Kiwicath News and Notes

Sunday, June 19, 2005

19 june 2005

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ADDRESS OF POPE BENEDICT TO THE N.Z. AMBASSADOR, AND REACTIONS

On June 16, Pope Benedict XVI received the credentials of New Zealand's new
Ambassador to the Holy See, Geoffrey Kenyon Ward. The full text of the
Pope's address to the Ambassador is here:
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

New Pope swipes at NZ civil union law (TVNZ video report)
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-4486521-56,00.html
[Includes comments by Lyndsay Freer, Director of Catholic Communications NZ]

Pope tells NZ envoy, leaders 'moral law must be revived'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3318341a10,00.html
Just months before the general election the new head of the Catholic Church,
Pope Benedict XVI, today urged New Zealand's leaders to "ensure that the
question of morality is given ample discussion in the public forum"...

Pope takes swipe at NZ civil union
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/592794/
Pope Benedict XVI has been accused of taking a dig at New Zealands civil
union laws saying that New Zealand leaders should ensure that "morality is
given ample discussion in the public forum"...

Pope concerned over NZ secularisation
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=74830
The Catholic Church in New Zealand says the new Pope is regarding New
Zealand's Civil Union Bill with disdain...

New Pope takes swipe at Labour's civil union law
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10331383

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

Issue 215 June 19 - July 3 2005

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

"First step" in relief of debt
Wellington - Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand says the G8's decision to wipe
$NZ56 billion of debt to some of the world's poorest nations is welcome but
is only "a first step"....

TV cartoon denounced as "puerile"
Auckland - Catholics and media commentators alike are denouncing
controversial cartoon Popetown as "puerile", "pathetic", "trivial",
"appalling" and "stupid"....

Prayer poems author made DCNZM
Wellington - Author Joy Cowley, whose Aotearoa Psalms have best-seller
status, has been made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of
Merit....

Also in this issue ....

NATIONAL
Commissioned for Communion ... Palmerston North to hold colloquium for
jubilee ... Villa student off to Canada for two years ... Week for refugees
... Bowler from Palmerston North named top player ... Flooding appeal ... In
top netball team ... ERO File

FEATURES
Charles was a missionary, war chaplain and a "three-way father" ...
Parenthood got Cherie Blair back to the Church ... A fateful night in
Pakistan when the moon turned red ... Water is taken seriously in irrigated
Valencia ... Member of Legion of Mary for 72 years ... Fr Donoghue was a
brother before becoming a priest ... Cardinal from Vatican for pro-life
conference ... Speaker opens door to miracle of life

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The danger of riches ... Parish Diary ... Josephine
Kamsvaag: Offering simple hospitality in our busy lives ... Others Say ...
Editorial: Objectionable and not even funny ... Letters ... Malcolm Evans

INTERNATIONAL
Secularism puts Church in crisis ... Support still urged for European unity
... Christian future in Holy Land hangs by thread ... Church aids poor while
science cares for rich ... The Pope: Sunday Eucharist essential for faith
... Babies ward off cancer ... Vocations campaign for trains and pubs ...
Growth in Africa seen to lack depth ... Pope's motto takes on ... Benedict
upholds love and marriage ... Israeli researcher suggests blood clot caused
Christ's death ... Praying for peace in La Paz ... Lawyers urged to practise
"in the light of eternity" ... Invalid ordination not the way to go ...
Same-sex marriage bill defeated in California ... Support for marriage
shared by faiths ... No justice for Croats ... Papal notes not for burning
... In Brief

REGULAR FEATURES
Think Page, Books, Monitor, Tape Deck, Net Scene, Clips, Scripture, The
Doolans, Family Talk, Question Box, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who
Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Photo Prayer, That Word!, Holy Lives, Kit's
Corner, Wit's End.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Life was 'a great trip'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3314417a6579,00.html
A Hamilton man who had the backing of an entire school has lost his fight
with cancer. John Follett, who featured in the Waikato Times 12 days of
Christmas series last year, died on Monday. He was 49. Mr Follett won a
Times' Christmas hamper when he was nominated by his wife Christine's
students at St Peter Chanel Catholic School in Hamilton...

Pro-life group unconvinced by stats
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/592281/
Anti-abortion groups say a drop in the abortion rate is small and no cause
for celebration. Figures from Statistics New Zealand show there were just
over 18,200 abortions last year, 300 fewer than in the previous year. The
general abortion rate fell from 21 1,000 women, to 20.5...

Debt cancellation a glimmer of hope
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0506/S00129.htm
Jubilee Aotearoa, New Zealand's Debt Action Network, congratulates the G8
Finance ministers on offering a glimmer of hope to some of the world's
poorest countries unfairly burdened by debt.

[The following article is not avaialble on the nerwspaper's free Website. It
can be read at t public libraries and via the libraries free 'Newztext'
service for borrowers]

Donations use ruled law breach
By: Sophie Neville
The Dominon Post, 13 June 2005, Edition 2, Page 7.
Many integrated schools have been accused of breaking the law by spending
parent donations and community-raised funds on building projects without
government permission...

Vatican delighted after winning fertility referendum
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10330634
Rome - A generation after Italy embraced the permissive society and rebuffed
the Catholic Church by endorsing divorce and then abortion, the Vatican got
its own back yesterday. It sent an attempt to liberalise the law on IVF
treatment to a humiliating failure...

CBS gives go-ahead for Pope mini-series
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3317061a1860,00.html
Los Angeles: CBS television has given producers the go-ahead for a
big-budget miniseries charting the life of the late Pope John Paul II, with
guidance from the Vatican. The four-hour, fact-based drama, tentatively
titled Pope John Paul II, will chronicle the story of Karol Wojtyla from his
youth in Poland through his more than 26-year reign as head of the Roman
Catholic Church...

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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS

Muslim and Jewish communities in Spain assure support for demonstration
pro-family and real matrimony. At least 20 bishops will take part
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0506/16_5146.html
Madrid (Fides Service) - Support for the pro-family demonstration on June 18
in Madrid has been voiced by Imam Seg Munir of the Great Mosque in Madrid,
the Spanish Federation of Jewish Communities and by representatives of other
religious confessions. The event which aims to defend authentic marriage and
family is organised by the Spanish Family Forum and already 20 Spanish
Bishops have said they will take part in the march in the capital at 6pm on
Saturday...

Simplified catechism to be released 28 June
http://www.cathnews.com/news/506/83.php
The shortened, simplified version of the "Catechism of the Catholic Church"
will be presented by Pope Benedict XVI during a 28 June liturgy at the
Vatican and will be available in Italian bookstores the following day.
According to Catholic News Service, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls
said national bishops´ conferences would be responsible for translating the
volume into their local languages and for publishing the volume in
partnership with the Vatican publishing house...

Call for ordination of parish leaders
http://www.cathnews.com/news/506/68.php
Australia's next generation of Catholic priests could include single and
widowed men nominated by their parishes and trained outside the seminaries,
under proposals to be considered by the nation's bishops...

Cardinal Ruini on Italy's Failed Referendum (interview)
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=72586
Vatican City, June 14, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president
of the Italian bishops' conference, says that the failure of the national
referendum on experimentation with human embryos is a victory for life...

"If we resist syndromes of defeat or victory this can be new time of
encounter between believers and non and for the centrality of Parliament":
S. Egidio Community comments Referendum on Fertility Treatment
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0506/14_5114.html

The End of Poverty: how we can make it happen in our lifetime, by Jeffrey
Sachs (book review)
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/book_review.cgi/past-00240

Young love for the old
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01043
Juventutem, a youth group that celebrates the Latin Mass with full
permission from Rome, is part of a growing movement that prefers the
traditional pre-Second Vatican Council liturgy ...

Vatican Calls for Pastoral Reflection on "Women of the Street"
http://zenit.org/english/show_6.php
Vatican City, June 15, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Rome is to host the first
international pastoral meeting for the liberation of "women of the street."
The meeting, promoted by the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers,
will be held in the dicastery's premises on June 20-21...

Actor Gilyard finds Catholicism is role for a lifetime
http://www.the-tidings.com/2005/0610/gilyard.htm
Actor Clarence Gilyard is well-known for being Chuck Norris' right-hand man
on "Walker, Texas Ranger" and for being Andy Griffith's right-hand man on
"Matlock." What's less well-known about Gilyard is that he's Catholic. It
has been a 10-year run since he joined the church and it shows no signs of
cancellation...

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

Global Catholic News
http://www.cathcom.org.nz

Pope's mystery caller revealed
At the Pope's weekly general audience Wednesday a man in a wheelchair gave
his mobile phone to the Pope, who took it and spoke for a few seconds to
someone.

Pope criticises Switzerland's liberal stance
Pope Benedict XVI has criticised Switzerland for embracing new laws on the
"delicate questions" of life, family and marriage.

Catholic Bishops Revise Sex Abuse Policy
Bishops overseeing a review of the three-year-old policy have recommended
that dioceses continue permanently barring guilty clergy from all church
work. Some Catholic leaders have been concerned that the punishment is too
severe.

Pope Meets World Council of Churches Chief
Pope Benedict XVI met Thursday with the leader of the World Council of
Churches in another indication of his attempts to improve relations with
other Christians and heal the 1,000-year-old rift with the Orthodox Church.

Pope Halts Beatification of French Priest
Pope Benedict XVI has temporarily blocked the beatification of a French
priest and appointed a commission to investigate the priest's anti-Semitic
writings, drawing praise from Jewish leaders who called it a sign of the new
pope's sensitivity to other religions.

Catholic school restricts gay parents' roles
A Catholic school in Orange County, Calif., that allowed a same-sex couple
to enroll their sons last year has created a policy that would prevent the
two men -- or any other same-sex couple -- from appearing as a couple at
school functions.

Pope speaks on mobile phone, dons helmet
At his 15 June general audience, Pope Benedict XVI talked to more than
20,000 people in St. Peter's Square, but he also spoke to someone on a
mobile phone and donned a fire chief's helmet.

Pope Benedict to issue Catechism Lite
Pope Benedict XVI will issue a condensed version of the Roman Catholic
Church's 865-page catechism, or book of official teaching, on June 28.

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"THE WORD FROM ROME"

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/

A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent
in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.

This week ...

Benedict XVI wins round in culture wars; results explained; next round in
Spain; Vatican and Israel on taxing church property; pope meets with WCC
head; Regina Mundi, early theology school for women, closes; justice and
peace council applauds debt forgiveness.

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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY
16-21 August 2005

Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne
http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz
En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St
Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey,
as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne,
Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -
hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming
together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God,
assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the
NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58
Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz

World Youth Day to Have an Ecumenical Side
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=72666
Cologne, Germany, June 15, 2005 - Ecumenism is included in the initiatives
scheduled for World Youth Day this August in Germany. On Aug. 17, for
example, an interconfessional "Way of the Cross" is planned in Cologne, Bonn
and Dusseldorf. Aug. 16-19, the World Youth Day Spiritual Center will hold
ecumenical meetings with the participation of the Taizé, Chemin Neuf (New
Way) and Sant'Egidio communities. Numerous Lutheran and Orthodox will
participate in the Youth Festival planned for the occasion ...

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Sunday, June 12, 2005

12 June 2005

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'WEL-COM'

Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the diocese of Palmerston
north

http://www.welcom.org.nz/

Maori better off now than 20 years ago - Treaty educator
An educator in the Treaty of Waitangi is optimistic about the state of Maori
in this country, saying that Maori are much more visible than they were 20
years ago. Robert Consedine's optimism comes from the fact that in almost 20
years of running treaty workshops 95 percent of evaluations said such
workshops should be compulsory for all New Zealanders....

Top NZ Mercy chosen to head international body
Denise Fox rsm, Aotearoa New Zealand, has been elected as the new president
of Mercy International Association. This association is an organisation of
the leaders of Mercy congregations, institutes and federations throughout
the world, founded to serve the Sisters of Mercy, their associates and
colleagues in ministry...

Every child counts
A new coalition of organisations working to have children placed at the
centre of public policy development has been launched. The Every Child
Counts campaign is drawing together research and statistics on children's
welfare in New Zealand. It is not a pretty sight. Sr Marcellin Wilson of
Caritas says New Zealand's child poverty and abuse rates, in a country which
has always prided itself as a good place to bring up children, are crimes
against humanity....

