'NZ CATHOLIC'
From issue 244, July 16-29 2006 (full text) ...
Bishops to appeal BSA decision
Auckland â€" New Zealand’s bishops will appeal the Broadcasting Standards
Authority’s decision over the Bloody Mary episode of South Park...
Full contents' summary ...
NATIONAL
Bishops to appeal South Park decision ... Baptised on the Internet ... No
more episcopal appointments likely in near future ... Christ rises in
Alexandra ... CWL conference on this month ... Pilgrimage popular ...
Complainants questions BSA's "standards" ... Pilgrims meet Pompallier ...
Government urged not to renege on Kyoto ... Waiuku blessed by centenary ...
Anglican group joins Church ... Priestly ordination ... Fr Jillett's talents
were widespread ... Two notable women die in South Island ... St Joseph's
sisters hold NSW gathering ... Josephite leaders meet in Wanganui ...
"Visionary" school leader dies ... Franciscan for 50 years
FEATURES
James Michael Liston - the best and worst of him ... Future Chch bishop saw
Europe on 10 shillings a day ... WYD 2008 in Sydney presents
"once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity ... Talents of youth celebrated ... Soccer
stars responsible to be models for youth ... Nativity film focuses on Mary
and Joseph ... Abortion pill poses risks to women ... Napier celebrates Msgr
Hannigan's golden jubilee ... Aubert reflections to be produced ... Villa
Maria cyclist NZ team reserve ... Magazine for priests looks for NZ input
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Coping with the divine fire within ... Patricia Brooks:
That fidgety child at Mass may have a disability ... Marty Williams, SM: The
real profit is in the Gospel ... Others Say ... Editorial: Bishops doing all
they can on South Park ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL
Recovering sense of the sacred supported ... Israel renews Pope's invitation
to the Holy Land ... Pope re-emphasises devotion to the Sacred Heart of
Jesus ... The Pope: Musical heritage not to be ignored ... Stem cell
destruction equal to abortion ... Benedict welcomes end of executions ...
Christians deserve better treatment from Muslims ... Church grows in Nepal
... Catholic town going ahead ... Visionaries asked to end their claims ...
Mary seen as interfaith key ... Pope sees hope in globalisation ...
Spiritual progress for India? ... NZ chided for dissent on indigenous rights
... Timor Church seeks truth ... Pope meets families
REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Clips, Net Scene, Tape Deck, Monitor, Scripture, Papal
Prayer, Feasts, The Doolans, Family Talk, 40 Years Ago, Cryptic Crossword,
Caption Contest, Who Said?, Photo Prayer, That Word!, Holy Lives, Kit's
Corner, Wit's End.
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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA
French Catholics make Whanganui pilgrimage (TVNZ video report)
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-6040268-300,00.html
A group of French Catholics has made a special pilgrimage up the Whanganui
River to retrace the journey made by French nun Suzanne Aubert more than a
century ago.
Pilgrims' muddy progress
Wanganui Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/r4c6k
Because the road was closed by multiple slips, 33 French folk retracing the
steps of Bishop Pompallier and Suzanne Aubert reached Jerusalem via jetboats
on the Whanganui River on Wednesday.
Pompallier pilgrimage remembers
http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/0,2106,3729446a1927,00.html
Thirty pilgrims found their way to Kaikohe last Friday following in the
footsteps of Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier. It is here in New Zealand that
Pompallier is better known than in his native France.
Bishops to challenge Bloody Mary call
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3729695a6479,00.html
Catholic bishops are heading to the High Court to appeal against the
Broadcasting Standards Authority's failure to uphold 35 complaints about the
"Bloody Mary" South Park episode.
Tiny town of Runanga unites to banish tragedy (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10390705
Tragedy has knocked once too often for the residents of the tiny West Coast
town of Runanga... Enough being enough, a group of residents banded together
and decided it was time to consult a higher authority. Following talks with
local church leaders, the residents arranged a prayer walk to cleanse the
town of whatever was causing such grief...
Catholic numbers fall
The Press, 10 Jul 2006, Edition 2, Page 7.
[This article is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It can be
read at the public library, and via the libraries' free 'Newztext' service
for borrowers]
Dwindling numbers of young people are attending the Catholic Church, raising
fresh fears over its future. While an influx of Catholic immigrants from
Asia has helped buoy congregations in Auckland and Dunedin, churches
elsewhere in New Zealand --including in Christchurch -- are reporting fewer
people at mass...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Catholic bishops to appeal BSA decision (media release - full text)
New Zealand’s Catholic bishops have decided to appeal to the High Court the
recent decision of the Broadcasting Standards Authority regarding the South
Park “Bloody Mary� episode. Last week, the Authority released its decision
not to uphold the bishops’ complaint, as well as the other 34 complaints
they had received about “Bloody Mary�. This was the largest number of
complaints received by the BSA about a single programme since it was created
in 1989. Some donations towards the legal costs of this appeal have already
been pledged.
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC (formerly: 'The Word from Rome').
A weekly column by John R. Allen
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
This week: A truly international gathering of Catholic ethicists; An African
perspective; The pope in Spain; Changes at the Vatican Press Office
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EVENTS
New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2006
Wellington Convention Centre, 31 August - 2 September 2006
Website: 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 ]
Chaplain, Auckland Women's Prison, Wiri, Auckland
Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 2-15 p.22, and from Eric Allan, Director,
Catholic Family and Community Services, 79 Kelmarna Ave, Herne Bay, Auckland
1002; tel. (09) 378 9650.
Archdiocese of Wellington, Financial Services. Accounts payable - part time
http://wn.catholic.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' July 2006 p.15 and from Financial Services, Archdiocese
of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6011 ; e-mail:
s.sutton-cummings@wn.catholic.org.nz; tel (04) 496 1333 Applications close
31 July 2006
