing date: 1 August (NZC 16 July p.23)

* Full-time youth coordinator, Hamilton Diocesan Youth Team. Closing date: 31 July (NZC 16 July p.23)

Full details in last weekends' NZ Catholic, or e-mail me at leon@xtra.co.nz for a copy of the advertisements.


EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS

Our sponsor the N.Z. Catholic Education Office's newsletter "Lighting New Fires" July 2000 is on-site at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/lnf.html It's packed with news and notes about the New Zealand Integrated Schools (mainly Catholic ones) and bristles with useful links to educational resources, reviews and related articles.

The Marist Brothers' 'Marist Champagnat Family Newsletter" is also up this week, keeping readers in touch with developments in the Marist Family. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/fms/familynews/fammar00.html


NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html

At last and finally I have finished updating the 'National Organisations' section of the Directory's Web pages. Its the biggest section with around 44 entries with Web site links for maybe a quarter or more.


THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html

On the basis of registrations to date organisers are expecting a million young pilgrims at the Jubilee of Young People and World Youth Day (15-19 August). Some 600,000 will come from abroad, the rest being Italian. You can follow the preparations for the event on our News page, update weekly (daily when the Jubilee commences).

God bless,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager