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IRAQ

War kit to help worried Kiwi kids http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2384746a11,00.html Mental Health workers have issued a kit for parents and schools to help quell New Zealand children's anxiety about the war in Iraq....

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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS

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'NZ Catholic' No 159, April 6, 2003 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

"250 turn out against assisted-suicide bill " Wellington - MP Peter Brown's Death with Dignity Bill will not achieve its stated aim, people opposed to the Bill have been told....

"Protest cross in blood called a sacred sign " Auckland - Pouring blood in the United States consul's office was a form of "direct, non-violent action" against the war in Iraq, says Fr Peter Murnane, OP...

"National clergy meeting draws noted speaker " Wellington - More than 180 priests have already enrolled for the five-day national gathering of bishops and diocesan clergy in Blenheim next month....

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'Wel-com' April 2003 (Wellington-Palmerston North diocesan newspaper) http://wn.catholic.org.nz

"Painful times for the Iraqi community living in New Zealand" Fr Aprem Pithyou is one of about 2,000 Assyrians living in Wellington, many of whom lived through the Iran-Iraq war and the 1991 Gulf War ...

Euthanasia: Feature New Zealand First MP Peter Brown's bill to legalise physician assisted suicide is to come before Parliament this month. On 24 March the Nathaniel Centre held a public meeting on this issue at the Sacred Heart Cathedral where some 250 people were present. The April Wel-com featured key addresses delivered at this meeting by Bishop John Dew, Leader of the Opposition Bill English, and director of the Nathaniel Catholic Bioethics Centre Dr Michael McCabe ...

"Cambodia’s years of suffering are not yet over" Visiting New Zealand this month is Chamroeun Mudita who heads the Cambodian Field Office of CIDSE Cambodia Laos Vietnam, a long running collective programme supported by Caritas Aotearoa and fifteen other agencies. CIDSE plays a key role in Cambodian civil society and is engaged in a wide range of community development projects and advocacy work....

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MARIST BROTHERS' NEWSLETTERS

On http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz .....

"Champagnat" Volume 7 Number 1 April 2003 A newsletter for Boards of Trustees and Staff of Marist Schools and Schools with Marist traditions in New Zealand.

"Marist Family News" Autumn 2003 The Newsletter of the Marist Brothers' New Zealand Province,

Our newsletter monitor writes ...

"There are two Marist newsletters which are worth a closer look -Champagnat & Marist Champagnat Family newsletters. The web page has some excellent photographs and for those with a Marist Brothers background some of your past teachers may be among the jubilarians. I particularly enjoyed the story about the plaque in the Reefton cemetery and was pleased to catch up with news of John Paul II College in Greymouth. My old school was St Mary's High School quite some time before the amalgamation in 1980!!..."

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EVENTS

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Divine Mercy Sunday 27 April 2003 http://www.homebusinesslink.com/divinemercyNZ.html ***********************

The Eucharistic Convention, Friday 25th April - 6.00pm Sunday 27 April 2003 http://eucharistic-convention.com Venue: The Logan Campbell Theatre, Auckland Showgrounds, Greenlane Road, Auckland New Zealand The Eucharistic Convention 2003 is an annual event organised by lay people within the Auckland Diocese of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. Full details are on the Website.

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EMPLOYMENT

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

Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz

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