Saturday, November 25, 2006

25 nov 2006

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

Media Releases
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

New Zealand’s national Catholic paper probes the future of the family (24
Nov 2006)
The traditional two-parent family has been undermined in New Zealand and it’s
time for people to acknowledge that more needs to be done to support the
fundamental unit of society, say experts in a special issue of 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper...

NZ Catholic bishops make submission on Ministry of Education Draft
Curriculum (4 Nov 2006)
Full text of 'Education â€" for what kind of society? A Submission by the NZ
Catholic Bishops on the Draft Curriculum' (Ministry of Education, 2006)

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

SPECIAL ISSUE No. 254, - "A Future for the Family" November 26, 2006

What's good for the family is good for the nation ... Society's basic unit -
but only God can define it ... Better families begin with us ... Let's
change things ... Church declares the family is fundamental to society ...
In JPII's words ... Marriage needs support of strong cultural voice ...
There's really no formula for perfect family life ... Supporting needy
families, positively ... Good marriages necessary to build good societies
... How children see a family ... Extended working hours cut into family
time ... Political parties give views on family legislation ...
Discriminatory child payments serve to reinforce poverty ... To reverse tide
of child abuse, single parents need support ... Family values are displayed
by mothers group ... A path to holiness by love ... It's not just a wedding
... Fewer Kiwis tying the knot ... Natural fertility regulation restores
beauty to sexuality ... The Church and contraception ... Parents are
responsible to be the big people ... More views from children ... Family
creates social order ... Identifying with baby makes dad fatherly ... When a
marriage breaks down, annulment can bring healing ... Proceedings seek truth
without useless complications ... Ten guidelines for parents ... Church
ministries that serve the family

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'THE NATIVITY STORY'

Photo gallery:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762121/

Film trailer:
http://-trailers.blogspot.com/2006/10/nativity-story-2006-trailer.html

Vatican to host Nativity film premiere this Sunday
http://www.cathnews.com/news/611/144.php
"The Nativity Story", a biblical account of Jesus' birth, will become the
first feature film ever to premiere at the Vatican this Sunday.

NZ's "Mary" In Bid For Christian Dollars
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-6610394,00.html
A pregnant teenage New Zealand actress starring in the first feature film to
be premiered at the Vatican is at the vanguard of continuing Hollywood
efforts to cash in on Christian audiences. Keisha Castle-Hughes, 16, rose to
fame in 2002's Whale Rider, but is now the star of The Nativity Story - a
movie version of Jesus' birth - in which she plays the Virgin Mary...

OTHER NEWS ...

Controversy on Cambridge job
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3877042a6579,00.html
A group of parents is considering High Court action against a Cambridge
Catholic primary school's appointment of a deputy principal...

Crash course in first aid for missionaries (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/yyen2v
Matthew Darby wanted to be a priest from a young age. His desire at first
was to join the diocesan seminary and become a regular parish priest in New
Zealand, but he was soon called to leave his home, family and country and
make the first of two journeys which would eventually see him spend 46 years
as a missionary in the jungles of Papua New Guinea...

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Txt: Maria finds some hope still in Christmas
Unlike her husband, Maria feels there's still hope to be found in the
Christmas period, not just stress and present-buying ...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

John Allen has been on vacation. When he returns, he will be in Rome and
then on the papal plane for Benedict XVI's Nov. 28-Dec. 1 trip to Turkey.
Watch this space for daily reporting and analysis.

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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 ]

Writer/Editor, Religious Education. National Centre for Religious Studies
http://www.ncrs.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, and from The Director, The
National Centre for Religious Studies, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. Tel.
(04) 496-1761; fax:(04) 496-1762; E-mail: info@ncrs.org.nz Applications
close 8 December 2006

World Youth Day Co-ordinator - Catholic Youth Team
http://www.cyt.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, on the CYT Website, and from:
Clare Dooley, Catholic Youth Team, P O Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel. (03)
366-9869; Fax (03) 379-8724; E-mail cdooley@chch.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 1st December 2006.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

19 nov 2006

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

From issue 253, November 19-25, 2006 (full text)

Longtime music teacher receives papal honour
Wellington â€" A lifetime devoted to music and the teaching of singing was
recognised in an award to Sr Mary Winefride Blake, RSM, of the papal honour
Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (“for the Church and the Pope�) on November 5...

Group of pilgrims from RNDM colleges explores link between France and NZ
Wellington â€" A group of 23 people associated with the Congregation of Our
Lady of the Missions have made a pilgrimage in France to explore links
between the Church in France and New Zealand...

