" I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing
already ... Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division."
St Luke's Gospel 12: 49, 51

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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS

'Caritas Update' Issue No. 26, Winter 2001
http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/26%20winter%202001/index.htm
"In this Issue...
The world has been rocked by three major earthquakes - India, El
Salvador and Peru in the first half of 2001. In this issue we summarise
our partners' responses, and thank our donors for their generous giving.
But mostly we take time to focus on the constant all-important, but low
profile work that Caritas supports day in, day out throughout the year
such as the food security project in Cambodia, our next 'Social Justice
Week' focus "Paying the Piper" - The Ethics of Debt, and the work being
done to strengthen the efforts of justice, peace and development in the
Pacific. "

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'NZ Catholic' No 119, August 12, 2001
http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html

'GM report's view reflects bishops' '
The proceed-with-caution approach recommended by the Royal Commission on
Genetic Modification is very much the view of the New Zealand bishops.
Several points made by the bishops appear in the commission's $6.2
million report to the Government......
Related Links:
The Nathaniel Catholic Bioethics Centre
Report of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification

'Churches may lose tax-exempt status '
Churches could lose their tax-exempt status in a Government review of
tax and charities. A discussion document called Tax and Charities shows
the Government wishes to redefine charities, as it believes the present
definition may be too wide, and out-of-date.......
Related Link:
'Tax and Charities' (full text)

'Principal to coach Black Caps '
The principal of St Paul's School in Christchurch is the new coach of
the New Zealand cricket team. Denis Aberhart has been principal of the
Dallington primary school for 11 years, in which time he has also
coached the Canterbury cricket team, conference cricket and Otago.....
Related Link:
NZ Cricket Website

>From the NZ Catholic 'Think Page' for young adults:
So you scan through mags searching for the perfect outfit? So you're a
faithful follower of fashion? But when you go shopping all you ever seem
to find is short skirts, high slits and low necklines? It's true that
fashion often dictates a trend that makes the wearer feel uncomfortable
at the shortness of the skirt or tightness of the top. We are constantly
bombarded with images in the media of the rich and famous parading in
clothes which hardly cover their bodies. As young Catholics, where do we
draw the line between what is appropriate and what isn't?........

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'Wel-com', the monthly newspaper of the Wellington Archdiocese and the
Diocese of Palmerston North.
Selected stories from No.176 July 2001
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/wellington/Wellington/Pastoral/Communications\
/latest.html

[Because of technical difficulties, these stories form the July issue
weren't able to be uploaded until a few days ago. The problems have now
been overcome and these stories should be replaced by ones from the
August one in about a week's time.]

'Renew 2000 launched'
On June 10, Trinity Sunday, RENEW 2000 was launched throughout the
diocese. We are officially on the way! The ways of launching were as
many and as varied as our parishes, and that's as it should be.......
Related Link: RENEW International

'Eighteen years helping with the resettlement of refugees'
Margaret Warmington, has been actively involved with the resettlement of
refugees for eighteen years. In 1983, as a member of the St Vincent de
Paul Society at St Theresa's in Plimmerton, she had helped with the
settlement of five Vietnamese families and it has gone on from there.
When Bishop Owen Dolan shifted to the Palmerston North diocese, he
wanted someone from Wellington to replace him on the Commission for the
Refugee and Migrant Service (RMS). Because of her extensive experience,
Margaret was asked to accept this appointment.......

'Catholic healthcare services to collaborate '
The Aotearoa New Zealand Catholic Healthcare Ltd was launched on 22 June
2001 during the Sisters of Mercy Charities Healthcare Conference in
Auckland. Cardinal Williams, a Director, delivered an address on the
centrality of the Ministry of Healing in the Church and launched the new
Company.....

'Abortion in the Netherlands'
In the Netherlands, the number of abortions per thousand women aged
15-44 is less than half the number in New Zealand, Sweden or Denmark. In
April 2000, Wel-com's editor Marilyn Pryor visited the Netherlands to
find out why. She reports the results of her research in her book:
'Abortion in the Netherlands: why Holland has the lowest abortion rate
in the Western world'.......

