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BIOETHICS COUNCIL REPORT
Parents should not be able to order child - church
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080619/3/67wp.html
Parenthood is about welcoming the children you are given rather than
"ordering" them to specifications, the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre
says. A Bioethics Council report -- titled Who Gets Born? -- was presented
to the Government today and says the sex of embryos created outside the
mother's body, under programmes such as IVF (in vitro fertilisation), should
be chosen by parents, allowing them to gender-balance their families...
Radio NZ. 'Nine to Noon' with Kathryn Ryan. "Who gets born?"
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/20080619
An interview with Martin Wilkinson, chairman of the Bioethics Council which
has recommended a more liberal regime for pre-birth testing. After 26
minutes the discussion is joined by Wendy Wicks, national policy researcher
for the Defence of People with Disability, and John Kleinsman of the NZ
Catholic Bioethics Centre.
'Designer baby' boom ruled out (with TV One video report)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4590134a6479.html
Gender choice a step back: expert (+video)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz:80/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10517322
NZ IVF parents may get gender choice
http://news.theage.com.au:80/world/nz-ivf-parents-may-get-gender-choice-20080619\
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WORLD YOUTH DAY
Connect.org.nz to host WYD Kiwi Pilgrim Journal
Press Release: Catholic Communications 18-06 15:00-2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0806/S00169.htm
The recently re-launched online hub for young New Zealand Catholics,
Connect.org.nz, will be home to the Kiwi Pilgrim Journal (KPJ) during the
week of World Youth Day in Sydney (14 - 20 July). The KPJ will be a
real-time online journal of the Kiwi pilgrimage to WYD 2008...
Group off to see the Pope (photo)
North Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/5oejgu
Annelies van Dam and son Bjorn are heading to Sydney next month to be in the
presence of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day ...
Young Kiwis join the celebration (photo)
Queenstown Mirror
http://tinyurl.com/6myhuw
When they attend the Catholic Church's World Youth Day gathering in Sydney
next month, 4000 young Kiwis, including 10 from Central Otago, will be the
largest group to leave New Zealand for a non-sporting event ...
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Catholic schools face crisis over building repair
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200806211545/ebd8f56
Catholic schools say many of their buildings are falling into disrepair but
getting extra money through fees, which are compulsory in Catholic schools,
is not an option because parents are already feeling the pinch...
Post Primary Teachers' Association. Time to audit state school buildings
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0806/S00064.htm
While the Ministry considers coming to the aid of Catholic schools with run
down buildings PPTA president Robin Duff feels it should look in its own
back yard...
Diocese considers options to beat debt (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/10492/diocese-considers-options-beat-debt
The Otago-Southland Roman Catholic diocese is not in financial crisis
despite being several million dollars in debt, a spokesman says. "We are
asset rich, cash poor - and in debt," diocese general manager Stuart Young
said...
Wrecking ball hangs over historic building (photo)
The Wanganui Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/6oa6r3
The fate of a Wanganui landmark building will be decided at a Wanganui
District Council meeting at the end of the month. The presbytery of St
Mary's Catholic Church in Guyton St is earmarked for destruction as part of
the church complex development. The big brick building, built in 1913,
houses the parish priests and church administration...
St Brigid's demolition begins (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4589760a20379.html
In the first stage of demolition, the stained glass windows in St Brigid's
Catholic church in Feilding were removed last week...
Hato Paora sings big
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4588386a20379.html
A newly-formed choir at Hato Paora College met with the judges' approval at
a recent Regional Big Sing competition...
School on Sunday for Onehunga students!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0806/S00161.htm
Students at St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Intermediate School in Onehunga
will have a special treat this Sunday - a full school day! To celebrate the
anniversary of 160 years of Catholic education on the site the school will
be open for business and running a normal school day this Sunday...
Sex abuse accused says experience made him stronger
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10517463
Allegations that he sexually abused boys at Christchurch's Marylands School
were today met with repeated denials by a Catholic brother...
Mihipeka Anne [Aunty Mihi] Edwards 1918 - 2008
Kohanga reo teacher led the way
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4581159a24437.html
He Mihi aroha ki a koe e kui, Mihipeka. When Aunty Mihi died, it felt as if
the landscape around us had changed. She was such a significant figure, a
tall-standing tree in the variegated forest of our community here in Te
Whanganui a Tara (Wellington) and among her tribal relations further north
to Otaki/Horowhenua, that her loss was deeply felt...
Being English
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10517639
The English tribe took a head count when writing a eulogy for their
matriarch, Norah English of Dipton, after her death two years ago. Twelve
children, 43 grandchildren and eight great- grandchildren. A jaw-dropping
legacy and endangered family species at the turn of the 21st century...
Newlyweds after 70 years
http://www.stuff.co.nz:80/4591412a11.html
Nearly 70 years after he hurled the engagement ring intended for his
childhood sweetheart away in anger, Phil O'Neill has finally slipped a
wedding ring on her finger...
The luck of the Irish
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/4591507a6551.html
Kaponga has their Swiss, Inglewood their Polish, and New Plymouth their
Western English. But it was the Irish who populated Pungarehu in the early
waves of settlement from the other side of the world. Today, the area is
still predominantly inhabited with Catholic Irish descendants from those
first settlers in the late 1800s...
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INSPIRATIONAL TV
http://www.inspirationaltv.net
** Coffee Break: Anticipation mounts
Chris Duthie-Jung takes in the build up to World Youth Day, only a month
away in Sydney...
** Angels in the City: At the church door
Matthew 9:36-10:8 with Fr Thige O'Leary SM and Sr Frances Gibbs CSB in St
Mary of the Angels, Wellington.
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The 15th STATION - a New Zealand Catholic podcast
http://station15.libsyn.com
In the episode for Sunday 15 June 2008 ...
"What to wear"
In this month's episode we talk about World Youth Day prep (only one month
away), the Vatican's Instruction on obedience, the pros and cons of clerical
dress, and Fr.Michael Pfleger's outburst against Hillary Clinton.
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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 ...
IQ and religious belief ... Bioethics Committee recommendation ... WYD and a
"singing Catholic" ... The NZ Herald and an experience of abortion ...
Contrasting presentations at Stage Challenge ... Sex and the City - the
movie ...
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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
"Three things to understand about the Legionaries of Christ"
Last week I published a lengthy, and remarkably candid, interview with
Archbishop Edwin O’Brien of Baltimore about a set of directives he’s issued
for the Legionaries of Christ and their lay movement, Regnum Christi.
Specifically, O’Brien demanded an accounting of all personnel and activities
in his archdiocese from both groups, and he barred Legionaries and Regnum
Christi members from one-on-one spiritual counseling with anyone under 18...
Also:
The 'browning' of Catholicism and the value of Catholic schools
Two experts in religious sociology addressed the U.S. bishops this
afternoon, each in a way making a simple point. They might be summarized as
follows:
• Christianity in America is being “de-Europeanized� through immigration,
especially among Hispanics and Asians, with the Catholic church looming as a
bellwether of demographic transformations that will eventually engulf other
churches and the entire society;
• Practice of the sacraments is declining across generations, but enrollment
in Catholic schools remains a powerful way of boosting the likelihood that a
given Catholic will have an active sacramental life.
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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 ]
Parish Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
Details in 'NZ Catholic' June 1-14 2008 p.19, and from Dennis Augustine,
Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,
Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360 3049; e-mail:advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz
