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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
NZ Catholic Bishops' Conference: Pastoral Letter on the Year of the Eucharist. October 2004 http://www.catholic.org.nz/statements/04eucharist.php
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THE US ELECTION
Moral issue decisive for Bush re-election http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1824 For 22% of American voters, moral values were "most important issue" in determining choice between Bush and Kerry. 55% of practicing Catholics voted Republican...
Religious vote key in US election result The Tablet (UK) Saturday, 6 November 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/citw.cgi/past-00204
Moral issues decide US election NZ Herald 05.11.2004 http://tinyurl.com/6tyvn For all the strategising in both parties on which of the key popular concerns was most likely to win the election for their candidate - would it be Iraq, terrorism or matters of the wallet? - it may have been none of the above. The trump card appears to have been moral issues...
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
From issue No. 199, October 31-November 13, 2004 :
Former police commissioner to direct abuse office Wellington - A former commissioner of police, John Jamieson, will be the director of the new office that will evaluate the Catholic Church's procedures for dealing with complaints of abuse....
Sockburn church recognised as "iconic" Christchurch - The iconic Our Lady of Victories Church in Sockburn has received an Award for Enduring Architecture in the New Zealand Institute of Architects Resene Local Architecture Awards for 2004....
MPs "under pressure" on abortion conscience vote Wellington - National MP Judith Collins says Labour MPs are being pressured to vote against her Care of Children Bill amendment about underage girls and abortion....
Also In Issue 199:
NATIONAL Different ways to collect dues ... New classrooms opened ... US singer heard at cathedral ... Mercy Day challenge ... Property issues discussed... ERO File
FEATURES Centenary held by parish of healing and hot pools ... After 40 years, CYMers recall a memorable trip to Fiji ... Stealing at school an abuse of trust ... Teachers not bullied at Catholic schools ... Unsung saints Award to couple for outstanding parish service ... Magazine is launched for Christian women
INTERNATIONAL Pope calls for deeper love for Eucharist ... Conflicts for water predicted to grow ... Bishops speak out for river system ... Presence at Mass does not give right to Communion ... Hospital threatened by tax in Jerusalem ... Nobel laureate thanks school ... The Pope: Biological diversity should be preserved ... Difficult decisions in resuscitation area ... Vatican wants curbs on military spending ... Human dimensions must not be ignored ... Heresy claim against Kerry misrepresented ... Diplomatic challenges posed by powerful lobbies ... Bid to clone humans... ... Priests sail against the wind ... Caution over report
OPINION Editorial: Initiatives for Year of the Eucharist Malcolm Evans, Letters Joy Cowley: A letter to the Pope Parish Diary: Contemplating our death Ronald Rolheiser: Failure and the second half of life Others Say
REGULAR FEATURES Books, Monitor, Tape Deck, Net Scene, Clips, Think Page, Doolans, Family Talk, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Holy Lives, That Word!, Kit's Corner, Photo Prayer, Scripture, Wit's End.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
School says sorry over teacher aide's 'sluts' jibe Sunday Star Times 07 November 2004 http://tinyurl.com/43svo A Catholic primary school principal has apologised to four 12-year-olds because a teacher aide called the girls "sluts" after they exposed their midriffs to sunbathe during a break. Despite the apology, mothers of two of the pupils are unhappy with the handling of the matter by the school, St Francis de Sales in Wellington....
School curriculum gives guidance on values Scoop 5 November 2004 http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0411/S00158.htm The school curriculum framework gives guidance about attitudes and values that are important to New Zealand Society, Associate Education Minister, Marian Hobbs said when asked to comment on Cardinal Tom Williams' call for ethics and philosophy to be taught in all secondary schools...
Germany or bust for young Catholics on a mission (photo) MyTown.co.nz 05.11.2004 http://tinyurl.com/6pdjr A group of young Wellingtonian Catholics are working hard to fundraise a three-and-a-half week pilgrimage through Europe in celebration of World Youth Day....
Spirited away: why the end is nigh for religion (3 pages) The Times (UK) November 04, 2004 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-1342587,00.html Christianity will be eclipsed by spirituality in 30 years, startling new research predicts. Our correspondent reports on the collapse of traditional religion and the rise of mysticism...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Holy See and Islam defend children’s rights. Message for the end of Ramadan. http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1835 Vatican City (AsiaNews) – The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue had devoted this year’s message for Id al-Fitr - the end of Ramadan - to ‘Children, Gift of God for the Future of Humanity’...
The Pope to Allawi: build democracy http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1827 Vatican City (AsiaNews - 4 November, 2004) – The Pope offered his encouragement to Iraqi efforts to build democracy, in respect for ethnic and religious diversity, expressing the hope that “the Christian community will make its contribution” to this end. This is what John Paul would like for Iraq’s future, a hope that he expressed to Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, today at the Vatican....
Indian Christian unconditionally deported from Saudi Arabia http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1812 Riyadh (AsiaNews/MEC 2 November, 2004) - Mr. Brian O'Connor (36), an Indian Christian, was unconditionally deported from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 2nd November after 7 months and 7 days in prison...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
MEDIA RELEASES
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
NZ Catholic Bishops' Pastoral Letter on the Eucharist (4 November 2004) The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has called on the universal Church to mark the twelve months from October 2004 till October 2005 as the Year of the Eucharist. The complete statement is available at: http://www.catholic.org.nz/statements/04eucharist.php
Combined Anglican and Catholic Bishops' statement on the Foreshore and Seabed Legislation (4 Nov. 2004) The Anglican and Catholic Bishops have expressed their combined support for the position taken by various church organisations in their submissions on the Foreshore and Seabed legislation. The full statement is available at: http://www.catholic.org.nz/statements/0410foreshoreseabed.php
The continued detention of Ahmed Zaoui (04 Nov 2004) In a combined statement, the Catholic and Anglican Bishops are urging the Government to urgently consider the situation of Ahmed Zaoui who has been held without charge in custody for almost two years. The full statement is available at: http://www.catholic.org.nz/statements/0410zaoui.php
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Allawi meets Pope Moral issues "decisive" in Bush re-election Red tape thwarts refugees' chances for tertiary study Queensland priest due for release from prison ACU to boost nursing Parishioners forgive burglar who burned their church
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz
Catholic Submissions Call for More Dialogue on Foreshore and Seabed Legislation (4 November, 2004) Caritas has produced a publication which brings together submissions on the Foreshore and Seabed Bill made by Catholic agencies, religious congregations, parish groups and individuals from around the country. The publication coincides with the reporting back to Parliament of the Fisheries and Other Sea-related Legislation Select Committee....
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NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE
'Lighting New Fires' Newsletter, and Catholic Schools' Supplement. November 2004
http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz/lightingnewfires.shtml
In this issue of the Newsletter: Editorial, by Brother Pat Lynch: the 2003 School Sector Report ... Capital Works Projects at Integrated Schools: Minimum Standards, Attendance Dues .... Fewer Students Leave School Without Qualifications... Adult Literacy Gaps ... Attitudes to Secondary School ... Announcement of Pilot Project for Improving Student Management System... Congratulations to: (chronicle of achievements of Catholic schools throughout NZ) ... Improving Education for Mäori Students, and All Students ... International Educational Statistics ... Recent Reports Available from ERO ... Scholarships for Teacher Training ... Apprenticeship Scheme Continues to Grow ... Boarding School Bursaries... Ministry of Education Programmes Help Students At Risk ... Technological Uptake in New Zealand ... Reducing the Harm – New Police Programme for Colleges and Communities
In the Catholic Schools' Supplement: Editorial: Pope John Paul and New Zealand’s Catholic schools ... Pope John Paul II Congratulates Our Catholic Schools ... Prospective Principals of Catholic Secondary Schools ... National Centre for Religious Studies Publishes New Resources ... ‘Seeds of the Word: Ngä Käkano o te Kupu’ – new publication by Fr Phil Cody ... Congratulations to Wellington Catholic Education Centre ... Tertiary Courses for Teachers in Catholic Schools ... Important Research Recommendations -Catholic Secondary School Education ... Year of the Eucharist Announced... Mary MacKillop Place Children’s Art Award ... Signs of Hope ... Did you know? ... Extended Use for British Schools ... Golden Jubilee ... Theology is the ‘In’ Subject in Britain ... Recommended Website
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for November 5, 2004 : Anniversary of Rome's Lay Centre; Non-Christian religions in Catholic education; The Eucharistic Prayer and ecumenical sensitivity; interview with the head of the Knights of Columbus; Vox Clara Commission and the new Roman Missal; John Paul receives Iraq's Ayad Allawi
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Layout Sub-Editor, 'NZ Catholic', Ponsonby, Auckland Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 31 - Nov. 13 2004 p.19, and from The Editor, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Auckland; e-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz Applications close 10 November
Edmund Rice Network, New Zealand. National Co-ordinator http://www.edmundrice.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 17-30 2004 p.23 and from Br Paul Robertson, St Peter's College, mountain Rd., Auckland 1003. Tel (09) 524 8108 ext 313; e-mail: admin@st-peters.school.nz Applications close 15 November 2004
Christian Blind Mission International: Office assistant (20 hours pw; two positions), Newmarket, Auckland http://www.cbmi.org/cbm_new_zealand.htm Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 31 - Nov. 13 2004 p.19, and from CBMI, tel. (09) 522 0902 Applications close 22 November 2004
Sunday, November 7, 2004
Sunday, October 31, 2004
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SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS (November 1)
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SOULS (November 2)
"Journey to New Life" - http://www.ake.quik.co.nz/termon/ - links to the Readings for the Sundays and Holydays of the year, with commentaries on them and suggestions for appropriate liturgies where Mass is not available. Compiled by Fr Bill Fletcher (Otahuhu)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Poles apart (photo) Manawatu Standard 26 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3076753a1861,00.html The Polish community celebrates the 60th anniversary this weekend of the arrival in New Zealand of a group of mostly Polish children refugees. Ewan Sargent reports...
Mary Potter Hospital closure shocks staff (photo) The Press (Chch) 29 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3080204a7144,00.html Managers at the 90-year-old Mary Potter Hospital for the elderly, set up by a Catholic order of nuns in 1913, shocked staff and patients' families by announcing on Wednesday that it was closing...
Pax Christi Supports Divestment from Israel (press release) Scoop, 28 October 2004, http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0410/S00270.htm The 10th anniversary assembly of Pax Christi Aotearoa-New Zealand, held in Auckland on 1-2 October, endorsed the Anglican Peace and Justice Networks and Presbyterian Church of the United States in their recent call for divestment in Israel modelled on the popular boycott of apartheid South Africa...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Kerry brings faith to the fore as election nears The Tablet (UK) 30 October 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/citw.cgi/past-00203 The Democrat US presidential candidate John Kerry spoke this week about how 'his sense of faith' would guide his prospective administration...
Chaldean Church delegation meets al-Sistani to build peace in the country http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1800 Baghdad (AsiaNews) – “It was a very cordial meeting, like between brothers who love each” and the discussion touched upon what to do to “treat a sick country,” Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Emmanuel Delly said in a telephone interview with AsiaNews. He was referring to a meeting between a Chaldean delegation and ayatollah al-Sistani...
Christians and Muslims together to defeat the culture of violence http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1791 Islamabad (AsiaNews - 29 October, 2004) – Defeating the culture of violence through dialogue is the goal of this year’s annual meeting of Pakistani Muslim and Christian leaders held on October 20 to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan....
Coexistence with Islam and national sovereignty are key issues at Maronite Synod http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1784 Beirut (AsiaNews) – The Maronite Synod has said that it will brook no compromise on the way to “building Islamic-Christian coexistence” and recovering “Lebanon’s freedom, sovereignty and independence”. Lebanon, it said, must be preserved as an example that counters “the so-called clashes of religions” and promotes the development of the Arab world “on the basis of human rights and individual liberty”...
A new day-care for Arab Christians and Muslims in Bethlehem http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1770
Europe’s deafening silence vis-à-vis Asia’s persecuted Christians http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1790
Ten months in jail and 300 lashes for Christian prisoner O'Connor http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1776
"We Are in the Modern Catacombs," Says Young Iraqi Catholic http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=61000
A voice from the bush The Tablet (UK) 30 October 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-00948 Les Murray is Australia's leading poet - a man who delights in confounding the urban cultural elite with his unfashionable themes and Catholic faith...
A Vatican-Watcher Goes Public -- With Her Conversion Alessandra Borghese's Book Hailed as Courageous http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60941
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
International News
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Catholic politician completes Howard's Senate majority Immediate police checks for Catholic school teachers Pope comments on European Commission dispute Ratzinger says cloning "more dangerous than weapons of mass destruction" NSW diocese looking towards updated schools administration Sydney cathedral clinches top design prize
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"COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH,"
Presentation of Compendium of Church's Social Doctrine http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60944 [A comprehensive summary of the contents and purpose of the Compendium]
Social Doctrine: a guide for Catholics in today's globalized world http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1759 [A shorter overview of the Compendium with special mention of its sections on the nature of marriage, social justice and the economy, terrorism, and the death penalty]
Compendium of Social Doctrine Boasts an Artful Allegory http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60998 Vatican City, Oct. 26, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The authors of the new Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church chose what may be a fitting piece of artwork to decorate the cover, the fresco painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1338-1339) on the "Allegory of Good Government"....
Vatican questions "preventive" wars http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=608746&se\ ction=news Vatican City (Reuters - 25 October, 2004) - A major Vatican document issued a week ahead of the U.S. elections has forcefully restated the Catholic Church's position that preventive wars are permissible only with "clear proof" of an imminent attack....
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 29, 2004 : Evangelising the First World; More about Kerry and Communion; Cardinal Ratzinger on history, politics and religion; the new Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church; Marc Balestrieri and the "excommunication" of John Kerry; More on political currents in the Vatican; US government policy on anti-retroviral drugs
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Layout Sub-Editor, 'NZ Catholic', Ponsonby, Auckland Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 31 - Nov. 13 2004 p.19, and from The Editor, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Auckland; e-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz Applications close 10 November
Edmund Rice Network, New Zealand. National Co-ordinator http://www.edmundrice.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 17-30 2004 p.23 and from Br Paul Robertson, St Peter's College, mountain Rd., Auckland 1003. Tel (09) 524 8108 ext 313; e-mail: admin@st-peters.school.nz Applications close 15 November 2004
Christian Blind Mission International: Office assistant (20 hours pw; two positions), Newmarket, Auckland http://www.cbmi.org/cbm_new_zealand.htm Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 31 - Nov. 13 2004 p.19, and from CBMI, tel. (09) 522 0902 Applications close 22 November 2004
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS (November 1)
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SOULS (November 2)
"Journey to New Life" - http://www.ake.quik.co.nz/termon/ - links to the Readings for the Sundays and Holydays of the year, with commentaries on them and suggestions for appropriate liturgies where Mass is not available. Compiled by Fr Bill Fletcher (Otahuhu)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Poles apart (photo) Manawatu Standard 26 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3076753a1861,00.html The Polish community celebrates the 60th anniversary this weekend of the arrival in New Zealand of a group of mostly Polish children refugees. Ewan Sargent reports...
Mary Potter Hospital closure shocks staff (photo) The Press (Chch) 29 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3080204a7144,00.html Managers at the 90-year-old Mary Potter Hospital for the elderly, set up by a Catholic order of nuns in 1913, shocked staff and patients' families by announcing on Wednesday that it was closing...
Pax Christi Supports Divestment from Israel (press release) Scoop, 28 October 2004, http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0410/S00270.htm The 10th anniversary assembly of Pax Christi Aotearoa-New Zealand, held in Auckland on 1-2 October, endorsed the Anglican Peace and Justice Networks and Presbyterian Church of the United States in their recent call for divestment in Israel modelled on the popular boycott of apartheid South Africa...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Kerry brings faith to the fore as election nears The Tablet (UK) 30 October 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/citw.cgi/past-00203 The Democrat US presidential candidate John Kerry spoke this week about how 'his sense of faith' would guide his prospective administration...
Chaldean Church delegation meets al-Sistani to build peace in the country http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1800 Baghdad (AsiaNews) – “It was a very cordial meeting, like between brothers who love each” and the discussion touched upon what to do to “treat a sick country,” Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Emmanuel Delly said in a telephone interview with AsiaNews. He was referring to a meeting between a Chaldean delegation and ayatollah al-Sistani...
Christians and Muslims together to defeat the culture of violence http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1791 Islamabad (AsiaNews - 29 October, 2004) – Defeating the culture of violence through dialogue is the goal of this year’s annual meeting of Pakistani Muslim and Christian leaders held on October 20 to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan....
Coexistence with Islam and national sovereignty are key issues at Maronite Synod http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1784 Beirut (AsiaNews) – The Maronite Synod has said that it will brook no compromise on the way to “building Islamic-Christian coexistence” and recovering “Lebanon’s freedom, sovereignty and independence”. Lebanon, it said, must be preserved as an example that counters “the so-called clashes of religions” and promotes the development of the Arab world “on the basis of human rights and individual liberty”...
A new day-care for Arab Christians and Muslims in Bethlehem http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1770
Europe’s deafening silence vis-à-vis Asia’s persecuted Christians http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1790
Ten months in jail and 300 lashes for Christian prisoner O'Connor http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1776
"We Are in the Modern Catacombs," Says Young Iraqi Catholic http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=61000
A voice from the bush The Tablet (UK) 30 October 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-00948 Les Murray is Australia's leading poet - a man who delights in confounding the urban cultural elite with his unfashionable themes and Catholic faith...
A Vatican-Watcher Goes Public -- With Her Conversion Alessandra Borghese's Book Hailed as Courageous http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60941
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
International News
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Catholic politician completes Howard's Senate majority Immediate police checks for Catholic school teachers Pope comments on European Commission dispute Ratzinger says cloning "more dangerous than weapons of mass destruction" NSW diocese looking towards updated schools administration Sydney cathedral clinches top design prize
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"COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH,"
Presentation of Compendium of Church's Social Doctrine http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60944 [A comprehensive summary of the contents and purpose of the Compendium]
Social Doctrine: a guide for Catholics in today's globalized world http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1759 [A shorter overview of the Compendium with special mention of its sections on the nature of marriage, social justice and the economy, terrorism, and the death penalty]
Compendium of Social Doctrine Boasts an Artful Allegory http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60998 Vatican City, Oct. 26, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The authors of the new Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church chose what may be a fitting piece of artwork to decorate the cover, the fresco painted by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1338-1339) on the "Allegory of Good Government"....
Vatican questions "preventive" wars http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=608746&se\ ction=news Vatican City (Reuters - 25 October, 2004) - A major Vatican document issued a week ahead of the U.S. elections has forcefully restated the Catholic Church's position that preventive wars are permissible only with "clear proof" of an imminent attack....
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 29, 2004 : Evangelising the First World; More about Kerry and Communion; Cardinal Ratzinger on history, politics and religion; the new Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church; Marc Balestrieri and the "excommunication" of John Kerry; More on political currents in the Vatican; US government policy on anti-retroviral drugs
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Layout Sub-Editor, 'NZ Catholic', Ponsonby, Auckland Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 31 - Nov. 13 2004 p.19, and from The Editor, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Auckland; e-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz Applications close 10 November
Edmund Rice Network, New Zealand. National Co-ordinator http://www.edmundrice.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 17-30 2004 p.23 and from Br Paul Robertson, St Peter's College, mountain Rd., Auckland 1003. Tel (09) 524 8108 ext 313; e-mail: admin@st-peters.school.nz Applications close 15 November 2004
Christian Blind Mission International: Office assistant (20 hours pw; two positions), Newmarket, Auckland http://www.cbmi.org/cbm_new_zealand.htm Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 31 - Nov. 13 2004 p.19, and from CBMI, tel. (09) 522 0902 Applications close 22 November 2004
Sunday, October 24, 2004
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WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
Mother Teresa, bold missionary of the Gospel http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1721 Today, October 19, is the anniversary of the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, whose life was "a bold proclamation of the Gospel", as the Pope wrote in proclaiming her blessed. AsiaNews offers its readers, in memory of this "mother of the poor", the last letter written to her sister Missionaries of Charity...
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'THE FAR EAST'
Magazine of the Australian and New Zealand province of St Columban's Missionary Society
http://www.columban.org.au/tfe/tfe_current.htm
From the September issue:
Editorial: "Small is beautiful" In 1973 Ernst Friedrich Schumacher (1911-1977), the German-born British economist, wrote the book, Small is Beautiful, which still challenges people to view the world ‘as if people really mattered..."
The Director's Message Recently I listened to two young women talking at a mission conference about their experiences of missionary work in Africa. What was very important to them was the relationships that they had developed with the people there...
Two Poems 'In a land not my own', by Columban lay missionary Cynthia Empleo, as she prepared to return home to her native Philippines after serving in Fiji for three years. 'The Columbans', by Vikendra Nair, a teacher at St Teresa’s school, Ba, Fiji.
'Women of struggle' (Part 2) Columban Fr Leo Donnelly listened to the stories of a group of modern apostles about their experience of serving their communities.
'International interfaith', by Fr Colin Murphy I became enthusiastic about interfaith dialogue in 1995 in Jerusalem where I was studying for 12 months. My contacts with Muslims in Palestine and in other Middle East countries encouraged me to try to know them better and to improve understanding between religions...
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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
Between salvation and gratitude, Christ in Cambodia. A missioner describes how he announces the Eucharist in a Buddhist world. http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1732 Rome (AsiaNews) – The Eucharist is a distinctive sign that sets Catholics apart. It is the source of life for the Church, a concrete experience of God freely giving himself to us. This is how a Cambodia-based missioner described the Eucharist to AsiaNews as Cambodian Catholics experience it in a predominantly Buddhist context...
At the end of the Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara, Fides spoke with some of the participants: “The Congress was a cry to all men and women to remember that they are loved by God ” http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/18_3325.html
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Ex-police boss takes church job The Press (Chch) 15 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3065193a6530,00.html Former police boss John Jamieson will head the Catholic Church's new new national office for professional standards...