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Joy Cowley: "Holy Days" (book review)
NZ Herald 18 August 2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=entertainment&thesubsectio\
n=&storyID=208185
In 1980, three nuns embezzle church property, abduct a child and take
off. One of them dies in suspicious circumstances ... That's the story
as twisted by a TV producerette. In its true form, it's also the story
that Brian Collins remembers two decades later. Joy Cowley's new novel
for big people has the calm, consummate craft, affectionate mischief and
sense of the wonder in small things that characterise her work for
younger readers........

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EVENTS

August-September
Visit of Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of 'Reclaiming Spirituality: A New
Spiritual Framework for Today's World'
25 August: 'How do we live spirituality today? Spirituality for the new
millennium'. St Columba's Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby. Open
session hosted by the NZ Catholic Institute of Theology:
29 August: 'What is it like to be a Catholic in the new millennium?' St
Mary's Cathedral, Grey Street, Hamilton, 7.00 pm..
6 September: "The Prophetic Call to Justice". 5:30pm to 7:00pm at
Loaves and Fishes, Anglican Cathedral of Wellington, cnr of Hill and
Molesworth Streets, Wellington. Cost: $5 a person. For more Information
contact Kay Smith: catholicjpd@globe.net.nz
7 September: 'Spirituality for the New Millennium' $10 per 9.00am-12.30
Stella Maris Conference Centre, Seatoun.
7 September: 'The New Reign of God' $5 per person :7.30 -9.00pm Mercy
Centre, Guilford Terrace, Thorndon.
8 September 'Transformation and Prophetic Leadership - living the vows
today' $10 per person Mercy Centre, Guilford Terrace Thorndon.

31 August 2001 (Closing Date)
'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature
sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative
Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20
2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,
Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax:
(09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322

2-9 September
Centennial Festival of Arts and Music, Sacred Heart Cathedral,
Wellington
a weeklong festival celebrating the Cathedral's centennial year and the
completion of its restoration, featuring a daily cycles of
recitals, concerts and poetry readings and Masses. Full programme at:
http://www.shcathedral.wellington.net.nz/centennial/index.htm

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EMPLOYMENT

(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )

Registered Nurses, Vincentian home and Hospital, Berhampore, Wellington.
Full-time and part-time positions. Details form Helen Green
(Nurse-Manager) tel (04) 380 0294

Pregnancy Help (Auckland Branch)
1. Principal co-ordinator (28 hours per week)
2. Relief co-ordinator (normal 14 hours per week)
Details from Betty Edmond, tel: (09) 309 5115 Fax: (09) 309 5114 PO Box
5329 Wellesley St, Auckland.
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Every best wish and all God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' forum manager

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CATHOLIC PRESS & WEB TV

Catholictv.net
http://catholictv.net/

A team based at the Catholic Communications Office in Wellington has opened a Website called 'Catholictv.net' to broadcast locally-produced Catholic video programmes on the Internet. The technical quality is not great at present but the team are determined to improve it and broaden the variety of programming. Certainly, there is tremendous potential for developing this service, for example by producing a video magazine of the kaleidoscope of people and projects within the Catholic Church in NZ.

Programmes currently available to view: * Generosity and voluntary service: interviews with a volunteer at the Sisters of Compassion Wellington soup kitchen, and its co-ordinator Sr Margaret Mary; and with Anne Dickinson, the directory of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, our bishops' agency for justice, peace and development. * Sisters of Mercy: Vocations within the vocation. An interview with Anna who recently entered the Sisters' novitiate.


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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Government treads on charities' toes ' NZ Herald 10 Aug 2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=business&thesubsection=&st\ oryID=206552 Finance Minister Michael Cullen says the purpose of the review of how charities are taxed is not to reduce the level of support the Government gives through the tax system, but to ensure that it is well targeted, transparent and can be monitored. Its critics say it embodies a simplistic understanding of charities' business activities and financial management. The critics believe it will impose compliance costs that charities can ill afford........

'A city at prayer' (photo) NZ Herald 11 Aug 2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=206470 Prayer is as hard to define as air is to catch in your hand. It is a thing of utmost simplicity and utter mystery; a reaching towards holiness. It has been said that prayer is to religion what rational thought is to philosophy. Described by Teresa of Avila, a 16th-century Spanish mystic, prayer is "an intimate friendship, a frequent conversation held alone with the Beloved".....

'Professor's plea saves some history ' (photo) Waikato Times 11 August 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,899473a1601,FF.html Nearly 60 years have passed since she said it, but Paul Day chuckles at the young Italian woman's words about 50 Kiwi POWs proudly heading to church each Sunday evening in their best battle dress. "Oh, we did like to watch you marching." His eyes sparkle as he talks about the Kiwi soldiers standing in Prati Nuovi's church of Saint Giovanni (St John), not understanding a word of the latin service. Now Prof Day translates an Italian newspaper story Once Upon a Time There Was Prati Nuovi about this professor from a "very far distant town" who helped save what means so much to him.

'All Blacks get a little divine inspiration ' (photo) NZ Herald 11 Aug 2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=206823 11.08.2001 By SCOTT MacLEOD Nun-power may be the biggest secret weapon the All Blacks possess. For decades, the Sisters of Mercy in Dunedin have prayed for All Black ascendancy with startling results - the Wallabies* have never won a test at Carisbrook. The keenest is Sister Mary-Pat McEvoy, who prays before every 'Brook game involving the All Blacks*, Otago and Highlanders. The nuns pray for good weather, no injuries and a good clean game. And when the local super-boot is kicking "we say, 'Please Lord, help Tony Brown kick this goal'." * ('All Blacks' and 'Wallabies' are the New Zealand and Australian national rugby football teams. The Wallabies beat the All Blacks 23-15 and kicker Tony Brown didn't have a nice day. On the other hand, the weather was good, there were no injuries and they had a good clean game. That's something, I suppose ... ML) Match report: http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,899473a1601,FF.html

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EDUCATION

NZ Catholic Education Office. 'Lighting New Fires', issue 3, June 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/nzceo/lightingnewfires.htm Featuring ... Curriculum Stocktake Committee discussing school values and attitudes. ERO to inspect school hostels Teaching, assessment and planning software. Scholarships for East Timor students Resources suitable for sexuality courses for Years 8 – 13 ‘Living Values’ assessment kit for schools News of NZ's Catholic schools, by region

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EVENTS

August-September Visit of Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of 'Reclaiming Spirituality: A New Spiritual Framework for Today's World' 25 August: 'How do we live spirituality today? Spirituality for the new millennium'. St Columba’s Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby. Open session hosted by the NZ Catholic Institute of Theology: 29 August: 'What is it like to be a Catholic in the new millennium?' St Mary's Cathedral, Grey Street, Hamilton, 7.00 pm.. 6 September: "The Prophetic Call to Justice". 5:30pm to 7:00pm at Loaves and Fishes, Anglican Cathedral of Wellington, cnr of Hill and Molesworth Streets, Wellington. Cost: $5 a person. For more Information contact Kay Smith: catholicjpd@globe.net.nz 7 September: 'Spirituality for the New Millennium' $10 per 9.00am-12.30 Stella Maris Conference Centre, Seatoun. 7 September: 'The New Reign of God' $5 per person :7.30 -9.00pm Mercy Centre, Guilford Terrace, Thorndon. 8 September 'Transformation and Prophetic Leadership - living the vows today' $10 per person Mercy Centre, Guilford Terrace Thorndon.

31 August 2001 (Closing Date) 'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20 2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax: (09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322

2-9 September Centennial Festival of Arts and Music, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington a weeklong festival celebrating the Cathedral's centennial year and the completion of its restoration, featuring a daily cycles of recitals, concerts and poetry readings and Masses. Full programme at: http://www.shcathedral.wellington.net.nz/centennial/index.htm

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EMPLOYMENT

(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )

Assistant Adviser in Youth and Young Adult ministry, Archdiocesan Pastoral Services Department, Wellington . 20 hours per week. Details from: lorraine.mcarthur@xtra.co.nz Tel: (04) 4961706. Applications close Friday 17 August 2001

Registered Nurses, Vincentian home and Hospital, Berhampore, Wellington. Full-time and part-time positions. Details form Helen Green (Nurse-Manager) tel (04) 380 0294

Pregnancy Help (Auckland Branch) 1. Principal co-ordinator (28 hours per week) 2. Relief co-ordinator (normal 14 hours per week) Details from Betty Edmond, tel: (09) 309 5115 Fax: (09) 309 5114 PO Box 5329 Wellesley St, Auckland.

aug 5 2001

"But God said to him: 'Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?' So it is when a man stores up treasure for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God." (St Luke's Gospel 12:20-21) Dear friends, I have re-made the Overseas Catholic Press page on the bishops Website. The direct link is: http://www.catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/overseas.html The page has direct links to three Catholic weeklies - L'Osservatore Romano's English edition (Vatican), National Catholic Reporter (U.S.) and The Tablet (U.K.). I have replaced the other links that were formerly on this page with links to four directories of Catholic periodicals in the United States, Australia, and worldwide. The latter directory lists 1200 catholic periodicals, the most extensive online list I have been able to find. Unfortunately it doesn't include many of the publications' Websites, but on the revamped page I have explained how you can search for a particular Website, and I'm always happy to respond if anyone asks me to locate a Catholic site. The changes reduce one of the major headaches of managing a Website: the fact that links to other sites are constantly changing or disappearing. The more links you have the more time you have to spend checking them to see if they still work! By linking to a few directories instead of lots of individual sites, I can simplify the task of keeping the bishops' pages up-to-date while making available a much wider selection of Catholic reading on the Internet. I wish you many hours of rewarding reading. God bless, Mike Leon 'kiwicath' forum manager *********************** FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS 'NZ Catholic' No 118, July 29, 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html 'Keen interest in journey to accompany Pompallier ' Potential travellers have been quick to inquire about places on the sacred journey to bring Bishop Pompallier's remains back to New Zealand. The level of interest following the announcement of the journey earlier this month means only those who were in quickly are likely to get places....... Related Links: St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin. 'Pompallier: history and monuments' ... Historic Places Trust: 'Pompallier House', Russell (1841-1842) view and description ... 'Pompallier - New Zealand's Oldest Factory' (Schools Kit) 'Debt will be in spotlight in September ' Mortgage repayments, credit card statements, student loans, rates, insurances, bills for power, gas, water and repairs, school fees, car and dog registration -- debt is something most people understand and it is this year's topic for Social Justice Week, September 16-22....... Related Link: Caritas NZ: Social Justice Week 2001 'Auckland cathedral to get major renovations ' Conservation and renovation of St Patrick's Cathedral and surrounding church property planned to begin next July will be a major project. The most dramatic change proposed for the outside of the Auckland cathedral is a new annex on its northern side. It will include reception area and offices, social space for the congregation, a choir practice room and storage. A major interior change will be the placement of the tabernacle in the middle of the cathedral's back wall and a suspended crucifix above the altar. .... Related Link: Catholic Diocese of Auckland >From the 'Think Page' for young adults: 'Finding your roots'; for some people this is not a pleasant experience… it's that awful feeling you get when you look in the mirror and say, "Crap, my roots are showing again" and you realise it's time to fork out for another packet of do-it-yourself hair-dye. But those aren't the roots I'm talking about. I'm talking about your ancestral roots.... ************************ FROM THE SECULAR PRESS 'Nun's tramping* habit inspired teens ' Evening Post 27 July 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,881459a1938,FF.html For Sister Marie Gabrielle the point of tramping wasn't so much getting where you were going as what you did along the way. The Duke of Edinburgh Award excursions into the countryside she led for years were like outdoor botany classes for her students at Lower Hutt's Sacred Heart College. She encouraged them to appreciate nature by helping them identify the region's plant and wildlife but always with the proviso that they had fun....... * 'tramping' = hiking 'Highly regarded classics scholar ' The Press 02 August 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,887667a2726,FF.html Professor Kevin Lee was known in Christchurch as a man of wit, warmth, and wisdom. He was known internationally as a scholar and held in high regard for his research, writing, and teaching in classics. He was a staunch Catholic who took leadership roles on many church groups, including the board of Rochester and Rutherford Halls and the Board of Trustees of St Bede's College, and was an adviser to the Catholic Bishop of Christchurch. He also did a great amount of quiet work for social justice organisations........... **************************************** EVENTS 8-12 August 2001 Healing Crusade with Fr John Rea SM, Glenfield, Henderson, Pakuranga, Manurewa and Epsom. Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 29 p.21 and at: http://www.rc.net/newzealand/lamb_of_god/healing/healingakl01.htm Visit of Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of 'Reclaiming Spirituality: A New Spiritual Framework for Today's World' 25 August: at St Columba's Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby. Open session hosted by the NZ Catholic Insititute of Theology: 'How do we live spirituality today? Spirituality for the new millennium'. 29 August: at St Mary's Cathedral, Grey Street, Hamilton, 7.00 pm. 'What is it like to be a Catholic in the new millennium?'. 31 August 2001 (Closing Date) 'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20 2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax: (09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322