No relief in the Budget for children
The government's Budget, delivered last month, shows no mercy for the
families with children suffering from poverty-related illnesses such as
meningococcal disease. This is the view of Auckland paediatrician, Innes
Asher, speaking to the Child Poverty Action Group at a Budget breakfast on
20 May, the day the Budget was delivered...

Wel-com appoints a theology graduate as its new editor
The Wellington Archdiocese has appointed Cecily McNeill as the editor of its
monthly newspaper, Wel-com. Cecily graduated from Australian Catholic
University last year with a Master of Arts degree, in theology which she had
studied over the previous two years...

Protest vigil in support of Palestinians
On the eve of 14 May a candlelit vigil in Wellington's Civic Square picketed
celebrations marking the establishment of the modern state of Israel. This
is the day Israel declared its independence in 1948. Palestinians mark this
day as Al Nakba - the catastrophe. Christians, Jews, Muslims and people of
no particular faith gathered to remind those attending the celebrations that
until the occupation is ended and justice done in Palestine there will be
little chance of real peace.....

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

An uncomfortable debate
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3308239a6220,00.html
Just two months ago, odd bedfellows United Future list MP Murray Smith and
Green counterpart Nandor Tanczos both acknowledged that the Abortion
Supervisory Committee, its "certifying consultants" and the law needed
review. Earlier this week, anti-abortion organisation Right to Life NZ began
legal action in the High Court at Wellington, arguing that the committee has
misinterpreted the law and allowed too many terminations....

Abortion an election issue
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10329544
Court action claiming too many abortions are being allowed in New Zealand is
a pre-election bid to raise the focus on a divisive issue, says health
select committee chairwoman Steve Chadwick...

Satirical cartoon rated pathetic
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=6&ObjectID=10329797
Controversial cartoon Popetown is "pathetic" and "too stupid to be
offensive", says a spokeswoman for the Catholic Church in New Zealand. The
satire about a priest at the Vatican premiered on music channel C4 last
night despite opposition from members of the Catholic community....

Church dismisses Popetown
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsfeature.asp?storyID=74212

BBC watches C4 air controversial cartoon
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsfeature.asp?storyID=74138

Tears shed at funeral for slain pensioner
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10329172
The priest who led the funeral of slain Feilding pensioner Margaret Waldin
yesterday appealed to the small community not to feel they needed to take
revenge on her killer or killers....

[The following article is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It
can be read at local public libraries and via the libraries' free 'Newztext'
service for borrowers.]

Centre is a need, rather than want, by Barry Easton
The Daily News (Taranaki), 9 June 2005, Edition 1, Page 12.
Today marks a "red-letter" day for New Plymouth's Sacred Heart Girls'
College with the launch of a $1m fund-raising appeal to build an events
centre....

The Vatican and Vaticanologists. A Very Special Kind of Journalism, by
Sandro Magister
http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=32668&eng=y
How the Vatican presents itself and how its news is covered by observers and
correspondents. Facts, analyses and insider observations on a profession
that is unique in the world ...

Pope dream: Healing ancient Christian rift a distant glimmer
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/060705_religion.php
Athens, Greece - It's a goal that has eluded Christianity for nearly 1,000
years: mending the rifts between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Pope Benedict XVI has declared a "fundamental commitment" to heal the
divide, and this week will engage in an indirect round of talks with the
Russian Orthodox...

A nation under God: US tops religious poll
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3305977a12,00.html
Americans profess unquestioning belief in God and support mixing faith and
politics at much higher rates than people in other countries, a poll of 1000
adults in each of ten countries has found....

Cherie Booth: A very public confession
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=643599
She's been scorned for her beliefs, and tormented by her own doubts about
Catholicism, but Cherie Booth says she'll never give up her faith. Here the
former convent-school rebel writes candidly about her personal spiritual
journey ....

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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & AGENCIES

Italian hostage released in Kabul
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3478
Kabul (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Italian aid worker Clementina Cantoni has been
freed nearly a month after being taken hostage in Afghanistan....

Tilting the world towards Africa, by George Gelber
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01041
Critics of this summer's crusade to combat poverty in the South say that
upping aid budgets is throwing good money after bad. Not so, says Cafod's
policy expert. Aid, debt relief and trade justice work and work well
together ...

The Apostleship of the Sea - the Catholic Church's outreach to millions of
seafarers - comes home to celebrate and to relaunch spiritual assistance for
millions of men and women seafarers engaged in the international shipping
industry ....
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0506/06_5063.html

That they may be one
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01039
The monks at the newly established Holy Cross monastery in County Down aim
to break down the barriers between the Catholics and Protestants of Northern
Ireland through special retreats of reconciliation ....

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

Global Catholic News
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/

Pope rejects condoms for Africa
The spread of HIV and Aids in Africa should be tackled through fidelity and
abstinence and not by condoms, Pope Benedict XVI has said.

Catholic church tries to defeat Spain's gay marriage bill
Spanish Roman Catholic Bishops are calling for a strong turnout in a
demonstration to protest a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage,
calling the fight against the legislation a "just cause."

Italian Fertility, Stem Cell Vote May Fail Amid Pope Opposition
Italy's referendum on whether to ease one of the most restrictive fertility
treatment laws in Europe is likely to fail as the Roman Catholic Church and
politicians ranging from left to right urge citizens not to vote.

Pope tells Jews he is committed to good relations
Pope Benedict assured the world's Jews on Thursday that the Catholic Church
remained fully committed to fighting anti-Semitism and to more reflection on
the moral and historical implications of the Holocaust.

Commencement of works at Sydney's new Catholic university
he Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell will mark the beginning of
construction at Sydney's Notre Dame University with a Mass and Foundation
Ceremony this morning.

Women's Commission speaks out against detention indignity
The head of the Commission for Australian Catholic Women has said she is
appalled that male prison officers are able to view female detainees in a
special unit at the Baxter Immigration Detention Centre in South Australia.

Abuse Cost for US Catholic Dioceses Tops $1B
The cost to the U.S. Roman Catholic Church of sexual predators in the
priesthood has climbed past $1 billion, according to tallies by American
bishops and an Associated Press review of known settlements.

