28 april 2007

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

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

"Children are Precious Gifts": a statement from the NZ Catholic Bishops'
Conference

“Our basic Christian teaching applies equally to children as to adults:
every person is made in the image and likeness of God and therefore has an
innate dignity.� (New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference: The Protection of
Children, 2002) ...

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'WEL-COM' - The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese
of Palmerston North

http://www.welcom.org.nz/

News
CWL recommits to working for social issues
Spirituality is being awake
Compassion extends to low city rents

Columns
Archbishop John: "The cross is coming"
The World Youth Day Cross and Icon, entrusted to the youth of the world by
Pope John Paul II in 1984, are coming to the diocese in June...

Schools
Multiple scholarships: 11 awards among three students
75 years celebrated in style: Our Lady of the Rosary School, Waiwhetu
New classrooms take the high road

Features
Discrimination: a Pacific woman's perspective
Easter's resurrection always and everywhere

Wellington
Synod 2006 salt and light and sourdough yeast: Synod participants talk about
their experiences after the synod.
The Simpsons on liturgy: Introducing PALS - Pastoral Areas Liturgy Support
Archdiocesan Pastoral Council delves into land

Palmerston North
Raetihi church turns 100
A dialogue between the Treaty and the gospel: Reflecting on the people of
this land and those who came after
Compassion centenary: Rome historian's seminars in Whanganui

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Parents feted by brood of 16 (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0008A218-9C52-1631-8A6E83027A\
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Getting 16 kids together isn't easy, especially when they're now living
around the world and one is expecting her third set of twins. But after
countless emails and phone calls, the Assen siblings are gathering this
weekend in Hamilton to celebrate their parents' 40th wedding anniversary. It
is the first time in 14 years the family has been together...

Government wants review of ban on communion wine
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0002C6A6-1179-1630-88D383027A\
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The Government has asked the Corrections Department to review a ban on
communion wine in prisons, saying legislative change is not needed for
inmates to celebrate mass...

Opshop making waves in NZ music charts (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4039239a21738.html
They're a bunch of former Catholic schoolboys who have assailed the New
Zealand music charts with their sophomore album. Sophie Hazelhurst talks to
OpShop lead singer and eco-warrior Jason Kerrison...

Ground swell petition opposes Easter shop trading (Press Release: United
Future NZ Party)
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0704/S00443.htm
United Future MP Gordon Copeland, an opponent of shop trading on Good Friday
or Easter Sunday, today revealed that there is ground swell of support for a
petition opposing the two bills currently before Parliament...

[The following story 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]

Churches, unions boost Easter petition
The Nelson Mail â€" News â€" 28 Apr 2007 â€" Page 3
George Dunning, the Nelson man who started an anti-Easter trading petition,
is confident the support of churches and unions will give it the momentum it
needs to help defeat two bills before Parliament aimed at opening up the
religious weekend to shopping...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

'Latest': MP Sue Bradford on her bill (part one)
Sue Bradford talks to Sean about her personal motives behind the
introduction of one of New Zealand's most controversial bills, and the
motives of some of the bill's Christian opponents ....

Also ...

'Living': School holidays
Aaron thinks the school holidays were a mixed blessing for parents. With
their daughter at home, he must think of ways to keep her entertained, while
keeping his sanity...

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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

Pope's new book addresses key concerns for this pontificate: Christ is key
When people pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV news, they generally
aren't looking for a Sunday school lesson. This creates a challenge for
journalists covering religious leaders, since most of their public
utterances are devoted either to expounding their faith, or urging people to
behave. The way reporters solve the problem is by combing through those
utterances to find statements presumed to have broad, non-sectarian
significance, normally because they apply to matters of politics or
culture...

Also ...

Bush, Pope to meet June 9
Activists, skeptics debate at Vatican conference on climate change
Two events reflect scope of Vatican interests
Benedict XVI shaping up as a 'pope of surprises'
Opus Dei politico objects to Vatican tone
McCarrick: Pope will be a hit in Brazil

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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/ ]

Prison Chaplain, Women's Prison, Wiri
Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 22- May 5 2007 p.27, and from Eric Allan,
Director, Catholic Family and Community Services, tel. (09) 378 9650