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"He said to them, 'Say this when you pray:

Father, may your name be held holy.

Your kingdom come.

Give us each day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins,

for we ourselves forgive each one who is in debt to us.

And do not put us to the test.'"

(St Luke's Gospel 11:2-4)

Dear friends,

The stories from this weekend's 'NZ Catholic' newspaper (

http://www.catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html ) haven't made

it on to their Web site yet, but I will give them a write-up next week

without fail.

God bless,

Mike Leon

'kiwicath' forum manager

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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS

St Vincent de Paul Society Newsletter Autumn/Winter 2001

http://www.svdp.org.nz/society_news/index.asp

Highlights:

Centenary of the death of Charles Gordon O'Neil, founder of the Society

in New Zealand and Australia

"A long and fascinating path": Introducing Anne-Marie McCarten, the

Society's new National Secretary (photos)

"$4.5m Project On $1 Property": The Hastings Regional Council has been

offered three and a half acres of beachfront land at Waimarama for $1

and hopes to develop a $4.5 million school holiday campsite and holiday

homes for families in the area.

"Light Years Ahead Of Other Countries": Some of the things that are

happening with the Society's youth activities in New Zealand are light

years ahead of other countries, the National President, Kevin Tansley,

told the National Council meeting.

"Strangers In Our Midst - Part Three": The third and final part of the

story of the Society's part in helping migrants and refugees in New

Zealand, by Des Ryan.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Talking the Te Reo talk '

NZ Herald 28.07.2001

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\

D=202487

With the Government having committed $176 million for a Maori television

channel, Brenon O'Flaherty reports on some of the Pakeha who have taken

to this country's second official language. One of today's leading Maori

language educators, Catholic priest Mick Ryan, also has his name on a

Maori dictionary and language instruction texts.......

'Farewell to the fathers '

The Press 28 July 2001

http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,881428a1936,FF.html

The Marist order of priest-teachers played an important role in early

Canterbury, but they have been withdrawing from Catholic schools. Next

year they leave St Bedes, writes Mike Crean. Leaving will be a wrench

for Fr Kevin Manning, who came to St Bede's in 1959. Apart from four

years in Timaru and two in the United States, he has been there ever

since. He retired from teaching 10 years ago..........

'Redemptorists close Bower Ave monastery ' (photo)

The Press 23 July 2001

http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,874303a1934,FF.html

More than 50 years of religious service in Canterbury has come to an end

for a Catholic order. Priests of the Redemptorist order marked the

closing of their monastery and church in Bower Avenue, New Brighton,

with a special Mass and ceremony yesterday.......