6 priests accused of abuse are out
The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston announced yesterday that six priests
accused of sexually abusing minors are ''no longer in the clerical state,"
indicating that they were either defrocked by the Vatican or had voluntarily
left the priesthood.

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NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE

"Lighting New fires" Newsletter for Integrated Schools - June 2005
http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz/lightingnewfires.shtml

Main newsletter:

Editorial: Relationships ... United Nations Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development 2005-2014 ... Improvements in the Qualifications of
School Leavers ... Research Pinpoints Student Support that Works ...
Achivements of integrated schools throughout New Zealand ... United Nations
World Environment Day 5 June ... Teaching and Learning Research Initiative
... Five Essential Elements in Creating a High-Performing School ...
Internet Safety Reminder ... ADD/ADHD Awareness Week ... ITLRI Research
Reveals Language Disadvantages of Non-native Speakers Learning Mathematics
... Useful Resources ... Niknak Music Resource Available ... Key
Competencies and Holistic Thinking about the Curriculum ... Did You Know?
... Tips for Teachers on Developing Parents' Capacity to Support their
Children's Education ... Blogging as a Means of Teacher Support ...

Lighting New Fires - June 2005: Catholic schools' Supplement:

Editorial: Convincing young people that objective truth exists ...
Professional Development and Spiritual Formation
for Teachers ... Congratulations to Schools on the Success
of Catholic Schools' Day ... Congratulations to New Principals ... Progress
on Developing Catholic Religious Education Standards for NCEA ... Principals
' Positions Available in Rarotonga ... Innovation at St Joseph's School,
Levin ... South Auckland Schools' Promotion Initiative ... New Resource:
"Strategies for Building Faith Communities in Schools" ... An Interesting
Resource: Mary Benet McKinney OSB on Sharing Wisdom ... Book Alert: 'Rise,
Let Us Be On Our Way' ... Useful Websites ... Generation Y Embrace Mix and
Match Religion ... A Good Idea from Sancta Maria College.

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"THE WORD FROM ROME"

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/

A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent
in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.

This week ...
Pope Benedict on the family; Timothy Radcliffe on multi-religious Europe;
Benedict meets with Jewish leaders; Archbishop Chaput on anti-Semitism; A
raucous seminar on church history; One note on Fr. Maciel; Franciscan
missionaries' DVD; Speaking engagements: the Paulists and Santa Susanna, the
American model parish in Rome ... Catholic philanthropic organizations ...
interviews on National Public Radio, and "Busted Halo", a service for young
adults.

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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY
16-21 August 2005

Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne
http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz/
En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St
Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey,
as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne,
Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -
hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming
together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God,
assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the
NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58
Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz

"Extraordinary number" of volunteers:
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0506/06_5064.html
Cologne (Fides Service) - Applications for voluntary helpers for the 20th
World Youth Day 11-21 August in Cologne closed with the extraordinarily high
number of 31,145 volunteers from 119 different countries...

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Sunday, June 5, 2005

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'NZ CATHOLIC '

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

No. 214, June 4-18, 2005

Full text ...

Matata's church and school survive flooding
With devastation and destruction around them, Matata's Catholic church and
school survived the worst of last month's flooding in the Bay of Plenty town
unscathed.....

TV satire on Vatican to be screened here
A cartoon satirising life at the Vatican -- which the BBC commissioned but
chose not to air -- will make its world premiere on a New Zealand television
channel on June 8....

Mixed reaction to Budget 2005
The 2005 Budget received praise and criticism from all corners. In many
instances, both reactions came from the same corner....

Also In Issue 214:

NATIONAL
Church has role in social change ... College celebrates teacher's 30 years
... Parents choosy on schools ... 280 at Dove weekend ... Mothers' Prayers
founder coming ... ERO File

FEATURES
Cardinal Williams on the Church, change and the conclave ... Priest dies
going home to Holland ... Values education is seen as vital ... Storytelling
ministry shares faith in Manawatu ... Akld schola aware its role is to
enhance the liturgy ... Irish teacher proposes film on Gov. Hobson ... Abbey
lifestyle experience changed five mens' lives ... Supporting the grieving
has been her ministry ... Southern faith celebrated along with basilica ...
Service offers women healing from post-abortion grief ... Conversion story:
Buddhist's interest began at school ... Govt accused of failing to police
prostitution ... CWL hears about work in islands ... CEO executive meets
politicians ... Ex-pat brings choir from Notre Dame

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The Jesus Code - unravelling the secret ... Bev McDonald:
Questioning the notion of a lay-led church ... Others Say ... Editorial: A
Budget that failed to deliver ... Good Evans, Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Abortion-cancer cover-up alleged ... While priests decline, seminarians
double over 25 years ... The Pope: "divine plan" of papal sequence ...
Bishops in court battle ... Experienced US theologian for doctrinal
congregation ... Schiavo's parents see Pope ... Molokai sister beatified ...
CELAM's 50 years are celebrated ... Bostonians struggle in parish closures
... They kept faith for 70 years with no priest ... Beijing "supports
abortion" ... Pastoral care job not for atheist ... Eucharist helps unity of
Church ... Anglican-RC group reaches accord on Mary ... Catholics helped
Blair win ... In Brief

REGULAR FEATURES
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Doolans, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio.
Diary, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Hundreds farewell murdered woman
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=51573
Hundreds of mourners have filled Feilding's St Bridgett's Catholic church
for the funeral of slain local woman Margaret Waldin...

Church yet to judge cartoon
http://www.odt.co.nz/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=T0RULzIwMDUvMDYvMDQjQXIwMzkwMA==&Mode\
=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
Wellington: The Catholic Church says a new C4 television cartoon, Popetown,
seems offensive on the face of it but it will be watching the show carefully
before deciding whether to lay a complaint...

Jumping up and down over pogo pope
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10329080

Open Letter To C4 Regarding Screening Popetown
Press Release: Family Life International Thursday June 2, 2005
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0506/S00024.htm

St Marys signs agreement for roll increase
http://www.odt.co.nz/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=T0RULzIwMDUvMDUvMzAjQXIwMTEwMw==&Mode\
=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
St Marys School in Milton can now enrol up to 20 more pupils. Bishop Colin
Campbell last week signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education which
will allow the integrated school's roll to grow from 69 to 90...

