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'THE DA VINCI CODE'
What’s wrong with The Da Vinci Code? (The facts behind the fiction), by
Lyndsay Freer
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Da Vinci door open to Kiwi Catholics
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3665081a1860,00.html
New Zealand Catholics will not be asked to avert their eyes when The Da
Vinci Code hits cinema screens next week, despite a senior Vatican official
calling for Church members worldwide to shun the film...
Radio NZ. 'Nine to Noon' (sound file)
Kathryn Ryan interviews Michael Baigent, co-author of the 'The Holy Blood
and the Holy Grail'
http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/ninetonoon/20060509
'The Real Da Vinci Code', presented by Tony Robinson. Part One of two.
Prime TV, Sunday 14 May 2006, 8:35 PM
"The strength of this documentary is that it sticks purely to the evidence,
comparing it at every stage with the claims Dan Brown makes as part of the
allegedly 'well researched' background to his novel. In particular, Robinson
demolishes the claim made on the novel's first page (under the bold heading
'FACT') that the so-called "Priory of Sion" is a real organisation. Robinson
takes to this claim with an entertaining combination of detailed detective
work and obvious relish and lays out the real story of the 'Priory' - not a
real medieval secret society at all, but rather a clumsy modern hoax by a
French eccentric ... complete with a rather funny interview with a visibly
squirming *Holy Blood, Holy Grail* author, Michael Baigent..." Full review
at Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/zmb34
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Bishop to celebrate last mass at St Matthew's
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3666193a6568,00.html
A slice of church history will end with the closing of St Matthew's Catholic
Church at Tokanui tomorrow afternoon...
Mother's Day after mudflat tragedy (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaynews/0,2106,3667405a15620,00.html
Brave young Motieva Ngauamo is determined to make today an extra special
Mother's Day for his grieving mum Anaseini. The 10-year-old schoolboy is the
man of the house now, after the tragic death of his dad. Kafoa-Mo drowned in
January saving Motieva who had become stuck on the mudflats at Auckland's
Manukau Harbour...
Carolyn Moynihan: Pope's blessing not a magic wand for Aids
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000BF3CE-CD4C-145E-8A3783027A\
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Law and the Church Order
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3660536a6483,00.html
That the Crown Law Office has decided to appeal against an Australian
federal judge's decision not to extradite two Catholic clergymen to New
Zealand is very welcome. It is also the right decision, writes The Dominion
Postin an editorial...
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MARIST MESSENGER - May 2006
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
Full text ...
I have seen the Future â€" and it Works
Across the table, the cop flipped open his notebook. By my side, Kerry
stirred restlessly.
Head off with a hat ...
The Pope and I are soul mates. We like red hats. Fashions come and go but I
can’t bring myself to throw out my old red beret....
Salt of the earth
When Jesus first spoke the words to his followers â€" You are the salt of the
earth, Matthew 5:13 â€" he was paying them a compliment. It was a wonderful,
life-giving thing to say...
Focus: May Mothers
The month of May brings Mothers’ Day with its focus on Motherhood. It is a
day well worth observing, while trying to avoid over-commercialisation and
over-spiritualisation.
Also in this issue ...
* The Easter Tree * Kiwi Nurse in Calcutta * Dorothy Day: Fighter for the
Poor * The way to holiness is Prayer * Mothers' Day Gift - a Miracle Baby *
May Saints * Can You Bear it * A Minute or Two * Children's Corner *
Crossword by Appo * Remembering our Dead
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EDMUND RICE NETWORK, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
March-April 2006 Newsletter
http://www.edmundrice.org.nz/pages/newsletter/april%202006/index.htm
Christian Brothers: Br. Rardy Mills ... ER Schools: ER Leadership Programme;
ER Justice Group ... ERN New Zealand Conference ... ERN Network General-
Edmund Rice Feast Day ... ERN Schools Document ... Oceania Region News ...
International News ... Surfing The Net ... Visit Online ... Upcoming Dates
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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 ...
The Heritage of John Paul II on marriage and the family; Revised norms for
clergy sex abuse; Sex abuse in Italy; Ware on 'cardiac anthropology';
Scorecard for the Da Vinci Code; a comment on the Church's communications
capacity; A Radcliffe clarification
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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 ]
Co-ordinator, Continuing Faith Education, Catholic Institute of Theology,
Auckland
http://www.theology.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 7-20 2006 p. 23, and from The Registrar,
Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland
1001 Tel: 0-9-379 6424 ;
Fax: 0-9-379 6426 ; e-mail: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 26 May
2006.