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EMPLOYMENT

Compassion Housing Ltd: Services Manager

Compassion Housing Limited is a Sisters of Compassion charitable company

which manages the Sisters' pensioner rental units in Upper Hutt. Details

in Wel-com July 2001, and from Monty Arnott monty.arnott@hoc.org.nz or

send to PO Box 1474, Wellington. Tel. 04-383 4952 Fax. 04 383 7718

Sisters of Compassion Website: http://www.hoc.org.nz

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EVENTS & COURSES

29th July - 2nd December 2001

School of Missions, St. Gerard's Monastery, Wellington, New Zealand,

conducted by the International Catholic Programme of Evangelisation

(ICPE)

Details at: http://www.icpe.org/newzealand/SchoolsofMission.html

8-12 August 2001

Healing Crusade with Fr John Rea SM, Glenfield, Henderson, Pakuranga,

Manurewa and Epsom. Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 29 p.21 and at:

http://www.rc.net/newzealand/lamb_of_god/healing/healingakl01.htm

31 August 2001 (Closing Date)

'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature

sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative

Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20

2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,

Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax:

(09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Hapu steps up protests on school sale ' The Daily News (Taranaki) 19 July 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,870587a1885,FF.html A South Taranaki hapu is stepping up protests against the sale of the Manaia Catholic School. Yesterday, Manaia's Ngati Tu hapu put up a sign protesting the sale and said action would continue in an attempt to get back the land, which they say was confiscated by the Crown in the 1860s......

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EMPLOYMENT

Compassion Housing Ltd: Services Manager Compassion Housing Limited is a Sisters of Compassion charitable company which manages the Sisters' pensioner rental units in Upper Hutt. Details in Wel-com July 2001, and from Monty Arnott monty.arnott@hoc.org.nz or send to PO Box 1474, Wellington. Tel. 04-383 4952 Fax. 04 383 7718 Sisters of Compassion Website: http://www.hoc.org.nz

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EVENTS & COURSES

29th July - 2nd December 2001 School of Missions, St. Gerard's Monastery, Wellington, New Zealand, conducted by the International Catholic Programme of Evangelisation (ICPE) Details at: http://www.icpe.org/newzealand/SchoolsofMission.html

'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20 2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax: (09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322 Closing date: 31 August 2001

"Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

"What is written in the Law. What do you read there?"

"You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your

soul, with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbour

as yourself."

"You have answered right. Do this and life is yours."

(St Luke's Gospel 10:25-28)

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Dear friends,

To our Gallic members here and overseas: I wish you a pleasant Bastille

Day. Now, if you are very quick, when you click on this link -

http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,0a1700,FF.html - you'll see a

photo of a gendarme, a soldier of the Imperial Guard and a matelot

storming the headquarters of the Alliance Francaise in Wellington.

God bless,

Mike Leon

'kiwicath' forum manager

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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS

Online articles from this weekend's 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, No 117,

July 15, 2001

http://www.catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html

'New Zealander probes Holland's low rate of abortion'

As last year's abortion total of 16,103 - the highest ever - was

released last month, pro-life campaigner Marilyn Pryor launched her new

book 'Abortion in the Netherlands'. Her study of why Holland's abortion

rate is the lowest in the Western world was launched at a public meeting

in Gore, one of half a dozen meetings the former national president of

the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child addressed throughout

Southland......

'Historic convent destroyed but nuns escape unharmed'

The historic Sacred Heart convent and chapel in Napier are unlikely to

be rebuilt after being destroyed in an inferno on June 30. A neighbour

saw smoke coming from the convent shortly before midday and raised the

alarm. Four nuns escaped and dozens of firefighters brought the blaze

under control, but not before the convent, chapel and two cars parked

nearby had been lost, and the old part of the Sacred Heart College

hostel, used by 6th and 7th form girls, had been damaged........

[Link to Sacred Heart College and a photo of the fire]

'Pompallier may heal old rifts on return '

A journey of healing and reconciliation may follow the return from

France next year of the remains of New Zealand's first Catholic bishop.

On July 1 the Bishop of Auckland, Bishop Pat Dunn, announced in a

pastoral letter that the remains of Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier

would return on January 13 next year, 163 years to the day after Bishop

Pompallier celebrated the first Mass on New Zealand soil....

