25 Nov 2006

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

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

New Zealand’s national Catholic paper probes the future of the family (24
Nov 2006)
The traditional two-parent family has been undermined in New Zealand and it’s
time for people to acknowledge that more needs to be done to support the
fundamental unit of society, say experts in a special issue of 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper...

NZ Catholic bishops make submission on Ministry of Education Draft
Curriculum (4 Nov 2006)
Full text of 'Education â€" for what kind of society? A Submission by the NZ
Catholic Bishops on the Draft Curriculum' (Ministry of Education, 2006)

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/

SPECIAL ISSUE No. 254, - "A Future for the Family" November 26, 2006

What's good for the family is good for the nation ... Society's basic unit -
but only God can define it ... Better families begin with us ... Let's
change things ... Church declares the family is fundamental to society ...
In JPII's words ... Marriage needs support of strong cultural voice ...
There's really no formula for perfect family life ... Supporting needy
families, positively ... Good marriages necessary to build good societies
... How children see a family ... Extended working hours cut into family
time ... Political parties give views on family legislation ...
Discriminatory child payments serve to reinforce poverty ... To reverse tide
of child abuse, single parents need support ... Family values are displayed
by mothers group ... A path to holiness by love ... It's not just a wedding
... Fewer Kiwis tying the knot ... Natural fertility regulation restores
beauty to sexuality ... The Church and contraception ... Parents are
responsible to be the big people ... More views from children ... Family
creates social order ... Identifying with baby makes dad fatherly ... When a
marriage breaks down, annulment can bring healing ... Proceedings seek truth
without useless complications ... Ten guidelines for parents ... Church
ministries that serve the family

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'THE NATIVITY STORY'

Photo gallery:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762121/

Film trailer:
http://-trailers.blogspot.com/2006/10/nativity-story-2006-trailer.html

Vatican to host Nativity film premiere this Sunday
http://www.cathnews.com/news/611/144.php
"The Nativity Story", a biblical account of Jesus' birth, will become the
first feature film ever to premiere at the Vatican this Sunday.

NZ's "Mary" In Bid For Christian Dollars
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-6610394,00.html
A pregnant teenage New Zealand actress starring in the first feature film to
be premiered at the Vatican is at the vanguard of continuing Hollywood
efforts to cash in on Christian audiences. Keisha Castle-Hughes, 16, rose to
fame in 2002's Whale Rider, but is now the star of The Nativity Story - a
movie version of Jesus' birth - in which she plays the Virgin Mary...

OTHER NEWS ...

Controversy on Cambridge job
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3877042a6579,00.html
A group of parents is considering High Court action against a Cambridge
Catholic primary school's appointment of a deputy principal...

Crash course in first aid for missionaries (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/yyen2v
Matthew Darby wanted to be a priest from a young age. His desire at first
was to join the diocesan seminary and become a regular parish priest in New
Zealand, but he was soon called to leave his home, family and country and
make the first of two journeys which would eventually see him spend 46 years
as a missionary in the jungles of Papua New Guinea...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV - NZ's own Catholic Web TV service

http://inspirationaltv.net/

Txt: Maria finds some hope still in Christmas
Unlike her husband, Maria feels there's still hope to be found in the
Christmas period, not just stress and present-buying ...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

John Allen has been on vacation. When he returns, he will be in Rome and
then on the papal plane for Benedict XVI's Nov. 28-Dec. 1 trip to Turkey.
Watch this space for daily reporting and analysis.

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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/ ]

Writer/Editor, Religious Education. National Centre for Religious Studies
http://www.ncrs.org.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, and from The Director, The
National Centre for Religious Studies, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. Tel.
(04) 496-1761; fax:(04) 496-1762; E-mail: info@ncrs.org.nz Applications
close 8 December 2006

World Youth Day Co-ordinator - Catholic Youth Team
http://www.cyt.org.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, on the CYT Website, and from:
Clare Dooley, Catholic Youth Team, P O Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel. (03)
366-9869; Fax (03) 379-8724; E-mail cdooley@chch.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 1st December 2006.