THE WORLD YOUTH DAY AND JUBILEE OF YOUNG PEOPLE (15-19 August) ...
... is about to get into full swing. I plan to update the Jubilee News page -http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html every day on which is something fresh to report, for the duration of the Youth Jubilee. But because of the uploading problem, the page I updated this weekend is still sitting here on my computer "all dressed up and nowhere to go". The best I can do for now is to offer you this link to the most recent summary report on the Jubilee from the ZENIT News Agency: http://zenit.org/english/archive/0008/ZE000811.html and to remind you that the Jubilee News page has an abundance of other News links through which you can follow this great event.
More than a million young pilgrims are expected to take part, and the experience will surely affect the course of their lives in many cases. It's entirely possible, for instance, that one of those present, know only to God, will be elected Pope in the second half of this century. May God bless our young pilgrims from the four corners of the earth. Please keep them in your daily prayers this coming week, and ask for them to be included in the Prayers of the Faithful at Mass.
The bishops' NEWS page ...
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html
... has three recent press releases from Catholic Communications:
'70 young New Zealand Catholic pilgrims leave for Jubilee Year celebrations in Rome' (10 August)
'New Rector for National Seminary' (Monsignor David Michael Tiwha Bennett succeeds Father Brendan Dally as Rector of our national Holy Cross Seminary) (9 August 2000)
'The law should be changed, say NZ's Catholic bishops' (referring to the present legal situation by which a child under 16 requires parental permission for all forms of medical treatment except an abortion. Link to a related story in 'The Press' (9 August 2000)
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Wellington's Archdiocesan Development Fund (ADF) needs an experienced Receptionist/Cashier to job share. Details on page 19 of the August Wel-com, or from invest@adf.org.nz (closes 21 August 2000)
Mercy Parklands, a private hospital and rest home in Ellerslie, Auckland has a vacancy for a pastoral care co-ordinator. Details on p.23 of the August 13 'NZ Catholic'. (Closing date not specified)
COMING EVENTS
"Catholic Schools' 2000 Jubilee Convention", Wellington 7 to 9 September
The programme and registration form are at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/schools/convention
Christian Life Community NZ is offering 3 introductory courses on Ignatian spirituality, on the first Sundays of September, October and November, to continue the journey of the Retreat in Daily Life, held in February. 3 Sept : Imaginative contemplation - Fr Jim Dooley sm; 1 Oct : The Examine of Conscience - Sr Mary Gormly rsm; 5 Nov. : Discernment - a panel. All sessions are at the Mercy Centre, Guilford Tce, Wellington from 2-4pm. Cost $10 per session, $25 for the series. Contact Patricia Kane tel (04) 475 8837 pakane@ihug.co.nz Home page: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/clcnz
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=147551
'Bishop's cash offer brings in mothers' NZ Herald 13.08.2000 Dozens more women are seeking help from a Catholic anti-abortion centre since the Church offered them financial help ...
"New Zealand to resettle Somali Christian convert" (Compass) -- Officials of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) confirmed from Yemen on August 3 that former Muslim Mohammed Omer Haji and his family have been accepted for emergency resettlement by New Zealand. Haji was slated to leave with his wife and baby by August 9 ... but to date has not left Yemen .... (From Christianity.Com - 'News' : http://www.christianity.com )
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' list manager
Sunday, August 13, 2000
Sunday, August 6, 2000
CATHOLIC PRESS ONLINE
'EV 2000' Issue 21 June 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/ev2000
'Evangelization 2000' is the New Zealand branch of an international apostolate which responds to Pope John Paul's call for a 'New Evangelization'. Full text articles from the latest issue:
* Editor's Corner: Forming Disciples in the Parish * Rocky Road: Do You Feel Welcome? by Neil Bickerton (the latest in a series about the difficulties new Catholics have in finding a sense of 'community' within the Church) * Evangelizing Modern Liberals, by Fr Andrew Murray SM * Justice and Evangelization are Sisters, by Sr Pauline O'Regan * News from Home and Abroad
Tui Motu InterIslands - July 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/tuimotu The theme of this issue is 'pilgrimage'.
'The Longest Journey' by Mike Riddell "In youth the future seems limitless, with the promise of new adventures and new friends yet to come. Young people are not so concerned with disillusionment or change, because their life stretches out in front of them like an untravelled road. However, there is a point which comes midway through life, when the end of that road comes into sight. At this juncture, the traveller becomes aware that some things which are lost will never be replaced ..." [Link to Mike Riddell's home page]
'Catholic Social Teaching applied to business' Business run on social justice lines sometimes works and often fails. Why? Jim Elliston reports on a new study of the industrial cooperatives of Mondragon in Spain and Antagonish, Nova Scotia. [Links to Web sites about both places]
'Pilgrimage of Grace', by Mary Ryan For some years five or six Catholic and Anglican Southlanders have met monthly for prayer, shared faith and company. A year ago they decided to prepare for the Millennium by going on pilgrimage – in space and in time.
EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS
The "Catholic Schools' 2000 Jubilee Convention" takes place in Wellington from 7 to 9 September this year. The full programme and registration form are on the Web site of our sponsor the NO.SO. Catholic Education Office. The main page is: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/schools/convention
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
**World Youth Day/The Jubilee of Young People (15-19 August)** A special exhibition of the Shroud of Turin has opened for the young pilgrims. A young Irish Catholic, a Filipino Muslim, and a Russian Orthodox Christian will speak at an international ecumenical celebration of unity organised by the Focolare Movement during the Jubilee.
**Jubilee of the 'Cursillo' Movement (August 5)** The "Cursillos of Christianity" celebrated their special Jubilee with John Paul II. This spiritual retreat and workplace evangelisation movement began in Spain half a century ago and now has five million members in 80 countries.
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
NZ HERALD 04.08.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=146597
'Dialogue: Church can't hold candle to shellfish', by Joe Bennett "Catholicism fascinates me. As a child I went into churches only on holiday, when my mother would drag me round the flagged and cold interior of some cathedral to look at I don't know what, and I would sulk and pout and beg to be taken out and given ice cream ... I still go into Catholic churches. I am surprised by what Larkin called the hunger in himself to be more serious..."
NZ HERALD 03.08.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=146496
'Young New Zealanders become 'moral zombies'' New Zealanders are growing up as "moral zombies" and lack positive benchmarks to guide their behaviour, says Unesco member and former Catholic-school principal Pat Lynch.
NZ HERALD 03.08.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=146560
'Management squabbles but "academic excellence" at Baradene' An Education Review Office (ERO) report says there has been "serious disharmony" in the senior management team at the Catholic Baradene College for more than four years, despite staff changes and a new principal. Principal Anna Heffernan said the tension arose from different interpretations of the special character goals of the school in light of the board's decision last year to accept bulk-funding ...
THE SOUTHLAND TIMES 05 AUGUST 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,298402a1943,FF.html
'Peace commitment is wanted by UN' During his country's darkest World War 2 days, Winston Churchill said, "It is not sufficient to say we did our best, when what we need is to succeed." writes Brother Patrick Lynch, executive director of NZ Catholic Education, in this week's Religion and Life column.
THE NELSON MAIL 05 AUGUST 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,299348a1540,FF.html
'Meat company objection may hold up school ' An appeal lodged against the designation of land for the proposed new Catholic secondary school Garin College will not set back the scheduled opening date, the Catholic Education Management Board has said. Nelson Bays Meat Producers Ltd plant manager Terry Kreft said the company had lodged an appeal against the Ministry of Education land designation made on the site in Champion Rd, Richmond ...
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
'EV 2000' Issue 21 June 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/ev2000
'Evangelization 2000' is the New Zealand branch of an international apostolate which responds to Pope John Paul's call for a 'New Evangelization'. Full text articles from the latest issue:
* Editor's Corner: Forming Disciples in the Parish * Rocky Road: Do You Feel Welcome? by Neil Bickerton (the latest in a series about the difficulties new Catholics have in finding a sense of 'community' within the Church) * Evangelizing Modern Liberals, by Fr Andrew Murray SM * Justice and Evangelization are Sisters, by Sr Pauline O'Regan * News from Home and Abroad
Tui Motu InterIslands - July 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/tuimotu The theme of this issue is 'pilgrimage'.
'The Longest Journey' by Mike Riddell "In youth the future seems limitless, with the promise of new adventures and new friends yet to come. Young people are not so concerned with disillusionment or change, because their life stretches out in front of them like an untravelled road. However, there is a point which comes midway through life, when the end of that road comes into sight. At this juncture, the traveller becomes aware that some things which are lost will never be replaced ..." [Link to Mike Riddell's home page]
'Catholic Social Teaching applied to business' Business run on social justice lines sometimes works and often fails. Why? Jim Elliston reports on a new study of the industrial cooperatives of Mondragon in Spain and Antagonish, Nova Scotia. [Links to Web sites about both places]
'Pilgrimage of Grace', by Mary Ryan For some years five or six Catholic and Anglican Southlanders have met monthly for prayer, shared faith and company. A year ago they decided to prepare for the Millennium by going on pilgrimage – in space and in time.
EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS
The "Catholic Schools' 2000 Jubilee Convention" takes place in Wellington from 7 to 9 September this year. The full programme and registration form are on the Web site of our sponsor the NO.SO. Catholic Education Office. The main page is: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/schools/convention
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
**World Youth Day/The Jubilee of Young People (15-19 August)** A special exhibition of the Shroud of Turin has opened for the young pilgrims. A young Irish Catholic, a Filipino Muslim, and a Russian Orthodox Christian will speak at an international ecumenical celebration of unity organised by the Focolare Movement during the Jubilee.
