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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
MEDIA RELEASES
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
CanWest thumbs its nose at the Catholic Church (14 Jul 2005)
The New Zealand Catholic Bishops, in an unusual move, have urged all
Catholics in New Zealand to make their feelings known to media giant,
CanWest, about its conscious decision to offend Catholics by continuing to
screen the controversial television series "Popetown"...
Auckland's Catholic Bishop expresses solidarity with Islamic community (12
Jul 2005)
Auckland's Bishop Patrick Dunn has written to Mr Javed Khan, president of
the Federation of Islamic Associations. The bishop says that he deplores the
acts of vandalism against Auckland's mosques during the weekend, remarking
that it is difficult for Catholics, "as people of faith and peace like
yourselves" to understand the motivation of anyone who thinks that anything
will be achieved by such "mindless, vindictive violence"...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Plus links to Vatican Radio audio files on current topics
Cardinal discusses future of Catholic Church, new pope ... Florida governor
gives up pursuit of Schiavo case ... Lay Catholic group Voice of the
Faithful seeks new relevance ... Abortion-Supporters Shouldn't Receive
Communion, Says Document ... Chavez Frias disagrees with Bishops' take on
reality in Venezuela ... Catholic bishop shot to death in northern Kenya
.... After 100 days, it's clear that new pope is a friend of the Jews ...
Vatican report criticizes some Catholics' lax practices
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
No. 217, July 17-30, 2005
Full text ...
Bishops ask Government to cancel cricket tour
Bishop Denis Browne is disappointed the New Zealand cricket team appears set
to tour Zimbabwe despite widespread opposition....
Charities annoyed by Government neglect
Church representatives on a taxation working party are "hacked off" that the
Government has made no moves to raise tax rebate levels for charitable
donations, despite clearly signaling that this would be a payback for the
introduction of then Charities Commission on July 1....
Archbishop gets pallium
Archbishop John Dew of Wellington has impressed on Pope Benedict XVI the
cause for beatification of Suzanne Aubert....
Also in this issue ...
NATIONAL
Poverty campaign drapes cathedral ... Popetown cartoon beyond a joke ...
College band performs in Beijing ... Less burglary and vandalism on church
properties ... Diocesan jubilees marked in Rotorua and Taradale ... Birthday
for Liston College ... ERO File
FEATURES
Standards office director discusses his function ... Big bell in
Christchurch will ring for peace ... Coeliac disease can cause problems ...
Tsunami contributions are being well spent ... Joy Cowley: The mystery of
suffering ... Young adults gather in Agape Community ... Maori in liturgy
now more popular
OPINION
Thomas Williams: A day to focus on the Bible ... Anne Gilfoyle: Lay-led
ministry not apostolic ... Ronald Rolheiser: What the next 100 years will
bring ... Parish Diary: A natural way of burial ... Editorial: Zimbabwe --
it's not just cricket ... Malcolm Evans, Letters
INTERNATIONAL
Poverty action urged by forum ... "Real communion requires openness and
commitment" ... Canada passes same-sex law ... The Pope: Benedict stresses
unity of bishops ... Nineteen bishops in nuncio's ordination ... High-tech
rosary counts the prayers ... Trade pact opposed ... More tsunami aid needed
... Windfall for SVP ... Eucharistic celebration requires balance ...
London's emergency services didn't want priests ... G8 promises seen as only
"a beginning" ... Reminder given on priestly identity ... Iraqi Catholics
not deterred ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES
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The Doolans, Family Talk, Cryptic Crossword, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago,
Caption Contest 20, Dio. Diary, Kit's Corner, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo
Prayer, Wit's End.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Angry Catholic bishops call for Canwest boycott
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=6&ObjectID=10336105
Incensed by television channel C4's continued broadcasting of the cartoon
Popetown, New Zealand's Catholic bishops are calling on the nearly 500,000
New Zealand Catholics to boycott not just C4 but its Canwest stablemates TV3
and several radio stations...
Restructuring of Catholic diocese likely
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3345707a6568,00.html
Plans for restructuring the Catholic diocese of Otago and Southland will be
outlined by Bishop of Dunedin Colin Campbell in Invercargill this weekend...
Priest shortage forces change
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3344428a6530,00.html
A looming shortage of priests has led the Christchurch Catholic Diocese to
accept plans to combine its 49 parishes into 11 pastoral areas...
Three white hearses at farewell to friends (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3346623a6004,00.html
Three white hearses wound through Hamilton's central city as family and
friends said goodbye to three young students at a combined funeral service.
A police officer directed traffic while the hearses and motorcade left the
Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary after passing through a guard of honour
formed by students from Hamilton Boys' High School and Melville's St Pius X
School...
Being Muslim
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3347884a1861,00.html
Anjum Rahman sometimes encounters prejudice, such as a medical centre staff
member who reacted with amazement when Rahman told her she was an
accountant. The Hamilton Catholic Women's League, on the other hand, "were
so lovely"...
Mosques urged to be more open to public
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3340785a6009,00.html
Christchurch Muslim leaders yesterday urged mosques around the country to
throw open their doors and promote understanding after attacks at Auckland
Islamic centres. True to its word, the mosque welcomed Christchurch Mayor
Garry Moore and Christian leaders yesterday when they led a surprise
delegation...
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(The following stories are not available on the newspapers' free Websites.
They can be read at public libraries and via the libraries' free 'Newztext'
service for borrowers)
Kiwi support for papal roasting of Harry Potter
The Dominion Post - News - 15 Jul 2005 - Page 5
Some New Zealand Christians support Pope Benedict's condemnation of Harry
Potter books, which he says "distort Christianity in the soul"...
Pope condemns Potter books
The Press (Chch), 15 July 2005, Edition 2, Page 7.
With one more sleep to go before the eagerly awaited release of J. K.
Rowling's latest book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Pope Benedict
XVI has been drawn into arguments over the books' merits...
Sex and the single school, by Sarah Boyd
The Dominion Post, 9 Jul 2005, Edition 2, Page 5.
National's education spokesman, Bill English, says parents are lining up to
send their kids to single-sex schools because they outperform the co-eds.
Are single-sex schools coming back into favour, and why aren't more of them
being built? Sarah Boyd investigates...
Cool to be Christian, by Anna Saunders
The Dominion Post, 9 Jul 2005, Edition 2, Page 21.
Christian churches are enjoying a revival among the young fuelled by more
rock music and fewer rituals...
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Pope begins Alpine chalet holiday
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4673331.stm
Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in the Italian Alps for a mountain holiday in
the secluded chalet built for his predecessor John Paul II. The 78-year-old
pontiff will enjoy a 17-day break in the Alpine valley in the shadow of Mont
Blanc...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
The other emergency service
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01054
After police, fire and ambulance, next on the scene at King's Cross
following the bombing were the clergy. They were working to a highly
organised plan set up after the 1987 fire at the same station. So how did
the faith groups react to their biggest challenge yet?....
Evangelising via the cellphone
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3718
The brainchild of a Seoul parish priest, spreading the Word of God via SMS
is having good results. Text messages sent via cellphone are bringing lapsed
Catholics back into the fold...
First International Meeting of Pastoral Care for the Liberation of Women of
the Street, Rome, June 20-21,
Summary of the Final Statement:
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0507/11_5306.htmlFull
Full
text of the Statement:
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NATIONAL
BIBLE SUNDAY - 17 JULY 2007
The Website for National Bible Sunday -
http://www.biblesoc.org.nz/biblesunday - includes ideas for services, music
and drama, resources for children and young adults, and an order form.
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NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE
'Good News & the News'- June 2005
A broadsheet of good practice in integrated schools
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/goodnews-news.shtml
Editorial: Hope, and the Catholic school
Raising the Achievement of Pasifika Students: Initiatives at St Mary's
College, Wellington
Mary Cook, Principal, St Mary's College, Wellington
Teaching Philosophy in Primary School
Bernadette Lawlor, NEiTA national award winner 2004
St Joseph's School, Queenstown
Raising the Achievement Levels of Students at Holy Family School
Principal Barbara O'Reilly-Nugent and Staff, Holy Family School, Porirua
East
Experiencing the Mental Wellbeing Contract in a Catholic Community
Stasiajanina Stempczynski Kennedy, Principal, St Joseph's Catholic School,
Levin
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/A
A
weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent
in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.
This week ...
Benedict's busman's holiday; The papal entourage; Benedict and the "new
movements"; Vatican finances; Cardinal Sodano on terrorism ; Ratzinger
homestead up for sale
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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.nzA
A
delegation of over 500 young people prepares to start pilgrimage to take
part in 20th World Youth Day in Germany
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0507/13_5337.html600
600
From Holy Land to Attend World Youth Day
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=74117World
World
Youth Day Handbook Available Online
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=74309
Cologne, Germany, JULY 15, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The guide to prepare for the
20th World Youth Day in Cologne is now available online in English. The
90-page International Handbook is a tool to spiritually prepare for the
youth event in August, which will focus on a biblical theme taken from
Matthew 2:2: "We Have Come to Worship Him"...
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Other WYD links:
The official international WYD Site:
http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1The
The
Vatican's WYD Website:
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THERESE OF LISIEUX: 2005 NEW ZEALAND PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE
19 September - 16 October 2005
http://www.theresepilgrimage.org.nz
The Pilgrimage of Grace of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux, commences in
Auckland on Monday the 19th of September 2005. The special reliquary housing
the relics will be flown from the Carmelite monastery in Lisieux, north of
Paris, where St Thérèse lived her vocation as a Carmelite nun until her
death in 1897 at the age of 24. In the course of September and October, her
relics will be brought to Catholic churches in cities and towns throughout
New Zealand for public veneration.
The Website for the Pilgrimage includes a full itinerary, a biography of St
Therese, an article on the spiritual significance of relics, and information
on Carmelite spirituality.
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EVENTS
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)
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 ]
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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