Catholics won't rubber stamp safer sex campaign
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3637698&thesection=l\
ocalnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
Wanganui's Catholic Church has poured cold water on the return of the "No
Rubba No Hubba" safer sex campaign...

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[The following article is not available on a free Website. It can be read
via the 'Newstext' service provided to borrowers by many public libraries]

Building a symbol of hope for education
By Catherine Gick
Stuff - Manukau Courier - Local News - 2 Jun 2005
The name of McAuley High School's new English and technology block has a
rich history. The Callahan Block, completed this year at a cost of $2
million, is named after the family that adopted the school's namesake
Catherine McAuley...

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Pope pledges to mend Orthodox rift
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/05/29/nation/doc429a21b5efe1c502313083.\
txt
Bari, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI made his first trip outside Rome since his
election as head of the world's 1.1 million Roman Catholics and took the
opportunity Sunday to emphasize two issues he has already made clear will be
fundamental to his mission: Christian unity and resistance to materialism
and increasing secularism...

Full text of Pope Benedict's address at Bari:
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3399

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FROM THE OVERSERAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES

World Priest Day focus on friendship with Christ
http://www.cathnews.com/news/506/19.php
In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests,
the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy has proposed that priests rediscover
that friendship with Christ which led them to embrace their vocation in the
first place. "The secret or key of priestly life is the passionate love of
Christ, which brings with it Christ's passionate announcement," says a
document issued by the Congregation for Clergy for the World Day of
Prayer...

Africa's Latin champion. The Tablet Interview Cardinal Rodríguez
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01037
Given that Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of
Tegucigalpa, comes from one of Central America's poorest nations, you might
think he has more than enough to keep him busy in Honduras without
concerning himself with poverty in Africa. But he was in London last week to
lobby the British Government on the need to support Make Poverty History,
the campaign to improve aid to the continent and alleviate the staggering
debts of the African countries...

Non-stop praying for Clementina Cantoni
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3408
Kabul (AsiaNews) - "The ex-pat community is constantly praying for
Clementina's release," says Fr Giuseppe Moretti, priest of the only Catholic
church in Afghanistan, which the young Italian aid worker used to attend
before she was abducted on May 16 by armed men...

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

GLOBAL CATHOLIC NEWS

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

* Under stern official gaze, Vietnam's Catholic stronghold dares to hope
* Westminster Abbey counters Da Vinci Code
* Forum gathers 600 to discuss future of religious life
* Pope John Paul's "shadow" named Krakow archbishop
* Examining the first 45 days of Pope Benedict
* (Charlotte) Church disagrees with Pope
* Pope highlights human dignity from from conception until natural death
* Benedict prefers to write own speeches

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CATHOLICTV.NET

Wellington Archdiocesan Media Centre

http://www.catholictv.net

Current videos:

Kitty McKinley, leader of Challenge 2000, a Wellington youth and family
outreach, on the meaning of life

Simply meditating: Fr Laurence Freeman OSB on the way of Christian
meditation

Fr Peter Roe SM on the benefits of mentoring

Celebrating with Cardinal Williams: scenes from the Mass of Thanksgiving for
Cardinal Williams service to the Archdiocese of Wellington, and the homily
by Bishop Dew

The life of Mary Potter and the impact of imminent death: the first in a
series by a Sister of the Little Company of Mary

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MARIST BROTHERS' NEWSLETTERS

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'Champagnat Newsletter' Volume 9 Number 1 April 2005
A newsletter for Boards of Trustees and Staff of Marist Schools and Schools
with Marist traditions in New Zealand.

http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/CNApril20051.htm

Marcellin Champagnat and Education in Faith ... Brother Joachim Dwyer RIP
... Refreshing our understanding of Charism: Marist educational philosophy
in the present day ... Welcome and farewell: new teachers and other staff
members .... Seeds of Consolation (poem) ... Excerpts from "Encountering
Marcellin Champagnat" - Teacher's Kit ... Marist Brothers' Vocation Year ...
St Paul's College 50th Jubilee .... Visits to Schools and Colleges

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'Marist Family News' March 2005

http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm

From our Provincial: the December Chapter and the Marist Lay Partnership ...
St Paul's College 1955 - 2005 ... Chapter elects new Provincial Council ...
People here and there: Brother Fabian; Mark Wylie; Tom Cresswell; Brother
Anthony Walker; Brother Stephen Filipo ... Recent Deaths: Father Bill Wood;
Mrs Elizabeth May Parker ... Year Of Vocations ... Life Goes On: Marist
Bothers world-wide ... Sister Catherine Lawson Sm and the Marist Learning
Centre ... Marist Alternative Education Centre, Glenfield ... A Mystical
Heart (poem) ...

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"THE WORD FROM ROME"

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/

A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent
in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.

This week ...
Benedict the teacher; The five 'big ideas' of the Ratzinger pontificate;
Benedict the governor; Benedict the collegial pope; Benedict the sanctifier

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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY
16-21 August 2005

Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne
http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz
En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St
Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey,
as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne,
Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -
hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming
together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God,
assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the
NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58
Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz

"Under-construction, help us build a world of greater justice!": for the
first time World Youth Day preparation includes social programmes of
solidarity "to build a civilisation of love and justice"
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0505/28_5006.html

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Other WYD links:

The official international WYD Site:
http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1

The Vatican's WYD Website:
http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html

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EVENTS

Palmerston North Diocese: Jubilee Celebration of the Consecration of the
Diocese 7 May - 26 June 2005
Details on http://www.pndiocese.org.nz

"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition)
From 13 May 2005 "for a limited time"
Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand
Full description on:
http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm

[If you can't make it to the exhibition, you will find many of the
photographs from it at your public library in: 'The Turin shroud : the
illustrated evidence', by Ian Wilson and Barrie Schwortz, Publisher Michael
O'Mara, 2000 (232.966 WIL), or you can request it via Interloan. ML]

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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 ]

Prison chaplain, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch.
Further details in 'NZ Catholic', June 5-18 2005, p.22 and from Paddy Beban,
Diocesan Financial Administrator, PO Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel: (03)
366-9869; e-mail: pbeban@chch.catholic.org.nz Applications close 10 June
2005

Accountant - Financial controiller
NZ Catholic Education Office, Wellington
http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz
Further details in 'NZ Catholic', June 5-18 2005, p.22 and from Maureen
Condliffe, Operations Manager,, tel: (04) 496 1739; fax: (04) 496 1734;
e-mail: m.condliffe@nzceo.catholic.org.nz Applications close 14 June 2005

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Saturday, June 4, 2005

June 2005

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'NZ CATHOLIC '

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/

No. 214, June 4-18, 2005

Full text ...

