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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
Access to Morning After Pill sends wrong message
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Bishop Peter Cullinane, spokesperson on bioethical issues for the New
Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Conference says we should be seriously concerned
about reports that the Auckland District Health Board might be making it
even easier to access the morning after pill: "Is it our aim to encourage
sexual activity outside of marriage or to discourage it?" ...
4000 pilgrims to come
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0805/S00065.htm
With less than three months till World Youth Day in Sydney, the Catholic
Church in New Zealand is gearing up to host 4000 international young
pilgrims, as well as despatching 4000 home-grown pilgrims later on to the
event in Sydney...
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Caritas Pledges US$50,000 to Burma/Myanmar Relief
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0805/S00155.htm
Catholic humanitarian agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has pledged an
initial US$50,000 (NZ$64,000) to an international Caritas response to the
Burma cyclone...
Caritas Accepting Donations Towards Cyclone Nargis Relief
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/caritasnz/121012960854.htm
Catholic humanitarian agency Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is accepting
donations towards relief in Burma/Myanmar where cyclone Nargis has killed at
least 22,500 people, with over 40,000 still missing.
University bans sex claim girl
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sundaynews/4520882a15620.html
The university to which a 15-year-old Catholic schoolgirl had been sneaking
so she could stay in one of its dorms with her 20-year-old boyfriend, banned
the teen...
Ringing the changes
Manawatu Standard â€" Business â€" 10 May 2008 â€" Page 2
[This in-depth article on the history and special features of Palmerston
North's Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, illustrated with several photographs,
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]
New priest 'finds his feet' in city (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4518339a6568.html
The new St Patrick's parish priest will hold his first mass in Invercargill
tomorrow, but already the waiting line for baptisms is growing...
A Battle For Peace (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10509201
Opinions are divided on the actions of three anti-war protesters, including
a Catholic priest, charged with damaging a landmark spy base in the name of
peace. Catherine Masters reports ...
60 years wed 'nothing to write home about' (photo)
The Wellingtonian
http://tinyurl.com/6fvz2w
Gerry and Pat Homes celebrated their 60th wedding anniversay at Tawa's
Bucket Tree restaurant last weekend, an event few couples achieve these days
...
'Caring' Alex has designs on success
East and Bays Courier
http://tinyurl.com/4k5rcc
Alexandra Riley's passion for architercture stems from designing and
building houses for her Barbies as a child. Now, her dream is to study
architecture and use her skills to help Third World countries ..
Priest to celebrate 50 years on Tuesday (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/3sywzu
Father John Magill will say Mass at St Joseph's Church in Te Aroha next
Tuesday to commemorate his 50th anniversary as a Catholic priest ...
Bishop questions girls' access to pill
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10508413
A Catholic bishop says widening young girls' access to the morning-after
contraceptive pill could increase their vulnerability to unwanted sex.
Papal honour for Hutt man (photo)
Hutt News
http://tinyurl.com/5uaudo
A lifetime of voluntary service to his Church and community by Lower Hutt
man Beranrd O'Sullivan has been recognised by Pope Benedict XVI ...
Play group for children and parents (photo)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/5exy7l
The Ministry of Education has found a prime venue for a new and exciting
Pacifica early childhood play group in Taupo. St Patrick's Catholic School
has agreed to loan out a classroom where the new play group will be based
...
A concert for all music lovers (photo)
Rodney Times
http://tinyurl.com/64kl5o
A church fundraising concert will be held by the Bayswood Quintet on Sunday
May 18 at St John's Catholic Church in Orewa ...
Faith, fantasy and barbarians in public lectures
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0805/S00061.htm
Issues of faith and fantasy in the lives and writings of J.R.R. Tolkien and
C.S.Lewis, and the relationship between the Roman Empire and modern-day
barbarians will be explored in two forthcoming lectures at The University of
Auckland...
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'WEL-COM' - The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese
of Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz/
From the May 2008 issue ...
**News**
Caritas Pledges US$50,000 to Burma/Myanmar Relief ... Pollution and Catholic
social teaching at French Pass
**World News**
**Columns**
Editorial: in search of truth in reporting ... Archbishop's column: World
Communications Day ... Philemon: baptism ... changes everything
**Schools**
Silverstream Vinnies ... St Joseph's School, New Plymouth, renames its
classrooms ... School students in solidarity with the world's poor
**Features**
Student's cancer death prompts teacher's close crop ... Vocations: what on
earth am I doing? ... Archbishop's Holy Thursday letter - after Papa
**Wellington**
Rai retreat for WYD pilgrims ... Sisters act Johnsonville style for local
pilgrims ... Newtown Festival and World Youth Day
**Palmerston North**
The complex way of God's love ... A working holiday in Stratford ... St
Peter's budding authors learn from the master
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://inspirationaltv.net/
'Snapshot'
The girls at Villa Maria College, Christchurch are giving blood for
Inspirational.tv, to help up to 3 people...
'Angel in the City'
A reading and discussion of John 20:19-23 with Suzanne and Fr David
Kennerley, from the crypt of St Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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'BEING FRANK'
http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/
Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...
Reality shows in bad taste ... The morning-after pill .. Bearing witness on
the commute ... Fr Murnane's protests ... Partner vs spouse ... Good
parties, fun times and faith
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EVENTS
World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/
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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen
http://ncrcafe.org/node/507
Lessons to learn from the papal trip
On Wednesday I spoke at the annual World Communications Day luncheon of the
Diocese of Brooklyn, hosted by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio. For this group of
media professionals in the New York area, as well as local Catholics, I was
asked to ruminate on lessons to be learned from the visit of Pope Benedict
XVI to the United States...
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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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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]
Camp Director. Ministry Camps Co-ordinator (2 positions). El Rancho
Christian Holiday Park, Kapiti Coast
http://www.elrancho.co.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 4-17 2008 p.26, at
http://www.elrancho.co.nz/ERwork.htm and from adelle@elrancho.co.nz ; tel.
(04) 902 6287
Live-in Support People, Mt Tabor Trust, Mt Albert and Helensville
http://www.supportoptions.co.nz/support/provider.aspx?pID=919&l=1&sID=318
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 4-17 2008 p.26 and from Mike, Marie or Joanne,
tel. (09) 420 9701.