**Jubilee of the 'Cursillo' Movement (August 5)** The "Cursillos of Christianity" celebrated their special Jubilee with John Paul II. This spiritual retreat and workplace evangelisation movement began in Spain half a century ago and now has five million members in 80 countries.
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
NZ HERALD 04.08.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=146597
'Dialogue: Church can't hold candle to shellfish', by Joe Bennett "Catholicism fascinates me. As a child I went into churches only on holiday, when my mother would drag me round the flagged and cold interior of some cathedral to look at I don't know what, and I would sulk and pout and beg to be taken out and given ice cream ... I still go into Catholic churches. I am surprised by what Larkin called the hunger in himself to be more serious..."
NZ HERALD 03.08.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=146496
'Young New Zealanders become 'moral zombies'' New Zealanders are growing up as "moral zombies" and lack positive benchmarks to guide their behaviour, says Unesco member and former Catholic-school principal Pat Lynch.
NZ HERALD 03.08.2000
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=146560
'Management squabbles but "academic excellence" at Baradene' An Education Review Office (ERO) report says there has been "serious disharmony" in the senior management team at the Catholic Baradene College for more than four years, despite staff changes and a new principal. Principal Anna Heffernan said the tension arose from different interpretations of the special character goals of the school in light of the board's decision last year to accept bulk-funding ...
THE SOUTHLAND TIMES 05 AUGUST 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,298402a1943,FF.html
'Peace commitment is wanted by UN' During his country's darkest World War 2 days, Winston Churchill said, "It is not sufficient to say we did our best, when what we need is to succeed." writes Brother Patrick Lynch, executive director of NZ Catholic Education, in this week's Religion and Life column.
THE NELSON MAIL 05 AUGUST 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,299348a1540,FF.html
'Meat company objection may hold up school ' An appeal lodged against the designation of land for the proposed new Catholic secondary school Garin College will not set back the scheduled opening date, the Catholic Education Management Board has said. Nelson Bays Meat Producers Ltd plant manager Terry Kreft said the company had lodged an appeal against the Ministry of Education land designation made on the site in Champion Rd, Richmond ...
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
Sunday, July 30, 2000
'NZ CATHOLIC' - No. 94 Sunday July 30, 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
'Bishops say marriage must not be undermined'
The Government's wish to provide for the proprietary and civic rights of non-married couples should not undermine the special and unique place of marriage, New Zealand's Catholic bishops told a parliamentary select committee on July 18 ... [ Photo of Carmel Dooley, chairperson of the National Council of Catholic Marriage Educators. Link to the Christian Heritage Party's media statement and Select Committee submission on the Matrimonial Property Amendment Bill]
'First-time entrants win schools' literary quiz'
A Catholic school team which entered a schools' literary quiz for the first time this year has won the national finals. However, the earlier regional round almost undid the ultimately successful St Patrick's School team from Napier-Marewa ... [Photo of the winning team. Link to St Patrick's School's home page]
'School condoms idea 'not wise''
A proposal from Youth Affairs Minister Leila Harre for schools to provide condoms for students has drawn opposition from the Catholic Education Office... [Link to NZCEO's media statement on the subject]
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS (Reports of interest to the NZ Catholic community)
'The God Boy' - a case of the big question NZ Herald 24.07.2000 -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=145339
Ian Cross was 19, a reporter for the Dominion, covering his first murder trial in the Wairarapa. In the dock was a 13-year-old boy ... that story and a young actor he saw on American television in the early 50s who grew up to become James Dean, coalesced with Cross's own internal debates about Catholicism. 'The God Boy' was the result ...
Catholic land may become suburb Christchurch Press Sunday 28 July 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,283816a1934,FF.html
A new Halswell subdivision has the potential to become a one of Christchurch's most prestigious suburbs, its developers say. The land has been owned by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for over 100 years, and funds from the development will go towards the Order's work ...
EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS
The "Catholic Schools' 2000 Jubilee Convention" takes place in Wellington from 7 to 9 September this year. The full programme and registration form are on the Web site of our sponsor the N.Z. Catholic Education Office. The main page is: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/schools/convention
On that page, under 'Workshop Topics and Presenters', there are quite detailed descriptions of the workshops' topics and information about the presenters.