Matata's church and school survive flooding
With devastation and destruction around them, Matata's Catholic church and
school survived the worst of last month's flooding in the Bay of Plenty town
unscathed.....

TV satire on Vatican to be screened here
A cartoon satirising life at the Vatican -- which the BBC commissioned but
chose not to air -- will make its world premiere on a New Zealand television
channel on June 8....

Mixed reaction to Budget 2005
The 2005 Budget received praise and criticism from all corners. In many
instances, both reactions came from the same corner....

Also In Issue 214:

NATIONAL
Church has role in social change ... College celebrates teacher's 30 years
... Parents choosy on schools ... 280 at Dove weekend ... Mothers' Prayers
founder coming ... ERO File

FEATURES
Cardinal Williams on the Church, change and the conclave ... Priest dies
going home to Holland ... Values education is seen as vital ... Storytelling
ministry shares faith in Manawatu ... Akld schola aware its role is to
enhance the liturgy ... Irish teacher proposes film on Gov. Hobson ... Abbey
lifestyle experience changed five mens' lives ... Supporting the grieving
has been her ministry ... Southern faith celebrated along with basilica ...
Service offers women healing from post-abortion grief ... Conversion story:
Buddhist's interest began at school ... Govt accused of failing to police
prostitution ... CWL hears about work in islands ... CEO executive meets
politicians ... Ex-pat brings choir from Notre Dame

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The Jesus Code - unravelling the secret ... Bev McDonald:
Questioning the notion of a lay-led church ... Others Say ... Editorial: A
Budget that failed to deliver ... Good Evans, Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Abortion-cancer cover-up alleged ... While priests decline, seminarians
double over 25 years ... The Pope: "divine plan" of papal sequence ...
Bishops in court battle ... Experienced US theologian for doctrinal
congregation ... Schiavo's parents see Pope ... Molokai sister beatified ...
CELAM's 50 years are celebrated ... Bostonians struggle in parish closures
... They kept faith for 70 years with no priest ... Beijing "supports
abortion" ... Pastoral care job not for atheist ... Eucharist helps unity of
Church ... Anglican-RC group reaches accord on Mary ... Catholics helped
Blair win ... In Brief

REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Clips, Tape Deck, Scripture, The
Doolans, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio.
Diary, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Hundreds farewell murdered woman
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=51573
Hundreds of mourners have filled Feilding's St Bridgett's Catholic church
for the funeral of slain local woman Margaret Waldin...

Church yet to judge cartoon
http://www.odt.co.nz/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=T0RULzIwMDUvMDYvMDQjQXIwMzkwMA==&Mode\
=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
Wellington: The Catholic Church says a new C4 television cartoon, Popetown,
seems offensive on the face of it but it will be watching the show carefully
before deciding whether to lay a complaint...

Jumping up and down over pogo pope
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10329080

Open Letter To C4 Regarding Screening Popetown
Press Release: Family Life International Thursday June 2, 2005
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0506/S00024.htm

St Marys signs agreement for roll increase
http://www.odt.co.nz/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=T0RULzIwMDUvMDUvMzAjQXIwMTEwMw==&Mode\
=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom
St Marys School in Milton can now enrol up to 20 more pupils. Bishop Colin
Campbell last week signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education which
will allow the integrated school's roll to grow from 69 to 90...

Catholics won't rubber stamp safer sex campaign
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3637698&thesection=l\
ocalnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
Wanganui's Catholic Church has poured cold water on the return of the "No
Rubba No Hubba" safer sex campaign...

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[The following article is not available on a free Website. It can be read
via the 'Newstext' service provided to borrowers by many public libraries]

Building a symbol of hope for education
By Catherine Gick
Stuff - Manukau Courier - Local News - 2 Jun 2005
The name of McAuley High School's new English and technology block has a
rich history. The Callahan Block, completed this year at a cost of $2
million, is named after the family that adopted the school's namesake
Catherine McAuley...

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Pope pledges to mend Orthodox rift
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/05/29/nation/doc429a21b5efe1c502313083.\
txt
Bari, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI made his first trip outside Rome since his
election as head of the world's 1.1 million Roman Catholics and took the
opportunity Sunday to emphasize two issues he has already made clear will be
fundamental to his mission: Christian unity and resistance to materialism
and increasing secularism...

Full text of Pope Benedict's address at Bari:
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3399

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FROM THE OVERSERAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES

World Priest Day focus on friendship with Christ
http://www.cathnews.com/news/506/19.php
In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests,
the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy has proposed that priests rediscover
that friendship with Christ which led them to embrace their vocation in the
first place. "The secret or key of priestly life is the passionate love of
Christ, which brings with it Christ's passionate announcement," says a
document issued by the Congregation for Clergy for the World Day of
Prayer...

Africa's Latin champion. The Tablet Interview Cardinal Rodríguez
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01037
Given that Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of
Tegucigalpa, comes from one of Central America's poorest nations, you might
think he has more than enough to keep him busy in Honduras without
concerning himself with poverty in Africa. But he was in London last week to
lobby the British Government on the need to support Make Poverty History,
the campaign to improve aid to the continent and alleviate the staggering
debts of the African countries...

Non-stop praying for Clementina Cantoni
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3408
Kabul (AsiaNews) - "The ex-pat community is constantly praying for
Clementina's release," says Fr Giuseppe Moretti, priest of the only Catholic
church in Afghanistan, which the young Italian aid worker used to attend
before she was abducted on May 16 by armed men...

