Dear friends,
I would like to put together a list of Christmas radio and TV broadcasts
for our forum members next Sunday or soon after. If you know of some
already already from any source including TV Guide and the The Listener,
I would be grateful to receive them at: leon@xtra.co.nz. The more the
merrier :-)
****************************
NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
The bishops' Jubilee News page has links to reports on ...
* Jubilee of the Disabled (December 3)
On the first Sunday of Advent the Pope presided at a Eucharistic
celebration marking the occasion of the Jubilee of the Disabled. The
Pope told the disabled and their families that "disability is not only
need, it is also and above all a stimulus and an incentive. ... Your
reality questions those concepts of life that are linked only to
satisfaction, appearances, speed and efficiency..."
* Jubilee of the World of Entertainment (December 15-17)
* Jubilee of Catechists and Teachers of Religion (December 10)
***********************************
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
CaritasUpdate, (Newsletter of the NZ Catholic bishops agency for
justice, peace and development.)
Issue No. 25, Summer 2000
http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/xmas%202000/update_25_index.htm
(Contents summary: Letter from Anne Dickinson, Caritas' Director ... The
Latest from Timor Lorosa'e (East Timor) ... Working for Water in Bolivia
... Country Brief (JPD developments around the world) ... Letter of
Thanks from Aitape (Papua New Guinea, site of a tsunami disaster) &
Progress on Banning Landmines ... School Spotlight: 'Tales of Aitape
shared with schools and parishes'.
****************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on
the bishops' News page at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand-copy these newspaper database links. Click
directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and
Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'Father Campbell to say goodbye' (Photo)
The Southland Times 6 Dec 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,528352a1940,FF.html
Hundreds of Catholics are expected to attend the Jubilee Mass in
Invercargill at Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Sunday.
For the newly appointed rector of Holy Cross College, Southlander Fr
Colin Campbell, the coming together of so many old friends is a chance
to say goodbye ...
'Otago charity pioneer may become saint'
National News 4 Dec 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,524418a11,FF.html
A 19th century civil engineer, architect and MP with strong links to
Otago has been proposed for canonisation in the Catholic Church. With
Marist priest Father Petijean, Charles Gordon O'Neill co-founded the St
Vincent de Paul charitable organisation in New Zealand in 1877 ...
'Compulsory sex classes won't work: heads'
NZ Herald 05.12.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=163145
The move to compulsory sex education in schools has been called an
attack on family values by principals - most of them at religious
schools - opposed to the forced teaching of the subject. [Comments by
Kieran Fouhy, principal of St Peter's College in Epsom, Auckland, and Br
Pat Lynch , director of the NZ Catholic Education Office.]
'School glad HIV teacher named' (Photo)
NZ Herald 07.12.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=163513
The former head of religious studies at Auckland's Hato Petera College,
Kaperiere Petera Leef, has been named as the HIV-positive man charged
with indecently assaulting male students. The school believes the
lifting of the man's name suppression by the High Court at Auckland
today will make it easier for any worried students or parents to come
forward ...
************************
EVENTS
Sunday 17 December 7:30 am TV One
Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One
Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air
celebration which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian
denominations in the Wellington region to celebrate our Saviour and our
faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001
Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland.
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
19-21 January 2001
Firepower Catholic Youth Conference, Cambridge, Hamilton.
Details on: http://www.firepower.org.nz/conf2001.html and from Christine
(Wellington) tel. 04 939 9890
26-29 January
Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamata
http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm
The major annual Christian music festival
*****************************
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Receptionist, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm
Full-time position, word processing skills required. Further details
from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Cecilia or Myra, tel:
378 4380; fax: 376 2829; email: ceciliav@cda.org.nz or from:
Administration, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland
Principal Coordinator. Relief Co-ordinator (2 paid positions), Pregnancy
Help Inc. Auckland.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Betty
Edmond, tel.: 309 5115; fax 309 5114; PO Box 5329 Wellesley Street,
Auckland.
Finance /Administration Manager, The Leprosy Mission.
The Leprosy Mission New Zealand is an international Christian aid
agency.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Linda,
tel: 09 630 2818; PO Box 10 227 Auckland 1030. E-mail:
linda@tlmnz.org.nz
Closing date: 14 December 2000
Coordinator/Editor, Religious Education, National Centre for Religious
Studies, Wellington
The appointee will take a leading role in revising the secondary school
religious education programme 'Understanding Faith'.
Details in 'Wel-com' newspaper, December 2000 p.19 and from The
Director, National Centre for Religious Studies, Wellington. E-mail:
ncrsnz@clear.net.nz
NCRS in the national Catholic Directory:
http://www.catholic.orgnewzealand/cathcom/directory/direct3m.html#2
Closing date: 15 December 2000
Principal, Catholic Institute of Theology
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/cit
The Catholic Institute of Theology is a centre for theological
education, inquiry and research established by the Catholic Bishop of
Auckland. Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23;
'Wel-com' December 2000 p.19; and from Professor Michael Pender, CIT
Council Chairperson, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland
Closing date: 31 January 2000
*******************************
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
I would like to put together a list of Christmas radio and TV broadcasts
for our forum members next Sunday or soon after. If you know of some
already already from any source including TV Guide and the The Listener,
I would be grateful to receive them at: leon@xtra.co.nz. The more the
merrier :-)
****************************
NEWS OF THE GREAT JUBILEE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
The bishops' Jubilee News page has links to reports on ...
