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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
MEDIA RELEASES
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
New Rector for national seminary (25 September 2004) New Zealand’s bishops have announced the appointment of Father Philip Handforth of Auckland to be the new Rector of the national seminary, Holy Cross Seminary...
Catholic Agency has grave concerns over Care of Children Bill (21 September 2004) The Wellington-based Catholic Archdiocesan Commission for the Family believes that Clause 37 of the Care of Children Bill poses serious concerns for parents. The clause permits school authorities, principals and counsellors in particular, to assist girls to have an abortion without the parents being consulted or even informed...
Bishop Patrick Dunn reports on the New Zealand bishops Ad Limina visit to Rome (20 September) "During September I had the pleasure of joining seven other NZ bishops for our week-long Ad Limina Visit to the Holy See. Unfortunately Bishops Mariu (Hamilton) and Dolan (Palmerston North) were unable, for reasons of health, to make the journey..."
Pope Speaks to the New Zealand bishops of the need to counter "Unrestrained Secularism" (14 Sep 2004) New Zealand's Catholic bishops met with Pope John Paul II yesterday during their 5-yearly (ad Limina) visit to Rome. The meeting took place at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
ACU Senate considers Pell concerns about curriculum Caritas launches appeal to fund relief in flood-stricken Haiti Bomb rattles Catholic orphanage in Baghdad Pope to address Eucharistic Congress by satellite Catholic Health says Costello "calls it right" on mental health Experts edgy as Pope orders Michelangelo to come clean
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Restoration for St Patrick's (photo) NZ Herald 22.09.2004 http://tinyurl.com/4nyoo The historic St Patrick's Cathedral, surrounding public square and two other church buildings in Auckland's heart are about to get a facelift worth just over $17 million...
Four charged over church fire-bombing attacks NZPA 23 September 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3041866a11,00.html Four young men, including a schoolboy, have been accused of fire-bombing three west Auckland suburban churches. Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Titirangi Baptist Church, the Henderson Baptist Church and the Liston College chapel on August 20...
A lonely lot (photo) The Age (Melbourne) September 20, 2004 http://tinyurl.com/54l68 They are only passing remarks, but they are acutely painful. "All priests are sexual abusers," Father Terry Kean has been told and, "you all live in palaces, you wouldn't know what it is to live in the real world". Kean, parish priest at Elwood and St Kilda West, recalls standing in line at the lunch that his Sacred Heart Mission provides to 400 people every day, when one of the regulars started sounding off...
You only die once, said the expat who trusted in luck and being streetwise Daily Telegraph 24/09/2004) http://tinyurl.com/3n7gr In Roman Catholic churches throughout Merseyside people prayed for Kenneth Bigley at every Mass. Last night scores of people gathered for a vigil in the centre of Liverpool...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Book Review : The people behind the walls. 'All the Pope’s Men: the inside story of how the Vatican really thinks', by John L. Allen Jr The Tablet (UK) Saturday, 25 September 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/book_review.cgi/past-00202 Endlessly fascinated by his subject, restless, inquisitive, analytical, the National Catholic Reporter's Rome correspondent has become in just five years the most authoritative English-language Vaticanista...
Cardinal Paradox, by John Allen The Tablet 18/09/2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-00936 At a time of an ailing Pope, the voice of Joseph Ratzinger is increasingly heard as that of the Vatican. And yet, the Church’s enforcer is also a singular freethinker. From American politicians, to women, and Turkey, his views have dominated the headlines this year ...
New false accusations brought in court against O’Connor, an Indian-born Christian http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1548 Riyadh (AsiaNews) – Brian Savio O’Connor, a Christian imprisoned since March, was finally brought before a judge in a Deerah area courthouse (in Riyadh) for his first trial hearing...
Vatican official says annulment reform needed http://www.cathnews.com/news/409/106.php A canon lawyer at the Vatican has called for a standardisation of procedures to annul marriage, pointing out that marriage tribunals in some countries (such as the United States) are quick to provide annulments on uncertain grounds, while those in other countries make it difficult for the faithful to pursue even clear-cut cases of nullity...
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CATHOLICTV.NET
Wellington Archdiocesan Media Office
http://www.catholictv.net
Mental health challenges for New Zealanders: counsellor and psychotherapist Sr Stephanie Kitching discusses the issues
Further highlights from the Mass to celebrate the appointment of Coadjutor Bishop John Dew.
Fr Bernard Hehir on the Vatican's new Commission for Sport.
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'MARIST MESSENGER'
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
Online in the September Messenger:
The Focus this month by the editor is about Lourdes and St Bernadette It is 150 years since the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception
Death of a marist: Father D'Arcy Reader sm Fr Reader was a joyful faithful priest for over 60 years
Affirming love by Fr Paddy Cahill Each month Fr Paddy a busy parish priest in Christchurch finds time to make us stop and think
Fr Pierre Jouny sm by Fr David Mullins This tells the story of a dedicated early marist missionary in Tonga
With Jesus by the way of the heart by Fr Tom Ryan sm This is a dialogue with Our Lord about friendship
Also in the September Marist Messenger : God speak by a tower ... Our Lady and the Sacrament of Penance ... The love of God - Rule of life ... Our Lady of Fatima and Wales ... 100 years of Mission - smsms in Solomons ... To Jesus, through Mary ... The theology of the body ... The saints our friends ... Renewal of Marriage vows on an anniversary ... Marist Messenger Update
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz/update.asp
'Caritas Update' No. 36 Spring 2004
The focus of the spring edition of the Caritas Update is on this year’s Social Justice Week topic of Mental Health in New Zealand.
The lead article looks at how the changing face of mental health services has affected those in our community who use them. The article also discusses experiences of those who have suffered trauma, such as refugees and what communities can do to be more welcoming places for those who suffer from mental illness.
Linking in with the Social Justice Week theme, the article on page 5 looks at programmes Caritas is involved with overseas that are assisting local organisations in helping their communities overcome the lasting effects of war and conflict.
There is further information on the situation in Sudan and Bangladesh and on the relations between Australia and East Timor over the contested oil reserves on page 6.
The Country Brief section on page 7 looks at the on-going struggle for independence in West Papua and the overturning of convictions by the Indonesian Court of Appeal, for those involved in the East Timor massacres in 1999.
The Schools Spotlight section discusses how experiential education is a useful tool in helping students develop empathy for those in need. Photos from students of St Peter’s College, Palmerston North and St Joseph’s primary, Christchurch feature. Finally, there is the introduction of new staff member Kathy Orr-Nimmo.
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for September 24, 2004: World hunger and biotechnology debated; Honors for pro-choice politician; Lefebvrite update; Cardinal Cipriani and the "falsified letters" scandal; Benedictine abbots' world congress; Cardinal Arinze in New York; Seminar on annulment; About the terms "sects" and "African Initiated Churches"; Fr. Andrew Greeley's latest novel.
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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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 ]
Wellington Catholic Education Centre http://www.wcec.org.nz 1. Consultant in Religious Education (Primary School) 2. Adult Education tutor Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23, 'Wel-com' September 2004 p.17, and from Peter Bray, Director, Wellington Catholic Education Centre, PO Box 1937, Wellington. Tel: (04) 496 1710; fax: (04) 496 1715; e-mail: p.bray@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 1 October 2004
Accountant. Assistant Accountant. Archdiocese of Wellington http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/page3.html Details in 'Wel-com' September 2004 p.17, and from The Director, Financial Services, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. E-mail: a.hayes@wn.catholic.org.nz
Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper 'NZ Catholic' wishes to employ skilled communicators to act as presenters for the paper at parish Masses. Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23 and from Dennis Augustine, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034
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