SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST - 18 JUNE 2006
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'NZ CATHOLIC' no. 242 June 18 - July 1 2006
Issue 242, June 18-July 1, 2006
In this issue (full text) ...
Voice for Life advertisement ruled out
Wellington รข€" A Voice for Life newspaper advertisement warning women about
the link between abortion and breast cancer breached advertising codes, the
Advertising Standards Complaints Board has ruled...
Full contents summary ...
NATIONAL
Church active in bringing peace in Timor ... Community work honour for
Compassion Sister ... Voice for Life ad is ruled out ... Doctors establish
support network ... EWTN easier to receive ... Samoans focus on youth at
community Mass ... China performances for college group ... Broadcast
students named as scholars ... Christian left to meet ... Fr M Armstrong
dies in Hamilton ... Website to support pregnant women ... Pro-life advocate
dies ... Former Massey priest dies ... Colleges tie for shield ... St
Bernard's to mark its 60th anniversary ... Win to St Kevin's ... John Paul's
roll to increase ... Irish trip for St Mary's head girl ... Promoting
preparedness
FEATURES
Salt and light at archdiocesan synod ... Bursars to meet ... Retirement
village chapel dedicated to bishop ... Like teacher, like pupil ... Fourfold
celebration for faithful couple
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The mystery of presence and absence in love ... Bill
Moore: Let's be a bit more Catholic ... Bob McCoskrie: Young people deserve
to know the facts ... Editorial: Contraception teaching has been inflated
... Malcolm Evans ... Letters ... Vatican Letter: Quality, not quantity, key
to religious life
INTERNATIONAL
New hope in Iraq ... New groups called to obedience, communion ...
Translation work proceeds ... Pope gives St Peter as example of trust ...
Amnesty International close to pro-abortion line ... Political action is
defended ... "Young need love" ... Catholic media encouraged ... New
document on family ... In Brief ... Government disciplines Patriotic
Association ... Efforts against Aids in Zambia yield positive results ...
Morals "friends" of business ... Templar letter is false ... Church grows
most in Africa ... The Pope: Benedict condemns Holocaust hatred ... Mary
leads to Jesus ... Family breakups spark violence
REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Net Scene, Tape Deck, The Doolans,
Family Talk, Scripture, Papal Prayer, Daily Gospel, Holy Lives, Kit's
Corner, Photo Prayer, That Word!, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago,
Dio. Diary, Cryptic Crossword, Wit's End.
ADVERTISING FEATURE
Priestly and religious vocations
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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA
Woman honoured in home ceremony
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3701394a6579,00.html
A Hamilton woman, too sick to travel to Wellington, received her Queen's
Birthday honour at her home yesterday. Janette Pratt, who has cancer, was
awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for her contribution to education...
Father Mullins looks back on 50 years of ministry (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3700450a6497,00.htm/
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Father David Mullins will celebrate 50 years as a Catholic priest next
month. The parish priest at Our Lady of Lourdes in Glen Eden spent 35 years
in Tonga where his work in the community stretched well beyond the pulpit.
Church work brings on search for the holy nail (full text)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=00091F1C-83A9-148E-A0E783027A\
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The country's largest builder is in the midst of a series of church jobs.
Fletcher Construction is part-way through the $12 million renovation of St
Patrick's Cathedral on Wyndham St in Auckland. Across at Ponsonby, it has
started work on the St Joseph's Mercy Hospice, the conversion of a building
which housed nuns but more recently boarders at St Mary's School. The 1950s
building in the school grounds is being converted into a hospice. Fletcher's
is gutting, refurbishing and re-roofing the house. It is extending the
building and installing elevators. Fletcher's South Pacific division has
built a string of Latter Day Saints churches in the past 30 years. And the
coincidence of working on so many church buildings has not been lost on the
builder, which says it is "going in pursuit of the holy nail".
On track: Balance of head and heart
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000C1500-457E-148E-A4A283027A\
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It's difficult to avoid Robert King and his King's Consort when it comes to
Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, and, despite his busy concert schedule,
this Englishman doesn't spend all his time in the choir stalls. Keen eyes
may have noticed him in the interminable credits for The Da Vinci Code,
listed as "choir contractor". King's latest instalment of Monteverdi's
choral music offers the much-recorded Vespers in its 1610 edition - a
sumptuous two-CD package, including two settings of the Magnificat and the
shorter Missa in illo tempore...
Peace, justice, reconciliation, charity on workshop's agenda
http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/0,2106,3699352a1927,00.html
Teaching about peace, justice, reconciliation and charity is the aim of a
workshop this Saturday. The workshop is organised by Pax Christi, the peace
and justice group of St Francis Xavier parish, Whangarei...
Politicians descend on Winton to farewell Norah English
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3697230a6568,00.html
Almost certainly the largest number of political figures in the history of
Winton gathered for the funeral of Mrs Norah English, 82, the mother of MP
Bill English, in the church of St Thomas Aquinas on Saturday...
One way to reach a Mass market
The Press - News - 14 June 2006 Page 3
[This article is not available on the newspaper's free Website]
An infomercial for the Catholic Church is succeeding in reaching the masses.
The Church has been hitting the airwaves in a bid to get its message across.
This week it launched its latest infomercial on high rating television
breakfast show Good Morning...
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS -NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Media release: "Right to Life" organisation expresses alarm at NZ Government
funding for organisations that promote contraception, sterilisation and
abortion (15 Jun 2006)
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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 expansion of Catholicism in the world's South; Ambassadors
discuss Vatican diplomacy; Benedict XVI intends to visit Israel in 2007;
More on Jewish relations; U.S. court OKs legal action against the Holy See.
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EVENTS
New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2006
Wellington Convention Centre, 31 August - 2 September 2006
http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed06
Theme: Radiating hope, challenging our times
Full details on the Website.
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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 ]
Journalist, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' June 18-July 1 2006 p. 27, and from Gavin Abraham,
PO Box 147-000 Ponsonby, Auckland 1034; e-mail: editor@nzcatholic.org.nz