[Links to the NZ Dictionary of Biography's entry for Bishop Pompallier;

and to a Website of the North Hokianga region]

>From NZC's 'Think Page' for young adult Catholics:

http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/Think.html

Everyone is leaving me!!! Well, not everyone, but it feels that way

sometimes. I've got friends going to Rome, Sydney, and Wellington.

They've all left me for the culture, the money, and the politicians

(actually, the movies!). What about God? How much of your prayer and

Church life involves your friends and family and local community? I

didn't think about it until I talked to a friend of mine back from a

year in the UK.....

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'When duty calls for prayer power' (photo)

The Press 14 July 2001

http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,863822a1934,FF.html

An armed man in a Christchurch house. Terrified neighbours. A call to

the police. A cordon thrown around the property. The senior police

officer calls the man to come out. The man says he will talk only to a

priest. Small, gentle, police chaplain Monsignor Bede O'Gorman agrees to

go. He pulled a giant greatcoat over his usual coat to try to look

intimidating, he told a gathering at the Christchurch Police Station to

farewell the priest who has been police chaplain for 27 years....

[Open the National Catholic directory at

http://www.catholic.org.nz/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html and click

the 'Chaplains' link to see a list of the Catholic police, prison and

military chaplains, plus Workplace Support personnel.]

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EDUCATION

New on 'Faith Central', a resource site for New Zealand Catholic

schools:

CONSCIENCE MORALITY VALUES

http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/morality.htm

The Conscience, Morality and Values topic highlights Morality and Ethics

in general, Conscience, Church and Morality and the 10 Commandments.

Regular use is made of official Catholic Church sources. In addition to

these topics, some attention is also given to a broad scattering of

today's more general moral issues, and the resource presents a way of

addressing some of these issues online. The matter of integrity is

examined simply by linking to the lives of several well known people.

For those with access to the Staffroom, there's also a new section in

the Year 11 area with loads of "Morality and Conscience" case studies:

http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/staff/

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EMPLOYMENT

Retail and Customer Service Opportunities

Catholic Supplies Ltd, a Christian retail supply and distribution

company, is looking for sales and customer service staff for their

Wellington based centre. We are keen to hear from people who like to

sell and provide good customer service, and have good literacy and

numeracy, along with some computer skills. Please send applications with

C.V. to: catholic.supplies@clear.net.nz For further information please

telephone Eve Hayden on 025 222 2122

Compassion Housing Ltd: Services Manager

Compassion Housing Limited is a Sisters of Compassion charitable company

which manages the Sisters' pensioner rental units in Upper Hutt. Details

in Wel-com July 2001, and from Monty Arnott monty.arnott@hoc.org.nz or

send to PO Box 1474, Wellington. Tel. 04-383 4952 Fax. 04 383 7718

Sisters of Compassion Website: http://www.hoc.org.nz

Pastoral Care Chaplain, Baradene College, Remuera, Auckland

Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 15 2001 p.17 and from:

admin@baradene.school.nz

http://www.baradene.school.nz

Applications close 20 July 2001

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EVENTS & COURSES

20 July 2001

Wellington Catholic Secondary Schools Polynesian Festival

Queens Wharf Event Centre, 5.30 pm-

Adults $8, children free

23-27 July 2001

Churches' Education Commission. State school chaplaincy training course,

Auckland

C.E.C. is the educational agency of the churches, established "to

stimulate, service and co-ordinate the concerns of member denominations

and related organisations for Christian and general education in New

Zealand".

Details in 'NZ Catholic' 3 June 2001 p.23 and from the Commission, PO

Box 26-679 St Heliers Bay, Auckland 1005. Tel: 09 622 0664; in

Wellington tel; 04 384 3587. Website: http://www.cec.org.nz/

Closing date for applications to enrol: 30 June 2001

29th July - 2nd December 2001

School of Missions, St. Gerard's Monastery, Wellington, New Zealand,

conducted by the International Catholic Programme of Evangelisation

(ICPE)

Details at: http://www.icpe.org/newzealand/SchoolsofMission.html

'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature

sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative

Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20

2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,

Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax:

(09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322 Closing date: 31 August 2001

"Whatever house you go into, let your first word be: "Peace to this

house!" And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest

on him; if not, it will come back to you."

