17 dec 2006

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

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

From the current issue ...

HPV vaccine is "morally acceptable"
Wellington â€" The national Catholic bioethics centre believes it is morally
acceptable for girls as young as 11 to receive a new vaccine that protects
against a condition prevalent in sexually-active women...

ASC tries to have evidence excluded
Wellington â€" The Abortion Supervisory Committee is trying to weaken Right to
Life New Zealand’s High Court action by claiming key evidence the society
hopes to present is inadmissible and irrelevant...

Issue 256, December 17-23, 2006 - contents summary

NATIONAL
Catholic numbers exceed 500,000 ... Hopes for second Maori bishop expressed
at Bishop Mariu's unveiling ... Catholic educationists want stronger
curriculum values ... ASC tries to have evidence excluded ... Typhoon relief
by Caritas ... Clergy appointments ... NCRS director plans to study in
retirement ... Faith was transformed on mission to Manila ... HPV vaccine is
"morally acceptable" ... Ukrainians welcome twins ... Mercy Sisters complete
health project ... Seminarian admitted as candidate ... Children honour life
of priest ... Several surprises for parish priest ... ERO File

FEATURES
Polish government honours orphan refugees ... Symbolic gesture melted
Turkish hearts ... Diplomas, cake after three years' study ... Last CFLE
graduates before new course ... Joshua celebrates 20th ... Brother, sister -
both have served him

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: On healthy, constructive criticism ... Cyril
Jones-Kellett: Advent is a time to love the One who is coming ... Parish
Diary: Losing touch with Christmas ... Editorial: Month from Hell for pizza
chain ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Criticism of religion based on ignorance ... Anti-Catholicism "grave
concern" in Scotland ... Imam at Catholic university ... The Pope: Church
needs new "mission zeal" ... UK's gay-rights plans threaten Church services
... Millions suffer for faith ... Church leaders "hypocritical" ... Mass
media "should promote abstinence" ... Zimbabweans dying ... Change to
celibacy not being considered ... Vocations boom in Mexico ... Dutch
Catholics begin rediscovering faith ... Another illicit ordination in China
... Excommunications backed ... St Paul's tomb uncovered ... There's a Rush,
to be sure ... Priest gains seat

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

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Cross words in hospital's religious row
http://www.stuff.co.nz/search/3902369a6442.html
An unholy row has erupted at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital after a cross
was removed from its spiritual centre...

Young paddlers proud of new waka (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/search/3901269a6004.html
After years of relying on the generosity of others to help it participate in
the annual Ngaruawahia Regatta, St Paul's Catholic School finally has its
own waka...

Radio NZ. Country Life. 'Sister Louise' (audio file)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/countrylife
A Catholic nun has spent most of her working life in Panguru, a small
Hokianga settlement.

School-family partnership shows results
http://www.stuff.co.nz/search/3899987a6565.html
The bountiful abundance of God, and our challenge to respond to it
gratefully, was a theme developed by Gore's St Peter's College principal
Martin Chamberlain at the college's prizegiving.

'Sanctions not the answer', by Archbishop Petero Mataca
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=53573
As the Leader of the Catholic Community in Fiji, Rotuma, Rabi and Kioa I
humbly call upon the international communities to either lift their
sanctions or put on hold intentions on imposing sanctions on Fiji...

One school year, seven schools, 109kg and 392,400 can tabs. (photo)
Daily Post (Rotorua)
http://tinyurl.com/yxk2a3
Since the beginning of this year, Rotorua students from St Mary's School, St
Michael's School and John Paul College have been saving up the tabs from
their drink cans, pet food and canned food in a bid to raise money to
support children with kidney disease...


[The following stories are not on the newspapers' free Websites. They can
be read via the public libraries' 'Newztext' service for borrowers.]

