Sunday, July 3, 2005

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ


MEDIA RELEASES


http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php


NZ Bishops on Zimbabwe and NZ Cricket (30 Jun 2005)
The following letter was sent yesterday (29 June 2005) to the Hon Phil Goff,
Minister of Foreign Affairs & Trade, from Bishop Denis Browne, President of
the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference...


WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS


http://www.cathcom.org.nz/


Vatican May Declare John Paul II a Martyr ... Manila archbishop slams people
power ... Orthodox Look to Resume Talks With Pope ... Mostly Catholic Spain
legalizes gay marriage ... Book honours Salesian bible expert ... Pope
bestows Pallium to Archbishops, urges them to work united for the Church ...
US Bishops urge President Bush to tackle global issues at G8 summit ...
Same-sex marriage bill 'dangerous deterioration' of shared values, say
Canadian bishops


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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS


Black Caps should not tour - Zimbabwean archbishop
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3330921a6160,00.html
Catholic Archbishop of Zimbabwe Pius Ncube says the New Zealand cricket team
should stay away from Zimbabwe amid growing concern over human rights abuses
under the Robert Mugabe-led regime. "Where a man is clearly out to thieve
and kill to maintain himself, then all sanctions should be applied against
the man and also against his government. So, such a trip is ill-advised," he
told National Radio from Rome where he is meeting with the Pope....


Pakeha stands up for unity
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3331212a8153,00.html
Robert Consedine likes paradoxes. Hence the Burwood man sees nothing unusual
about an Irish Catholic like himself sitting at No. 6 on the Maori Party
list...


Success story for teacher (photo)
http://dubbo.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=gene\
ral%20news&story_id=404943&y=2005&m=6
[Australian Catholic teacher and author Maria Brice has written a set of
readers specifically for young children in Catholic schools in Australia and
New Zealand. The Website of the series:
http://www.littleflowerbooks.com/home.htm ]


Pope sends message of support to anti-poverty rally
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1405629.htm
Pope Benedict XVI has sent a message of support to a rally in Scotland
calling on the world's richest nations to bring an end global to poverty...


Pope's stargazers teach tomorrow's astronomers (3 pages)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=891027
Castelgandolfo, Italy (Reuters) - Everyone knows the Vatican is interested
in Heaven but it may come as a surprise to some that it is also interested
in the heavens. In this sleepy lakeside village away from the noise and
haste of Rome, the Vatican is helping to train tomorrow's astronomers -
regardless of their religious beliefs...


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COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH


Pope presents Catechism
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15766061-38200,00.html
Pope Benedict presented a new summary of the Roman Catholic Catechism today,
with a question-and-answer format aimed at making the doctrine "accessible
to all".
The 205-page "Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church" lays down
Church teaching on everything from the creation of man to the protection of
embryos in a book that has already caused some controversy in Italy.


A Sampling From the Compendium
10 Catechetical Questions and Answers
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=73392
Vatican City, June 28, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of 10
questions and answers from the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church, approved for publication today by Benedict XVI.


Compendium of Catechism to be translated for World Youth Day
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=38167
Vatican, Jul. 01 (CWNews.com) - The Compendium of the Catechism of the
Catholic Church, introduced on June 29 by Pope Benedict, will be distributed
to young people attending World Youth Day in Cologne this August, the
secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Translations in
8 different languages should be prepared in time for distribution in
Cologne...


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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES


The beatification cause of Pope Wojtyla is opened
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3606
Roma (AsiaNews) - The beatification and canonisation cause of John Paul II
will be brief. This was the conviction and the prayer expressed by Cardinal
Camillo Ruini tonight at the Basilica of St John Lateran in Rome as he
opened the diocesan phase of the cause...


Offical Website for the Beatification of Pope John Paul:
http://www.johnpauliibeatification.orgZimbabwean


Zimbabwean


archbishop says he's ready to die to defend people
http://www.cathnews.com/news/506/149.php
Zimbabwean Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo said he would rather die than
stay silent in the face of widespread human rights abuses in his country...


The gift of married priests, by Bishop John Crowley
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01050
After 40 years as a priest, the Bishop of Middlesbrough hopes for a mixed,
celibate and non-celibate clergy. Access to Mass, rather than marital
status, matters ....