Also in this issue : Remembering our only papal visit ... Monte Cecilia
Housing Trust

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Iranian overstayer sent back to prison
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3864507a12855,00.html
An Iranian overstayer was yesterday sent back to Mt Eden Remand Prison where
he has spent the past two years because he refuses to return to his homeland
for fear of persecution. Immigration Department lawyers successfully argued
Hossein Yadegary â€" also known as Thomas Yadegary since converting to
Christianity â€" should continue to be detained...

A sympathetic and nurturing place (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3864707a6572,00.html
From gazing at a print of a Raphael painting in the Sacred Heart Basilica to
teaching and writing on the visual arts, Andrew Paul Wood has come a long
way. Nicola Lynch talks to the former Timaru boy made good...

Cancer claims man who adopted sister’s children (photo)
http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/news/tibnews/display.var.1024168.0.cancer_claims/
_man_who_adopted_sisters_children.php
Pat Durkin, the representative of Australia and New Zealand on the
Pontifical Commission of Laity in the mid 80s, has died from cancer, aged
68.

Manger scene cast in a new light (photo)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20061118-9999-mz1c18story.html
Keisha Castle-Hughes plays Mary in the new film, "The Nativity Story," which
on Nov. 26 is expected to become the first feature film to premiere at the
Vatican...

Actor who is Joseph in 'Nativity' film may not stay unknown for long
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0606544.htm
Washington (CNS) -- Not too many people are likely to recognize Oscar Isaac,
the actor who plays Joseph in the new movie "The Nativity Story." Apart from
a couple of TV guest roles and a minor part in a four-year-old movie, he
hasn't been seen on either the big or the small screen. That could change
after the Dec. 1 U.S. release date of "The Nativity Story" in which Mary is
portrayed by Keisha Castle-Hughes ...

History given new twist
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3862184a16343,00.html
Even school children will tell you, it's quite difficult to view history
dispassionately, writes Patricia Veltkamp-Smith. And for difficult, read
boring, boring, boring. Which is why it astonished that a potted history
talk given by John Prendergast at the 75th celebrations of St Theresa's
school proved the hit of the night.

Religious jibes keep TV watchdog busy
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10410571
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has reported a declining number of
complaints, but says it was not under-worked in the year to June because of
the complex issues it had to deal with. In its annual report it says most of
the complaints it received were about two TV programmes - Popetown and South
Park...

School Delighted With New Admin Block (photos)
http://www.localmedia.co.nz/petoneherald/ph151106/PH151106SacredHeart+3pics.html
A recently opened newly-developed administration block at Petone’s Sacred
Heart Primary School is so warm and inviting that the school’s pupils really
enjoy visiting it...

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New this week: Reflections: What Captain Cook can tell us
Sister Mary is almost blown away by a cannon on the celebration of Captain
Cook's birthday, but what can he tell us about dealing with life?

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly Analysis:
Turkey's unique history a challenge for this academic pope
As Benedict XVI's Nov. 28-Dec. 1 trip to Turkey draws near, one concern both
in the Vatican and at the Phanar, the headquarters of the Patriarch of
Constantinople, is that the post-Regensburg emphasis on Christian/Muslim
relations will overshadow the ecumenical thrust of the pope's visit,
intended to cap several decades of rapprochement between Rome and the "first
among equals" in the Orthodox world...

Further notes and commentary:
* Notes from Ireland on the archbishop, the pope, and Opus Dei
* Pope, curial cardinals affirm value of priestly celibacy
* Irish court holds that an embryo is not "unborn" life
* Benedict XVI, top aides to discuss Milingo and celibacy
* Positive energy from deacons and wives of Region One

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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 ]

Office Administrator - NZ Catholic Education Office
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' November 2006 p.14, and from Maureen Condliffe,
Operations Manager, NZCEO, PO Box 12 307, Wellington. Ph 04 496 1739 Fax 04
496 1734 E-mail: m.condliffe@nzceo.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 20 November 2006

Writer/Editor, Religious Education. National Centre for Religious Studies
http://www.ncrs.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, and from The Director, The
National Centre for Religious Studies, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. Tel.
(04) 496-1761; fax:(04) 496-1762; E-mail: info@ncrs.org.nz Applications
close 8 December 2006

World Youth Day Co-ordinator - Catholic Youth Team
http://www.cyt.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, on the CYT Website, and from:
Clare Dooley, Catholic Youth Team, P O Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel. (03)
366-9869; Fax (03) 379-8724; E-mail cdooley@chch.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 1st December 2006.