Saint Luke's Gospel ch.10 vv. 5-6

[I understand this to mean that all prayer is always effective. If the

person or situation for which a prayer is said does not change, the

benefit comes back to the one who prays. ML]

Dear friends,

Thank you once again for the variety and interest of your posts this

week.

God bless,

Mike Leon

'kiwicath' forum manager

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Nuns grateful '

Waikato Times 3 July 2001

[Full text not available]

The four Catholic sisters who lost everything in Saturday's devastating

Sacred Heart College fire in Hastings say they have been overwhelmed by

people's generosity. Their two-storey home, the 110- year-old Sisters of

Our Lady of the Mission Convent, was reduced to a pile of charcoal in

the fire which also destroyed the college's chapel and severely damaged

the college hostel.

'Mufti money'

The Press 4 July 2001

[Full text not available]

Catholic primary schools throughout New Zealand have held mufti days to

raise money for religious education in the Solomon Islands. Last year

Catholic primary principals decided to set aside one day each year to

raise funds for children in crisis. Fighting between Solomon Island

groups displaced 40,000 people from their homes before a peace agreement

was signed last September.

'Priest described as a 'saint in the making' ' (photo)

Manawatu Evening Standard 07 July 2001

http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,856393a1900,FF.html

"The singer may be silenced, but the melody lingers on," was just one of

the thoughts shared yesterday at the funeral of the vicar-general of the

Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North, Monsignor Brian McAloon.........

'Monsignor leaves his final thoughts ' (photo)

Manawatu Evening Standard 07 July 2001

http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,856395a1900,FF.html

Shortly before his death, Monsignor Brian McAloon wrote his "farewell

thoughts and reflections" in a pamphlet handed out to parishioners at

Mass last week. There were 650 copies and there are none left. This is

an abridged version of his final thoughts....

[Even in its abridged form, this is an outstanding faith-testimony. I

was particularly interested by Msgr Mcaloon's point that "time" is a

function of the physical universe only, which ceases in Eternity. ML]

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EMPLOYMENT

Retail and Customer Service Opportunities

Catholic Supplies Ltd, a Christian retail supply and distribution

company, is looking for sales and customer service staff for their

Wellington based centre. We are keen to hear from people who like to

sell and provide good customer service, and have good literacy and

numeracy, along with some computer skills. Please send applications with

C.V. to: catholic.supplies@clear.net.nz For further information please

telephone Eve Hayden on 025 222 2122

Compassion Housing Ltd: Services Manager

Compassion Housing Limited is a Sisters of Compassion charitable company

which manages the Sisters' pensioner rental units in Upper Hutt. Details

in Wel-com July 2001, and from Monty Arnott monty.arnott@hoc.org.nz or

send to PO Box 1474, Wellington. Tel. 04-383 4952 Fax. 04 383 7718

Sisters of Compassion Website: http://www.hoc.org.nz

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EVENTS & COURSES

23-27 July 2001

Churches' Education Commission. State school chaplaincy training course,

Auckland

C.E.C. is the educational agency of the churches, established "to

stimulate, service and co-ordinate the concerns of member denominations

and related organisations for Christian and general education in New

Zealand".

Details in 'NZ Catholic' 3 June 2001 p.23 and from the Commission, PO

Box 26-679 St Heliers Bay, Auckland 1005. Tel: 09 622 0664; in

Wellington tel; 04 384 3587. Website: http://www.cec.org.nz/

Closing date for applications to enrol: 30 June 2001

29th July - 2nd December 2001

School of Missions, St. Gerard's Monastery, Wellington, New Zealand,

conducted by the International Catholic Programme of Evangelisation

(ICPE)

Details at: http://www.icpe.org/newzealand/SchoolsofMission.html

'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature

sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative

Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20

2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,

Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax:

(09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322 Closing date: 31 August 2001