Southland, where schools are cool (photo) The Southland Times 19 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3069634a7694,00.html It's official. Southland is home to two of New Zealand's coolest schools. St Teresa's School in Bluff and Mataura School were among only six schools nationwide that recently won TV2's Studio 2 "My School is Cool" comp-etition...
Catholics campaign to keep out Kerry. Abortion row overrides church loyalty The Daily telegraph (UK) 23/10/2004 http://tinyurl.com/6rjcz Last Tuesday half a dozen staunchly conservative Roman Catholic men gathered for their weekly lunch meeting. They had come to talk about their faith - and also to plan their next move to stop their fellow Catholic, Mr Kerry, winning the White House...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
The Pope addresses clergy gathered for International Congress for Priests: “The Lord calls you to be his apostles first of all through holiness of life. It is up to you to make resound everywhere the power of the Gospel’s word of truth the only word which can work a profound change in the heart of the human person and give peace ” http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/21_3353.html
“They killed a priest whose only aim was peace” local church sources in Bururi comment death of local Catholic priest http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/20_3348.html Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “He was loved by all and his only aim was peace” local Church sources in Burundi said of Father Gerard Nzeyimana, a Catholic priest in Burundi, ambushed and brutally shot dead on 19 October...
Christian TV spreads the Gospel across the Holy Land http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1744 Bethlehem (AsiaNews) – Al-Mahed (The Nativity) is unique in Palestinian media. Located near the Church of the Nativity, it is the only Private Christian TV station in Palestine and the Middle East. Every Sunday, it broadcasts the Catholic and Orthodox mass from different churches throughout Palestine...
Pope urges preserving diversity in food production http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=32803 Rome, Oct. 15 (CWNews.com) - In a message for World Food Day, Pope John Paul II emphasizes the need for "biodiversity," hinting at reservations about the production of genetically modified foods...
“Lion of Munster” opposed Nazi Euthanasia and Persecution of Jews. Clemens Augustus von Galen To Be Beatified http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60831
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THE CHURCH IN IRAQ
Maronite Church voices solidarity with Iraqi Christians: “There must be an international awareness campaign to protect Iraqi Christians” http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/18_3321.html Baghdad (Fides Service) - The World Maronite Union intends to call a special meeting in Washington inviting also representatives of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq, leaders of other Christian Churches as well as civil and political authorities to discuss at the international level the urgent need to provide protection for the Christian minority in Iraq...
“Ramadan holy month of violence, threats and kidnappings: what about prayer, peace and charity? A local Catholic Sister appeals to Fides: “More dialogue with Muslim leaders could persuade Imam to educate to peace and convince perpetrators to stop violence http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/20_3345.html
“Long before the first Muslims arrived there were Christians in this region and we intend to stay here. We will not abandon our country”, a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad told Fides http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/18_3323.html
May God forgive those who destroy churches, Baghdad priest says http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1710 Baghdad (AsiaNews/AFP) – Signs of hope are emerging out of the ruins of the churches hit last Saturday night. In Baghdad’s Greek-Catholic church a newly-born was baptised on Sunday...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
MEDIA RELEASES
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
National Director appointed for Catholic Church’s new National Office for Professional Standards (14 October 2004) The Catholic bishops, and the leaders of religious orders in New Zealand, have announced the appointment of a director for their newly-established National Office for Professional Standards. He is former Commissioner of Police, Mr John Jamieson.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Archbishop Bathersby applauds politicians' focus on family PNG Archbishop criticises politician allowances Mugabe olive branch for Church in Zimbabwe Catholic leaders cautious about Anglican report on church divisions Cardinal Ratzinger prays for beatification of John Paul I Report says students have no home life
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CATHOLIC TV.NET
http://www.catholictv.net
Wellington Archdiocesan Media Cente
Highlights of a Multi-cultural Mass celebrated at St Teresa’s Parish Church in Karori on Sunday October 10
Education Report, by Br. Pat Lynch. CEO, NZ Catholic Education Office: There is a new concept being talked about in schools - “strategic resilience”. Brother Pat Lynch explains ...
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MARIST MESSENGER
NZ Society of Mary
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
From the October issue ...
The Focus this month by the editor is on peace of heart In these stressful times we need serenity to serve the Lord
My problem with fidelity in marriage Hollywood knows nothing about this!
Marist spirituality Our Lady has been my guide since early age
Our Lady's Rosary by Fr Paddy Cahill There is power in the beads!
The hermit of Vava'u by Fr David Mullins sm Fr Breton sm was a prayerful marist missionary
Also in the October Marist Messenger ... St Therese - model of love ... Teenagers! ... The Rosary - a prayer for everyone ... October - month of the missions ... Book Review - history of St Mary's Parish, Taradale ... Joe, you're just doing that out of habit - Christian living ... St Joseph and the Jesuit ... Our Lady in the life of Dorothy Day
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 22, 2004 : The Vatican and the US election; How the Vatican views the American Church; the purported "excommunication" of John Kerry
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Edmund Rice Network, New Zealand. National Co-ordinator http://www.edmundrice.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 17-30 2004 p.23 and from Br Paul Robertson, St Peter's College, mountain Rd., Auckland 1003. Tel (09) 524 8108 ext 313; e-mail: admin@st-peters.school.nz Applications close 15 November 2004
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
Mother Teresa, bold missionary of the Gospel http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1721 Today, October 19, is the anniversary of the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, whose life was "a bold proclamation of the Gospel", as the Pope wrote in proclaiming her blessed. AsiaNews offers its readers, in memory of this "mother of the poor", the last letter written to her sister Missionaries of Charity...
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'THE FAR EAST'
Magazine of the Australian and New Zealand province of St Columban's Missionary Society
http://www.columban.org.au/tfe/tfe_current.htm
From the September issue:
Editorial: "Small is beautiful" In 1973 Ernst Friedrich Schumacher (1911-1977), the German-born British economist, wrote the book, Small is Beautiful, which still challenges people to view the world ‘as if people really mattered..."
The Director's Message Recently I listened to two young women talking at a mission conference about their experiences of missionary work in Africa. What was very important to them was the relationships that they had developed with the people there...
Two Poems 'In a land not my own', by Columban lay missionary Cynthia Empleo, as she prepared to return home to her native Philippines after serving in Fiji for three years. 'The Columbans', by Vikendra Nair, a teacher at St Teresa’s school, Ba, Fiji.
'Women of struggle' (Part 2) Columban Fr Leo Donnelly listened to the stories of a group of modern apostles about their experience of serving their communities.
'International interfaith', by Fr Colin Murphy I became enthusiastic about interfaith dialogue in 1995 in Jerusalem where I was studying for 12 months. My contacts with Muslims in Palestine and in other Middle East countries encouraged me to try to know them better and to improve understanding between religions...
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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
Between salvation and gratitude, Christ in Cambodia. A missioner describes how he announces the Eucharist in a Buddhist world. http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1732 Rome (AsiaNews) – The Eucharist is a distinctive sign that sets Catholics apart. It is the source of life for the Church, a concrete experience of God freely giving himself to us. This is how a Cambodia-based missioner described the Eucharist to AsiaNews as Cambodian Catholics experience it in a predominantly Buddhist context...
At the end of the Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara, Fides spoke with some of the participants: “The Congress was a cry to all men and women to remember that they are loved by God ” http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/18_3325.html
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Ex-police boss takes church job The Press (Chch) 15 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3065193a6530,00.html Former police boss John Jamieson will head the Catholic Church's new new national office for professional standards...
Southland, where schools are cool (photo) The Southland Times 19 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3069634a7694,00.html It's official. Southland is home to two of New Zealand's coolest schools. St Teresa's School in Bluff and Mataura School were among only six schools nationwide that recently won TV2's Studio 2 "My School is Cool" comp-etition...
Catholics campaign to keep out Kerry. Abortion row overrides church loyalty The Daily telegraph (UK) 23/10/2004 http://tinyurl.com/6rjcz Last Tuesday half a dozen staunchly conservative Roman Catholic men gathered for their weekly lunch meeting. They had come to talk about their faith - and also to plan their next move to stop their fellow Catholic, Mr Kerry, winning the White House...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
The Pope addresses clergy gathered for International Congress for Priests: “The Lord calls you to be his apostles first of all through holiness of life. It is up to you to make resound everywhere the power of the Gospel’s word of truth the only word which can work a profound change in the heart of the human person and give peace ” http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/21_3353.html
“They killed a priest whose only aim was peace” local church sources in Bururi comment death of local Catholic priest http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/20_3348.html Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “He was loved by all and his only aim was peace” local Church sources in Burundi said of Father Gerard Nzeyimana, a Catholic priest in Burundi, ambushed and brutally shot dead on 19 October...
Christian TV spreads the Gospel across the Holy Land http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1744 Bethlehem (AsiaNews) – Al-Mahed (The Nativity) is unique in Palestinian media. Located near the Church of the Nativity, it is the only Private Christian TV station in Palestine and the Middle East. Every Sunday, it broadcasts the Catholic and Orthodox mass from different churches throughout Palestine...
Pope urges preserving diversity in food production http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=32803 Rome, Oct. 15 (CWNews.com) - In a message for World Food Day, Pope John Paul II emphasizes the need for "biodiversity," hinting at reservations about the production of genetically modified foods...
“Lion of Munster” opposed Nazi Euthanasia and Persecution of Jews. Clemens Augustus von Galen To Be Beatified http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60831
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THE CHURCH IN IRAQ
Maronite Church voices solidarity with Iraqi Christians: “There must be an international awareness campaign to protect Iraqi Christians” http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/18_3321.html Baghdad (Fides Service) - The World Maronite Union intends to call a special meeting in Washington inviting also representatives of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq, leaders of other Christian Churches as well as civil and political authorities to discuss at the international level the urgent need to provide protection for the Christian minority in Iraq...
“Ramadan holy month of violence, threats and kidnappings: what about prayer, peace and charity? A local Catholic Sister appeals to Fides: “More dialogue with Muslim leaders could persuade Imam to educate to peace and convince perpetrators to stop violence http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/20_3345.html
“Long before the first Muslims arrived there were Christians in this region and we intend to stay here. We will not abandon our country”, a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad told Fides http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/18_3323.html
May God forgive those who destroy churches, Baghdad priest says http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1710 Baghdad (AsiaNews/AFP) – Signs of hope are emerging out of the ruins of the churches hit last Saturday night. In Baghdad’s Greek-Catholic church a newly-born was baptised on Sunday...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
MEDIA RELEASES
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
National Director appointed for Catholic Church’s new National Office for Professional Standards (14 October 2004) The Catholic bishops, and the leaders of religious orders in New Zealand, have announced the appointment of a director for their newly-established National Office for Professional Standards. He is former Commissioner of Police, Mr John Jamieson.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Archbishop Bathersby applauds politicians' focus on family PNG Archbishop criticises politician allowances Mugabe olive branch for Church in Zimbabwe Catholic leaders cautious about Anglican report on church divisions Cardinal Ratzinger prays for beatification of John Paul I Report says students have no home life
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CATHOLIC TV.NET
http://www.catholictv.net
Wellington Archdiocesan Media Cente
Highlights of a Multi-cultural Mass celebrated at St Teresa’s Parish Church in Karori on Sunday October 10
Education Report, by Br. Pat Lynch. CEO, NZ Catholic Education Office: There is a new concept being talked about in schools - “strategic resilience”. Brother Pat Lynch explains ...