Baroque around the clock
The Dominion Post, 15 Dec 2006, Edition 2, Page 10.
On Sunday at 7.30 pm Wellington's St Mary of the Angels will echo with the
sounds of centuries past, including baroque music and singing. Under Robert
Oliver's direction, the chamber music ensemble Baroque Voices, early music
choir The Tudor Consort, and period instrumental ensemble Academia Sanctae
Mariae will play two baroque works -- Heinrich Schutz's 'Historia von der
Geburt Jesu Christi' and Marc-Antoine Charpentier's 'Messe de Minuit'. The
timing is deliberate. Both works centre on the nativity story, but both
sound very different...

Christmas festivities take to the streets in TeKauwhata and Huntly
North Waikato News â€" Greater Waikato â€" 14 Dec 2006
Huntly and Te Kauwhata residents and visitors are getting fired up for the
weekend with both towns' Christmas parades set to hit the streets. One group
of paraders who are especially enthused about the event is St Anthony's
Catholic School, the only school to enter a float in this year's parade...

Parishioners vote to save existing church
Taranaki Daily News â€" News â€" 11 Dec 2006 â€" Page 2
Waitara's St Joseph's Catholic Church is to be spared demolition. The votes
have been counted and 67% of parishioners are against knocking down the
47-year-old Nelson St building and replacing it with New Plymouth's St
Paul's church...

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New this week: Peter and the family
The leader of United Future, Peter Dunne MP, tells Sean why he thinks 'the
family' is important enough to be a basis of a political party.

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Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly Analysis: The 'greening' of institutional Christianity
When Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople met
recently, the encounter was spun in a variety of ways: As an effort to
reunite Eastern and Western Christianity; As an attempt to forge a united
Christian front vis-Ã -vis Islam; Eeven as a bid to pool resources to combat
runaway secularism in Europe. What the meeting was not generally seen as --
though it easily could have been -- was an encounter between two outspoken
environmentalists, struggling to stir the conscience of the world about a
mounting ecological crisis...

Daily news and updates:
A Sicilian lesson in the complex bond between bishops and saints ...
Chatting with 'The Catholic Guy' ... Pope: World peace and the right to life
go together ... It's pope vs. pop star on Africa, Weigel says ... 'Odd
couple' of Moon and Milingo maybe not so odd after all ... Political
headaches bedevil a non-statesman pope

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EMPLOYMENT

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10 Dec 2006

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WEL-COM - The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the diocese of
Palmerston North

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

From the December 2006 issue ...

Archbishop Dew's Christmas message: Take time for God

Challenge worker finds peace within
‘Do you know what it’s like to feel, completely and with absolute certainty,
that something terrible is about to happen and yet be powerless to stop it
and then when it does happen it steals your heart right from beneath your
arms, leaving you hopeless and helplessly stranded?’ Watching his friend at
home in the Solomon Islands being murdered became an indescribably
gut-wrenching catalyst for Jeff Rahari to seek his spiritual core...

WUSS call to be present to the world
The question of how we celebrate Eucharist â€" take spiritual nourishment from
bread and wine â€" while some six million people are dying each year from
undernourishment is something Christians must ponder much more deeply. This
is the message of Australian liturgist, Frank Andersen msc, in New Zealand
last month to talk about Worshipping Under Southern Skies: Rediscovering the
Beauty of the Mass...

Creation and Eucharist
Creation was the primary place in which God is obvious, that creation is
itself a sacred presence. People often feel that when they go into the
forest or into the mountains or in the ocean. We know the common experience.
People say, creation can take us into a sense of the presence. A presence
that has always been there, but we haven’t been present to it. An interview
with Australian liturgist, Fr Frank Andersen...

Peace day recalls Parihaka
An ecumenical peace action group has been formed in Upper Hutt after a
highly successful Peace Day on 5 November focusing on the peaceful
resistance which occurred on that day in 1881 at Parihaka. As the rest of
the country celebrated Guy Fawkes with fireworks, St Joseph’s parish’s
Justice, Peace and Development group joined members of the neighbouring St
Hilda’s Anglican congregation to organise the thought-provoking and creative
day which attracted people from different church communities and cultures
within the Upper Hutt area...

