Sunday, April 22, 2001




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
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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]
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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.

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EDUCATION:

Faith Central:
http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/music.htm
Classroom resources on Christian art, music and architecture throughout
the centuries.


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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/

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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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