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
On the Jubilee News page there's a link to a new report on the preparations for World Youth Day and the Jubilee of Young People (15-19 August), plus links to three related Web sites
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
'Bishops say marriage must not be undermined'
The Government's wish to provide for the proprietary and civic rights of non-married couples should not undermine the special and unique place of marriage, New Zealand's Catholic bishops told a parliamentary select committee on July 18 ... [ Photo of Carmel Dooley, chairperson of the National Council of Catholic Marriage Educators. Link to the Christian Heritage Party's media statement and Select Committee submission on the Matrimonial Property Amendment Bill]
'First-time entrants win schools' literary quiz'
A Catholic school team which entered a schools' literary quiz for the first time this year has won the national finals. However, the earlier regional round almost undid the ultimately successful St Patrick's School team from Napier-Marewa ... [Photo of the winning team. Link to St Patrick's School's home page]
'School condoms idea 'not wise''
A proposal from Youth Affairs Minister Leila Harre for schools to provide condoms for students has drawn opposition from the Catholic Education Office... [Link to NZCEO's media statement on the subject]
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS (Reports of interest to the NZ Catholic community)
'The God Boy' - a case of the big question NZ Herald 24.07.2000 -
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=145339
Ian Cross was 19, a reporter for the Dominion, covering his first murder trial in the Wairarapa. In the dock was a 13-year-old boy ... that story and a young actor he saw on American television in the early 50s who grew up to become James Dean, coalesced with Cross's own internal debates about Catholicism. 'The God Boy' was the result ...
Catholic land may become suburb Christchurch Press Sunday 28 July 2000
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,283816a1934,FF.html
A new Halswell subdivision has the potential to become a one of Christchurch's most prestigious suburbs, its developers say. The land has been owned by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for over 100 years, and funds from the development will go towards the Order's work ...
EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS
The "Catholic Schools' 2000 Jubilee Convention" takes place in Wellington from 7 to 9 September this year. The full programme and registration form are on the Web site of our sponsor the N.Z. Catholic Education Office. The main page is: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/schools/convention
On that page, under 'Workshop Topics and Presenters', there are quite detailed descriptions of the workshops' topics and information about the presenters.
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
On the Jubilee News page there's a link to a new report on the preparations for World Youth Day and the Jubilee of Young People (15-19 August), plus links to three related Web sites
Until next week, God bless.
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
Sunday, July 23, 2000
23 July 2000
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Shelter from war and persecution' (NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=144613
Bill Smith, executive secretary of the Auckland Refugee Council, encounters [asylum-seekers] every day. The council's resources are modest, relying on the largess of the Lottery Grants Board, community grants, the Salvation Army, the Auckland City Council, the Catholic Church and other benefactors...
'Catholic school system 'on a roll'' (NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=144609
Land has been bought on the edge of Tauranga for a Catholic secondary school and the Church will open a small primary school at Mt Maunganui next year. They will join 238 existing Catholic schools nationwide, 48 of them at secondary level...
'Sailboats soon set for sea ' (The Press, Chch)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,264929a1936,FF.html
In a transformed classroom at Catholic Cathedral College, 13 students are beavering away like elves in a workshop, constructing Firebugs, small sailing boats made of timber, mainly plywood ...
EMPLOYMENT
[Administration and teaching vacancies in the Catholic school system are advertised in The Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
* Pastoral care coordinator, Mercy Parkland's hospital and resthome, Ellerslie. Closing date: 1 August (NZC 16 July p.23)
* Full-time youth coordinator, Hamilton Diocesan Youth Team. Closing date: 31 July (NZC 16 July p.23)
Full details in last weekends' NZ Catholic, or e-mail me at leon@xtra.co.nz for a copy of the advertisements.
EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS
Our sponsor the N.Z. Catholic Education Office's newsletter "Lighting New Fires" July 2000 is on-site at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/lnf.html It's packed with news and notes about the New Zealand Integrated Schools (mainly Catholic ones) and bristles with useful links to educational resources, reviews and related articles.
The Marist Brothers' 'Marist Champagnat Family Newsletter" is also up this week, keeping readers in touch with developments in the Marist Family. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/fms/familynews/fammar00.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html
At last and finally I have finished updating the 'National Organisations' section of the Directory's Web pages. Its the biggest section with around 44 entries with Web site links for maybe a quarter or more.
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
On the basis of registrations to date organisers are expecting a million young pilgrims at the Jubilee of Young People and World Youth Day (15-19 August). Some 600,000 will come from abroad, the rest being Italian. You can follow the preparations for the event on our News page, update weekly (daily when the Jubilee commences).
God bless,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Shelter from war and persecution' (NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=144613
Bill Smith, executive secretary of the Auckland Refugee Council, encounters [asylum-seekers] every day. The council's resources are modest, relying on the largess of the Lottery Grants Board, community grants, the Salvation Army, the Auckland City Council, the Catholic Church and other benefactors...
'Catholic school system 'on a roll'' (NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=144609
Land has been bought on the edge of Tauranga for a Catholic secondary school and the Church will open a small primary school at Mt Maunganui next year. They will join 238 existing Catholic schools nationwide, 48 of them at secondary level...
