'NZ CATHOLIC'
Bishops suggest boycott of TV3 news, advertisers
Auckland â€" Catholics opposed to the screening of the Bloody Mary episode of
South Park could consider boycotting TV3 news, New Zealand’s bishops have
said...
The bishops' pastoral letter on the South Park episode (full text):
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/viewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=553
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'WEL-COM'
The newspaper of Archdiocese of Wellington and Diocese of Palmerston North
Full-text stories from the February 2006 issue at http://www.welcom.org.nz
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Archbishop Dew's column: Collaboration, the way forward
It is just 16 weeks before the next Synod of the Archdiocese of Wellington.
I ask for your prayers for the success of the synod and for the ongoing
planning to enrich the life of our Church. We are ‘salt and light
together’...
Lay pastoral leader in our parish/pastoral area - what does it mean?
The appointment of Cushla Quigan as the first lay pastoral leader to
minister in a pastoral area raises many questions for all of us .Why do we
need a lay pastoral leader ...?
Archbishop heralds new era in parishes
Sunday 5 February 2006 was highly significant in the history of the
archdiocese when Cushla Quigan was installed as lay pastoral leader in the
parish of Petone. Cushla’s appointment is a first for the archdiocese...
Three women disciples celebrated this month
The Uniting Church celebrates three significant women in the apostle Paul’s
ministry tomorrow. Without the work of Prisca, Dorcas and Phoebe in Rome,
Corinth and Joppa, it is likely that Paul would have had a much more
difficult job gaining a hearing among the many strains of Judaism that were
abroad during the first century after Jesus’ death. Here Sr Elizabeth Julian
gives some background into why the New Testament writers have singled out
these women...
Reflecting on our faith through the Caritas Lenten reflection programme
Lent is traditionally a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. It is an
opportunity to re-examine our lives and to reflect on our commitment to our
faith and to our neighbours...
CSS moving into new fields as director leaves
The director of Catholic Social Services leaves the service in good shape
after a series of changes in the past decade which have aligned it more
closely with community needs...
A tribute to school principal Jacqueline Dromgool QSM
Those involved in Catholic Education in Wellington were delighted to learn
of the Queen’s Service Medal awarded to their colleague, Jacqueline
Dromgool, in the New Year’s Honours List...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Music key ingredient of teacher’s lengthy career (photo)
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/bfgwl
For more than 70 years, Oamaru piano teacher Kath Henderson’s hobby has also
been her job â€" and she cannot imagine doing anything else. Over the years,
she has organised concert parties, sing-a-longs for the blind, taught
boarders at St Kevins College and played the accompaniment for many groups
and at many events...
A humble man
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3575653a6016,00.htm/
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Kafoa-Mo Talau Ngauamo was looking forward to the birth of his fifth child
in May. But the New Lynn father of four drowned while trying to save one of
his sons at Green Bay Beach on January 30. His death has shocked the
congregation of St Mary's Catholic Parish in Avondale, where he and his
family attended Mass...
Muslim head girl at Catholic school (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3572595a7694,00.html
The appointment of a Muslim student as head girl of St Mary's College has
raised eyebrows among some who feel the top spot should be reserved for a
Catholic...
Islamic Federation supports head girl
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=89783
The New Zealand Islamic Association is describing criticism of a Muslim
being chosen as head girl at a Catholic school as a storm in a teacup...
Civic identity Fred Thomas dies
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3571198a6497,00.htm/
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Former Takapuna mayor and "visionary leader" of the city, Fred Thomas, has
died. Arthur Frederick Thomas, 81, died at home after a short illness on
February 7. North Shore mayor George Wood described Mr Thomas as one of his
most distinguished civic predecessors...
Parents 'duped' over school fees
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3570090a6479,00.html
Some integrated schools are charging parents thousands of dollars while
pocketing the same taxpayer funding as struggling state schools, education
lobbyists say...
[The following story is not available on the newspaper's Website. It can
read at public libraries and via the libraries' free 'Newztext' service for
borrowers]
What the 12 schools have to say
The Press (Christchurch) 15 Feb. 2006, Edition 2, Page 15.
[The Press asked the 12 Canterbury schools under ministry scrutiny about
their financial position, including
Roncalli College, St Thomas of Canterbury, Catholic Cathedral College and
Sacred Heart Primary School ]
Solomon Islands still recovers from social unrest
http://www.solomonstarnews.com/drupal-4.4.1/?q=node/view/7027
[The Catholic Church in the Solomon Islands, with the assistance of Mahitahi
Trust Board of New Zealand, has established a Youth Development Project
which brought two volunteers from New Zealand to train coaches of netball
and soccer]
Vatican Fetes Museums On Its 500th Birthday
http://xtramsn.co.nz/travel/0,,12734-5401175,00.html
Five hundred years ago on Tuesday, Pope Julius II had a Roman-era statue
that was unearthed near the Colosseum moved into one of his palace
courtyards. Thus were born the Vatican Museums. To celebrate, the Vatican
unveiled events to mark the 5th centenary of what is arguably the world's
most prestigious museum complex, housing almost everything from mummies to
Michelangelo.
The good Catholics [a review of A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell]
http://www.listener.co.nz/default,5469.sm
This book dramatises a little-known statistic: the relatively high survival
rate of Italy's Jews in the years of the Holocaust. Even during the Nazi
occupation, the country's Catholic majority were prepared to risk their
lives hiding Jewish refugees. Russell follows a number of refugees from a
range of backgrounds, as well as the people who help them, and the Nazis who
hunt them...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICES
Muslim cartoon controversy prompts SBS reversal on South Park
http://www.cathnews.com/news/602/92.php
[Australian TV channel] SBS TV has "deferred" an episode of the cartoon
series South Park that caused outrage in church circles in the US and New
Zealand...
Olympians Welcomed With the Word
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=84361
Turin, Italy, Feb. 12, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Participants in the Winter
Olympics are being welcomed with the gift of the Gospel, compliments of the
dioceses of Turin, Pinerolo and Susa. The dioceses are distributing copies
of St. Mark's Gospel in parishes, hotels and lodgings in Turin, as part of
the Church's program to promote the area's historical, cultural and
religious heritage. In addition, the dioceses constructed a religious center
in the Olympic Village to offer athletes and their delegations a place for
reflection...
Olympic Event: "Heart to Heart" Meeting With God
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=84366
Turin, Italy, Feb. 12, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Participants in Turin's Winter
Olympics will have the opportunity to have a heart-to-heart meeting with
Jesus. An initiative of the Archdiocese of Turin, called "Heart to Heart,"
has opened three churches in the city for daily Eucharistic adoration. In
this interview with ZENIT, Salesian Father Fabian Gheller, a member of the
project's organizing committee, explains the goals and hoped-for results of
the initiative...
Reality and fiction: Opus Dei press conference to present Harambee programme
2006, to denounce deformed image of the Catholic Church as presented in the
film “The Da Vinci Code� soon to be released
http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=6717&lan=eng
The Lord of History is on the side of the humble, says the Pope
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=5395
Vatican City (AsiaNews) â€" The “Lord of Historyâ€� is “on the side of those
who
come last�. Even though his plans are often “hidden by the murkiness of
human events in which the ‘haughty, the powerful, and the rich’ triumph�,
“his secret power is bound to reveal itself and show who God’s true chosen
are�.
More world news of the Church, regularly updated ...
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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 ...
Behind the changes at the interreligious council; The Vatican and
communications; Australia and RU486; The church and the media; The coming
consistory; Pope Benedict and collegiality; Update on the murder of Fr.
Andrea Santoro.
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EVENTS
Wellington Eucharistic Convention, Saturday and Sunday 4-5 March 2006, St
Patrick's College, Silverstream, Upper Hutt.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan. 29-Feb. 4 2006, p. 4, from Ted Jordan tel (04)
528 8679, and on the Website:
http://www.divinenet.org.nz/convention_2006_02.htm
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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' Feb. 12-25 2006, p. 23, and from Lorr, tel: (09)
420 6184
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
Fund-raiser, Christian Blind Mission International
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb. 12-25 2006, p. 23, the NZ Herald (
http://tinyurl.com/ah5tq ) and from National Director, CBMI (NZ), PO Box
99-820, Newmarket, Auckland 1031. E-mail: inquiries@cbmi.org.nz
Applications close 22 February 2006.