* Jubilee of the Disabled (December 3)
On the first Sunday of Advent the Pope presided at a Eucharistic
celebration marking the occasion of the Jubilee of the Disabled. The
Pope told the disabled and their families that "disability is not only
need, it is also and above all a stimulus and an incentive. ... Your
reality questions those concepts of life that are linked only to
satisfaction, appearances, speed and efficiency..."
* Jubilee of the World of Entertainment (December 15-17)
* Jubilee of Catechists and Teachers of Religion (December 10)
***********************************
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
CaritasUpdate, (Newsletter of the NZ Catholic bishops agency for
justice, peace and development.)
Issue No. 25, Summer 2000
http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/xmas%202000/update_25_index.htm
(Contents summary: Letter from Anne Dickinson, Caritas' Director ... The
Latest from Timor Lorosa'e (East Timor) ... Working for Water in Bolivia
... Country Brief (JPD developments around the world) ... Letter of
Thanks from Aitape (Papua New Guinea, site of a tsunami disaster) &
Progress on Banning Landmines ... School Spotlight: 'Tales of Aitape
shared with schools and parishes'.
****************************
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
[You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on
the bishops' News page at:
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ]
[Please don't attempt to hand-copy these newspaper database links. Click
directly on them after connecting to the Internet or Select, Copy and
Paste them into your browser's address panel.. ]
'Father Campbell to say goodbye' (Photo)
The Southland Times 6 Dec 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,528352a1940,FF.html
Hundreds of Catholics are expected to attend the Jubilee Mass in
Invercargill at Stadium Southland in Invercargill on Sunday.
For the newly appointed rector of Holy Cross College, Southlander Fr
Colin Campbell, the coming together of so many old friends is a chance
to say goodbye ...
'Otago charity pioneer may become saint'
National News 4 Dec 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,524418a11,FF.html
A 19th century civil engineer, architect and MP with strong links to
Otago has been proposed for canonisation in the Catholic Church. With
Marist priest Father Petijean, Charles Gordon O'Neill co-founded the St
Vincent de Paul charitable organisation in New Zealand in 1877 ...
'Compulsory sex classes won't work: heads'
NZ Herald 05.12.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=163145
The move to compulsory sex education in schools has been called an
attack on family values by principals - most of them at religious
schools - opposed to the forced teaching of the subject. [Comments by
Kieran Fouhy, principal of St Peter's College in Epsom, Auckland, and Br
Pat Lynch , director of the NZ Catholic Education Office.]
'School glad HIV teacher named' (Photo)
NZ Herald 07.12.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=163513
The former head of religious studies at Auckland's Hato Petera College,
Kaperiere Petera Leef, has been named as the HIV-positive man charged
with indecently assaulting male students. The school believes the
lifting of the man's name suppression by the High Court at Auckland
today will make it easier for any worried students or parents to come
forward ...
************************
EVENTS
Sunday 17 December 7:30 am TV One
Christmas Day December 2000 10 am TV One
Re-broadcast of Celebrate Jesus 2000 (4 November), an open-air
celebration which brought together 25,000 members of all the Christian
denominations in the Wellington region to celebrate our Saviour and our
faith.
29 Dec 2000 to 7 Jan 2001
Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer Camp. Sacred Heart College, Auckland.
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/heartsaflame
19-21 January 2001
Firepower Catholic Youth Conference, Cambridge, Hamilton.
Details on: http://www.firepower.org.nz/conf2001.html and from Christine
(Wellington) tel. 04 939 9890
26-29 January
Parachute Festival Extreme: Totara Springs, Matamata
http://www.parachute.co.nz/para2001/para2001.htm
The major annual Christian music festival
*****************************
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Receptionist, Catholic Diocese of Auckland
http://www.cda.org.nz/main.htm
Full-time position, word processing skills required. Further details
from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Cecilia or Myra, tel:
378 4380; fax: 376 2829; email: ceciliav@cda.org.nz or from:
Administration, Private Bag 47904, Ponsonby, Auckland
Principal Coordinator. Relief Co-ordinator (2 paid positions), Pregnancy
Help Inc. Auckland.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Betty
Edmond, tel.: 309 5115; fax 309 5114; PO Box 5329 Wellesley Street,
Auckland.
Finance /Administration Manager, The Leprosy Mission.
The Leprosy Mission New Zealand is an international Christian aid
agency.
Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23 and from Linda,
tel: 09 630 2818; PO Box 10 227 Auckland 1030. E-mail:
linda@tlmnz.org.nz
Closing date: 14 December 2000
Coordinator/Editor, Religious Education, National Centre for Religious
Studies, Wellington
The appointee will take a leading role in revising the secondary school
religious education programme 'Understanding Faith'.
Details in 'Wel-com' newspaper, December 2000 p.19 and from The
Director, National Centre for Religious Studies, Wellington. E-mail:
ncrsnz@clear.net.nz
NCRS in the national Catholic Directory:
http://www.catholic.orgnewzealand/cathcom/directory/direct3m.html#2
Closing date: 15 December 2000
Principal, Catholic Institute of Theology
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/auckland/cit
The Catholic Institute of Theology is a centre for theological
education, inquiry and research established by the Catholic Bishop of
Auckland. Further details from 'NZ Catholic' 3 December 2000 p. 23;
'Wel-com' December 2000 p.19; and from Professor Michael Pender, CIT
Council Chairperson, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland
Closing date: 31 January 2000
*******************************
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
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