'Sailboats soon set for sea ' (The Press, Chch)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,264929a1936,FF.html
In a transformed classroom at Catholic Cathedral College, 13 students are beavering away like elves in a workshop, constructing Firebugs, small sailing boats made of timber, mainly plywood ...
EMPLOYMENT
[Administration and teaching vacancies in the Catholic school system are advertised in The Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
* Pastoral care coordinator, Mercy Parkland's hospital and resthome, Ellerslie. Closing date: 1 August (NZC 16 July p.23)
* Full-time youth coordinator, Hamilton Diocesan Youth Team. Closing date: 31 July (NZC 16 July p.23)
Full details in last weekends' NZ Catholic, or e-mail me at leon@xtra.co.nz for a copy of the advertisements.
EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS
Our sponsor the N.Z. Catholic Education Office's newsletter "Lighting New Fires" July 2000 is on-site at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/lnf.html It's packed with news and notes about the New Zealand Integrated Schools (mainly Catholic ones) and bristles with useful links to educational resources, reviews and related articles.
The Marist Brothers' 'Marist Champagnat Family Newsletter" is also up this week, keeping readers in touch with developments in the Marist Family. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/fms/familynews/fammar00.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html
At last and finally I have finished updating the 'National Organisations' section of the Directory's Web pages. Its the biggest section with around 44 entries with Web site links for maybe a quarter or more.
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
On the basis of registrations to date organisers are expecting a million young pilgrims at the Jubilee of Young People and World Youth Day (15-19 August). Some 600,000 will come from abroad, the rest being Italian. You can follow the preparations for the event on our News page, update weekly (daily when the Jubilee commences).
God bless,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
Sunday, July 16, 2000
Dear 'kiwicatholics',
CATHOLIC PRESS ONLINE
'Wel-com' July 2000 (the monthly newspaper of Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses)
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/welcom/front.html
Special feature: Twelve Catholic marae (Maori tribal or community centres) illustrated with colour photos. A visual feast, not to be missed.
'NZ Catholic' Sunday July 16, 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/welcom/front.html
'Company model to administer education will not cost more'
The transformation of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office into a charitable company with a board of directors should not mean an increase in administration costs, according to the executive director, Br Pat Lynch ... [Link to NZCEO]
'Schools oppose legal cannabis'
Catholic schools and state secondary schools are urging the Government to back off the idea of decriminalizing cannabis ... [Links to media releases on the subject by NZCEO and the Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education (FADE); and to NZ Ministry of Health online publications on cannabis use]
'Abortion pill move sparks pro-life concern'
An application to introduce the abortion pill to New Zealand has sparked concern from the Christian Heritage Party and the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child. Both groups say that, apart from moral considerations, the application to introduce RU-486 should be turned down in the interests of women's health ... [Related links to the home pages of the NZ Ministry of Health, Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC) and Christian Heritage Party ; and to a related article and editorial in the Timaru Herald]
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS (Reports of interest to the NZ Catholic community)
Otago Daily Times, 15 July 2000
http://www.odt.co.nz/current/index-800.html
(To find a story, click the Search Engine button, enter the keywords in the Search slot and click 'Start Search'.)
'Tireless campaigner for women's affairs ' Stella Casey, who died recently in Wellington at the age of 76, was created Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1991 for her work as a dedicated women's affairs and community issues campaigner. Born Stella Katherine Wright in New Plymouth on May 22, 1924, she was a devout Roman Catholic and mother of 10 ... (Search for: stella casey)
'Intellectual broke tradition, made her own way ' Winnie Kathleen Gonley (1909-1995), a Roman Catholic girl of Irish stock from Otautau, Southland, had her secondary education at St Dominic's Catholic School, Dunedin, then studied languages and literature at the University of Otago between 1927 and 1932, graduating with an MA. Minnie's husband was 1936 Rhodes Scholar and author Dan Davin ... (Search for : winnie gonley)
EMPLOYMENT
[Administration and teaching vacancies in the Catholic school system are advertised in The Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
* Pastoral care coordinator, Mercy Parkland's Hospital and Resthome, Ellerslie (NZC 16 July p.23) * Full-time youth coordinator, Hamilton Diocesan Youth Team (NZC 16 July p.23)
Full details in this weekend's 'NZ Catholic', or e-mail me at leon@xtra.co.nz for a copy of the advertisements.
EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS
Our sponsor NZ Catholic Education Office has issued a media release on the topic of condoms in schools http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/media/M1.html
New Web sites: Waikato University Catholic Society: http://www.waicath.3av.com Kavanagh College, Dunedin: http://www.kavanagh.school.nz
'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON
Thank you, folks, for the reports from the Conference. More impressions by Christine Jones, Bishop Pat Dunn and Ron Gerritson are on the Hamilton news site: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/news.htm
NEWS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html
'What Kind of People Worship Here? Who is their God?' is a reflection by Father Jim Consedine on recent events in Fiji and elsewhere. Includes links to a conference paper on the theology of Christian non-violence by Father Emmanuel Charles McCarthy; and 'The Brothers Karamazov'!!