Maori Council re-formed
Te Kahu o te Rangi, a representative body of Catholic Mâori in the
Wellington Archdiocese, has been relaunched after a call from the Pentecost
synod to more biculturalism in the Mass. Te Kahu o te Rangi was originally
set up in September 1992, following an approach to the Mâori Chaplaincy team
by Cardinal Tom Williams seeking their views on addressing Mâori Catholic
pastoral issues...

A Taiwan story of lay leadership
Last Sunday we had a balls-up. It doesn’t happen often but this was comic. I
arrived early in Tian-Go for 9am mass to find the church locked. Usually,
one of the lay leaders opens the church, sweeps the floor and gets it ready
for Mass, so it was odd that the church was still locked. I rely so much on
the leaders that I had forgotten to bring my own key. Nothing to do but sit
and wait. At 9.10, when no one had appeared, I went walking through the
village. Six of our oldest and most faithful parishioners were sitting on
the street behind the church. They had come early but, finding it still
locked, had retreated to the shade...

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Have less children say green lobbyists (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3892398a6530,00.html
Kiwi families should consider limiting the number of children they have to
prevent waste from increasingly affluent lifestyles, green advocates say...

Jedi knights wane, migrant religions grow
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3892378a11,00.html
The 2006 census shows Catholicism has recovered its numbers from a decline
in the 1990s, gaining 22,800 followers between 2001 and 2006, taking it to
508,812...

Church split over need to upgrade (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,3891029a6554,00.html
Plans to demolish St Joseph's Catholic Church in Waitara have split the
congregation. Church leaders say maintenance and refurbishment of the
47-year-old Nelson St building is too costly and are proposing the church be
demolished and replaced by New Plymouth's St Paul's church building.

Celebrations for 125-years of worship (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3890715a13576,00.ht\
ml
Paeroa's Catholic community is getting ready to celebrate a special
anniversary. As well as Christmas, St Mary's Catholic Church is celebrating
the 125th anniversary since the land where the church is sited was bought.

Nuns have more fun (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/0,2106,3890539a19257,00.html
The Christmas season has brought a surge in theatre activity around the
region, as Peter Gibbs reports. Can Trinity Church in Nile St be saved? An
article in the Nelson Mail last month has prompted the Nelson Musical
Theatre to use the historic church for its Christmas production, raising
much needed funds for the old church at the same time. Nuncrackers continues
the Nunsense series of musicals based on the antics of the residents of a
Catholic convent. Theatre company president Ross Benbow admits there are
some incongruities in a show which is owned by a Jewish company in New York,
based on the antics of a group of Roman Catholic nuns, being performed in a
Presbyterian church in Nelson. However, he says that situation is typical of
the comedic mixup that carries right though the musical.

Caritas responds to Philippines typhoon
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0612/S00062.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development, is pledging $10,000 towards immediate relief assistance for
over 15,300 families affected by Typhoon Durian in the Philippines.

Unborn child memorial unveiled (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3887258a6568,00.html
By NICHOLA LOBBAN
Families who have lost babies to miscarriage, stillbirth or abortion now
have a place to find "healing" for their loss. Yesterday, a two-year
project to raise a memorial for unborn children at Clyde Cemetery was
finally realised, in an unveiling ceremony and blessing of the site. The
memorial stone, once the altar at St Dunstan Catholic Church, was newly-laid
and featured an inscribed plaque: "All our babies, briefly known, forever
loved".

Spiritual rites not to be sneered at, by Louis Pierard (Editorial)
Hawkes Bay Today
http://tinyurl.com/yaxd6q
A convoy of iwi, police, Transit New Zealand and roading contractor Fulton
Hogan staff has been ceremonially spraying the road with blessed water from
the ancestral Waikato River and holding karakia to lift the tapu from the
road to release spirits "trapped by violent death"...

