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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
From issue No. 213, May 22-June 4, 2005 ....
Catholic rest homes face crisis Wellington - Rising costs, low wages, high staff turnover, poor funding and failed Government policy. Add those together and you can see why Catholic rest homes in New Zealand are closing their doors or being sold to private companies.....
Petition calls for more development aid Wellington - A petition calling for New Zealand to increase its overseas aid has had a supportive reception from politicians of several parties....
Abortion law change mooted Wellington - New Zealand's high abortion rate has prompted United Future MP Gordon Copeland to draft a bill to change the process for authorising abortions....
Also In Issue 213 ...
NATIONAL PM's proposal contradicted ... Concert work was based on Christ's last words... 125 years' service marked ... ERO File ... Dunedin considers future structure ... Tireless worker dies ... Four-point plan to reduce abortions
FEATURES Special day for schools ... An All Black mystery: Whatever became of "Paddy" Long? ... Today's youth face powerful pressures ... Priest found Passion filming was a spiritual experience ... Miracles testify to truth of the Eucharist ... Doctrinal decisions of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ... Family encounters with the new Pope ... Conversion story: Vision included "clip over ear" ... "Milestones" marked by cathedral choir... Crucial issues chosen by Voice for Life
OPINION Ronald Rolheiser: Midwives of hope ... Keith Suter: Creative thinking may revive voluntary service ... Parish Diary: Communal silence ... Others Say... Editorial: Govt ignores plight of rest homes ... Good Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL Renewal spreading in Latin America ... Preaching called top priority for priests ... The Pope: Benedict upholds workers' rights ... Schiavo was "killed" ... IVF baby to be donor for brother ... Bishop won't back down ... MP drops a papal clanger ... Protecting faith is Pope's duty ... Editor resigns after pressure ... "Miracle" speech after 10 years ... Radio guilty of pollution ... Abuse claims force diocese to sell up ... One (careful) driver ... Protests over "weeping" statue ... Cabinet position for priest... Papal peak ... Scottish ban ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Clips, Tape Deck, Scripture, The Doolans, Family Talk, God in the Garden, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.
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'WEL-COM'
Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz
(full text)
Archbishop John Dew installed as administrator of the archdiocese About 500 invited guests including Archbishop Dew's sisters were present at the festive occasion in Sacred Heart Cathedral...
A pope of surprises: Cardinal Williams Returns The new Holy Father, Benedict XVI, will be 'a pope of surprises', Cardinal Williams said as he returned from Rome and his first conclave. The Cardinal also said that Pope Benedict will be a man of peace, reconciliation, warmth and compassion and endeavour to build closer relationships with other Churches...
Paul VI evangelisation call 30 years old this year a passion for good news-ing This December is the 30th anniversary of Paul VI's groundbreaking encyclical Evangelii Nuntiandi. Ruth Smithies takes a fresh look at this papal letter in today's context....
Knights devise contest to spark vocations The Porirua Branch of the Knights of the Southern Cross has organised a writing competition to encourage young people to consider a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. The topic is: 'vocations to the Priesthood or to Religious Orders are very important in New Zealand Today'....
The future of the papacy While the cardinals were in conclave electing a new pope, the Wellington Catholic Education Centre held a forum to discuss how the papacy could look. Here Catholic laywoman, Anna Thompson, and former Anglican Church Canon, Peter Stuart, give their views....
Vocations - called to put out into the deep In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations celebrated recently, John Paul II reflected on the call to all of us to follow Christ and, in particular, to consider the call to Religious Life and Priesthood. This is very relevant today when permanent personal commitment is not as common as it once was. Here Sr Mary Hepburn rsm, Br Kieran Fenn fms and Fr Alan Roberts reflect on their lives as religious and priests in today's world....
"Committed to Escape: a NZ soldier's story" A book review by Fr Julian Wagg, Armed Forces' Chaplain This story chronicles Daniel Riddford's escape as a prisoner of war during the second World War. Riddiford was a member of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force at the invasion of Libya in November 1941. His high hopes of adventure ended with capture....
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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS
http://www.tuimotu.org/
From the May 2005 issue ...
Editorial: Changing the pilot A Pope has died; another Pope is elected. It seemed as if the whole world stood still and watched. The unprecedented world interest can clearly be attributed to the eminence of John Paul II...
Also in this issue ... False Gods: Law becomes an idol - Sandra Winton Church in the 21st Century - Anna Holmes Interview with Laurence Freeman, OSB - John Main and Christian meditation Oscar Romero: Bishop of the poor - Christopher Carey
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Catholics disagree with stem cell breakthrough http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10126804 Two massive breakthroughs in stem cell research are being described locally as morally repugnant. Researchers in the UK have created the first human embryo clone and Korean scientists have successfully created eleven batches of embryonic stem cells which genetically match sick patients...
Catholic diocese to look to future (photo) http://tinyurl.com/dggya The Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Rev Colin Campbell, has called for consultation into the future of parishes in the Otago-Southland diocese. With falling numbers of priests, it was time to look at the future of the 136-year-old diocese, he said when contacted...
