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THE NEW CARDINALS
All the voting members of the College of Cardinals (i.e. those under 80) are listed here: http;//www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc2.html
The morning after being named a cardinal, Archbishop George Pell of Sydney gave a press conference. The Archdiocese of Sydney published this transcript of the conference: http://tinyurl.com/poah
Catholic News Service published this analysis of the geographical distribution of the College of Cardinals after the new appointments: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/20030929.htm
News reports, mainly in the secular press, have further information about the new cardinals: http://tinyurl.com/poai
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Cardinal's secretary backs Ratzinger "bad way" assessment CathNews (full text) Following Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's widely reported comment that Pope John Paul II is "in a bad way", the Cardinal's private secretary Georg Gaenswein said yesterday that [the Pope] could not walk or stand. "He is a hero for the faithful," Mr Gaenswein said. "The fact he doesn't give up despite his illness makes him even more credible ... When he is no longer allowed to travel, then dear God will come for him." Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn of Vienna, one of Europe's most respected cardinals, added his voice to the negative reports on the Pope's health by suggesting that Pope John Paul II is nearing "the last days and months of his life". "The entire world is experiencing a Pope who is sick, who is disabled and who is dying, - I don't know how near death he is - who is approaching the last days and months of his life," Schoenborn told the Austrian state broadcaster ORF. Schoenborn is considered a possible candidate for the papacy. His spokesman, Erich Leitenberger, later said that the comments were "to be interpreted philosophically".
'How to get ready for Mass ' http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/tct/oct0303/100303larue.html The Catholic Telegraph (Archdiocese of Cincinnati) Sometimes you get some advice that changes your life. For me, that advice took the form of a simple suggestion to read the Sunday readings before going to Mass. A good friend of mine has done so for years, and she said to me, "It will change the way you experience Mass." And she was right. It really has....
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'The Far East' (St Columban's Mission Society September 2003 http://www.columban.org.au/tfe/tfe_current.htm
Full text online articles ...
Editorial: "Footprints on the heart" A quote from an unknown source: Some people come into our lives and quickly go, Some stay for a while, Leave footprints on our hearts, And we are never, never the same again...
From the Director: How are we to be partners? Recently I have been talking about how the Church in Australia and New Zealand can be in partnership with the Catholic Church in other parts of the world. The Pope has been saying for some time that the Church exists for the sake of the Kingdom of God. God wishes to change our world, to bring about God’s rule. Imagine what that would be like!...
In search of a better life, by Mervyn Hannifin Our struggling marginal parish in Alto Hospicio, Sagrado Corazon (Sacred Heart) is located on the edge the Atacama Desert in the far north of Chile. We live on a mountain of rock and sand, 600m above sea-level in the driest region in the world....
Built by the people, by Leo Donnelly Rain in Lima is an event. If it is real rain it is a devastating event. Fortunately it rarely rains to that extent. This means we can build our chapels of estera. Estera is a sheet two by three metres of hand woven bamboo....
Life on the border, by Kevin Mullins A few years ago, while on my way back to Chile after working in Britain, Columbans Arturo Aguilar and Bill Morton invited me to visit their parishes of El Paso/Juarez on the US/Mexican border. I accepted their invitation and was given a tour of Anapra, one of our areas just over the border in Mexico where Fr Bill Morton lives and works with the people. I thought to myself, ‘This is the worst place I have ever seen.’....
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Pope warns of new 'difficulties' in talks with Anglican leader http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-10-04-catholic-anglican_x.htm Vatican City (AP) — In a meeting clouded by deepening divisions over homosexuality, Pope John Paul II warned the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that "new and serious difficulties have arisen" in efforts to unify the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches....
Williams seeks to enhance warm ties with the Vatican The Financial Times October 4 2003 http://tinyurl.com/pq1n A meeting today at the Vatican between Pope John Paul and the Archbishop of Canterbury will resonate with symbolism but is at risk of being overshadowed by more mundane realities....
Ghostbusting clergy on the case NZ Herald 30.09.2003 http://tinyurl.com/poal A packaging firm has called in spiritual help to bless its premises because of staff fears that the factory might be haunted. The Auckland company Rapak Asia Pacific has asked five ministers from different denominations to solve its problem....
