CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ - Media Releases
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Caritas calls for civilian protection in the Middle East (25 Jul 2006)
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has joined with its international partners in
calling for all parties in the current Middle East conflict to respect their
obligations under international law...
Using human embryos for Research (25 Jul 2006)
“Appealing exclusively to the future benefits that may come about as a
result of destructive research on human embryos obscures broader ethical
issues,� says John Kleinsman, a spokesperson for The Nathaniel Centre, the
New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre...
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
From Issue 245, July 30-August 12, 2006 ...
Catholics urged to "get involved" in debate on embryo research
Wellington â€" The Church’s national bioethics centre is urging Catholics to
“do some research� and “get involved� in discussion over the use of
human
embryos for research...
Bishop: "Try to think big" for World Youth Day 2008
Auckland â€" Bishop Pat Dunn has issued a pastoral letter throwing his support
behind World Youth Day 2008...
Full contents' summary ...
NATIONAL
Abortion doctors get 54 per cent pay rise ... Caritas: Peace possible,
donations are needed ... Catholics urged to "get involved" in debate on
embryo research ... Broadcasting standards appeals rarely succeed ...
Environment plan approved ... Jubilarian's aims are still the same ... Fr
Ngapare is ordained in Hastings ... SI churches urged to lobby DHBs against
RU486 ... Paper to launch a "blog" - a frank and open forum about the faith
... October ordination for Christchurch coadjutor ... Full-time manager to
boost Hamilton foundation
FEATURES
A buzz for a tricolour bus ... French follow missionaries ... "Try to think
big" for World Youth Day 2008 ... Lyons link in NZ Church ... Church faces
multiple challenges in PNG ... Te Aroha legionary gives 60 years of service
... Volunteer reports on mobile clinic ... US nun to speak on spirituality
... Caritas supports West Papuans ... Create loving homes, Pope urges
parents ... Strong support given to marriage
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Faith, doubt and imagination ... Parish Diary: Meditation
at school ... Josephine Kamsvaag: Gospel study in Jerusalem an enriching
experience ... Editorial: Rocker puts Government in spotlight ... Malcolm
Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL
400 moral theologians discuss concerns ... Christian leaders protest against
attacks in Gaza ... Irish denounce UK detention ... The Pope: Informed
Catholics "a voice for truth" ... Another fling by Archbishop Milingo ...
Warning on digital spending ... "Diesel priest" produces fuel from seeds of
wild plant ... Gay adoption rights worry UK bishops ... Pope uses holy grail
... Pope calls for ceasefire ... Globalisation puts seafarers' dignity under
stress ... Christian Palestinians find new home among Jews ... Clinic now a
chapel ... New Timor PM sees role for Church ... Stem-cell funding vetoed by
Bush ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Net Scene, Tape Deck, Scripture, Papal
Prayer, Feasts, The Doolans, God in the Garden, Caption Contest, Who Said?,
40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Cryptic Crossword, Photo Prayer, That Word!, Holy
Lives, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.
ADVERTISING FEATURE
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Death of Nigel Cox
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0607/S00244.htm
Press Release: Victoria University Press
It is with great sadness that Victoria University Press wishes to advise
that Nigel Cox passed away early Friday morning 28 July 2006...
Novelist leaves his final book
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3747221a1860,00.html
The final work by acclaimed Wellington novelist Nigel Cox will be published
in November after he worked tirelessly to complete it before his death. Cox,
55, died of cancer yesterday morning, four days after his fifth book,
Responsibility, was runner-up in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards...
Integrated schools - compromising their character?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10393581
They exist in a half-world, straddling the divide between state and private
schools. Opponents drop dark hints about double-dipping or claim state
schools are somehow missing out. But the parents of thousands of students
attending the country's 326 integrated schools disagree...
CYF report shows 38 deaths in five years
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200607281010/2f86576e
A third report within 24 hours, on family violence in New Zealand, is to be
issued on Friday morning - with a government taskforce saying how it intends
to battle violence in the home. But some community workers say there are too
many reports being issued, and not enough action...
Child abuse: Churches demand action
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/797264
[Text article accompanies video report on the topic]
Church groups are calling for the government to give more resources to
community agencies to deal with child abuse. A report from the Council of
Christian Social Services says while the community has many of the answers,
dysfunctional government bureaucracy is not improving the situation...
Garth George: Churches marshal frontline troops for social services
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0004682F-FE8D-14C6-BDE283027A\
F1FE9F
Under the radar of all but a fragment of the media, a quiet revolution is
taking place in the vexed field of social welfare delivery in New Zealand.
Throughout the country, church-based social services are taking up the slack
and, often with money allocated by government, both local and national, are
providing thousands of man and woman-hours of frontline community service...
School rolls grow as new pupils flood into basin
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/lljgw
Queenstown: Wakatipu Basin school rolls continue to grow, with Arrowtown
School set to take in more than 100 new pupils this year...
Dedicated to helping others (photo)
http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/index.asp?articleid=7584
Three out of four New Zealanders are said to be living comfortably, with a
job, education and assets. The fourth may be on the social and economic
fringes of society, struggling with basics like food and shelter. Reporter
Linda Clarke finds a church-based group providing a hand-up where necessary
without judging...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
After a 1-year absence, New Zealand Catholic Web TV is back. Re-launched as
'Inspirational TV' by a team in Wellington, the Website presents Catholic
life in New Zealand through videotaped interviews, with new ones every week.
Every interview is available in two forms: for a dialup connection and for
broadband.
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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:
Church leaders on the Middle East Crisis: Wenski, Lajolo, Sodano, the pope,
and others; Christianity and Islam in Turkey and Australia; Embryonic stem
cell research in Europe; the pope’s new Secretary of State; Invitation to
Colombia
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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 ]
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
Accounts and Database Manager, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 30 - Aug. 12 p.22, and from: The Managing
Editor, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1144; e-mail:
editor@nzcatholic.org.nz
