Sunday, May 15, 2005

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'NZ CATHOLIC'
No. 212, May 8-21, 2005
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
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Diocese gathers to mark 25 years PALMERSTON NORTH - Bishops, priests, religious, laity and representatives from other denominations gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Palmerston North to celebrate the creation of the diocese and the anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Bishop Peter Cullinane as its first bishop.....
Discipleship College is on the way CHRISTCHURCH - A New Zealand Catholic Discipleship College is a vision on the move....
"The most controversial relic in the world" AUCKLAND - Is it the burial sheet of Christ...or an ingenious forgery by Leonardo da Vinci?....
Also in this issue ...
NATIONAL Technology centre bears the name of late John Paul II ... Times change, but not the need to help pregnant women ... An afternoon to celebrate in Manawatu ... Conference date changed ... Church bioethicists criticise Government decision on PGD ... A big farewell for a big man
FEATURES Priest from Lourdes discovers its world-wide fame ... US priest lectures seminarians about the mission of marriage ... Tributes given to Sr Barbara... Marist rugby enjoys resurgence ... Two plaques honour Pompallier ... Father and daughter promote Hibernians ... Environment award won by teacher
OPINION Ronald Rolheiser: Welcoming a new Pope ... Patrick Cronin: The Ascension of the Lord ... Gordon Copeland: Income splitting is good for families ... Others Say ... Editorial: A new Pope with a new image ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL British cardinal says Pope "open, courteous, intelligent" ... Pope admits to reluctance ... Benedict recalls Christ's charge ... Anglican archbishop attends installation ... Bush "moved" by service ... Pope to continue Jewish dialogue ... Pope Benedict reaches out ... Sodano, Arinze chosen ... Benedict foresees "flowering" of mission ... US Catholic voters desert Democrats ... Church, state at loggerheads in East Timor ... Same-sex bill decried ... Electronic giving becomes popular ... Bishops proceeding with publication ... John Paul asked to intercede ... Hospital removes Bibles as hazard to health ... Assassination bid by KGB ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Clips, Tape Deck, Young Adults, The Doolans, Scripture, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Kit's Corner, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Wit's End.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Celebrating Catholic Schools Day (photo) http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/index.asp?articleid=5007 The sky above St Joseph's School was a sea of balloons this morning following their release as part of Catholic Schools' Day. Principal Ann Wise, said activities planned for the day had been a co-ordinated effort with Our Lady of the Snows School in Methven...
Finding themselves in a namesake (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/0,2106,3275777a6510,00.html Putting a name to a face was no easy task for Garin College homestay coordinator Jim Davis. Mr Davis has created and gifted a likeness of the school's namesake Father Antoine Garin by carving the names of the 329 foundation staff and students into the shape of a face...
Students rejoice in being part of a big spiritual family (photo) http://www.times.co.nz/education/story_0005192.shtml It was a day of celebration last week as three Auckland schools came together for the nationwide Catholic schools day. More than 1200 students and 100 staff from Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Mark's schools gathered at Sancta Maria College for the occasion...
Boarders booted out for Lions' fans http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsfeature.asp?storyID=72337 St Bede's College has confirmed it is hoping to attract Lions' fans to stay in its boarding hostel for several days late next month...
How does your school rate Bay of Plenty Times http://tinyurl.com/d8mch Western Bay schools are celebrating the success of their students who have scored well above the national average in the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). Aquinas College principal Brendan Schollum was "delighted" with his Year 11 results - the first national qualifications record for the school...
Results just one facet of school choice http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3279677a6579,00.html The New Zealand Qualifications Authority published its secondary school profiles on Thursday, showing the percentage of students gaining NCEA credits. In the Waikato, some of the strongest results came from Sacred Heart Girls' College, which is a decile-eight school, where 95.6 per cent of students gained level-one numeracy, and 89.6 gained level-one literacy.