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
Comprehensive links to the 'Jubilee of the Prisons': Pope John Paul's Mass at 'Regina Coeli' prison and its aftermath, and Jubilee initiatives in prisons other countries.
And that's it for the moment. All God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
CATHOLIC PRESS ONLINE
'Wel-com' July 2000 (the monthly newspaper of Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses)
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/welcom/front.html
Special feature: Twelve Catholic marae (Maori tribal or community centres) illustrated with colour photos. A visual feast, not to be missed.
'NZ Catholic' Sunday July 16, 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/welcom/front.html
'Company model to administer education will not cost more'
The transformation of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office into a charitable company with a board of directors should not mean an increase in administration costs, according to the executive director, Br Pat Lynch ... [Link to NZCEO]
'Schools oppose legal cannabis'
Catholic schools and state secondary schools are urging the Government to back off the idea of decriminalizing cannabis ... [Links to media releases on the subject by NZCEO and the Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education (FADE); and to NZ Ministry of Health online publications on cannabis use]
'Abortion pill move sparks pro-life concern'
An application to introduce the abortion pill to New Zealand has sparked concern from the Christian Heritage Party and the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child. Both groups say that, apart from moral considerations, the application to introduce RU-486 should be turned down in the interests of women's health ... [Related links to the home pages of the NZ Ministry of Health, Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC) and Christian Heritage Party ; and to a related article and editorial in the Timaru Herald]
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS (Reports of interest to the NZ Catholic community)
Otago Daily Times, 15 July 2000
http://www.odt.co.nz/current/index-800.html
(To find a story, click the Search Engine button, enter the keywords in the Search slot and click 'Start Search'.)
'Tireless campaigner for women's affairs ' Stella Casey, who died recently in Wellington at the age of 76, was created Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1991 for her work as a dedicated women's affairs and community issues campaigner. Born Stella Katherine Wright in New Plymouth on May 22, 1924, she was a devout Roman Catholic and mother of 10 ... (Search for: stella casey)
'Intellectual broke tradition, made her own way ' Winnie Kathleen Gonley (1909-1995), a Roman Catholic girl of Irish stock from Otautau, Southland, had her secondary education at St Dominic's Catholic School, Dunedin, then studied languages and literature at the University of Otago between 1927 and 1932, graduating with an MA. Minnie's husband was 1936 Rhodes Scholar and author Dan Davin ... (Search for : winnie gonley)
EMPLOYMENT
[Administration and teaching vacancies in the Catholic school system are advertised in The Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
* Pastoral care coordinator, Mercy Parkland's Hospital and Resthome, Ellerslie (NZC 16 July p.23) * Full-time youth coordinator, Hamilton Diocesan Youth Team (NZC 16 July p.23)
Full details in this weekend's 'NZ Catholic', or e-mail me at leon@xtra.co.nz for a copy of the advertisements.
EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS
Our sponsor NZ Catholic Education Office has issued a media release on the topic of condoms in schools http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/media/M1.html
New Web sites: Waikato University Catholic Society: http://www.waicath.3av.com Kavanagh College, Dunedin: http://www.kavanagh.school.nz
'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON
Thank you, folks, for the reports from the Conference. More impressions by Christine Jones, Bishop Pat Dunn and Ron Gerritson are on the Hamilton news site: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/news.htm
NEWS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html
'What Kind of People Worship Here? Who is their God?' is a reflection by Father Jim Consedine on recent events in Fiji and elsewhere. Includes links to a conference paper on the theology of Christian non-violence by Father Emmanuel Charles McCarthy; and 'The Brothers Karamazov'!!
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
Comprehensive links to the 'Jubilee of the Prisons': Pope John Paul's Mass at 'Regina Coeli' prison and its aftermath, and Jubilee initiatives in prisons other countries.
And that's it for the moment. All God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
Sunday, July 9, 2000
Dear 'kiwicatholics',
CATHOLIC PRESS
'Wel-com', the monthly newspaper of Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses, is published this weekend. It has a feature on the - no less than - twelve Catholic marae (Maori tribal or community centres) in the two dioceses. I have some fine colour photos to go with the text and this feature will (hopefully) go up on the Wel-com Web site in the coming week.
EDUCATION
The July 2000 issue of the newsletter "Good News & the News", published by our sponsor N.Z. Catholic Education Office, is on-site at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/gnatn This special edition reviews the history, future plans and other issues affecting the New Zealand Catholic schools system.
NZCEO has also issued a media release this week: 'Integrated Schools oppose marijuana law change' http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/media/M1.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/direct1.html
I have added a new section to the online Directory for the Personal Prelature of Opus Dei; and the Ukrainian and Melkite Rite Eparchies for Australia and New Zealand. This week I start on the final - and largest -section of the Directory to be updated: 'National Organisations'.
