Dear friends, If you attended this weekend's Jesus 4 Real camp in Wellington or the Eucharistic Convention in Auckland, it would be great if you could send us your impressions. Continuing the update of the National Catholic directory pages at http://catholic.org/nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html - I have completed the Religious Orders section. There are about 45 orders with a presence in New Zealand or at least an Australian/New Zealand province. The most remarkable change on this page since last year is the number of Web page links. Quite a few religious orders have taken advantage of an Australian vocations site which offers them a page each on which to describe their special character. In other cases the international centre - or 'mother house' - for a particular religious order had made space available on its Web site for the order's New Zealand members. Finally, a few New Zealand congregations have chosen to operate their own Web sites independently. Together with the New Zealand contact information in the directory, these linked pages generally give an abundance of useful information about each congregation. I hope and expect that all the other NZ Catholic dioceses, schools, parishes, laypeople's organizations and companies will eventually come 'online' in one of these three ways creating "a virtual Church", an online "mirror" of the actual Church. This will never be a substitute for the real Church, but it does offer the priceless advantage that people who are curious about the Catholic faith, but who don't dare approach a Catholic person or organisation for fear of the imagined consequences, can become familiar with the life of our Church in a non-scary way and discover what we have to offer them in their particular situation. Next week's update will be of 'National Organizations' (chiefly of lay people). God bless, Mike Leon 'kiwicath' list manager ******************************** FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS 'NZ Catholic' no. 111 22 April 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html The following stories from this weekend's 'NZ Catholic' will appear on its Web site in a day or two: 'Dispute over Futuna future' Wellington - The former Futuna Retreat Centre in Karori, once an oasis of peace, prayer and fellowship, has become a focus of local discontent. Its new owner, developer Eyal Aharoni of Prime Property Group, says he plans to build a retirement village of more than 70 units with carports on the site ....... [Link to a description and photo of Futuna Chapel] 'Genetic work threatens thinking about 'human'' Increasing genetic intervention is going to change our understanding of what it means to be human, says Marist priest Fr Neil Vaney SM. Fr Vaney, a lecturer at Good Shepherd College - Te Hepara Pai - in Auckland, talked of developments in the field of genetic technology in a Catholic Family Life Education seminar last month ....... [Links to: NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre ... The NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference submissions to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification ... The Inter-church Commission on Genetic Engineering (Aotearoa-Zealand)] 'Milestone gained in Auckland's pastoral planning' The process of pastoral planning for the future of Auckland diocese reached a milestone this month when three North Shore parishes came together to present their area proposal to Bishop Pat Dunn. Beachhaven, Glenfield and Northcote parishes - which expect to have only two priests between them by the year 2006 - have decided to begin working together as a pastoral area wherever possible ............ [Link to the Auckland diocese's Pastoral Planning page] ***************************** FROM THE SECULAR PRESS [You can open links to world news of religion in the secular press on the bishops' News page at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html ] [Please don't try to hand-copy newspaper Web addresses. Instead Select, Copy and Paste them into your browser's address line] 'School celebrates Passover with feast' (photo) The Press (Christchurch) 07 April 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,738097a1934,FF.html Angus Vincent, five, is no novice when it comes to good food – his parents are restaurateurs, and at St Albans Catholic School yesterday he had no trouble tucking into a feast prepared by his schoolmates. The whole school of 49, plus three teachers, celebrated the Passover with a traditional feast of unleavened bread and lamb, and dressed in biblical costumes cobbled from bath and tea towels. The Passover festival commemorates the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egyptian bondage. **************************************** EDUCATION: Faith Central: http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/music.htm Classroom resources on Christian art, music and architecture throughout the centuries. **************************************** EVENTS 29 April 'Logos' Event, Liston College, 16 Edwards Avenue, Henderson 1.30pm - 6 pm "Music, workshops, give-aways, prayer, scripture and food for the soul" Contact Fathers Pat, Joe or Kevin tel: 09 625 1250; e-mail: logosproject@hotmail.com 30 April - 28 September (Sydney, Australia) Kerygma Teams Discipleship Training School, Sydney, Kerygma Teams is a branch of the interconfessional lay missionary organization Youth With A Mission. It supports Catholic parishes, renewal movements, and groups active in evangelization, mercy ministries, training and cross-cultural missions projects. Its Discipleship Training School is a five month intensive course which helps students to cultivate a vibrant relationship with God, identify their unique gifts and visions, exercise their faith and grow in character. Full details at: http://www.kerygmateams.org/html/locations/australia/index.html 4-6 May National Conference of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, St Patrick's College, Silverstream (north of Wellington). No registration fee. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 19 and from Cherylynn Passmore: cherylynn.passmore@xtra.co.nz 22-23 June Mercy Health Care Conference 2001, Waipuna Conference Centre, Auckland The focus of the conference will be how Catholic health and aged care services can uphold the dignity of human life while setting realistic limits to the care provided. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.19 and from the Conference Organiser, Te Tairere Oranga, PO Box 109 025 Newmarket, Auckland. Website: http://www.mercy.co.nz/ ***************************** EMPLOYMENT (Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ) Full-time Catholic Youth Minister, Paraparaumu & Waikanae Parishes, Wellington Archdiocese. Details in Wel-com April 2001 p. 17 and from John McCardle: tel. 04 298 2434. Applications close Friday 28 April. Promotions Officer, Catholic Development Fund, Dunedin Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April p.14 and from: PO Box 5555 Dunedin Youth Minister, Piopio-Aria-Mokau Cooperating Parish and St Mary's Catholic Church, Piopio. Piopio is south-west of Te Kuiti on the road to New Plymouth in a rural multicultural region. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 8 April 2001 p.18 and from Rev Peter Osborne, PO Box 119, Piopio 2555. Tel 07 877 8097 Co-ordinator, Christian family Life Education, Auckland and Hamilton Dioceses Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23; Therese Verheyn, tel: 09 378 4380; theresev@cda.org.nz Youth Minister, St Michael's Pariah, Remuera. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Craig Dunford, 5 Beatrice Rd, Remuera Tel: 09 520 1226 Tertiary Education Chaplain, Palmerston North Diocese. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 22 April 2001 p.23 and from Bishop's Office, Private Bag 11012 Palmerston North, tel 06 357 1980. Applications close 12 June 2001

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