It's culture not prayers The Dominion Post 01 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2676540a11,00.html Conflicting reasons have emerged for starting Maori prayer sessions for parliamentary workers....
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NEW WEB SITE: CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Catholic Communications is the news media service of the NZ Catholic bishops conferecne, and provides many other services to the Church. In its new website, Cathcomm introduyces iutself, puvlusehs media reelases and news of the Catholic bishiops, plus a round up of local and overseas Catholic news links.
a good deal of the news and newsletters have already appeared in News and notes, so in writing up new cotnetns on the site i plan to mention in detial just the overseass news items on the sites with a biref reference to the other items. ML
International News links ...
Martyrs of Peace: Christian de Chergé, drafted halfway through his seminary studies, was a peacekeeper in Algeria in 1959. A Muslim friend who saved his life was killed for his courageous act. Almost forty years later, de Chergé made a similar sacrifice, dying at the hands of men who did not understand his love for the Muslim people...
Salvation by media: The media has beaten down morale among priests to an all-time low. Depression or hypersensitivity are natural responses, but it can also help us to a clearer discovery of our true purpose and mission, to a kind of spiritual liberation from public opinion...
6 month sentence for Bosnian's email threats to Pope...
Church incense sparks Irish health alert: Dr Jim McDaid, medical doctor and junior minister in the Irish Government, has warned that the health of altar boys and girls is being put at risk from the use of burning incense, particularly at funeral services....
Prosecutors probe sex abuse priest's jail death: Prosecutors were yesterday investigating how an anti-gay convicted murderer managed to strangle fellow inmate pedophile priest John Geoghan inside one of Massachusetts' most secure prisons...
Also on this site: Caritas Aotearoa Newsletter ... Education Review Office report on Catholic schools ... Nathaniel Bioethics Centre Newsletter ... 'NZ Catholic' newspaper ... Sacred Heart College fetes its heroes of sport ... 'Wel-com' newspaper.
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CATHOLICTV.NET (Wellington Archdiocesan Media Office)
http://www.catholictv.net
Louise's summary of the site (which starts automatically when you open the home page) includes a short clip from one of Fr Timothy Radcliffe's talks to the National Assembly of Priests, this time on the crisis in preaching.
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MEDJUGORJE NEWS
Issue 31 September 2003 http://www.homebusinesslink.com/issue31.html Introduction ... The Medjugorje Story ... Our Lady's Messages ... From the Editor ... Excerpts from Press Bulletins ... News from Medjugorje (Children of Medjugorje) ... ..The Eucharist ... .Another Miraculous Healing ... ..Extraordinary Circumstances ... From the Mouth of Babes... .Another Proof of the Real Presence ... .Questions and Answers with Ivan ... One Solitary Life ... .Eucharistic Convention will Continue ... The Pope and the Beggar ... My Miracle at Medjugorje ... Fears and Tears... Bishop Komarica on Medjugorje ... An Interview with Anna and Steve Shawl ... The One with Wings ... I Couldn't Kneel ... Heart of Mary ... Interesting Story of Pope John Paul 11's Visit ... Islam Sees Mary as a Model for all Believers ... Mary & the Dialogue with Judaism ... Pray for the Priests ... Troubled Rwanda Has a New Marian Shrine ... God Has not Abandoned Me ... The Secret of the Rosary
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FROM THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Aubert, Mary Joseph 1835 - 1926 Catholic nun, nurse, herbalist, teacher, social worker, writer http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=2A18
Marie Henriette Suzanne Aubert (known first as Suzanne Aubert and later in religion as Mary Joseph Aubert) was born at Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, Loire, France, on 19 June 1835. She was the daughter of Henriette Catherine Clarice Périer and her husband, Louis Aubert, a bailiff....
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EMPLOYMENT
(Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Director of Education for Pastoral Ministry, Catholic Diocese of Dunedin Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23 and from: Bishops's Secretary, Private Bag 1941, Dunedin. Applications close 17 October 2003
Adult Education Tutor/Distance Learning Coordinator, Wellington Catholic Education Centre. Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23, and from Peter Bray, e-mail: p.bray@wcec.org.nz Applications close 17 October 2003
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