'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/news.htm
As Anthony mentioned yesterday, the Hamilton diocesan Web site has a News page for this weekend's national Jubilee conference (continuing as I type), examining the past, present and future of the Catholic Church in New Zealand.. If you are attending , please keep your 'kiwicatholic' forum in mind and send us a few lines about your impressions.
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
Sunday 9 July (Monday our time) is the 'Jubilee of the Prisons', when Pope John Paul visits Rome's Regina Coeli prison, where the prisoners rioted only a week ago. Our Jubilee News page has a substantial number of links to reports about the Jubilee and background reports on prison conditions in several countries. Other "Jubilees in the Jubilee" linked on the page are those of doctors and motorcyclists, and the Jubilee Polish Pilgrimage.
A new section for the Jubilee of Young People and World Youth Day (15-20 August) has links to two reports on the event.
Finally, a Gay Pride Festival in Rome, scheduled to coincide with the mid-point of the Jubilee celebrations, is about to conclude. The event inspired a number of articles in the Catholic press and there are links to these also on the Jubilee News page.
And that's it for the moment. All God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
CATHOLIC PRESS
'Wel-com', the monthly newspaper of Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses, is published this weekend. It has a feature on the - no less than - twelve Catholic marae (Maori tribal or community centres) in the two dioceses. I have some fine colour photos to go with the text and this feature will (hopefully) go up on the Wel-com Web site in the coming week.
EDUCATION
The July 2000 issue of the newsletter "Good News & the News", published by our sponsor N.Z. Catholic Education Office, is on-site at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/gnatn This special edition reviews the history, future plans and other issues affecting the New Zealand Catholic schools system.
NZCEO has also issued a media release this week: 'Integrated Schools oppose marijuana law change' http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/media/M1.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/direct1.html
I have added a new section to the online Directory for the Personal Prelature of Opus Dei; and the Ukrainian and Melkite Rite Eparchies for Australia and New Zealand. This week I start on the final - and largest -section of the Directory to be updated: 'National Organisations'.
'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/news.htm
As Anthony mentioned yesterday, the Hamilton diocesan Web site has a News page for this weekend's national Jubilee conference (continuing as I type), examining the past, present and future of the Catholic Church in New Zealand.. If you are attending , please keep your 'kiwicatholic' forum in mind and send us a few lines about your impressions.
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
Sunday 9 July (Monday our time) is the 'Jubilee of the Prisons', when Pope John Paul visits Rome's Regina Coeli prison, where the prisoners rioted only a week ago. Our Jubilee News page has a substantial number of links to reports about the Jubilee and background reports on prison conditions in several countries. Other "Jubilees in the Jubilee" linked on the page are those of doctors and motorcyclists, and the Jubilee Polish Pilgrimage.
A new section for the Jubilee of Young People and World Youth Day (15-20 August) has links to two reports on the event.
Finally, a Gay Pride Festival in Rome, scheduled to coincide with the mid-point of the Jubilee celebrations, is about to conclude. The event inspired a number of articles in the Catholic press and there are links to these also on the Jubilee News page.
And that's it for the moment. All God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
Sunday, July 2, 2000
Dear 'kiwicatholics',
Sorry to say, once again I didn't manage to get the stories from this weekend's 'NZ CATHOLIC ' onto the Web site before Sunday, but I'll do my best to have them up on Monday and I will post right afterwards to let everyone know.
TV MASS
Prime TV continues to broadcast Sunday Mass at 11.30 am for another five weeks or so. There's a little note about this on the bishops' home page -http://www.catholic.org/newzealand
EDUCATION / FOR YOUNG CATHOLICS
'Faith Alive' is a New Zealand resource Web site for Catholic schools. Its newest feature is devoted to Web resources about the Holy Spirit: http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/spirit.htm
The latest Edmund Rice Family Newsletter -http://mysite.xtra.co.nz/~edmundnews - reports on last summer's Edmund Rice holiday camp for young children.
PRAYER RESOURCE
There's a new prayer and reflection resource site -http://www.prayingeachday.org from the De La Salle Brothers in the U.K.
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Independent Newspapers Ltd (INL), the largest newspaper publisher in New Zealand, has recently expanded its Web site - http://www.inl.co.nz - with a daily selection of stories from their newspapers up and down the country. Taking advantage of this I am introducing a new feature to 'News & Notes' called "From the Secular Press", with links to the full text of stories likely to interest the Catholic community ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,200017a1921,FF.html
Popular Figure: A tribute to Paddy Egden. -- Obituary
Being born on Saint Patrick's Day to a West Coast Catholic family, the naming of Paddy Egden was almost inevitable. Mr Egden, a popular Christchurch figure, died on May 24, aged 88.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,198623a2024,FF.html
Dealing to the demons
It comes as something of a relief when one of the Catholic Church's unofficial exorcists looks you in the eye and finds that there is no sign of you being possessed by demons. Father John Rae was in Timaru recently, not to perform what he prefers to call deliverances rather than exorcisms, but to conduct healing services.
