"Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many
will try to enter but will not succeed."
St Luke's Gospel 13: 24

Dear friends,
Thank you for the several fine faith testimonies in your posts to
'kiwicath' this past week.
All God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' forum manager

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NZ CATHOLIC WEB TV

'Wel-com Living'
http://www.catholictv.net/
Sr Rose, a veteran member of the Sisters of Mercy, recalls the
highlights of her vocation.
(The techncial quality of these progerammes till leaves a lot to be
desired, but with practice there should be gradual improvement over the
coming months.)

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EDUCATION

Marist Champagnat Family Newsletter July 2001
http://catholic.org.nz/fms/page%2020.html

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Holy Days' - Joy Cowley (Book Review)
The Dominion 23 August 2001
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,913772a4501,FF.html
Hard-core Protestants may think it strange or suspect, but there's a
long tradition in Catholic Europe of sentimental stories about children
being brought up in a monastery or convent. I mean things like the
once-popular Spanish play Cradle Song or the weepy story Marcelino,
which some of us copped as a First Communion present. I don't know if it
was Joy Cowley's intention, but in Holy Days she has produced the
nearest thing to a New Zealand equivalent........

'Dialogue: Those who ignore their past are lost', by Garth George
NZ Herald Sunday August 23, 2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=210148&reportID=53510
I have long been persuaded that New Zealand is entitled to be described
as God's Own Country, or Godzone as some would have it. Ours is indeed a
land richly blessed by the benign hand of the Creator, who gave it its
mountains and lakes, its rivers and streams, its fertile valleys and
plains, its unique flora and fauna - a land of sometimes heart-stopping
beauty and a veritable cornucopia of good things to eat, to drink, to
make clothes from and to build with.......

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EVENTS

August-September
Visit of Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of 'Reclaiming Spirituality: A New
Spiritual Framework for Today's World'
29 August: 'What is it like to be a Catholic in the new millennium?' St
Mary's Cathedral, Grey Street, Hamilton, 7.00 pm..
6 September: "The Prophetic Call to Justice". 5:30pm to 7:00pm at
Loaves and Fishes, Anglican Cathedral of Wellington, cnr of Hill and
Molesworth Streets, Wellington. Cost: $5 a person. For more Information
contact Kay Smith: catholicjpd@globe.net.nz
7 September: 'Spirituality for the New Millennium' $10 per 9.00am-12.30
Stella Maris Conference Centre, Seatoun.
7 September: 'The New Reign of God' $5 per person :7.30 -9.00pm Mercy
Centre, Guilford Terrace, Thorndon.
8 September 'Transformation and Prophetic Leadership - living the vows
today' $10 per person Mercy Centre, Guilford Terrace Thorndon.

31 August 2001 (Closing Date)
'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature
sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative
Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20
2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,
Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax:
(09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322

2-9 September
Centennial Festival of Arts and Music, Sacred Heart Cathedral,
Wellington
a weeklong festival celebrating the Cathedral's centennial year and the
completion of its restoration, featuring a daily cycles of
recitals, concerts and poetry readings and Masses. Full programme at:
http://www.shcathedral.wellington.net.nz/centennial/index.htm

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EMPLOYMENT

(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )

Youth Ministry Support - Leader, Auckland Diocese
Details in 'NZ Catholic' 26 August 2001 p.17 and from:
davidr@cda.org.nz ... tel. (09) 378 4380
Website: http://www.catholic.org.nz/auckland/mainyouth.htm
Applications close: 29 August

Registered Nurses, Vincentian home and Hospital, Berhampore, Wellington.
Full-time and part-time positions.
Details from Helen Green (Nurse-Manager) tel (04) 380 0294

Pregnancy Help (Auckland Branch)
1. Principal co-ordinator (28 hours per week)
2. Relief co-ordinator (normal 14 hours per week)
Details from Betty Edmond, tel: (09) 309 5115 Fax: (09) 309 5114
PO Box 5329 Wellesley St, Auckland.

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