"But the Lord is faithful and he will give you strength and guard you
from the evil one; and we, in the Lord, have every confidence that you
are doing - and will go on doing - all that we tell you."
St Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians 3:3-4
AFGHANISTAN CRISIS
Current links on the bishops' What's New page at
http://www.catholic.org.nz/whatsNew.html include ...
New York firefighter´s widow forgives husband´s killers ... Catholic
Bishop of Multan: The sympathy and sharing of the entire Muslim
community is a sign of hope for the future of Pakistan ... Afghanistan's
last priest: "The Taliban are a cancer in the heart of the country ...
Pope John Paul: "The world and history are not at the mercy of chance,
chaos or blind necessity" ... "The Gospel message has the power to
enlighten all cultures and act as a saving leaven of unity and peace for
all humanity" ... Malaysia: Christians and other believers fearful ...
Pax Christi International calls on the US and UK to halt immediately the
bombing in Afghanistan ... Cardinal Etchegaray rejects "holy" war,
questions "just" war
CATHOLIC WEB TV
http://www.catholictv.net/
'Wel-com Living': Irishman Paul Murray on teaching as a profession, and
the essence of a Catholic school (final interview in the series on
Catholic Education)
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Many responses when a young mind turns to questions of faith '
NZ Herald 07.11.2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=226954&thesection=news&thesub\
section=general
New Zealand census figures show the number of people who identify
themselves as Christian dropped from about 70 per cent in 1991 to about
64 per cent in 1996. At the same time, there was a small increase for
other faiths such as Buddhism, Hindu and Muslim, and an increase in the
number of people whose response was no religion. Despite that, many
parents are choosing a religious education for their children. Seven new
Catholic schools have been built in the past eight years - before that
the church had not opened any for 20 years. Brother Pat Lynch, chief
executive of the Catholic Education Office, acknowledges that
integration into the state system has made Catholic schools more
accessible, but he believes a spiritual revival is taking place.........
EDUCATION
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' Newsletter Issue No.5
October 2001
http://catholic.org.nz/nzceo/lnf5.htm
In the latest issue : Education Amendment Bill No. 2 ... The Value of
Partnership ... Money for Pacific Island Groups ... Te Tari Tatau Maori
Scholarship ... Rural Education Report Released ... Assessment Web site
Launched ... Strengthening Families interactive CD ROM resource ...
Living Values - An International Resource ... Former Australia Prime
Minister Hon Paul Keating on nation building ... Guidelines for the
establishment of new Integrated Schools ... Enrolment Schemes in
Integrated Schools ... News briefs: Notable achievements of Catholic
school pupils throughout New Zealand
BOOK REVIEW
Healing Our History: The Challenge of the Treaty of Waitangi, by Robert
Consedine and Joanna Consedine. Penguin, pbk, $29.95.
http://www.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?date=10Nov2001&obje\
ct=M5E1499625RN&type=html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial
Of Irish background, Robert Consedine was brought up in a Roman Catholic
working-class community in Addington, Christchurch, and early developed
an awareness of oppression and injustice, sharpened by his experiences
among the refugees of Bangladesh and, especially, through his
involvement in the anti-tour protests of 1981. Some years ago, Consedine
formed Waitangi Associates, which, with a network of trainers, conducts
intensive workshops intended to familiarise participants with New
Zealand's colonial past. The fundamental assumption is that knowledge is
a necessary preliminary to healing......
EVENTS
Sunday 18 November
Dr Michael King: "Bishop Pompallier: the fall and rise of a great man".
Sunday 18 November 3:30pm-5.30 pm, St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St.,
Ponsonby, Auckland. Admission: koha (donation). For more information
contact Catholic Institute of Theology tel (09) 379 6424 ;
cit@auckland.ac.nz
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Consultant in religious Education (secondary School), Wellington
Catholic education Centre (full-time salaried position) Details in 'NZ
Catholic' 4 Nov. 2001 p.21 and from pbray@wcec.org.nz Applications close
16 November 2001
Live-in supervisor, (single mature woman or mature couple) Bethlehem
House for pregnant women, Auckland. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 4 Nov. 2001
p.21 and from Family Life Pregnancy centre, Po Box 56-423 Dominion Rd.,
auckland.
Parish Co-ordinators, Diocese of Palmerston North.
The Catholic bishop of Palmerston north seeks expressions of interest
from suitably qualified Catholics in positions as parish co-ordinators
in parishes that have no resident priest. Contact: The Bishops' Office,
Private Bag,11012, Palmerston north. Tel (06) 356 1980
Catholic Integrated Schools Board, Auckland. Primary Schools Religious
Education Advisor/Consultant Details in 'NZ Catholic' 4 Nov. 2001 p.21
and from Catholic Integrated Schools Board, Private Bag 47-904 Ponsonby
Auckland 1034 Fax (09) 360 3084. Applications close 21 November 2001
from the evil one; and we, in the Lord, have every confidence that you
are doing - and will go on doing - all that we tell you."
St Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians 3:3-4
AFGHANISTAN CRISIS
Current links on the bishops' What's New page at
http://www.catholic.org.nz/whatsNew.html include ...
New York firefighter´s widow forgives husband´s killers ... Catholic
Bishop of Multan: The sympathy and sharing of the entire Muslim
community is a sign of hope for the future of Pakistan ... Afghanistan's
last priest: "The Taliban are a cancer in the heart of the country ...
Pope John Paul: "The world and history are not at the mercy of chance,
chaos or blind necessity" ... "The Gospel message has the power to
enlighten all cultures and act as a saving leaven of unity and peace for
all humanity" ... Malaysia: Christians and other believers fearful ...
Pax Christi International calls on the US and UK to halt immediately the
bombing in Afghanistan ... Cardinal Etchegaray rejects "holy" war,
questions "just" war
CATHOLIC WEB TV
http://www.catholictv.net/
'Wel-com Living': Irishman Paul Murray on teaching as a profession, and
the essence of a Catholic school (final interview in the series on
Catholic Education)
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Many responses when a young mind turns to questions of faith '
NZ Herald 07.11.2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=226954&thesection=news&thesub\
section=general
New Zealand census figures show the number of people who identify
themselves as Christian dropped from about 70 per cent in 1991 to about
64 per cent in 1996. At the same time, there was a small increase for
other faiths such as Buddhism, Hindu and Muslim, and an increase in the
number of people whose response was no religion. Despite that, many
parents are choosing a religious education for their children. Seven new
Catholic schools have been built in the past eight years - before that
the church had not opened any for 20 years. Brother Pat Lynch, chief
executive of the Catholic Education Office, acknowledges that
integration into the state system has made Catholic schools more
accessible, but he believes a spiritual revival is taking place.........
EDUCATION
NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires' Newsletter Issue No.5
October 2001
http://catholic.org.nz/nzceo/lnf5.htm
In the latest issue : Education Amendment Bill No. 2 ... The Value of
Partnership ... Money for Pacific Island Groups ... Te Tari Tatau Maori
Scholarship ... Rural Education Report Released ... Assessment Web site
Launched ... Strengthening Families interactive CD ROM resource ...
Living Values - An International Resource ... Former Australia Prime
Minister Hon Paul Keating on nation building ... Guidelines for the
establishment of new Integrated Schools ... Enrolment Schemes in
Integrated Schools ... News briefs: Notable achievements of Catholic
school pupils throughout New Zealand
BOOK REVIEW
Healing Our History: The Challenge of the Treaty of Waitangi, by Robert
Consedine and Joanna Consedine. Penguin, pbk, $29.95.
http://www.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?date=10Nov2001&obje\
ct=M5E1499625RN&type=html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial
Of Irish background, Robert Consedine was brought up in a Roman Catholic
working-class community in Addington, Christchurch, and early developed
an awareness of oppression and injustice, sharpened by his experiences
among the refugees of Bangladesh and, especially, through his
involvement in the anti-tour protests of 1981. Some years ago, Consedine
formed Waitangi Associates, which, with a network of trainers, conducts
intensive workshops intended to familiarise participants with New
Zealand's colonial past. The fundamental assumption is that knowledge is
a necessary preliminary to healing......
EVENTS
Sunday 18 November
Dr Michael King: "Bishop Pompallier: the fall and rise of a great man".
Sunday 18 November 3:30pm-5.30 pm, St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont St.,
Ponsonby, Auckland. Admission: koha (donation). For more information
contact Catholic Institute of Theology tel (09) 379 6424 ;
cit@auckland.ac.nz
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Consultant in religious Education (secondary School), Wellington
Catholic education Centre (full-time salaried position) Details in 'NZ
Catholic' 4 Nov. 2001 p.21 and from pbray@wcec.org.nz Applications close
16 November 2001
Live-in supervisor, (single mature woman or mature couple) Bethlehem
House for pregnant women, Auckland. Details in 'NZ Catholic' 4 Nov. 2001
p.21 and from Family Life Pregnancy centre, Po Box 56-423 Dominion Rd.,
auckland.
Parish Co-ordinators, Diocese of Palmerston North.
The Catholic bishop of Palmerston north seeks expressions of interest
from suitably qualified Catholics in positions as parish co-ordinators
in parishes that have no resident priest. Contact: The Bishops' Office,
Private Bag,11012, Palmerston north. Tel (06) 356 1980
Catholic Integrated Schools Board, Auckland. Primary Schools Religious
Education Advisor/Consultant Details in 'NZ Catholic' 4 Nov. 2001 p.21
and from Catholic Integrated Schools Board, Private Bag 47-904 Ponsonby
Auckland 1034 Fax (09) 360 3084. Applications close 21 November 2001
