FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Chilling out: Southern brothers take to the Ice (photos) Otago Daily Times 3-January 2004 http://tinyurl.com/3amv6 Southern brothers Tony and John Harrison have followed each other to the end of the earth. Both have been to the South Pole, as Roman Catholic priests serving the far-flung parish of about 100 Americans at McMurdo Base...
Woman's death will leave huge gap The Press 10 January 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2779077a11,00.html Mother-of-three Joanne Mary Davidson, 42, of Ilam, was killed when a severe gust of wind picked up her tent and threw her 60m into a house in the Queen Charlotte Sounds' Ngakuta Bay. Mrs Davidson was a teacher aide and librarian at Christ the King School, where two of her children go, and also a Catholic bishop's representative on the school board of trustees...
Woodcock back to face charges TVNZ 17 January 2004 http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews_detail/0,1227,249198-1-7,00.html A former Catholic priest has arrived back in New Zealand to face child sex charges. Alan Woodcock, who has been extradited from Britain, flew back under police guard. The 54-year-old is charged with 34 counts of sexually abusing children while he was a teacher in Silverstream, Upper Hutt and Palmerston North in the 1980s.
Reformation: Europe's House Divided 1490-1700 (book review) By Diarmaid MacCulloch The Economist (UK) http://www.economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2282268 Diarmaid MacCulloch is Oxford University's professor of the history of the church, and one of the many strengths of his book is that he shows how the Reformation — which English-speaking readers tend to think of as a near-fatal theological blow dealt to the pope — in fact coincided with the Catholic church's most successful period of expansion...
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MEDJUGORJE NEWS
http://www.medjugorjenews-nz.org
In the December 2003 issue: ..The Medjugorje Story ...Our Lady's Messages ..From the Editor ...Excerpts from Press Bulletins ..Excerpts from Children of Medjugorje ..Reborn in Jesus through Mary ..Wellington 2004 Eucharistic Convention ..A Theologian's View ..A Lifeline ..Useful addresses in Medjugorje ..Two Babies in a Manger ..A Jew's Search for the Messiah ..An Important Lesson ..I Belong Entirely to the Heart of Jesus ..Interview with Jakov ..Christmas Meditation ..The Inner Road..The Four-Legged Theologian ...Ghana Rosary Project ...Interview with Sr.Hannah ..The Final Judgement ...You Called Me - and I've Come..Priests Need your Love and your Prayers ...Dear God - Children write to God ...Genesis Revisited ...The Secret of the Rosary ..Giving and Receiving
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CARITAS UPDATE
Newsletter of Caritas Aotearoa-New Zealand, the NZ Catholic bishops' agency for justice, peace and development
http://www.caritas.org.nz/update.asp
The Summer 2003 issue of the Caritas Update includes articles about the struggle facing West Papuans for independence, the latest work undertaken in our area of domestic advocacy, thoughts on the 5th WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancun and a close-up look at a recent visit to Bangladesh by our Chairperson, Sr Catherine Hannan. The Country Brief section looks at the recent elections in Guatemala and the humanitarian work currently being done by our partner in Iraq in what is an increasingly volatile environment. The Schools Spotlight page highlights the Caritas survey of Y7-13 aged young people regarding their opinions and experiences of work.
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CATHOLICTV.NET Wellington Archdiocesan Media Centre
http://www.catholictv.net
New interviews ...
As a recent graduate of teachers training college, Janine McGruddy's decision to qualify for the certificate in catechetical studies helped change her view of the church
Sister Paula Bretkelly works with the New Zealand Aids foundation
Br Pat's latest education report recaps on the December developments in Catholic education
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
"Annual New Zealand Catholic Directory to lift its price " (media statement - full text)
The 2004 edition of the New Zealand Catholic Directory will be released towards the end of February.
Lyndsay Freer, Director of Catholic Communciations, the publishers of the directory, said that each year its contents have expanded, largely because of the increasing numbers of email addresses, cellphone numbers and websites.
This year is no exception, and the publishers have been obliged to add a further 20-odd pages to accommodate the extra data. Enlarged content and higher printing costs have forced Catholic Communications reluctantly to increase the price from $20, at which it has remained for some years, to $25 per copy.
The publishing of a national directory of the Catholic Church was the brainchild of Father John Griffin, a Columban priest, who in 1974 was appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies. He realised at once his need to collaborate with all the local clergy, but who were they, and where were they?
So Father Griffin began work on a clergy directory, and shortly thereafter was assisted by Fr John Coleman the first National Director of Catholic Communications.
Since then it has been expanded to contain virtually all relevant information about the personnel and agencies of the Church in Aotearoa-New Zealand.
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FAITH CENTRAL
A religious education resource site for NZ Catholic secondary schools at: http://www.faithcentral.net.nz
Faith Central reports ...
2003 was a great year at FaithCentral with most months enjoying more than 15,000 unique visitors for the month. We hope we can serve you even better 2004. As classes are being prepared for the new year we are keen to point out the topics that are available at FaithCentral: http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/class.htm If you're thinking of using the Internet in your Religious Education class in 2004, we would invite you to pop in to FaithCentral where we have taken a lot of the effort out of search for good RE resources.
Year 9 Beginnings of the Catholic Church in New Zealand ... Church History ... Creation and Co-Creation ... Eucharist and the Church's Year ... Life and Times of Jesus ... Recognising the Signs of God
Year 10 Church History ... Expressions of Catholic Life ... Inspiring men and women ... The Meaning and Significance of Eucharist
Year 11 Biblical Studies ... Church History ... Conscience, Morality and Values... Ecumenism ... The Holy Spirit
Year 12 Art, Music and Architecture ... Biblical Studies ... Modern Church History ... Justice and Peace ... Loss, Grief, Death and Dying ... Religions of the World
Year 13 Biblical Studies ... Bio-ethics ... Changing role of Women ... Church History ... Influence of Media ... Jesus Christ ... Mary the First Disciple ... Poverty and Wealth ... Psychology of Religion ... Sects and Cults
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EVENTS
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Parachute Music Festival, Mystery Creek, Hamilton, 23-26 January 2004 Website: http://p04.parachutemusic.com/frameset.asp
The annual Christian music festival. Every year a Catholic "tent city" is set up at the Festival, and an all-comers Mass is celebrated, undoubtedly the first experience of a Catholic liturgy for most Festival-goers. Co-ordinator: Jamie Cox. E-mail: jamiec@cdh.org.nz
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Catholic Festival: A Celebration of the Catholic Faith Auckland Town Hall, Friday 20 - Sunday 22 February 2004 Website: http://www.catholicfestival.org
"The Catholic Festival is a celebration of our faith that will be joyful, prayerful, reflective, informative and educational. We hope that it will be inspiring and life-changing for all who participate... We seek to provide the opportunity for anyone to display the gifts that God has given them... We also wish to celebrate our cultural diversity and to grow together in unity. From the centre of Auckland, we also have the opportunity to witness to our faith and help others to see its richness and beauty. Finally, there is the opportunity for the many groups and religious communities to promote their apostolates and seek members and vocations."
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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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