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MARIST MESSENGER
NZ Society of Mary
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
From the October issue ...
The Focus this month by the editor is on peace of heart In these stressful times we need serenity to serve the Lord
My problem with fidelity in marriage Hollywood knows nothing about this!
Marist spirituality Our Lady has been my guide since early age
Our Lady's Rosary by Fr Paddy Cahill There is power in the beads!
The hermit of Vava'u by Fr David Mullins sm Fr Breton sm was a prayerful marist missionary
Also in the October Marist Messenger ... St Therese - model of love ... Teenagers! ... The Rosary - a prayer for everyone ... October - month of the missions ... Book Review - history of St Mary's Parish, Taradale ... Joe, you're just doing that out of habit - Christian living ... St Joseph and the Jesuit ... Our Lady in the life of Dorothy Day
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 22, 2004 : The Vatican and the US election; How the Vatican views the American Church; the purported "excommunication" of John Kerry
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Edmund Rice Network, New Zealand. National Co-ordinator http://www.edmundrice.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 17-30 2004 p.23 and from Br Paul Robertson, St Peter's College, mountain Rd., Auckland 1003. Tel (09) 524 8108 ext 313; e-mail: admin@st-peters.school.nz Applications close 15 November 2004
Sunday, October 17, 2004
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WEL-COM
Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz
From the October 2004 issue ...
Cardinal Williams' Column Awareness of being successors to the Apostles
Bishop John Dew's Reflection: Pope's prophetic warning in The Gospel of Life
Pope John Paul’s message to New Zealand’s Bishops On 13 September, during their Ad limina visit to Rome, New Zealand’s Catholic Bishops met with Pope John Paul at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. Here is what the Pope said to our bishops...
The Pope is living out the greatest days of his pontificate During September, I had the pleasure of joining seven other NZ bishops for our week-long Ad Limina Visit to the Holy See...
Feminists rediscover motherhood — timeless role gains new advocates Once considered by feminists as a second-best option, motherhood is gradually gaining favour. In the 1960s and ‘70s women were urged to cast off the shackles of homebound drudgery and to seek fulfillment in the workplace. But as increasing numbers of career-minded women delayed or forwent having children, many found that success in the workplace provided only short-term satisfaction...
Fr John Rea’s ongoing healing ministry Last December Wel-com included a feature about the special healing ministry of Fr John Rea SM saying he leaves a trail of miraculous healings where ever he goes. He made the point that he is not the one responsible for these healings...
New Caritas director’s eight years with the Red Cross Michael Smith, the new Director of Caritas, has two major events in his life this year. As well as being appointed the new Director of the Catholic aid agency from late October, the following month the 39-year-old bachelor will be getting married to Helen...
How free trade exploits the workers of Thailand Thai worker, Sripai Nonsee, visited New Zealand to draw attention to the effects on low paid workers of a free trade agreement between New Zealand and Thailand...
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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
Apostolic Letter "Mane nobiscum, Domine" (Stay with us, Lord) for the Year of the Eucharist, October 2004 – October 2005 (full text, English translation) Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/3v9b6 Full URL: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_\ apl_20041008_mane-nobiscum-domine_en.html
Fr Bernardo Cervellera;s comprehensive summary of "Mane nobiscum Domine" http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1640
Suggestions and proposals to celebrate the Eucharist http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1691 Vatican City (AsiaNews) – The Congregation for the Divine Cult and the Discipline of the Sacraments released today a 33-page document entitled Year of the Eucharist: suggestions and proposals which provides a set of guidelines meant to put into practice Mane nobiscum Domine, the Apostolic Letter John Paul II published a few days ago as part of the Year of the Eucharist that he will proclaim open this Sunday, October 17...
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THE CHURCH IN IRAQ
Five churches bombed in Baghdad, no casualties reported http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1698 Baghdad (AsiaNews/Agencies) - A string of bombs exploded at five churches across Baghdad early Saturday though no casualties have been reported, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said...
Worsening security situation in Iraq affects Christian minority. Christians! What are you doing for your Iraqi brothers, Baghdad Catholics ask. http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1700
Patriarch of Baghdad: "We must stay in Iraq to build peace" http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1699
Church bombings scaring away Christians from Sunday service http://tinyurl.com/5yptm
Life is a nightmare for Christians in Mosul, fundamentalists kidnap and kill. Catholic nun tells Fides: “some Imam are saying it is not a crime to kill a Christian” http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/14_3299.html
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Tenacious Pope marks 26th anniversary http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041016/325/f4pds.html Vatican City (Reuters) - Pope John Paul has marked the 26th anniversary of his pontificate, defying medical odds and confounding predictions about any successor...
Father Bob ordained at 71 (photo) http://tinyurl.com/7yecg The Sun-Herald (Sydney) October 10, 2004 St Patrick's Cathedral in Parramatta has been the setting for two weddings of sorts for Bob Sheridan 40 years apart. It was where he married his wife of 33 years in 1964. And yesterday, it was where the 71-year-old widower was ordained as a priest in the Catholic church the oldest man to be so ordained in the Diocese of Parramatta...
Polish orphans thank NZ for 60 years of sanctuary Fairfax NZ National News 12 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3061423a11,00.html The 60th anniversary of the arrival of hundreds of Polish children in New Zealand during World War 2 is to be celebrated with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Wellington...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Nine-tenths of lay parish life coordinators are women http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0405610.htm Washington (CNS) -- Nearly nine-tenths of nonordained people who administer U.S. Catholic parishes are women, said a report published by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate...
Religious orders 'need full-time vocations directors' http://www.cathnews.com/news/410/54.php Figures from the Catholic Church in Ireland have linked relative success in attracting vocations with maintaining full-time vocations directors...
Leading from the cross, by George Weigel Tidings Online Friday, October 15, 2004 http://www.the-tidings.com/2004/1015/difference.htm With pain and difficulty, but without embarrassment or complaint, Karol Wojtyla is spending out his life in witness to the truth on which he has staked his life. That truth --- the "law of the gift," as he once called it --- is most powerfully revealed on the cross. Our human and Christian vocation is to make our lives the gift to others that our own lives are to us --- and to do so, not by relying on our own skill, or strength, or cleverness, or virtue, but on God. Without reservation. So New Zealand Bishop Patrick Dunn was onto something important when he told Zenit news service that John Paul II might well "be living out the greatest days of his extraordinary pontificate" ...
Rosary Fad Prompts an Effort at Catechesis Bishops Produce a Leaflet to Go Beyond the Fashion Craze http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60457 London, Oct. 15, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The bishops' conference of England and Wales has issued an leaflet in response to the fashion trend among young people for wearing rosaries as necklaces and bracelets...
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 15, 2004 : John Paul opens the Eucharistic Year; “Year of the Eucharist: Suggestions and Proposals”; Procedural justice under the Code; Reporting is not the same thing as approving; Pope John Paul's "Memory and Identity: Conversations Between Millenniums"; Bishop Rino Fisichella on truth and freedom; the Christian origins of the rule of law; the Holy See, the Iraq war and terrorism; the term "sect".
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Marist Brothers' Co-ordinator of Lay Partnership http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 3-16 2004 p.23. 'Wel-com' October 2004 p.17 and from Br Kevin O'Malley, PO Box 61-133, Otara, Auckland 1701. Tel: (09) 274 6622. Applications close 22 October 2004
Edmund Rice Network, New Zealand. National Co-ordinator http://www.edmundrice.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 17-30 2004 p.23 and from Br Paul Robertson, St Peter's College, mountain Rd., Auckland 1003. Tel (09) 524 8108 ext 313; e-mail: admin@st-peters.school.nz Applications close 15 November 2004
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WEL-COM
Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz
From the October 2004 issue ...
Cardinal Williams' Column Awareness of being successors to the Apostles
Bishop John Dew's Reflection: Pope's prophetic warning in The Gospel of Life
Pope John Paul’s message to New Zealand’s Bishops On 13 September, during their Ad limina visit to Rome, New Zealand’s Catholic Bishops met with Pope John Paul at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. Here is what the Pope said to our bishops...
The Pope is living out the greatest days of his pontificate During September, I had the pleasure of joining seven other NZ bishops for our week-long Ad Limina Visit to the Holy See...
Feminists rediscover motherhood — timeless role gains new advocates Once considered by feminists as a second-best option, motherhood is gradually gaining favour. In the 1960s and ‘70s women were urged to cast off the shackles of homebound drudgery and to seek fulfillment in the workplace. But as increasing numbers of career-minded women delayed or forwent having children, many found that success in the workplace provided only short-term satisfaction...
Fr John Rea’s ongoing healing ministry Last December Wel-com included a feature about the special healing ministry of Fr John Rea SM saying he leaves a trail of miraculous healings where ever he goes. He made the point that he is not the one responsible for these healings...
New Caritas director’s eight years with the Red Cross Michael Smith, the new Director of Caritas, has two major events in his life this year. As well as being appointed the new Director of the Catholic aid agency from late October, the following month the 39-year-old bachelor will be getting married to Helen...
How free trade exploits the workers of Thailand Thai worker, Sripai Nonsee, visited New Zealand to draw attention to the effects on low paid workers of a free trade agreement between New Zealand and Thailand...
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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
Apostolic Letter "Mane nobiscum, Domine" (Stay with us, Lord) for the Year of the Eucharist, October 2004 – October 2005 (full text, English translation) Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/3v9b6 Full URL: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_\ apl_20041008_mane-nobiscum-domine_en.html
Fr Bernardo Cervellera;s comprehensive summary of "Mane nobiscum Domine" http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1640
Suggestions and proposals to celebrate the Eucharist http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1691 Vatican City (AsiaNews) – The Congregation for the Divine Cult and the Discipline of the Sacraments released today a 33-page document entitled Year of the Eucharist: suggestions and proposals which provides a set of guidelines meant to put into practice Mane nobiscum Domine, the Apostolic Letter John Paul II published a few days ago as part of the Year of the Eucharist that he will proclaim open this Sunday, October 17...
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THE CHURCH IN IRAQ
Five churches bombed in Baghdad, no casualties reported http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1698 Baghdad (AsiaNews/Agencies) - A string of bombs exploded at five churches across Baghdad early Saturday though no casualties have been reported, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said...
Worsening security situation in Iraq affects Christian minority. Christians! What are you doing for your Iraqi brothers, Baghdad Catholics ask. http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1700
Patriarch of Baghdad: "We must stay in Iraq to build peace" http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1699
Church bombings scaring away Christians from Sunday service http://tinyurl.com/5yptm
Life is a nightmare for Christians in Mosul, fundamentalists kidnap and kill. Catholic nun tells Fides: “some Imam are saying it is not a crime to kill a Christian” http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/14_3299.html
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Tenacious Pope marks 26th anniversary http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041016/325/f4pds.html Vatican City (Reuters) - Pope John Paul has marked the 26th anniversary of his pontificate, defying medical odds and confounding predictions about any successor...
