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'NZ CATHOLIC'
In Issue 263, April 8-21, 2007 ...
NATIONAL
Interfaith gathering prays against discrimination ... Monk to lead dialogue
... Work-testing proposal may be bad for workers, Caritas explains ...
Social justice work no longer optional, says Cardinal Williams ...
Ex-Zimbabwean recalls Mugabe's 1973 vision ... Commercial success equated
with social good ... Abortion committee appointments more than two years
overdue ... Six to be "face of WYD" ... Brothers to reorganise into one
Oceania province ... Former rector Fr Tomasi dies ... Cook Island community
loses spiritual father ... Hit and run unites students
FEATURES
Prepare for Sunday, latest catechesis urges Catholics ... Symbolism of the
door ... Pope and St Pat's honour Sr Peter Chanel ... Waiouru church closes
... Bioethics centre needs "to deepen work"
OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The world as a phone booth ... George Pell: Beware
religious zealots from church of climate change ... Peter Grace: Tolerance
alone is not the answer ... Others Say ... Editorial: Easter proof of
Church's lasting appeal ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL
Archbishop urges defiant stand against oppression ... Iraq in chaos, says
bishop ... Dissent cited for Mass ban ... 4000 churches get green tips ...
Detainees impressed ... Indifference "biggest sin against the poor" ...
"Nein" to marks raised for mosque ... The Pope: Be lovers of life in health
ministry ... Mexico abortion plans spark fight ... Ireland church leaders
welcome political agreement ... Archbishop condemns violence against
children ... UK Amnesty backs abortion policy ... Priest accuses Australian
troops ... European apostasy? ... Reason the antidote, Pope says ... Love,
mercy in Penance
REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Clips, Net Scene, Tape Deck, Scripture, Papal
Prayer, Feasts, The Doolans, Family Talk, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40
Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Cryptic Crossword, That Word!, Holy Lives, Kit's
Corner, Wit's End.
ADVERTISING FEATURES
2007 Eucharistic Convention ... Sisters of compassion Island Bay Centenary
... Divine Mercy Sunday ... Eternal Word Television Network
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Students relive the Passion of Easter (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10432992
An actor groaned as he was "nailed" to a cross in Albert Park yesterday, as
part of a re-enactment of Jesus' last steps to the cross by the Catholic
Student Society on Campus...
Prayers fly as shoppers buy (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4018110a6570.html
Amidst the Easter trading debate, a Queenstown vicar believes Christian
groups are now considered outrageous for celebrating Good Friday...
Easter cross relay for city churches
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4017681a6502.html
Easter celebrants will carry a cross from church to church around central
Palmerston North tomorrow afternoon...
Easter Mass could be church's last (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4018305a6554.html
Tomorrow's Mass at St Paul's Catholic Church on Barrett Rd, New Plymouth,
could be its last Easter service. The church has been a place for worship
for the past 41 years, but a for sale sign appeared outside the building
last week...
Opening Up Easter Trading Will Have a Negative Effect on Pacific Families
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00111.htm
The Council of Trade Unions' Komiti Pasefika said today that any easing of
Easter trading restrictions would have a negative impact on the ability of
Pacific families to take part in worship, family and community activities.
TV ONE: 'Close Up' - Good Friday Special (videos)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/497100/1051073
Are New Zealanders Religious? ... What Kiwis Think About Religion ...
Fundamentalism in NZ
Get cracking on our Easter quiz
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2007/04/06/nosplit/ftqu\
iz106q.xml
Your knowledge of Easter may well surpass that of supermarket chain
Somerfield which this week claimed that the tradition of giving Easter eggs
symbolised the birth, rather than the resurrection, of Jesus Christ. But do
you know your Paschal Mystery from your Pentecost? Christopher Howse puts
your wits to the test...
Iranian refuge seeker celebrates release with Mass
http://www.nzherald.co.nz:80/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10433003
Iranian chef Hossein (Thomas) Yadegary celebrated his first night out of
prison in 30 months by attending a Catholic Mass in Auckland.
Iranian wins freedom after two years in jail
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070405/3/9xa.html
Iranian asylum-seeker says NZ is his home (video & audio reports)
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/tabid/184/articleID/24580/Default.aspx
Caritas Appeal For Tsunami Victims
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00092.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development, is seeking financial donations to assist those affected by the
large earthquake and tsunami in Western Province of the Solomon Islands...
12 dead in Solomons disaster (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2007,04,03,1,00100,07e00fb1e1fb1003a9ce57\
f4b990b08d§=0
A group of Dominican sisters warned Solomon Islanders to rush to higher
ground as a devastating tsunami roared towards the country’s western
province, Fr Kevin Toomey, of Dunedin, said last night...
Top talking team at Roncalli (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4016662a6571.html
After a 20-year absence the Bishop Lyons Shield has returned to Timaru. The
shield recognises the public speaking and debating competition between the
schools of the Christchurch Catholic Diocese...
Cullinane's Mathas sets his sights high
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/localsport/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3728499&t\
hesection=localsport&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
Cullinane College student Brad Mathas won the North Island secondary schools’
800/1500 double in Auckland during the weekend and he wants to run at an
Olympics or Commonwealth Games before he leaves school.
Bazley surprised by lack of sex-conduct rules
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10432984
Dame Margaret Bazley says she was surprised when she began her commission of
inquiry to find that the police - unlike other public servants - had no code
of conduct...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
'Latest': Sister Mary and Pango
Sister Mary takes Pango for his walk along Island Bay coast, the scene of
many journeys - from Kupe to more recent migrations. Join them on the beach
....
'What's New' on Inspirational TV with Sandon and Karlene.
'Newsflash': Nicky Wagner, National MP.
Sean talks to Nicky Wagner, a former school teacher about her oppostion to
the anti-smacking bill
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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
Weekly Analysis:
Some like the idea of a moratorium on declaring popes saints
Imagine a media outlet running a "breaking news" story that the earth was
completing its nocturnal rotation, and that dawn would shortly be breaking.
Given that we all pretty much expect the sun to come up, I suppose most of
us would wonder what exactly the news is...
Also: On gender, Catholicism needs to meet in the middle
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EVENTS
14th Annual Eucharistic Convention, 13-15 April 2007
Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Takapuna, North Shore,
Auckland.
http://www.eucharistic-convention.com
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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 ]
