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'NZ CATHOLIC' - March 12-25 2006
From the current issue:
Website hits up fourfold (full text)
Auckland â€" The revamped NZ Catholic website has drawn visitors from more
than 30 countries and hits for its first full month were almost four times
as high as for the previous February...
Full contents of this issue ...
NATIONAL
Ashes outside Parliament ... Broadcasting boycott to be continued ... Media
under scrutiny at Interfaith Forum ... Website hits up fourfold ... Schools
join forces in catering project ... Action on abortions ... Ethics study of
episode ... Mass of healing ... Two complaints allege "blasphemous libel"
... Lay leader installed in Wellington ... Upper Hutt parishes join for Mass
... Work planned for Catholic graves ... Historian seeks family of airman
buried in Irish Catholic cemetery ... Enrolment demand strong in
Christchurch ... Long-serving staff acknowledged at Greymouth ... Auckland
parish to join together in one Tridentine Mass ... First male principal ...
ERO File
FEATURES
South Park: Prayer and protest, offence and boycott ... Former monastery
reopens as Korean church ... New icons and altar will join cathedral's
restored stations ... Experiencing God's mercy through Reconciliation ...
Readers at Mass told to learn from TV newsreaders ... "God's glory goes with
Cushla as the lay pastoral leader" ... Creation advocate faults evolution
... Evangelisation mission marks 10 years in NZ ... Seminarians on hikoi
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: We are put to the test at Gethsemane ... Parish Diary:
Talking in church ... Joy Cowley: We find forgiveness and growth by
embracing our shadows ... Others Say ... Editorial: Boycotting advertisers
works best ... Malcolm Evans ... Vatican Letter: Red hats signal Pope's
priorities ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL
"Spiritual reform" to begin with religious ... 15 new cardinals named ...
Lay participation vital in "multiple pastoring" ... The Pope: Bishops asked
to work with Muslims ... New approach on vocations ... Mothers' lives not
helped ... Former bank head dies ... UK schools to teach about other beliefs
... Pope open to greater involvement of women ... Pell accused of false
doctrine ... "Gangster" case fails ... Lenten fast not seen as burden ...
Patriarch no more ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Net Scene, Pope's Prayer, Scripture,
Feasts, The Doolans, God in the Garden, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years
Ago, Dio. Diary, Cryptic Crossword, Photo Prayer, That Word!, Holy Lives,
Kit's Corner, Wit's End.
ADVERTISING FEATURE
'Seasons for Growth'
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
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Mystery of missing nuns deepens (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10371260
The riddle surrounding the remains of two missing Sisters of Mercy nuns has
resurfaced as earthworks around Auckland's historic St Patrick's Cathedral
draw closer to an old, unmarked cemetery.
Honest to God: Energy of love in the global village, by Ian Harris
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/f3y2j
Each religion must find its own part to play. But the realisation that, in
the final analysis, we all belong in the same boat, and that we will grow up
or blow up together, lies at the heart of the new cultural awareness of the
world.
Garth George: Praise be for helping hand of faith-based organisations
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0003EA44-6899-140E-9DD283027A\
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An exciting thing is happening in the delivery of social services in New
Zealand, and if it takes root and flourishes it will change the face of the
care given to such needy groups as people with mental problems and wayward
youth.
It seems that the Government is losing its dislike of faith-based
organisations which are ready and willing to contribute to the alleviation
of the suffering inherent in floundering state health and welfare systems...
Hostage slaying boosts fears for safety of NZ captive
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/0,2106,3601423a6005,00.html
A friend of Iraqi hostage Harmeet Sooden says the slaying of Tom Fox, one of
his fellow captives, increases her fears for his life. Australian Donna
Mulhearn would often bump into Fox in Iraq's Karrada St, where his
peacemaking team base was just down the road from her charity for orphans
and streetkids. Both went to St Raphael's Catholic Church...
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Bernard McGrath Trial
Catholic brother sexual abuse trial enters final stages
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/radionz/200603102027/2a1129c7
Social worker was alerted to abuse at school - witness
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3597402a6530,00.html
St John payouts top $5m Jury sees McGrath tapes
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3595166a6530,00.html
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCIES
World news of the Church, regularly updated ...
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
http://www.caritas.org.nz/lent.php
The Caritas Lent Appeal 2006
"For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving" â€" Mother Teresa
The season of Lent is once again with us and with that the Caritas Lent
Appeal - as synonymous with Lent as purple vestments, ashes on Wednesday and
no meat on Fridays. The theme for the 2006 appeal is “For faith to be true,
it has to be generous and loving�, a quote by Mother Teresa who devoted her
life to caring for the world’s poor...
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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 ...
Preview of World Youth Day, Sydney, 2008; Pope sets aside a title; Could
Western Christianity create new patriarchates? ; Benedict continues to buck
convention; The Italian commission on John Paul's shooting; Benedict XVI
speaks on women.
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EVENTS
Mariapolis 2006
The annual gathering of the Focolare Movement in New Zealand.
Feilding Agricultural High School, North Street, Feilding. Wednesday 19 -
Sunday 23 April 2006
Programme and registration form from: Focolare Centre, PO Box 11-826,
Wellington. Tel: (04) 384 4559 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
(04) 384 4559 end_of_the_skype_highlighting, (04) 479 7713
begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (04) 479 7713
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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 ]
Director, Catholic Enquiry Centre, Wellington
http://www.catholic-enquiry-centre.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' issue no. 234, Feb 26 - March 11 2006, p.22, in
'Wel-com' March 2006, p.6, and from Micah Partners, tel. (04) 499 4749
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mobile: 021-552- 929 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
021-552- 929 end_of_the_skype_highlighting; fax: (04) 499 7375;
e-mkail:
contact@micahpartners.co.nz; PO Box 499, Wellington. Applications close 17
March 2006.
Managers, Manna Healing Centre, Oakura, Taranaki.
http://taranaki.webhealth.co.nz/page/taranaki_4.php?more=2932775
Details in 'NZ Catholic' March 12-25 2006 p.23, and from Ivan or Helen
Dunnett, phone or fax: (06) 752 7620.
Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
Details in 'NZ Catholic' March 12-25 2006 p.4, 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; e-mail:
advertising.nzcatholic@iconz.co.nz
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