Father Bob ordained at 71 (photo) http://tinyurl.com/7yecg The Sun-Herald (Sydney) October 10, 2004 St Patrick's Cathedral in Parramatta has been the setting for two weddings of sorts for Bob Sheridan 40 years apart. It was where he married his wife of 33 years in 1964. And yesterday, it was where the 71-year-old widower was ordained as a priest in the Catholic church the oldest man to be so ordained in the Diocese of Parramatta...
Polish orphans thank NZ for 60 years of sanctuary Fairfax NZ National News 12 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3061423a11,00.html The 60th anniversary of the arrival of hundreds of Polish children in New Zealand during World War 2 is to be celebrated with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Wellington...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Nine-tenths of lay parish life coordinators are women http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0405610.htm Washington (CNS) -- Nearly nine-tenths of nonordained people who administer U.S. Catholic parishes are women, said a report published by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate...
Religious orders 'need full-time vocations directors' http://www.cathnews.com/news/410/54.php Figures from the Catholic Church in Ireland have linked relative success in attracting vocations with maintaining full-time vocations directors...
Leading from the cross, by George Weigel Tidings Online Friday, October 15, 2004 http://www.the-tidings.com/2004/1015/difference.htm With pain and difficulty, but without embarrassment or complaint, Karol Wojtyla is spending out his life in witness to the truth on which he has staked his life. That truth --- the "law of the gift," as he once called it --- is most powerfully revealed on the cross. Our human and Christian vocation is to make our lives the gift to others that our own lives are to us --- and to do so, not by relying on our own skill, or strength, or cleverness, or virtue, but on God. Without reservation. So New Zealand Bishop Patrick Dunn was onto something important when he told Zenit news service that John Paul II might well "be living out the greatest days of his extraordinary pontificate" ...
Rosary Fad Prompts an Effort at Catechesis Bishops Produce a Leaflet to Go Beyond the Fashion Craze http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60457 London, Oct. 15, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The bishops' conference of England and Wales has issued an leaflet in response to the fashion trend among young people for wearing rosaries as necklaces and bracelets...
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 15, 2004 : John Paul opens the Eucharistic Year; “Year of the Eucharist: Suggestions and Proposals”; Procedural justice under the Code; Reporting is not the same thing as approving; Pope John Paul's "Memory and Identity: Conversations Between Millenniums"; Bishop Rino Fisichella on truth and freedom; the Christian origins of the rule of law; the Holy See, the Iraq war and terrorism; the term "sect".
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Marist Brothers' Co-ordinator of Lay Partnership http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 3-16 2004 p.23. 'Wel-com' October 2004 p.17 and from Br Kevin O'Malley, PO Box 61-133, Otara, Auckland 1701. Tel: (09) 274 6622. Applications close 22 October 2004
Edmund Rice Network, New Zealand. National Co-ordinator http://www.edmundrice.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' Oct. 17-30 2004 p.23 and from Br Paul Robertson, St Peter's College, mountain Rd., Auckland 1003. Tel (09) 524 8108 ext 313; e-mail: admin@st-peters.school.nz Applications close 15 November 2004
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Sunday, October 10, 2004
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
From the October 3-16 issue ...
Secret underage abortions could lead to suicide Wellington - Grief and thoughts of suicide may be the desperate outcome for teenage girls who have abortions in secret, says the national director of Pregnancy Counselling Services, Sandy Simpson....
CCANZ will make way for wider forum Christchurch - Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand have taken a bold new step to expand and renew inter-church co-operation throughout the country....
Church and God viewed differently by women Auckland - New Zealand women's images of God get more positive as they get older, while their images of the Church tend to become more negative....
Also in the current issue ...
NATIONAL School fees compulsory, donations voluntary ... School icon commissioned... Ball gowns come out of the closet ... Bible head from NZ ... Psychiatric examination ordered ... ERO File
FEATURES Bishops make submission in Civil Union Bill ... Maxim supports marriage with sociological data ... What our bishops told the Pope . . . and what the Pope told the bishops ... Some "religious" art leaves little room for faith ... 25 years of helping mothers in need ... Papal award for long service ... Dove holds outreach in Nelson ... Teaching day at Cambridge for Dove women ... Vandalised statue restored to school
INTERNATIONAL Pope exhorts Oceania bishops ... Priest ditches bride at altar to teach lesson ... Value life before profit ... Religion helps heal community... Liturgy at "summit" ... Parish gay programme becomes a "success" ... Chinese bishops' arrest criticised ... More feminine ways needed for balance ... Catholic Iraqis flee in their thousands ... Soccer transfer windfall for former child soldiers ... Diocese ravaged by hurricane ... Teenage troubles increase ... The Pope: Women foster family values ... Cenacle future in discussion ... Abortion motion dismissed ... Church "too Western" ... Valuable library given to Africa
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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
Depth, Not Novelty, Is Sought in Year of Eucharist Pope's New Apostolic Letter Lists 2 Objectives http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60107 Vatican City, Oct. 8, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II doesn't want the Year of the Eucharist to be full of novel events. Rather, he prefers that the "Eucharistic dimension be accentuated" in the pastoral programs of local Churches. The Pope explains this in his new apostolic letter "Mane Nobiscum Domine" (Stay with Us, Lord), published today, for the Eucharistic Year that begins Oct. 17 ...
Cardinal Arinze's Presentation of John Paul II's Apostolic Letter "Mane Nobiscum Domine" http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60123 Vatican City, Oct. 8, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address that Cardinal Francis Arinze gave today when presenting John Paul II's Apostolic Letter "Mane Nobiscum Domine." The text of the Letter, published in Italian, has not yet been translated into other languages. The cardinal is the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments ...
Fr Bernardo Cervellera;s comprehensive summary of "Mane nobiscum Domine" http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1640
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Order rejects assault liability The Press (Chch) 09 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3058860a6009,00.html A Catholic order is denying legal liability for a priest sexually assaulting a Christchurch victim, saying the encounter was casual and outside his church role...
New pools open at Polynesian Spa NZPA 08 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/bayofplenty/0,2106,3058531a6663,00.html Management at Rotorua's Polynesian Spa are confident the late Catholic priest Father Mahoney would be impressed with the complex's newest addition. The Priest Spa, which is named after Father Mahoney who camped on the site in the 1880s and swam in the waters to sooth his arthritic aches and pains, has opened for business...
Catholic school for Wanaka approved The Southland Times 05 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3054380a6570,00.html The way is clear for a Catholic primary school to be established in Wanaka after the Queenstown Lakes District Council granted land use and subdivision consent for a block of land in Aubrey Rd...
Polish refugee children’s 60th anniversary Scoop Monday, 4 October 2004 http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0410/S00029.htm This Labour Weekend, the former Polish refugee children will hold a grand three-day 60th anniversary reunion in Pahiatua, Silverstream and Wellington for all former Polish refugee children and their descendents...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Small Catholic community in New Zealand offers highly appreciated quality education: Bishop of Auckland speaks with Fides http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/04_3214.html Auckland (Fides Service) - Although the Church in New Zealand is small it is fully committed to witnessing to the faith in an increasingly secularised society. Its main concerns are pastoral vocations and education in Catholic schools. Bishop Patrick Dunn, now back in Auckland after a whirlwind ad limina visit in Rome, kindly told Fides a little bit about his ministry...
Priests reveal inner thoughts Catholic Leader (Brisbane) 10.10.2004 http://www.catholicleader.com.au/prinfriendly.php?num=2080 A survey of Australian priests has revealed their views on celibacy in ministry, their concern about the increasing burden they face in administration and their desire for greater support from bishops. The findings are contained in a report submitted to the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC)...
Young Timorese dream of riches in Europe, Sister Alma says http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1619 Dili (AsiaNews) – Sister Alma Castagna is a Salesian nun and missioner in East Timor. A medical school graduate who was awarded one of Italy’s highest civilian honours for her volunteer work, she spoke to AsiaNews about the problems the Timorese face today...
New Pope book says Communism was 'necessary evil' http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=643865 Vatican City (Reuters) - Communism was a "necessary evil" that God allowed to happen in the 20th century in order to create opportunities for good after its demise, Pope John Paul says in his new book "Memory and Identity" which is due to be published early next year ...
Furry Heroes. Swiss Monks Are Giving Up Famed St. Bernard Rescue Dogs http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/US/st_bernard_sciutto_041005-1.html Grand St Bernard, Switzerland, Oct. 5, 2004 — The highest church in the world sits 8,000 feet up in the Alps on what was once the most dangerous mountain pass in Europe. Today, climbers and hikers come for the challenge, but for hundreds of years, the monastery of the Grand St. Bernard was a lifesaving refuge from the cold and snow for everyone from local hunters to Napoleon ...
'Miracle' in Rio Grande after Christ of the Undocumented is saved The Independent (UK) 04 October 2004 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=568499 When Christ was washed up, it was the officers from the town of Eagle Pass, Texas, who came to His rescue. Little did they know their actions would have such an impact. On the opposite side of the Rio Grande -separating the US from Mexico - newspapers in the Mexican town of Piedras Negras are calling the statue "Christ of the Undocumented", in reference to the scores of illegal immigrants who cross the river every year...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Catholic Health says Medicare Gold 'tips the scales' Vatican official says refugee rights "remain mere words" Commission discussing fate of children who die without baptism School in shock as principal stood down Cardinal says ecumenism is about friendships, not just documents Age makes women grower fonder of God, but not Church
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz
NEWSROOM Growing unrest in the Philippines 8 October , 2004: The current political and economic climate in the Philippines is becoming an increasing cause for concern, says Marie Hilao-Enriquez, a leading figure in the Philippine human rights movement who is currently visiting New Zealand...
West Papua a "Time Bomb" 5 October , 2004: Unless West Papua is granted independence from Indonesia, a time bomb will go off affecting Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand, according to a West Papuan advocate...
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 8, 2004 : If the Vatican could vote on Nov. 2; International Theological Commission to address new topics; Sex abuse looms large in U.S. bishops' ad limina visits; Preview of the World Congress on Consecrated Life; Austrian update
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper 'NZ Catholic' wishes to employ skilled communicators to act as presenters for the paper at parish Masses. Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23 and from Dennis Augustine, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034
Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Revenue Manager, Schools. http://www.ak.catholic.org.nz The position involves responsibility for the collection of all levies billed to Catholic schools of the Auckland dioceses. Details in 'NZ Catholioc' October 3-16 2004 p.23, and from Operations support Manager, Catholic diocese of auckland, Private Bag 47 904, Ponsonby, auckland; E-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 15 October 2004.
Pastoral Care Manager, Villa Maria Hostel, Cullinane College, Wanganui http://www.cullinanecollege.school.nz/hostel.shtml Details in 'Wel-com' October 2004 p.18, and from: The Employment Officer, Villa Maria Hostel, c/- 4/41 Campbell St., Wanganui. Applications close 15 October 2004.
