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'NZ CATHOLIC' - WAITANGI DAY SPECIAL ISSUE

For Waitangi Day (February 6), the 'NZ Catholic' newspaper has published a
special issue on the Treaty of Waitangi (1840), the historic agreement
between Maori and the British Crown which marked the founding of the modern
nation of New Zealand. In this issue ...

Setting the scene: Aotearoa pre-1840 ... Fears alleviated, chiefs sign
Treaty ... The three articles of the Treaty of Waitangi ... The
controversial "Fourth Article" on religious freedom ... The Treaty: is it a
sacred covenant? ... Easy way for parishes to honour Treaty ... Church has
several obligations under the Treaty ... Varied responses over 166 long
years ... Pompallier - controversial, influential at Waitangi meetings ...
But were Pompallier's opinions about the Treaty of Waitangi correct? ...
Maori Christians retain their heritage ... January 13 touted a 'national
Catholic day' ... Church has spoken often about Treaty ... Treaty is a
'blessing' for Aotearoa New Zealand ... Treaty progress requires
information, trust .. Partnership on show at Korokoro cemetry .. Catholics:
part of the Treaty solution or part of the Treaty problem ... Schools must
expand bicultural focus ... Open dialogue and question Treaty stereotypes
... A beginner's guide to Treaty settlements

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Trade officials on alert after media show Mohammed cartoons
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/0,2106,3562478a6005,00.html
[Don Brash compares the cartoon controversy with the 'Virgin in a condom'
incident]

Cartoons 'test of Islamic tolerance'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3561260a6000,00.html
"If we allow Christianity and more particularly the Catholic Church and the
Pope to be satirised, and we do, should Islam be treated differently?"

The selective mockery game, by Rosemary McLeod
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3559677a16077,00.html
[This article begins with a detailed description of an offensive reference
to Our Lady in the forthcoming television programme 'South Park'. I have
included it in 'News & Notes' because the writer is sympathetic to
Christians who see their faith ridiculed, and argues that the mass media
wouldn't dare do the same to certain prominent non-religious groups and
persons. ML]

Vatican: Don't mock any religion
http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20060203-024326-2031r.htm
The Vatican Friday criticized western media for inflaming the Muslim world
by running derogatory cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed...

Deus Caritas Est (editorial)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3560016a6528,00.html
There is little sign of God's rottweiler in Pope Benedict XVI's first
encyclical, a surprisingly insightful and sensitive treatise on the nature
of love that has caused many to rethink their opinion of the new Pontiff,
writes The Press in an editorial...

Departed nun to be honoured
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3560002a6568,00.html
Southlanders have a chance to pay tribute to Sister Gregory, a Sisters of
Mercy nun who lived in the province most of her life and died at the age of
90 in Dunedin last month. Sr Gregory's Requiem Mass was celebrated in
Dunedin by her cousin, Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Dunedin,
Southland-born Father Len Boyle...

Brothel GP considered G. Island job
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/bgfm7
The family doctor planning to open a brothel had previously inquired about
joining the practice of a Dunedin doctor who does not prescribe the
contraceptive pill because of her Catholic beliefs...

Studios not allowed (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/8vjdx
Planners for the Dunedin City Council are recommending no further
residential redevelopment of the historic former St Josephs hall in Rattray
St...

Priest says farewell to parish ‘family’ (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/8gwvg
Cromwell priest Fr Mervyn McGettigan said goodbye at the weekend to
congregations which have become more like family in the past seven years. Fr
McGettigan (71) has spent the past seven years looking after the parishes of
the Cromwell and Wanaka Catholic churches...

Religious leaders want South Park episode banned
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3555596a1869,00.html
Christian and Muslim church leaders have rallied to stop a South Park
episode that depicts the Virgin Mary bleeding from going to air...

Prepare to be amazed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,3561481a6551,00.html
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat promises to be a sensational
show at the Bowl [New Plymouth] next weekend.

100 by the grace of God (photo)
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=36583
[The life of Sister Mary Theophile, Superior of the Missionary Sisters of
the Society of Mary in New Zealand during the Second World War.] [This
Website might not be functioning for a brief period on Sunday afternoon.
Normal service should be restored after 3 pm.]

Vatican may have found Pope John Paul's "miracle"
http://tinyurl.com/brdos
Vatican City, Jan 30 (Reuter) - The Vatican may have found the "miracle"
they need to put the late Pope John Paul one step closer to sainthood -- the
medically inexplicable healing of a French nun with the same Parkinson's
disease that afflicted him...

Inquisition was a mistake but legally justified, claims Vatican official
http://tinyurl.com/89fbg
The Vatican is preparing for fresh controversy over the Inquisition after
allowing an official to appear in a television documentary to offer a
defence of the "Holy Terror".

Reporters often not prepared to write about religion
http://www.adn.com/24hour/opinions/story/3126780p-11831629c.html
... During an interview, Father Richard John Neuhaus referred to the pope as
the "bishop of Rome." The reporter said, "That raises an interesting point.
Is it unusual that this pope is also the bishop of Rome?" ...

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FROM THE CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCIES

Nuncio in Iraq: The Situation Is Insecure. Interview With Archbishop
Fernando Filoni
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=83800
Baghdad, Iraq, FEB. 1, 2006 (Zenit.org).- "Thank God, we survived," said
Archbishop Fernando Filoni, apostolic nuncio in Iraq, after a car bomb
exploded near the nunciature in Baghdad on Sunday...

"Europe for Christ!" -- a Project to Restore Hope
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=83661
Rome, JAN. 30, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Historian Martin Kugler, author of a
thesis on "Christians' Resistance to Nazism," and his wife, Gudrun
Kugler-Lang, have launched a project called "Europe for Christ!" The
project's objective is to embolden Christians in order to help them
influence the development of Europe. In this interview with ZENIT, the
director of Kairos, a non-profit enterprise advising organizations, explains
the project in detail.

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THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS

Oceania Christian Brothers Face The Future With Energy
http://www.edmundclt.org/oceania_conference.htm
350 Christian Brothers from Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia â€"
the biggest conference of Brothers ever assembled â€" gathered at St Leo’s
College of the University of Queensland from January 3 to 10. The assembly
was titled A New Heart for a New Land â€" yumi wantaim, and was organised as
part of the Brothers’ desire to shape the future of the Congregation in
Oceania...

The Edmund Rice Network and the Christian Brothers in New Zealand:
http://www.edmundrice.org.nz

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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 ...
African Catholicism; Notre Dame president on striking the proper balance
between Catholic identity and academic freedom; On Catholic education:
Fisichella, Jenkins, Jenky; The latest on Lefebvrites; The future of the
Holy Land; Jesuits called to elect new superior

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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 ]

Live-in support person, Mt Tabor Community, Auckland.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan. 29-Feb. 4 2006, p. 23, and from Lorr, tel:
(09) 420 6184 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (09) 420
6184 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Religious Education Adviser, - Primary schools, Catholic Eeducation Office,
Diocese of Palmerston North
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan. 29-Feb. 4 2006, p. 23, and from Geoff Lott,
Manager, Education Office, Private Bag 11012, Palmerston North. Tel: (06)
358-8079, ext. 852. E-mail: glott@pndiocese.org.nz Website:
http://www.pn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=159 Applications close 17 February 2006

Lay pastoral co-ordinator - St Anne's Parish, Wanganui East
Lay pastoral worker - St Mary's Parish, Wanganui -
http://www.stmaryswanganui.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan. 29-Feb. 4 2006, p. 23, and from Palmerston
North Diocesan Office, Private Bag 11 012, Palmerston North. Applications
close 20 Feb. 2006