Positive outlook the key to cancer sufferer's happiness (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3279727a6579,00.html When you're told you have three months to live there's nothing for it but to stay positive. At least, that's the view of cancer sufferer John Follett...
Shroud Of Turin: Holy Or Hoax? (TVNZ video report) http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-4370111-56,00.html Does the mysterious Shroud of Turin really show a true likeness of Jesus of Nazareth, or is the blood stained linen simply a mediaeval hoax?
Shroud Of Turin Replica Coming To NZ (audio report) http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-4363161-25,00.html A replica of the Shroud of Turin, the supposed burial shroud of Jesus Christ, is coming to New Zealand for public display. Documenting photographer Barrie Schwortz talks with Newstalk ZB's Paul Holmes...
Former brother pleads guilty to indecent acts on boy http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3277169a6479,00.html Andrew Cody, 67, a retired Catholic brother charged last August with indecently assaulting a school pupil at Hato Paora College 20 years ago, has pleaded guilty...
True Catholic faith rare thing (letter to the editor) Otago Daily Times http://tinyurl.com/8d6hs Columnist Ian Harris ("Honest to God", ODT, 3.5.05) makes an important observation: "A survey of children who attended Catholic schools in New South Wales showed that in the year after leaving school only 3.4% attended mass three times or more." However, he makes the serious mistake of assuming that these children have been indoctrinated in the Catholic faith...
Writer tells of her inspiration http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,3276104a6554,00.html Author Kate de Goldi was out running when she decided her Lolly Leopold story should be a picture book. De Goldi said the inspiration for the Lolly Leopold stories and especially for the teacher, Ms Love, began 40 years ago. Back then she went to a tiny Catholic school in Christchurch and for five years had a teacher called Sister Barbara...
[The following article is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It can read at the public library and via New Zealand libraries' Newztext service provided free to borrowers.]
No moral justification (opinion piece by G. A. Van Meurs, Rolleston) The Press, 9 May 2005, Edition 2, Page 10. It is to be hoped that all those millions of Catholics who paid their last respects to Paul John II and welcomed the new pontiff, Benedict XVI, will also embrace the "political" outlooks of these two men...
Vatican Radio Receives "Unjustified" Conviction Charged With Electromagnetic Contamination http://zenit.org/english/show_8.php Vatican City, May 10, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Vatican Radio expressed "distress" over a Roman court's decision to sentence directors of the broadcasting station to 10 days in prison for electromagnetic contamination....
Beatification of John Paul II begins http://www.guardian.co.uk/pope/story/0,12272,1483584,00.html Pope Benedict XVI today confirmed that he had begun the process of beatifying his predecessor, John Paul II. The pontiff said he was dispensing with rules ordering a five-year wait following the death of a candidate. The five-year rule is intended to allow time for emotions to calm after a person's death...
My Meeting with Cardinal Ratzinger, by Cathleen Kaveny http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/article.php?id_article=1230 I have met Pope Benedict XVI only once. It was seventeen years ago, when I was a graduate student at Yale... Now nearly two decades older, I am not yet entirely depleted of breezy temerity. So I would like to give the new Pope Benedict five suggestions, reminding him of what he doubtless already knows...
Vatican Beatifies Nun Who Helped Lepers http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5006228,00.html Vatican City (AP) - A German-born nun who cared for leprosy patients on a Hawaiian island and a Spanish nun who started a missionary society were beatified Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica in a ceremony led by a top Vatican cardinal representing Pope Benedict XVI.
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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 ... Levada to head Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Tom Reese and 'America' magazine; Benedict reaches out to China, Vietnam and Judaism; Anglican-Catholic relations; Changes in the beatification ceremony; Beatification can begin for Pope John Paul II
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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
In preparation for World Youth Day 3,000 young people from 20 countries will take part in an Ignatian experience to promote greater awareness of God's presence in daily life http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0504/28_4744.html
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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 and: http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/Ticketek/pipeline/ticketselect.asp?nt=THESHROUD&sc\ =THESHROUD
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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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