Marist Brothers' Co-ordinator of Lay Partnership http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 3-16 2004 p.23. 'Wel-com' October 2004 p.17 and from Br Kevin O'Malley, PO Box 61-133, Otara, Auckland 1701. Tel: (09) 274 6622. Applications close October 22 2004
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
From the October 3-16 issue ...
Secret underage abortions could lead to suicide Wellington - Grief and thoughts of suicide may be the desperate outcome for teenage girls who have abortions in secret, says the national director of Pregnancy Counselling Services, Sandy Simpson....
CCANZ will make way for wider forum Christchurch - Churches in Aotearoa New Zealand have taken a bold new step to expand and renew inter-church co-operation throughout the country....
Church and God viewed differently by women Auckland - New Zealand women's images of God get more positive as they get older, while their images of the Church tend to become more negative....
Also in the current issue ...
NATIONAL School fees compulsory, donations voluntary ... School icon commissioned... Ball gowns come out of the closet ... Bible head from NZ ... Psychiatric examination ordered ... ERO File
FEATURES Bishops make submission in Civil Union Bill ... Maxim supports marriage with sociological data ... What our bishops told the Pope . . . and what the Pope told the bishops ... Some "religious" art leaves little room for faith ... 25 years of helping mothers in need ... Papal award for long service ... Dove holds outreach in Nelson ... Teaching day at Cambridge for Dove women ... Vandalised statue restored to school
INTERNATIONAL Pope exhorts Oceania bishops ... Priest ditches bride at altar to teach lesson ... Value life before profit ... Religion helps heal community... Liturgy at "summit" ... Parish gay programme becomes a "success" ... Chinese bishops' arrest criticised ... More feminine ways needed for balance ... Catholic Iraqis flee in their thousands ... Soccer transfer windfall for former child soldiers ... Diocese ravaged by hurricane ... Teenage troubles increase ... The Pope: Women foster family values ... Cenacle future in discussion ... Abortion motion dismissed ... Church "too Western" ... Valuable library given to Africa
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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
Depth, Not Novelty, Is Sought in Year of Eucharist Pope's New Apostolic Letter Lists 2 Objectives http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60107 Vatican City, Oct. 8, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II doesn't want the Year of the Eucharist to be full of novel events. Rather, he prefers that the "Eucharistic dimension be accentuated" in the pastoral programs of local Churches. The Pope explains this in his new apostolic letter "Mane Nobiscum Domine" (Stay with Us, Lord), published today, for the Eucharistic Year that begins Oct. 17 ...
Cardinal Arinze's Presentation of John Paul II's Apostolic Letter "Mane Nobiscum Domine" http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=60123 Vatican City, Oct. 8, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address that Cardinal Francis Arinze gave today when presenting John Paul II's Apostolic Letter "Mane Nobiscum Domine." The text of the Letter, published in Italian, has not yet been translated into other languages. The cardinal is the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments ...
Fr Bernardo Cervellera;s comprehensive summary of "Mane nobiscum Domine" http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1640
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Order rejects assault liability The Press (Chch) 09 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3058860a6009,00.html A Catholic order is denying legal liability for a priest sexually assaulting a Christchurch victim, saying the encounter was casual and outside his church role...
New pools open at Polynesian Spa NZPA 08 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/bayofplenty/0,2106,3058531a6663,00.html Management at Rotorua's Polynesian Spa are confident the late Catholic priest Father Mahoney would be impressed with the complex's newest addition. The Priest Spa, which is named after Father Mahoney who camped on the site in the 1880s and swam in the waters to sooth his arthritic aches and pains, has opened for business...
Catholic school for Wanaka approved The Southland Times 05 October 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3054380a6570,00.html The way is clear for a Catholic primary school to be established in Wanaka after the Queenstown Lakes District Council granted land use and subdivision consent for a block of land in Aubrey Rd...
Polish refugee children’s 60th anniversary Scoop Monday, 4 October 2004 http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0410/S00029.htm This Labour Weekend, the former Polish refugee children will hold a grand three-day 60th anniversary reunion in Pahiatua, Silverstream and Wellington for all former Polish refugee children and their descendents...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Small Catholic community in New Zealand offers highly appreciated quality education: Bishop of Auckland speaks with Fides http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0410/04_3214.html Auckland (Fides Service) - Although the Church in New Zealand is small it is fully committed to witnessing to the faith in an increasingly secularised society. Its main concerns are pastoral vocations and education in Catholic schools. Bishop Patrick Dunn, now back in Auckland after a whirlwind ad limina visit in Rome, kindly told Fides a little bit about his ministry...
Priests reveal inner thoughts Catholic Leader (Brisbane) 10.10.2004 http://www.catholicleader.com.au/prinfriendly.php?num=2080 A survey of Australian priests has revealed their views on celibacy in ministry, their concern about the increasing burden they face in administration and their desire for greater support from bishops. The findings are contained in a report submitted to the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC)...
Young Timorese dream of riches in Europe, Sister Alma says http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1619 Dili (AsiaNews) – Sister Alma Castagna is a Salesian nun and missioner in East Timor. A medical school graduate who was awarded one of Italy’s highest civilian honours for her volunteer work, she spoke to AsiaNews about the problems the Timorese face today...
New Pope book says Communism was 'necessary evil' http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=643865 Vatican City (Reuters) - Communism was a "necessary evil" that God allowed to happen in the 20th century in order to create opportunities for good after its demise, Pope John Paul says in his new book "Memory and Identity" which is due to be published early next year ...
Furry Heroes. Swiss Monks Are Giving Up Famed St. Bernard Rescue Dogs http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/US/st_bernard_sciutto_041005-1.html Grand St Bernard, Switzerland, Oct. 5, 2004 — The highest church in the world sits 8,000 feet up in the Alps on what was once the most dangerous mountain pass in Europe. Today, climbers and hikers come for the challenge, but for hundreds of years, the monastery of the Grand St. Bernard was a lifesaving refuge from the cold and snow for everyone from local hunters to Napoleon ...
'Miracle' in Rio Grande after Christ of the Undocumented is saved The Independent (UK) 04 October 2004 http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=568499 When Christ was washed up, it was the officers from the town of Eagle Pass, Texas, who came to His rescue. Little did they know their actions would have such an impact. On the opposite side of the Rio Grande -separating the US from Mexico - newspapers in the Mexican town of Piedras Negras are calling the statue "Christ of the Undocumented", in reference to the scores of illegal immigrants who cross the river every year...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Catholic Health says Medicare Gold 'tips the scales' Vatican official says refugee rights "remain mere words" Commission discussing fate of children who die without baptism School in shock as principal stood down Cardinal says ecumenism is about friendships, not just documents Age makes women grower fonder of God, but not Church
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz
NEWSROOM Growing unrest in the Philippines 8 October , 2004: The current political and economic climate in the Philippines is becoming an increasing cause for concern, says Marie Hilao-Enriquez, a leading figure in the Philippine human rights movement who is currently visiting New Zealand...
West Papua a "Time Bomb" 5 October , 2004: Unless West Papua is granted independence from Indonesia, a time bomb will go off affecting Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand, according to a West Papuan advocate...
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 8, 2004 : If the Vatican could vote on Nov. 2; International Theological Commission to address new topics; Sex abuse looms large in U.S. bishops' ad limina visits; Preview of the World Congress on Consecrated Life; Austrian update
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper 'NZ Catholic' wishes to employ skilled communicators to act as presenters for the paper at parish Masses. Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23 and from Dennis Augustine, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034
Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Revenue Manager, Schools. http://www.ak.catholic.org.nz The position involves responsibility for the collection of all levies billed to Catholic schools of the Auckland dioceses. Details in 'NZ Catholioc' October 3-16 2004 p.23, and from Operations support Manager, Catholic diocese of auckland, Private Bag 47 904, Ponsonby, auckland; E-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 15 October 2004.
Pastoral Care Manager, Villa Maria Hostel, Cullinane College, Wanganui http://www.cullinanecollege.school.nz/hostel.shtml Details in 'Wel-com' October 2004 p.18, and from: The Employment Officer, Villa Maria Hostel, c/- 4/41 Campbell St., Wanganui. Applications close 15 October 2004.
Marist Brothers' Co-ordinator of Lay Partnership http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 3-16 2004 p.23. 'Wel-com' October 2004 p.17 and from Br Kevin O'Malley, PO Box 61-133, Otara, Auckland 1701. Tel: (09) 274 6622. Applications close October 22 2004
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Sunday, October 3, 2004
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Catholics say Civil Unions Bill puts Labour vote in jeopardy NZ Herald 28.09.2004 http://tinyurl.com/43ymu The Hamilton Diocese of the Catholic Church crossed swords with Labour MPs yesterday, warning the Government could expect its vote from Church members to languish should legislation to give homosexual relationships the same legal status as marriage be passed...
Tears flow at civil union submissions NZ Herald 30.09.2004 http://tinyurl.com/6ojbx Opponents of legalising gay and de facto unions dominated select committee proceedings in Christchurch yesterday as emotions ran high over the Civil Union Bill...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North resigns (full text) Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has, 30 September 2004, accepted the renunciation of the office of Coadjutor of the diocese of Palmerston North (New Zealand) presented by Bishop Owen John Dolan, in conformity with the Code of Canon Law, canon 411 and 401 § 1. (the canons request a Bishop who has completed his seventy-fifth year to offer his resignation. ML)
Not only bombs and violence. Local Catholic priest tells another story http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0409/30_3190.html Baghdad (Fides Service)- Father Nizar, who returned to Iraq a month ago, describes the local situation : “Life is difficult but we keep hoping that the future will be better. The first problem is lack of security, the second is a lack of jobs”...
John Paul II Urges Pakistan to Promote Tolerance http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=59686 Vatican City, Sept. 30, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II appealed to General Pervez Musharraf to promote dialogue and tolerance among peoples, when the Pakistani president visited the Vatican...
The Church in Pakistan calls on president Musharraf, today received in audience by the Pope, to abolish the blasphemy law, which is unjust and discriminates against minorities. http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0409/30_3192.html
Catherine Smibert's Roman newsletter. Symposium on "Feeding a Hungry World. Evangelisation and Sport . http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=59692
The theology generation, by Christopher Lamb The Tablet (UK) 02/10/2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-00940 If the average profile of a theology student were that of a Christian in training for the religious life, hardly anyone would be studying it. But, as it is, theology is undergoing something of a renaissance among undergraduates. Many universities are receiving their highest intakes of theology students in years...
Director Hopes Catholics Rally to "Thérèse". http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=59556 New York, Sept. 28, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The Little Flower is now on the big screen. A film on the saint of Lisieux, "Thérèse," opens around the United States this week...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
INTERNATIONAL NEWS Australian Labor Party embraces vision of Catholic Health Abbott admits meeting Pell before archbishops' statement Catholic teachers nailed in child porn swoop Bishops' Secretary confirms priests' survey on celibacy Pope Meets Pakistani President Fires damage churches in two states
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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS
http://www.tuimotu.org
Crosscurrents: Wall Of Shame, by John Honoré Last month, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s Separation Wall is in breach of international law and demanded that Israel remove the ‘illegal’ wall from occupied Palestinian territory. Raanan Gissen, senior advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, replied that “the building of the fence will go on”...