"Little Catechism on the Eucharist"
Theo Sterns on the English-language Edition
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=73241
New Hope, Kentucky, June 26, 2005 (Zenit.org).- "The Little Catechism on the
Eucharist," a catechetical work filled with colored images and teachings on
the Blessed Sacrament, is newly published in English...



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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ


http://www.caritas.org.nz


NEWSROOM


Make Poverty History (30 June 2005)
Responding to a call from organisations across the globe who are working to
end poverty, Caritas has joined the New Zealand coalition of a global
movement called Make Poverty History....


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MARIST MESSENGER - JULY 2005


http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php


Full text from the July Messenger ....


The three holy places of Tutu
This model farm is the cradle of Marist life in the Pacific. Over the years
there has developed a rich local spirituality to match the fruitfulness of
the soil. The editor spent time there last year with a group of pilgrims


My Body, broken
This reprint reflects our coping with weakness in the context of Eucharist,


When You're Older
Sean reflects on apparitions, the sharing of food, parish life and Eucharist


FOCUS
The Editor reflects on the election of Pope Benedict


Also in the July Marist Messenger:
* Pope Benedict XVI speaks * God's beauty secrets - Park II * Blessed
Sacrament Prayers * New Mary document * Now that I am old and grey


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"THE WORD FROM ROME"


http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/A


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weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent
in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.


This week ...
Americans receive palliums; Interviews with Archbishops Gregory and
Fiorenza; Benedict extends a hand to Constantinople; John Paul's
beatification opens; Interdenominational Scripture and hermeneutics seminar;
Two books of interest: synthesis of the Catechism; The Europe of Benedict in
the Crisis of Cultures.


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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: mailto:ymachb@clear.net.nz*********************************************************Other


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WYD links:


The official international WYD Site:
http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1The


The


Vatican's WYD Website:
http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html*************************************************************EVENTSJoshua


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EVENTS


Joshua


Catholic Men's Fellowship. Weekend for Men
15-17 July 2005
Hato Paora College, Kimbolton Road, Feilding
Further details from Jack tel. (04) 971 5379 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (04) 971 5379 end_of_the_skype_highlighting; e-mail:
pontings@paradise.net.nz; Web: http://www.joshuamen.orcon.net.nzFamily


Family


Life International. Gospel of Life Conference
23-25 September 2005 Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna
Full details: http://www.blogger.com/'http://www.fli.org.nz/?sid=


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[If


[If


you can't make it to the exhibition, you will find many of the
photographs from it at your public library in: 'The Turin shroud : the
illustrated evidence', by Ian Wilson and Barrie Schwortz, published by
Michael O'Mara, 2000 (232.966 WIL), or you can request it via Interloan. ML]


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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 ]


Librarian, Holy Name of Mary Seminary, Honiara, Solomon Islands (2-3 months)
Details in 'NZ Catholic' June 19-July 3 20005, p. 23, and from Mahitahi (the
development assistance agency of the NZ Catholic bishops' Conference -
http://www.mahitahi.org ), Chanel Centre, 51 Grey St., PO Box 4353, Hamilton
East. Tel. (07) 855 4699 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (07) 855 4699 end_of_the_skype_highlighting; fax: (07) 855 4709; e-mail:
mailto:Christina.mahitahi@xtra.co.nzPresenters


Presenters


, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
'NZ Catholic' wishes to employ skilled communicators who have a firm belief
in the Catholic press, to act as presenters for the newspaper at parish
Masses. Details in 'NZ Catholic' June 19-July 3 20005, p. 23, and from
Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, 'NZ Catholic' PO Box
147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034. Tel. (09) 360-3049 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (09) 360-3049 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.


Supervisor, McAloon House of Hospitality, Palmerston North.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 3-16 2005, p.19, and from Harry Lampen Smith,
e-mail admin@pndiocese.org.nz ; tel: (06) 358 8079 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (06) 358 8079 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Applications close 15
July 2005.


Social Justice Education Co-ordinator, Caritas Aotearoa NZ
Details at: http://www.caritas.org.nz/school/educationcoordinator.php ; in
'NZ Catholic' July 3-16 2005, p.19, and from Claire Beaumont:
claire@caritas.org.nz ; Caritas, PO Box 12-193, Wellington, New Zealand ;
tel. (04) 496-1742 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (04) 496-1742 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. Applications close 18 July 2005.


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