Saturday, April 28, 2007

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\
F1010E

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)

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

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

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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

Sunday, April 22, 2007

22 april 2007


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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In issue 264, April 22-May 5, 2007 ...

NATIONAL
Wine ban ends prison Masses ... Foul show to screen ... Iranian Catholic
freed from jail on Holy Thursday ... Catholics urged to act to preserve
creation ... FPA is blamed for rise in teen pregnancies ... Good Friday
protest on depleted uranium ... Church welcomes restored organ ... Caritas
helps victims of Solomons tsunami ... Dunedin to build units for retired
priests ... Fr David Nolan dies aged 65 after long illness ... New highway
requires rebuilding of parish church ... Solidarity lunch helps pupils
recognise others' poverty ... McAuley High wins national volleyball title
... Development uses more than half of income for Caritas ... ERO File

FEATURES
Bishops are teachers - even to non-Catholics, says cardinal ... Bringing
faith to the front ... NZ laypeople study for Tribunal work ... Eucharist is
key ecumenism topic ... Islanders' faith gets them through disaster fears

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The cross of Jesus ... Michael Gormly: Respecting the
common good as stewards of creation ... Parish Diary: Loneliness of pastors
... Editorial: Desperately seeking role models ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Pope sees "gaps" in creationism and evolution ... Pope in his prime at 80
... UK cardinal would like to be a lord ... Pioneer of NFP dies at 89 ...
Vaccine for girls opposed ... Paint vandals target churches in Italy ...
Best plan ... In Brief ... Nun's healing attributed to Pope John Paul II ...
Pope laments many human tragedies ... Where martyrs died ... Congress of
mercy ... Lots of losers? ... Benedict encourages priests ... Appeal made
for captives ... Episcopalian bishop returns to Rome ... Thousands baptised
in China at Easter ... A recipe for happiness

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, That Word!, Holy Lives, Kit's
Corner, Wit's End.

ADVERTISING FEATURE
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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The communion wine ban
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Communion wine ban sparks unholy row
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4034740a11.html
A leading prisoners' rights advocate is surprised communion wine has been
banned from New Zealand prisons, given how easy it is for inmates to obtain
prescription and illegal drugs...


‘Discrimination’ claims after communion wine banned in prisons
- Public forum on this topic:
http://tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/tabid/184/articleID/25475/Default.aspx

- Interview with Peter Dunne (video):
http://tv3.co.nz/Home/Video/Display/tabid/266/articleID/25461/Default.aspx?src=e\
mail#vidlist25461


Ban on communion wine in prisons raises ire
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4032626a11.html
United Future leader Peter Dunne will complain to the Human Rights
Commission over a ban on communion wine in prisons which he says is
"political correctness gone mad"...

Dunne slams "political correctness gone mad"
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00246.htm
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 12:33 pm
Press Release: NZ Catholic
United Future New Zealand leader Peter Dunne has labelled restrictions on
Communion wine being taken into prisons â€" and therefore the celebration of
Catholic Mass â€" “another appalling example of political correctness gone
mad�.

[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]

Catholics complain of prison wine ban
The Dominion Post â€" News â€" 21 Apr 2007 â€" Page 7
A ban on altar wine in jails will make prison masses invalid, the Catholic
Church says...


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Religion and the Census
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Pakeha quit traditional churches 'in big numbers'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10435149
Christianity in New Zealand has continued its historic decline in the latest
Census figures, reflecting what one academic calls the "huge defection" of
white people from the main denominations...

Christian church withering
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4031845a6427.html
Islam and fundamentalist Christianity are growing fast in New Zealand, new
census data shows, raising the prospect of social tensions similar to those
seen overseas. The data, released yesterday by Statistics New Zealand in a
report on culture and identity, showed the mainstream Christian church is
withering. ..

Kiwis flock to born again churches
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4031936a10.html
Growing numbers of New Zealanders are turning to "born again" and
fundamentalist churches, drawn by the conservative moral codes, slick
marketing and rock music. Advocates of the new faiths say New Zealanders are
kicking back against rapid social change, but some warn the trend represents
a step backward in social gains such as sex equality, sexual liberation and
acceptance of ethnic diversity...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

'Latest': Meet Adencia ... hear her story
We begin a new series for Child Fund NZ. Learn about one child who needs
your help: Adencia is from East Timor, her village is protected by
Australian and Japanese troops in one of the more dangerous parts of the
island ....

Also ...

'What's New', with Sandon and Karlene.

'Coffee Break': Travina Oh, university chaplain
Sister Stephanie talks with the Catholic student chaplain at Wellington's
Victoria University

'Angel in the City':
The Father and I are one (John 10:27-30)
Weekly reading and discussion from the Angel in the City, Wellington's grand
old Catholic church ...

'Newsflash': MP Nicky Wagner
Nicky Wagner is a national MP and former teacher who opposes the
"anti-smacking" bill ...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly Analysis: Hold your breath for the next media frenzy: The Latin Mass
document is coming
To the growing list of indications that something is imminent with regard to
the long-awaited document from Pope Benedict XVI authorizing wider use of
the pre-Vatican II Mass, I can add one item this week...

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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 fgrom Eric Allan,
\Direcotr, Catholic Family and community Servbices, tel. (09) 378 9650