Also in the September print edition: Last Hurrah – David Lange’s last public speech The South African Experience – Albert Nolan, OP Carrying the Gospel to Ghana – interview with Daniel Eyre Peace, Shalom, Salaam Alaikum – Peter Frost
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 1, 2004:
Condom debate frustrates; Irish Church fails to develop child protection policies; Controversial legislation in Spain; Austrians leaving the church; Beatifications of Emperor Karl and Anne Emmerich; Benedictines to move into the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae convent; the Benedictine community of St Paul's Outside the Walls; the late Msgr. Burt Mouton
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Accountant. Assistant Accountant. Archdiocese of Wellington http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/page3.html Details in 'Wel-com' September 2004 p.17, and from The Director, Financial Services, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. E-mail: a.hayes@wn.catholic.org.nz
Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper 'NZ Catholic' wishes to employ skilled communicators to act as presenters for the paper at parish Masses. Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23 and from Dennis Augustine, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034
Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Revenue Manager, Schools. http://www.ak.catholic.org.nz The position involves responsibility for the collection of all levies billed to Catholic schools of the Auckland dioceses. Details in 'NZ Catholioc' October 3-16 2004 p.23, and from Operations Support Manager, Catholic Diocese of Auckland, Private Bag 47 904, Ponsonby, auckland; E-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 15 October 2004.
Marist Brothers. Co-ordinator of Lay Partnership http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 3-16 2004 p.23 and from Br Kevin O'Malley, PO Box 61-133, Otara, Auckland 1701. Tel: (09) 274 6622. Applications close October 22 2004
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Catholics say Civil Unions Bill puts Labour vote in jeopardy NZ Herald 28.09.2004 http://tinyurl.com/43ymu The Hamilton Diocese of the Catholic Church crossed swords with Labour MPs yesterday, warning the Government could expect its vote from Church members to languish should legislation to give homosexual relationships the same legal status as marriage be passed...
Tears flow at civil union submissions NZ Herald 30.09.2004 http://tinyurl.com/6ojbx Opponents of legalising gay and de facto unions dominated select committee proceedings in Christchurch yesterday as emotions ran high over the Civil Union Bill...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North resigns (full text) Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has, 30 September 2004, accepted the renunciation of the office of Coadjutor of the diocese of Palmerston North (New Zealand) presented by Bishop Owen John Dolan, in conformity with the Code of Canon Law, canon 411 and 401 § 1. (the canons request a Bishop who has completed his seventy-fifth year to offer his resignation. ML)
Not only bombs and violence. Local Catholic priest tells another story http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0409/30_3190.html Baghdad (Fides Service)- Father Nizar, who returned to Iraq a month ago, describes the local situation : “Life is difficult but we keep hoping that the future will be better. The first problem is lack of security, the second is a lack of jobs”...
John Paul II Urges Pakistan to Promote Tolerance http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=59686 Vatican City, Sept. 30, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II appealed to General Pervez Musharraf to promote dialogue and tolerance among peoples, when the Pakistani president visited the Vatican...
The Church in Pakistan calls on president Musharraf, today received in audience by the Pope, to abolish the blasphemy law, which is unjust and discriminates against minorities. http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2004/0409/30_3192.html
Catherine Smibert's Roman newsletter. Symposium on "Feeding a Hungry World. Evangelisation and Sport . http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=59692
The theology generation, by Christopher Lamb The Tablet (UK) 02/10/2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-00940 If the average profile of a theology student were that of a Christian in training for the religious life, hardly anyone would be studying it. But, as it is, theology is undergoing something of a renaissance among undergraduates. Many universities are receiving their highest intakes of theology students in years...
Director Hopes Catholics Rally to "Thérèse". http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=59556 New York, Sept. 28, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The Little Flower is now on the big screen. A film on the saint of Lisieux, "Thérèse," opens around the United States this week...
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
INTERNATIONAL NEWS Australian Labor Party embraces vision of Catholic Health Abbott admits meeting Pell before archbishops' statement Catholic teachers nailed in child porn swoop Bishops' Secretary confirms priests' survey on celibacy Pope Meets Pakistani President Fires damage churches in two states
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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS
http://www.tuimotu.org
Crosscurrents: Wall Of Shame, by John Honoré Last month, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel’s Separation Wall is in breach of international law and demanded that Israel remove the ‘illegal’ wall from occupied Palestinian territory. Raanan Gissen, senior advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, replied that “the building of the fence will go on”...
Also in the September print edition: Last Hurrah – David Lange’s last public speech The South African Experience – Albert Nolan, OP Carrying the Gospel to Ghana – interview with Daniel Eyre Peace, Shalom, Salaam Alaikum – Peter Frost
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for October 1, 2004:
Condom debate frustrates; Irish Church fails to develop child protection policies; Controversial legislation in Spain; Austrians leaving the church; Beatifications of Emperor Karl and Anne Emmerich; Benedictines to move into the Vatican's Mater Ecclesiae convent; the Benedictine community of St Paul's Outside the Walls; the late Msgr. Burt Mouton
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Accountant. Assistant Accountant. Archdiocese of Wellington http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/page3.html Details in 'Wel-com' September 2004 p.17, and from The Director, Financial Services, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. E-mail: a.hayes@wn.catholic.org.nz
Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper 'NZ Catholic' wishes to employ skilled communicators to act as presenters for the paper at parish Masses. Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23 and from Dennis Augustine, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034
Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Revenue Manager, Schools. http://www.ak.catholic.org.nz The position involves responsibility for the collection of all levies billed to Catholic schools of the Auckland dioceses. Details in 'NZ Catholioc' October 3-16 2004 p.23, and from Operations Support Manager, Catholic Diocese of Auckland, Private Bag 47 904, Ponsonby, auckland; E-mail: davidr@cda.org.nz Applications close 15 October 2004.
Marist Brothers. Co-ordinator of Lay Partnership http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 3-16 2004 p.23 and from Br Kevin O'Malley, PO Box 61-133, Otara, Auckland 1701. Tel: (09) 274 6622. Applications close October 22 2004
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Sunday, September 26, 2004
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
MEDIA RELEASES
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
New Rector for national seminary (25 September 2004) New Zealand’s bishops have announced the appointment of Father Philip Handforth of Auckland to be the new Rector of the national seminary, Holy Cross Seminary...
Catholic Agency has grave concerns over Care of Children Bill (21 September 2004) The Wellington-based Catholic Archdiocesan Commission for the Family believes that Clause 37 of the Care of Children Bill poses serious concerns for parents. The clause permits school authorities, principals and counsellors in particular, to assist girls to have an abortion without the parents being consulted or even informed...
Bishop Patrick Dunn reports on the New Zealand bishops Ad Limina visit to Rome (20 September) "During September I had the pleasure of joining seven other NZ bishops for our week-long Ad Limina Visit to the Holy See. Unfortunately Bishops Mariu (Hamilton) and Dolan (Palmerston North) were unable, for reasons of health, to make the journey..."
Pope Speaks to the New Zealand bishops of the need to counter "Unrestrained Secularism" (14 Sep 2004) New Zealand's Catholic bishops met with Pope John Paul II yesterday during their 5-yearly (ad Limina) visit to Rome. The meeting took place at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
ACU Senate considers Pell concerns about curriculum Caritas launches appeal to fund relief in flood-stricken Haiti Bomb rattles Catholic orphanage in Baghdad Pope to address Eucharistic Congress by satellite Catholic Health says Costello "calls it right" on mental health Experts edgy as Pope orders Michelangelo to come clean
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Restoration for St Patrick's (photo) NZ Herald 22.09.2004 http://tinyurl.com/4nyoo The historic St Patrick's Cathedral, surrounding public square and two other church buildings in Auckland's heart are about to get a facelift worth just over $17 million...
Four charged over church fire-bombing attacks NZPA 23 September 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3041866a11,00.html Four young men, including a schoolboy, have been accused of fire-bombing three west Auckland suburban churches. Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Titirangi Baptist Church, the Henderson Baptist Church and the Liston College chapel on August 20...
A lonely lot (photo) The Age (Melbourne) September 20, 2004 http://tinyurl.com/54l68 They are only passing remarks, but they are acutely painful. "All priests are sexual abusers," Father Terry Kean has been told and, "you all live in palaces, you wouldn't know what it is to live in the real world". Kean, parish priest at Elwood and St Kilda West, recalls standing in line at the lunch that his Sacred Heart Mission provides to 400 people every day, when one of the regulars started sounding off...
You only die once, said the expat who trusted in luck and being streetwise Daily Telegraph 24/09/2004) http://tinyurl.com/3n7gr In Roman Catholic churches throughout Merseyside people prayed for Kenneth Bigley at every Mass. Last night scores of people gathered for a vigil in the centre of Liverpool...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Book Review : The people behind the walls. 'All the Pope’s Men: the inside story of how the Vatican really thinks', by John L. Allen Jr The Tablet (UK) Saturday, 25 September 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/book_review.cgi/past-00202 Endlessly fascinated by his subject, restless, inquisitive, analytical, the National Catholic Reporter's Rome correspondent has become in just five years the most authoritative English-language Vaticanista...
Cardinal Paradox, by John Allen The Tablet 18/09/2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-00936 At a time of an ailing Pope, the voice of Joseph Ratzinger is increasingly heard as that of the Vatican. And yet, the Church’s enforcer is also a singular freethinker. From American politicians, to women, and Turkey, his views have dominated the headlines this year ...
New false accusations brought in court against O’Connor, an Indian-born Christian http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1548 Riyadh (AsiaNews) – Brian Savio O’Connor, a Christian imprisoned since March, was finally brought before a judge in a Deerah area courthouse (in Riyadh) for his first trial hearing...
Vatican official says annulment reform needed http://www.cathnews.com/news/409/106.php A canon lawyer at the Vatican has called for a standardisation of procedures to annul marriage, pointing out that marriage tribunals in some countries (such as the United States) are quick to provide annulments on uncertain grounds, while those in other countries make it difficult for the faithful to pursue even clear-cut cases of nullity...
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CATHOLICTV.NET
Wellington Archdiocesan Media Office
http://www.catholictv.net
Mental health challenges for New Zealanders: counsellor and psychotherapist Sr Stephanie Kitching discusses the issues
Further highlights from the Mass to celebrate the appointment of Coadjutor Bishop John Dew.
Fr Bernard Hehir on the Vatican's new Commission for Sport.
