17 June 2007

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Parliamentary prayer will survive unchanged
http://www.spcm.org/Journal/spip.php?article12248
Auckland, NZ â€" While the debate on abolishing or changing the prayer recited
each day in New Zealand’s Parliament when it is sitting has turned into a
political dead duck, interesting issues are emerging from beneath the debris
of debate...

Parliament's Christian prayer won't be changed
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070615/3/n0r.html
The Christian prayer which starts each sitting of Parliament is not going to
be changed, Speaker Margaret Wilson said tonight.

Moving farewell to kuia's 'wicked grin' (photo)
http://www.dailypost.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3738030&thesection\
=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
Inevitably those who reach the 100-year mark and beyond are asked the secret
of their longevity. Witarina Harris's secret was her tranquility, her
ability to put others at ease, her wonderful sense of humour and her wicked
grin, Father Michael Aherne told the many who came to Tamatekapua meeting
house to farewell her yesterday...

After Vatican criticism, Amnesty defends new policy on abortion
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0703410.htm
London (CNS) -- Amnesty International has defended its new policy on
abortion after a Vatican official said Catholics might need to withdraw
their financial support of the organization...

TV weather man signs off
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4093841a22400.html
The death of prominent North Shore resident professor Augie Auer has come as
a shock to his friends and colleagues from the New Zealand Climate Science
Coalition...

Religious symbols visit Roncalli (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4093989a6571.html
A symbolic cross and icon visited Roncalli College yesterday on their
journey to Sydney for World Youth Day, to be held in July 2008...

Order called to account
http://www.stuff.co.nz/bayofplenty/4096398a13135.html
Consultant psychologist, former nun and corporate shaker Michelle Mulvihill
is the most unlikely whistleblower. For nine years she worked behind the
scenes advising the beleaguered Catholic Order of St John of God on how to
deal with an avalanche of serious sexual complaints against its
brotherhood...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

The pioneer church
Sister Mary and her dog Pango visit St Patrick's church, a pioneer church in
Makara valley. Made entirely from wood, the simple little church has become
isolated from the people it once served ....

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/

http://www.romereports.com/ (video)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Theologians challenged to set the pace for inclusive conversations
It's the nature of my job that I attend far too many conferences. Over the
course of a decade reporting on "all things Catholic," I've sat through
thousands of papers, lectures and keynote speeches, in various languages and
on various continents. Even measured against that volume of material,
however, the Daniel Finn's presidential address June 10 at the annual
Catholic Theological Society of America convention ranks as one of the most
impressive presentations I've ever heard...

Also ...
Daily reports on the annual conference of the Catholic Theological Society
of America on the theme "Bishops in the Church."

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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/ ]

International Programmes Manager, Caritas Aotearoa NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz/
Details in 'Wel-com' June 2007, p.6 and from Caritas Aotearoa NZ, PO Box
12-193 Wellington; e-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz; tel. (04) 496 1742.
Applications close 21 June 2007.