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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
World Youth Day Cross and Icon at Parliament (22 Jun 2007)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
On Tuesday 19 June, the World Youth Day Cross and Icon were in Wellington on
Day 10 of the 18-day pilgrimage through New Zealand. There have been many
highlights during these days - at schools, parishes, in procession and at
places of spiritual and historical significance - but especially in the
quiet times of prayer and reflection when people paused to consider the
meaning of the cross in the life of every Christian. The welcome of the
Cross and Icon in the grounds of Parliament was one of these special
occasions...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Farewell to the weatherman (photos)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=72&objectid=10447550
As Ponsonby's Sacred Heart Church began to fill for popular weatherman Augie
Auer's funeral last Friday, the rain pelted down, and a huge roll of thunder
rumbled in the sky...
Vatican defines divine driving
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4102296a6009.html
In a document entitled Guideline for the Pastoral Care of the Road, the
Vatican has warned about the effects of road rage, rude gestures, cursing,
blasphemy and infringement of the highway code...
Church restoration progressing
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4101020a6571.html
A prominent building in Waimate will re-appear in a "pristine state" later
this year. Cleaning and repairing of the St Patricks Basilica has begun in
the second stage of the restoration project...
Most New Zealanders are against Christianity being recognised as the
country's official religion.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4100958a11.html
A poll by Research New Zealand asked: "Do you agree or disagree that
Christianity should be made the official religion of New Zealand?" ...
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WORLD YOUTH DAY CROSS PILGRIMAGE
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Youth has a cross to bear
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4105527a6003.html
A procession of more than 100 young cross-carrying Catholics battled wind
and rain last night. The group walked from St Mary's Church, opposite
Palmerston North Hospital, to the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on Broadway
Avenue from 5.30pm...
Hundreds turn up to carry the Cross (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/yq66le
Heavy rain did not deter several hundred people yesterday from proceeding
with The World Youth Day Cross and Icon, from Wanganui's St Mary's Catholic
Church down Guyton St and along Somme Pde to Cullinane College in Peat St...
World Youth bears its cross _ very gladly (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4103720a6002.html
The heavens smiled on Taranaki's young faithful yesterday as they welcomed
the World Youth Cross to New Plymouth for the first time...
Cross carried to centre of NZ
The Nelson Mail, 18 Jun 2007, Edition 2, Page 10.
[This article is not available on the newspaper's free Website]
A cross carried around the world by Catholics since 1983 has been taken up
to the centre of New Zealand in Nelson...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
What is grief?
Jenny, a teacher at St Catherine's College, Wellington, who wants to know
what her students think about the concept of 'grief'. Have they experienced
grief? What do they think it is ....
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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/
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http://www.romereports.com/ (video)
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
These two Islamic movements bear watching
The case for despair these days in Christian/Muslim relations is
depressingly easy to make. June isn't even over, but so far this month has
seen the following anti-Christian incidents in majority Muslim areas ...
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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.