Celtic centennial research unearths interesting fact http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3293791a6434,00.html In research for their centennial publication, Timaru's Celtic Rugby Club have discovered they are the oldest affiliated Catholic club in New Zealand...
Catholic Church in NZ says process to canonise the late Pope John Paul has come as a brilliant surprise http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=50606 The late Pope might be the quickest man to become a saint. His successor Pope Benedict has already started Pope John Paul on his way to canonisation. New Zealand Catholic Church spokeswoman Lyndsay Freer says it has come as a brilliant surprise...
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Anonymous pamphlet drop angers ministers Stuff - South Waikato News - Greater Waikato - 26 May 2005 [Summary: Pamphlets that include messages such as "Going to Church won't save you", which have been distributed locally, have drawn opposition from several church ministers in the South Waikato. Several ministers spoken to by the South Waikato News said the flyers lacked credibility because they did not contain a name or contact for those behind them.]
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Catholic leader says British Church is 'in crisis', by Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent of The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1627510,00.html People in Europe are filled with angst and the Roman Catholic Church is in crisis, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, said tonight. In a lecture at Westminster Cathedral, the spiritual leader of more than four million Roman Catholics in England and Wales said the Church in Europe, and in particular in Britain, was in a time of crisis and of "dying and rising"...
The Rt Rev Roderick Wright (obituary) http://tinyurl.com/arnsw Summary: The Right Reverend Roderick Wright, the former Roman Catholic Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, who died of cancer in New Zealand on Tuesday aged 64, scandalised the Church in 1996 when he ran off with his housekeeper, Kathleen MacPhee, a divorced mother of three children; it later emerged that he was also the father of a son by another parishioner.]
Government should help Christians detained in Saudi Arabia, says Bishop of Lahore http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3309 Pakistani immigrants arrested because they were celebrating mass in a Riyadh home. Pakistan should treat the case without any religious discrimination; they are citizens like everybody else, say Mgr Saldanha...
Mgr Moretti: "The international community is praying for Clementina" http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3304 The parish priest of Kabul turns to the family of the Italian hostage Clementina Cantoni: "We are close to you, a light burns day and night before the statue of Our Lady". The girl is one of the "rare" practicing Catholics in the country. Local and Afghan press say the kidnapping is an offence against all the population...
Priests on the frontline http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-01025 The number of clergy attacked and robbed in their own homes [in the UK] is increasing, particularly in the inner cities. Can they continue their ministry without turning their presbyteries into fortresses? ....
Benedict XVI As Known by Co-worker Interview with Father Augustine Di Noia http://zenit.org/english/show_10.php Rome, May 15, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is a person of great inner tranquility, intensely dedicated to his work for the Church, and very "tradition-minded," said a close collaborator. So as to get to know the reality of the man behind the image portrayed at times by the media, Zenit interviewed Father Augustine Di Noia, undersecretary for the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith, who worked with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger when the latter was prefect of the congregation...
Cracks in Anglican dissent over Mary http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1615534,00.html Members of the Anglican Church are being asked to accept that controversial Roman Catholic teachings regarding the Virgin Mary are "authentic expressions of Christian belief"...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & AGENCIES
Tonga bishop leads people´s power protest against King http://www.cathnews.com/news/505/159.php Bishop Soane Foliaki of Tonga took a leading role in yesterday´s mass protest against the country´s royal family, according to New Zealand´s One News...
Filipino bishops blog the Gospel http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3362 Manila (AsiaNews) - Filipino bishops are using every tool at their disposal to reach the faithful, including the internet and blogs. From the website of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), internet users can access three blogs managed by three prelates who talk about a variety of issues such as catechesis, today's society and Christian life. Each blog is different but all are regularly updated ....
Pope commends 'beauty' of Sunday http://www.cathnews.com/news/505/130.php Pope Benedict XVI has stressed the importance of Sunday Mass, letting it be known that "every parish is called to rediscover the beauty of Sunday, the Lord's day"...
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz
NEWSROOM Budget 2005: Hits and Misses 19 May 2005: The commitments outlined in today's Budget, which focused on savings and significant increases in portfolios such as health and education also provided benefits to areas such as housing, child advocacy and mental health, and this has been welcomed by Caritas, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and development ...
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.
This week ... Chronology of the latest news about Maciel; Peace, justice and the liturgy; Benedict's first major public events; Kasper on Eucharistic unity
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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY 16-21 August 2005
Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey, as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne, Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God, assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58 Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz
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Other WYD links:
The official international WYD Site: http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1
The Vatican's WYD Website: http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html
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EVENTS
Palmerston North Diocese: Jubilee Celebration of the Consecration of the Diocese 7 May - 26 June 2005 Details on http://www.pndiocese.org.nz
"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition) From 13 May 2005 "for a limited time" Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand Full description on: http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm
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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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