'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON 7-9 July 2000 Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton
www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/churchalive.htm
Next weekend's national Jubilee conference will examine the past, present and future of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. Key speakers will include Cardinal Williams ("Where have we come from"); Bishop Denis Browne ("Where we are now"); Bishop Pat Dunn ("Where are we going?"); The Anglican Bishop of Waikato, Rt. Rev. David Moon ("Alpha and joint ventures"); Bishop Dolan ("Evangelisation"); John and Tracy Connelly of the John Paul II Bible School in Alberta, Canada ("Renewal and Catholic spirituality"). If you are attending , please keep your 'kiwicatholic' forum in mind and send us a few lines about your impressions.
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
9 July is the 'Jubilee of the Prisons'. In advance of it, Pope John Paul has issued a message of which the general theme is that "prison should not be a corrupting experience, a place of idleness and even vice, but instead a place of redemption." There's a link to the full text on our Jubilee News page.
In the next few days I'll be opening a new section on the page for World Youth Day and the Jubilee of Young People (15-20 August) and I hope this will coincide with a new section on the bishops' Web site 'For Young Catholics'.
Finally, this is likely to be a turbulent week in Rome with all sorts of demonstrations and accusations flying about. Please remember that on our World Catholic News page - http://newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html - you can find several links to free Catholic news services, updated daily.
God bless,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
Sorry to say, once again I didn't manage to get the stories from this weekend's 'NZ CATHOLIC ' onto the Web site before Sunday, but I'll do my best to have them up on Monday and I will post right afterwards to let everyone know.
TV MASS
Prime TV continues to broadcast Sunday Mass at 11.30 am for another five weeks or so. There's a little note about this on the bishops' home page -http://www.catholic.org/newzealand
EDUCATION / FOR YOUNG CATHOLICS
'Faith Alive' is a New Zealand resource Web site for Catholic schools. Its newest feature is devoted to Web resources about the Holy Spirit: http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/spirit.htm
The latest Edmund Rice Family Newsletter -http://mysite.xtra.co.nz/~edmundnews - reports on last summer's Edmund Rice holiday camp for young children.
PRAYER RESOURCE
There's a new prayer and reflection resource site -http://www.prayingeachday.org from the De La Salle Brothers in the U.K.
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Independent Newspapers Ltd (INL), the largest newspaper publisher in New Zealand, has recently expanded its Web site - http://www.inl.co.nz - with a daily selection of stories from their newspapers up and down the country. Taking advantage of this I am introducing a new feature to 'News & Notes' called "From the Secular Press", with links to the full text of stories likely to interest the Catholic community ...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,200017a1921,FF.html
Popular Figure: A tribute to Paddy Egden. -- Obituary
Being born on Saint Patrick's Day to a West Coast Catholic family, the naming of Paddy Egden was almost inevitable. Mr Egden, a popular Christchurch figure, died on May 24, aged 88.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,198623a2024,FF.html
Dealing to the demons
It comes as something of a relief when one of the Catholic Church's unofficial exorcists looks you in the eye and finds that there is no sign of you being possessed by demons. Father John Rae was in Timaru recently, not to perform what he prefers to call deliverances rather than exorcisms, but to conduct healing services.
'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON 7-9 July 2000 Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton
www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/churchalive.htm
Next weekend's national Jubilee conference will examine the past, present and future of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. Key speakers will include Cardinal Williams ("Where have we come from"); Bishop Denis Browne ("Where we are now"); Bishop Pat Dunn ("Where are we going?"); The Anglican Bishop of Waikato, Rt. Rev. David Moon ("Alpha and joint ventures"); Bishop Dolan ("Evangelisation"); John and Tracy Connelly of the John Paul II Bible School in Alberta, Canada ("Renewal and Catholic spirituality"). If you are attending , please keep your 'kiwicatholic' forum in mind and send us a few lines about your impressions.
THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
9 July is the 'Jubilee of the Prisons'. In advance of it, Pope John Paul has issued a message of which the general theme is that "prison should not be a corrupting experience, a place of idleness and even vice, but instead a place of redemption." There's a link to the full text on our Jubilee News page.
In the next few days I'll be opening a new section on the page for World Youth Day and the Jubilee of Young People (15-20 August) and I hope this will coincide with a new section on the bishops' Web site 'For Young Catholics'.
Finally, this is likely to be a turbulent week in Rome with all sorts of demonstrations and accusations flying about. Please remember that on our World Catholic News page - http://newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html - you can find several links to free Catholic news services, updated daily.
God bless,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager
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