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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' WEBSITE: NEW LINKS

Daily Australian & world Catholic news from Catholic Telecommunications, Australia http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html

'Dioceses and Websites of Oceania'. 'Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference'. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/fruniversal.html

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NZ CATHOLIC WEB TV

'Wel-com Living' http://www.catholictv.net Interview with Mrs Ally Gibbons, principal of St Catherine's College, Wellingon ("the Capital's best kept secret"). What does it mean to be "a Mercy College"?

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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS

From 'NZ Catholic' No. 120, August 26, 2001 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html

"Cloning offends against person's unique identity" Reproductive cloning, as proposed by Italian fertility specialist Dr Severino Antinori, would fundamentally change the manner in which human beings come into existence, according to Catholic bioethicist Fr Michael McCabe. "It raises profound moral and ethical issues," said Fr McCabe, the director of the Nathaniel Centre, the New Zealand Catholic bioethics centre...... Related Links: The Nathaniel Centre NZ Catholic Bishops Conference. Statement on Assisted Human Reproductive Technologies April 1998 European Parliament. Resolution on cloning 1997

"'Sr Rugby from Rugby City' becomes media attraction " Sr Mary-Pat McEvoy, RSM, of Dunedin could be dubbed "Sr Rugby from Rugby City". Shortly before the All Blacks-Wallabies game earlier this month someone tipped off the Otago Daily Times that she had a ticket. As a result Sr Pat spent a good part of Friday afternoon at the convent and Carisbrook with the Holmes programme crew....... Related Link: The Holmes Show Report, August 10 2001: "Sister Mary prays for the All Blacks" (Video)

"Sentencing bill called punitive " A criminal-sentencing bill introduced to Parliament this month reflects a punitive response to the media-driven push for longer sentences, says Lyttleton parish priest Fr Jim Consedine...... Related Links: International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care Hon Phil Goff. Speech introducing the First Reading of the Sentencing And Parole Bill

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Dialogue: What Coasters can teach the rest of us, by Christine Rankin NZ Herald 1 September 2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=212977 As a child I remember my father attending his favourite event of the year, the Orangemen's Parade. We didn't live in Belfast, it was Blackball near Greymouth. As a sometime Catholic, my father loved the excitement, along with the rest of the Catholic mining fraternity, of sabotaging the celebrations of the Protestants........

Bells toll for albatross Otago Daily Times 01 September 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,923930a3845,FF.html Church bells rang in the greater Dunedin area yesterday to celebrate the arrival of the first royal albatross of the season. Going by the rather uninspiring monicker of Yellow-Black-Yellow, named after the colours on its band, the male bird arrived at Taiaroa Head yesterday afternoon......

"No Power For The Poor?" Press Release: NZ Council of Christian Social Services http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/06/92/200108310945.5b56389d.html Most families using foodbanks are extremely vulnerable to rising power prices and the threat of disconnection, research released today reveals. The Poverty Indicator Project, run by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, shows an increase in the proportion of foodbank users behind on their electricity bills over the past three months.........

"How gr8 thou art " TV One News 31 August 2001 http://onenews.nzoom.com/news_detail/0,1227,55145,00.html Getting a truly divine message is taking on new meaning for Christian cell phone users. Vodafone has launched a new text message service that is taking the church to those on the run. The service sends edited highlights of Reverend Ian Lawton's Sunday sermon at Auckland's St Matthew In the City. "We consider this is part of the way that the church needs to move forward, " Reverend Lawton says. [Page links to the related Video Report - 'God on line one' (01:48) ]

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EVENTS

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

Visit of Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of 'Reclaiming Spirituality: A New Spiritual Framework for Today's World' 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.