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

GLOBAL CATHOLIC NEWS

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/

* Under stern official gaze, Vietnam's Catholic stronghold dares to hope
* Westminster Abbey counters Da Vinci Code
* Forum gathers 600 to discuss future of religious life
* Pope John Paul's "shadow" named Krakow archbishop
* Examining the first 45 days of Pope Benedict
* (Charlotte) Church disagrees with Pope
* Pope highlights human dignity from from conception until natural death
* Benedict prefers to write own speeches

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CATHOLICTV.NET

Wellington Archdiocesan Media Centre

http://www.catholictv.net/

Current videos:

Kitty McKinley, leader of Challenge 2000, a Wellington youth and family
outreach, on the meaning of life

Simply meditating: Fr Laurence Freeman OSB on the way of Christian
meditation

Fr Peter Roe SM on the benefits of mentoring

Celebrating with Cardinal Williams: scenes from the Mass of Thanksgiving for
Cardinal Williams service to the Archdiocese of Wellington, and the homily
by Bishop Dew

The life of Mary Potter and the impact of imminent death: the first in a
series by a Sister of the Little Company of Mary

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MARIST BROTHERS' NEWSLETTERS

**************************
'Champagnat Newsletter' Volume 9 Number 1 April 2005
A newsletter for Boards of Trustees and Staff of Marist Schools and Schools
with Marist traditions in New Zealand.

http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/CNApril20051.htm

Marcellin Champagnat and Education in Faith ... Brother Joachim Dwyer RIP
... Refreshing our understanding of Charism: Marist educational philosophy
in the present day ... Welcome and farewell: new teachers and other staff
members .... Seeds of Consolation (poem) ... Excerpts from "Encountering
Marcellin Champagnat" - Teacher's Kit ... Marist Brothers' Vocation Year ...
St Paul's College 50th Jubilee .... Visits to Schools and Colleges

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'Marist Family News' March 2005

http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm

From our Provincial: the December Chapter and the Marist Lay Partnership ...
St Paul's College 1955 - 2005 ... Chapter elects new Provincial Council ...
People here and there: Brother Fabian; Mark Wylie; Tom Cresswell; Brother
Anthony Walker; Brother Stephen Filipo ... Recent Deaths: Father Bill Wood;
Mrs Elizabeth May Parker ... Year Of Vocations ... Life Goes On: Marist
Bothers world-wide ... Sister Catherine Lawson Sm and the Marist Learning
Centre ... Marist Alternative Education Centre, Glenfield ... A Mystical
Heart (poem) ...

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"THE WORD FROM ROME"

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/

A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent
in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.

This week ...
Benedict the teacher; The five 'big ideas' of the Ratzinger pontificate;
Benedict the governor; Benedict the collegial pope; Benedict the sanctifier

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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY
16-21 August 2005

"Under-construction, help us build a world of greater justice!": for the
first time World Youth Day preparation includes social programmes of
solidarity "to build a civilisation of love and justice"
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0505/28_5006.html