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'MARIST MESSENGER'
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
Online in the September Messenger:
The Focus this month by the editor is about Lourdes and St Bernadette It is 150 years since the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception
Death of a marist: Father D'Arcy Reader sm Fr Reader was a joyful faithful priest for over 60 years
Affirming love by Fr Paddy Cahill Each month Fr Paddy a busy parish priest in Christchurch finds time to make us stop and think
Fr Pierre Jouny sm by Fr David Mullins This tells the story of a dedicated early marist missionary in Tonga
With Jesus by the way of the heart by Fr Tom Ryan sm This is a dialogue with Our Lord about friendship
Also in the September Marist Messenger : God speak by a tower ... Our Lady and the Sacrament of Penance ... The love of God - Rule of life ... Our Lady of Fatima and Wales ... 100 years of Mission - smsms in Solomons ... To Jesus, through Mary ... The theology of the body ... The saints our friends ... Renewal of Marriage vows on an anniversary ... Marist Messenger Update
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz/update.asp
'Caritas Update' No. 36 Spring 2004
The focus of the spring edition of the Caritas Update is on this year’s Social Justice Week topic of Mental Health in New Zealand.
The lead article looks at how the changing face of mental health services has affected those in our community who use them. The article also discusses experiences of those who have suffered trauma, such as refugees and what communities can do to be more welcoming places for those who suffer from mental illness.
Linking in with the Social Justice Week theme, the article on page 5 looks at programmes Caritas is involved with overseas that are assisting local organisations in helping their communities overcome the lasting effects of war and conflict.
There is further information on the situation in Sudan and Bangladesh and on the relations between Australia and East Timor over the contested oil reserves on page 6.
The Country Brief section on page 7 looks at the on-going struggle for independence in West Papua and the overturning of convictions by the Indonesian Court of Appeal, for those involved in the East Timor massacres in 1999.
The Schools Spotlight section discusses how experiential education is a useful tool in helping students develop empathy for those in need. Photos from students of St Peter’s College, Palmerston North and St Joseph’s primary, Christchurch feature. Finally, there is the introduction of new staff member Kathy Orr-Nimmo.
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for September 24, 2004: World hunger and biotechnology debated; Honors for pro-choice politician; Lefebvrite update; Cardinal Cipriani and the "falsified letters" scandal; Benedictine abbots' world congress; Cardinal Arinze in New York; Seminar on annulment; About the terms "sects" and "African Initiated Churches"; Fr. Andrew Greeley's latest novel.
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Wellington Catholic Education Centre http://www.wcec.org.nz 1. Consultant in Religious Education (Primary School) 2. Adult Education tutor Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23, 'Wel-com' September 2004 p.17, and from Peter Bray, Director, Wellington Catholic Education Centre, PO Box 1937, Wellington. Tel: (04) 496 1710; fax: (04) 496 1715; e-mail: p.bray@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 1 October 2004
Accountant. Assistant Accountant. Archdiocese of Wellington http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/page3.html Details in 'Wel-com' September 2004 p.17, and from The Director, Financial Services, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. E-mail: a.hayes@wn.catholic.org.nz
Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper 'NZ Catholic' wishes to employ skilled communicators to act as presenters for the paper at parish Masses. Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23 and from Dennis Augustine, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
MEDIA RELEASES
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
New Rector for national seminary (25 September 2004) New Zealand’s bishops have announced the appointment of Father Philip Handforth of Auckland to be the new Rector of the national seminary, Holy Cross Seminary...
Catholic Agency has grave concerns over Care of Children Bill (21 September 2004) The Wellington-based Catholic Archdiocesan Commission for the Family believes that Clause 37 of the Care of Children Bill poses serious concerns for parents. The clause permits school authorities, principals and counsellors in particular, to assist girls to have an abortion without the parents being consulted or even informed...
Bishop Patrick Dunn reports on the New Zealand bishops Ad Limina visit to Rome (20 September) "During September I had the pleasure of joining seven other NZ bishops for our week-long Ad Limina Visit to the Holy See. Unfortunately Bishops Mariu (Hamilton) and Dolan (Palmerston North) were unable, for reasons of health, to make the journey..."
Pope Speaks to the New Zealand bishops of the need to counter "Unrestrained Secularism" (14 Sep 2004) New Zealand's Catholic bishops met with Pope John Paul II yesterday during their 5-yearly (ad Limina) visit to Rome. The meeting took place at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
ACU Senate considers Pell concerns about curriculum Caritas launches appeal to fund relief in flood-stricken Haiti Bomb rattles Catholic orphanage in Baghdad Pope to address Eucharistic Congress by satellite Catholic Health says Costello "calls it right" on mental health Experts edgy as Pope orders Michelangelo to come clean
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Restoration for St Patrick's (photo) NZ Herald 22.09.2004 http://tinyurl.com/4nyoo The historic St Patrick's Cathedral, surrounding public square and two other church buildings in Auckland's heart are about to get a facelift worth just over $17 million...
Four charged over church fire-bombing attacks NZPA 23 September 2004 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3041866a11,00.html Four young men, including a schoolboy, have been accused of fire-bombing three west Auckland suburban churches. Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Titirangi Baptist Church, the Henderson Baptist Church and the Liston College chapel on August 20...
A lonely lot (photo) The Age (Melbourne) September 20, 2004 http://tinyurl.com/54l68 They are only passing remarks, but they are acutely painful. "All priests are sexual abusers," Father Terry Kean has been told and, "you all live in palaces, you wouldn't know what it is to live in the real world". Kean, parish priest at Elwood and St Kilda West, recalls standing in line at the lunch that his Sacred Heart Mission provides to 400 people every day, when one of the regulars started sounding off...
You only die once, said the expat who trusted in luck and being streetwise Daily Telegraph 24/09/2004) http://tinyurl.com/3n7gr In Roman Catholic churches throughout Merseyside people prayed for Kenneth Bigley at every Mass. Last night scores of people gathered for a vigil in the centre of Liverpool...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Book Review : The people behind the walls. 'All the Pope’s Men: the inside story of how the Vatican really thinks', by John L. Allen Jr The Tablet (UK) Saturday, 25 September 2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/book_review.cgi/past-00202 Endlessly fascinated by his subject, restless, inquisitive, analytical, the National Catholic Reporter's Rome correspondent has become in just five years the most authoritative English-language Vaticanista...
Cardinal Paradox, by John Allen The Tablet 18/09/2004 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-00936 At a time of an ailing Pope, the voice of Joseph Ratzinger is increasingly heard as that of the Vatican. And yet, the Church’s enforcer is also a singular freethinker. From American politicians, to women, and Turkey, his views have dominated the headlines this year ...
New false accusations brought in court against O’Connor, an Indian-born Christian http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1548 Riyadh (AsiaNews) – Brian Savio O’Connor, a Christian imprisoned since March, was finally brought before a judge in a Deerah area courthouse (in Riyadh) for his first trial hearing...
Vatican official says annulment reform needed http://www.cathnews.com/news/409/106.php A canon lawyer at the Vatican has called for a standardisation of procedures to annul marriage, pointing out that marriage tribunals in some countries (such as the United States) are quick to provide annulments on uncertain grounds, while those in other countries make it difficult for the faithful to pursue even clear-cut cases of nullity...
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CATHOLICTV.NET
Wellington Archdiocesan Media Office
http://www.catholictv.net
Mental health challenges for New Zealanders: counsellor and psychotherapist Sr Stephanie Kitching discusses the issues
Further highlights from the Mass to celebrate the appointment of Coadjutor Bishop John Dew.
Fr Bernard Hehir on the Vatican's new Commission for Sport.
**************************************************
'MARIST MESSENGER'
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
Online in the September Messenger:
The Focus this month by the editor is about Lourdes and St Bernadette It is 150 years since the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception
Death of a marist: Father D'Arcy Reader sm Fr Reader was a joyful faithful priest for over 60 years
Affirming love by Fr Paddy Cahill Each month Fr Paddy a busy parish priest in Christchurch finds time to make us stop and think
Fr Pierre Jouny sm by Fr David Mullins This tells the story of a dedicated early marist missionary in Tonga
With Jesus by the way of the heart by Fr Tom Ryan sm This is a dialogue with Our Lord about friendship
Also in the September Marist Messenger : God speak by a tower ... Our Lady and the Sacrament of Penance ... The love of God - Rule of life ... Our Lady of Fatima and Wales ... 100 years of Mission - smsms in Solomons ... To Jesus, through Mary ... The theology of the body ... The saints our friends ... Renewal of Marriage vows on an anniversary ... Marist Messenger Update
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz/update.asp
'Caritas Update' No. 36 Spring 2004
The focus of the spring edition of the Caritas Update is on this year’s Social Justice Week topic of Mental Health in New Zealand.
The lead article looks at how the changing face of mental health services has affected those in our community who use them. The article also discusses experiences of those who have suffered trauma, such as refugees and what communities can do to be more welcoming places for those who suffer from mental illness.
Linking in with the Social Justice Week theme, the article on page 5 looks at programmes Caritas is involved with overseas that are assisting local organisations in helping their communities overcome the lasting effects of war and conflict.
There is further information on the situation in Sudan and Bangladesh and on the relations between Australia and East Timor over the contested oil reserves on page 6.
The Country Brief section on page 7 looks at the on-going struggle for independence in West Papua and the overturning of convictions by the Indonesian Court of Appeal, for those involved in the East Timor massacres in 1999.
The Schools Spotlight section discusses how experiential education is a useful tool in helping students develop empathy for those in need. Photos from students of St Peter’s College, Palmerston North and St Joseph’s primary, Christchurch feature. Finally, there is the introduction of new staff member Kathy Orr-Nimmo.
**********************************************************
"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column in the National Catholic Reporter by the paper's full-time Vatican correspondent John L. Allen
Summary of the column for September 24, 2004: World hunger and biotechnology debated; Honors for pro-choice politician; Lefebvrite update; Cardinal Cipriani and the "falsified letters" scandal; Benedictine abbots' world congress; Cardinal Arinze in New York; Seminar on annulment; About the terms "sects" and "African Initiated Churches"; Fr. Andrew Greeley's latest novel.
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EVENTS
Schools Of Evangelisation http://www.wave.co.nz/~jlewis/SOE.html (The link to Mexico is now in English)
Te Aroha - Jesus in the four Gospels - October 30/31 and November 6/7 2004 Let four friends take you to Jesus - each Gospel writer shows us a different aspect of Jesus. Venue: The Catholic Hall, Te Aroha Starts 9 am Saturday through to 5.30 pm Sunday each weekend. Facilitated by members of the Hamilton Diocesan Schools of Evangelisation Cost $80 - or as much as you can afford! Contact: John at jlewis@wave.co.nz, or phone John 07 846 2691
*************************************************
EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
Wellington Catholic Education Centre http://www.wcec.org.nz 1. Consultant in Religious Education (Primary School) 2. Adult Education tutor Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23, 'Wel-com' September 2004 p.17, and from Peter Bray, Director, Wellington Catholic Education Centre, PO Box 1937, Wellington. Tel: (04) 496 1710; fax: (04) 496 1715; e-mail: p.bray@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 1 October 2004
Accountant. Assistant Accountant. Archdiocese of Wellington http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/page3.html Details in 'Wel-com' September 2004 p.17, and from The Director, Financial Services, Archdiocese of Wellington, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. E-mail: a.hayes@wn.catholic.org.nz
Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper 'NZ Catholic' wishes to employ skilled communicators to act as presenters for the paper at parish Masses. Details in 'NZ Catholic' September 19-October 2 2004, p.23 and from Dennis Augustine, 'NZ Catholic', PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034
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