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Sunday, May 29, 2005

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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
From issue No. 213, May 22-June 4, 2005 ....
Catholic rest homes face crisis Wellington - Rising costs, low wages, high staff turnover, poor funding and failed Government policy. Add those together and you can see why Catholic rest homes in New Zealand are closing their doors or being sold to private companies.....
Petition calls for more development aid Wellington - A petition calling for New Zealand to increase its overseas aid has had a supportive reception from politicians of several parties....
Abortion law change mooted Wellington - New Zealand's high abortion rate has prompted United Future MP Gordon Copeland to draft a bill to change the process for authorising abortions....
Also In Issue 213 ...
NATIONAL PM's proposal contradicted ... Concert work was based on Christ's last words... 125 years' service marked ... ERO File ... Dunedin considers future structure ... Tireless worker dies ... Four-point plan to reduce abortions
FEATURES Special day for schools ... An All Black mystery: Whatever became of "Paddy" Long? ... Today's youth face powerful pressures ... Priest found Passion filming was a spiritual experience ... Miracles testify to truth of the Eucharist ... Doctrinal decisions of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ... Family encounters with the new Pope ... Conversion story: Vision included "clip over ear" ... "Milestones" marked by cathedral choir... Crucial issues chosen by Voice for Life
OPINION Ronald Rolheiser: Midwives of hope ... Keith Suter: Creative thinking may revive voluntary service ... Parish Diary: Communal silence ... Others Say... Editorial: Govt ignores plight of rest homes ... Good Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL Renewal spreading in Latin America ... Preaching called top priority for priests ... The Pope: Benedict upholds workers' rights ... Schiavo was "killed" ... IVF baby to be donor for brother ... Bishop won't back down ... MP drops a papal clanger ... Protecting faith is Pope's duty ... Editor resigns after pressure ... "Miracle" speech after 10 years ... Radio guilty of pollution ... Abuse claims force diocese to sell up ... One (careful) driver ... Protests over "weeping" statue ... Cabinet position for priest... Papal peak ... Scottish ban ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Clips, Tape Deck, Scripture, The Doolans, Family Talk, God in the Garden, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.
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'WEL-COM'
Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz
(full text)
Archbishop John Dew installed as administrator of the archdiocese About 500 invited guests including Archbishop Dew's sisters were present at the festive occasion in Sacred Heart Cathedral...
A pope of surprises: Cardinal Williams Returns The new Holy Father, Benedict XVI, will be 'a pope of surprises', Cardinal Williams said as he returned from Rome and his first conclave. The Cardinal also said that Pope Benedict will be a man of peace, reconciliation, warmth and compassion and endeavour to build closer relationships with other Churches...
Paul VI evangelisation call 30 years old this year a passion for good news-ing This December is the 30th anniversary of Paul VI's groundbreaking encyclical Evangelii Nuntiandi. Ruth Smithies takes a fresh look at this papal letter in today's context....
Knights devise contest to spark vocations The Porirua Branch of the Knights of the Southern Cross has organised a writing competition to encourage young people to consider a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. The topic is: 'vocations to the Priesthood or to Religious Orders are very important in New Zealand Today'....
The future of the papacy While the cardinals were in conclave electing a new pope, the Wellington Catholic Education Centre held a forum to discuss how the papacy could look. Here Catholic laywoman, Anna Thompson, and former Anglican Church Canon, Peter Stuart, give their views....
Vocations - called to put out into the deep In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations celebrated recently, John Paul II reflected on the call to all of us to follow Christ and, in particular, to consider the call to Religious Life and Priesthood. This is very relevant today when permanent personal commitment is not as common as it once was. Here Sr Mary Hepburn rsm, Br Kieran Fenn fms and Fr Alan Roberts reflect on their lives as religious and priests in today's world....
"Committed to Escape: a NZ soldier's story" A book review by Fr Julian Wagg, Armed Forces' Chaplain This story chronicles Daniel Riddford's escape as a prisoner of war during the second World War. Riddiford was a member of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force at the invasion of Libya in November 1941. His high hopes of adventure ended with capture....
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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS
http://www.tuimotu.org/
From the May 2005 issue ...
Editorial: Changing the pilot A Pope has died; another Pope is elected. It seemed as if the whole world stood still and watched. The unprecedented world interest can clearly be attributed to the eminence of John Paul II...
Also in this issue ... False Gods: Law becomes an idol - Sandra Winton Church in the 21st Century - Anna Holmes Interview with Laurence Freeman, OSB - John Main and Christian meditation Oscar Romero: Bishop of the poor - Christopher Carey
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Catholics disagree with stem cell breakthrough http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10126804 Two massive breakthroughs in stem cell research are being described locally as morally repugnant. Researchers in the UK have created the first human embryo clone and Korean scientists have successfully created eleven batches of embryonic stem cells which genetically match sick patients...
Catholic diocese to look to future (photo) http://tinyurl.com/dggya The Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Rev Colin Campbell, has called for consultation into the future of parishes in the Otago-Southland diocese. With falling numbers of priests, it was time to look at the future of the 136-year-old diocese, he said when contacted...
Celtic centennial research unearths interesting fact http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3293791a6434,00.html In research for their centennial publication, Timaru's Celtic Rugby Club have discovered they are the oldest affiliated Catholic club in New Zealand...
Catholic Church in NZ says process to canonise the late Pope John Paul has come as a brilliant surprise http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=50606 The late Pope might be the quickest man to become a saint. His successor Pope Benedict has already started Pope John Paul on his way to canonisation. New Zealand Catholic Church spokeswoman Lyndsay Freer says it has come as a brilliant surprise...
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Anonymous pamphlet drop angers ministers Stuff - South Waikato News - Greater Waikato - 26 May 2005 [Summary: Pamphlets that include messages such as "Going to Church won't save you", which have been distributed locally, have drawn opposition from several church ministers in the South Waikato. Several ministers spoken to by the South Waikato News said the flyers lacked credibility because they did not contain a name or contact for those behind them.]
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Catholic leader says British Church is 'in crisis', by Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent of The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1627510,00.html People in Europe are filled with angst and the Roman Catholic Church is in crisis, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, said tonight. In a lecture at Westminster Cathedral, the spiritual leader of more than four million Roman Catholics in England and Wales said the Church in Europe, and in particular in Britain, was in a time of crisis and of "dying and rising"...
The Rt Rev Roderick Wright (obituary) http://tinyurl.com/arnsw Summary: The Right Reverend Roderick Wright, the former Roman Catholic Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, who died of cancer in New Zealand on Tuesday aged 64, scandalised the Church in 1996 when he ran off with his housekeeper, Kathleen MacPhee, a divorced mother of three children; it later emerged that he was also the father of a son by another parishioner.]
Government should help Christians detained in Saudi Arabia, says Bishop of Lahore http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3309 Pakistani immigrants arrested because they were celebrating mass in a Riyadh home. Pakistan should treat the case without any religious discrimination; they are citizens like everybody else, say Mgr Saldanha...
Mgr Moretti: "The international community is praying for Clementina" http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3304 The parish priest of Kabul turns to the family of the Italian hostage Clementina Cantoni: "We are close to you, a light burns day and night before the statue of Our Lady". The girl is one of the "rare" practicing Catholics in the country. Local and Afghan press say the kidnapping is an offence against all the population...
Priests on the frontline http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-01025 The number of clergy attacked and robbed in their own homes [in the UK] is increasing, particularly in the inner cities. Can they continue their ministry without turning their presbyteries into fortresses? ....
Benedict XVI As Known by Co-worker Interview with Father Augustine Di Noia http://zenit.org/english/show_10.php Rome, May 15, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is a person of great inner tranquility, intensely dedicated to his work for the Church, and very "tradition-minded," said a close collaborator. So as to get to know the reality of the man behind the image portrayed at times by the media, Zenit interviewed Father Augustine Di Noia, undersecretary for the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith, who worked with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger when the latter was prefect of the congregation...
Cracks in Anglican dissent over Mary http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1615534,00.html Members of the Anglican Church are being asked to accept that controversial Roman Catholic teachings regarding the Virgin Mary are "authentic expressions of Christian belief"...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & AGENCIES
Tonga bishop leads people´s power protest against King http://www.cathnews.com/news/505/159.php Bishop Soane Foliaki of Tonga took a leading role in yesterday´s mass protest against the country´s royal family, according to New Zealand´s One News...
Filipino bishops blog the Gospel http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3362 Manila (AsiaNews) - Filipino bishops are using every tool at their disposal to reach the faithful, including the internet and blogs. From the website of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), internet users can access three blogs managed by three prelates who talk about a variety of issues such as catechesis, today's society and Christian life. Each blog is different but all are regularly updated ....
Pope commends 'beauty' of Sunday http://www.cathnews.com/news/505/130.php Pope Benedict XVI has stressed the importance of Sunday Mass, letting it be known that "every parish is called to rediscover the beauty of Sunday, the Lord's day"...
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz
NEWSROOM Budget 2005: Hits and Misses 19 May 2005: The commitments outlined in today's Budget, which focused on savings and significant increases in portfolios such as health and education also provided benefits to areas such as housing, child advocacy and mental health, and this has been welcomed by Caritas, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and development ...
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.
This week ... Chronology of the latest news about Maciel; Peace, justice and the liturgy; Benedict's first major public events; Kasper on Eucharistic unity
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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY 16-21 August 2005
Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey, as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne, Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God, assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58 Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz
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Other WYD links:
The official international WYD Site: http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1
The Vatican's WYD Website: http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html
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EVENTS
Palmerston North Diocese: Jubilee Celebration of the Consecration of the Diocese 7 May - 26 June 2005 Details on http://www.pndiocese.org.nz
"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition) From 13 May 2005 "for a limited time" Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand Full description on: http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm
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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 ]
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