Fiji's Roman Catholic Church condemns statement by Assembly Christian
Churches
http://tinyurl.com/yhwx42
Fiji's Roman Catholic Church has condemned a statement issued by the
Assembly of Christian Churches on this week's coup as politically biased and
theologically wrong...

Churches unable to agree on joint statement condemning Fiji coup
http://tinyurl.com/ydarx5
Churches in Fiji are unable to agree on a joint statement condemning the
military coup in their country.
The Archbishop of the Fijian Anglican church, Jabez Bryce, says they support
the rule of law, and democracy.
But while other churches, including Roman Catholic, and Methodist, also have
the same stance, he says there is no united voice...

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New this week: Mary's little place
Sister Mary takes us through the doors of the Mary Potter Hospice, to the
little chapel inside, where she reveals hidden meaning in the symbols on the
walls ...

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Analyzing Benedict’s prayer with Ratzinger’s criteria
When Benedict XVI stood alongside Istanbul’s chief Islamic cleric, Imam
Mustafa Cagrici, in the famed Blue Mosque on Nov. 30, praying silently in
the direction of Mecca, those who know Ratzinger’s track record no doubt
asked: What happened to the man who once worried that inter-religious prayer
can mean “a concession to that relativism which negates the very meaning of
truth?�...

Daily News & Updates
Benedict in Turkey was 'unarmed prophet,' Vatican official says ... With
Vatican backing, news agency with ties to Legionaries to launch video
service ... China's illicit ordinations ... Reflecting on Turkey, pope
sharpens tone on religious freedom ... Analysis: Moscow's complaints reflect
Byzantine politics of Orthodoxy ... Curial cardinal says celibacy 'not a
dogma,' can be discussed ... Benedict and religious freedom in Turkey ...
With Turkey's Armenians, Benedict shows off his 'great ear'

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EMPLOYMENT

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[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]

3 dec 2006

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

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

Issue 255, December 3-16, 2006

NATIONAL
Bishops want schools to be "more human" ... Catholic MP is National's deputy
... $50,000 from NZ helps school in Cook Islands recover after fire ... High
Rotary honour for Auckland priest ... Reopening of cathedral is delayed ...
Attendance dues under review by bishops, NZCEO ... Daughters of Charity
leader back to support project ... Songwriter: Music in liturgy should
support God's word ... Pro-life argument gains ethicist PhD in theology ...
NZ children contribute to transtasman CD ... Government investment
questioned on human rights score ... Palmerston North jubilarians total 190
years ... ERO File

FEATURES
Adoration of the Eucharist experiences an upsurge ... International trade
raises pressing social justice issues ... Kiwi actress stars in Nativity
film ... Longtime organist given papal honour ... Benemerenti medal to
parish handyman ... Women's testimonies reveal abortion harm

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Steadying ourselves in the storm ... Gavin Abraham:
Sitting, waiting and praying in Auckland prison ... Others Say ...
Editorial: Confirming too early leaves a gap ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters
... Policy on letters clarified

INTERNATIONAL
Anglican archbishop and Pope reaffirm hope for full unity ... US bishops
appeal to couples who contracept ... Serious sin bars Communion ... Family
planning funding will be supervised by pro-lifer ... "Pastoral council"
advises bishops ... Vatican reaffirms the value of celibacy ... The Pope:
Marriage, freedom do not clash ... Protected only in the womb ... "Multis"
to be "many" ... Turkey trip gives Pope opportunity to dialogue ... Zimbabwe
blamed for cutting churches' statement ... Condoms under Vatican study ...
Catholics followed US election trend ... UN council accused over human
rights ... Starve patient or face prison ... Grieving widow ... In Brief

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

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Campbell Live: The Nativity Story (video report)
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/tabid/67/articleID/16070/Default.aspx
The Hollywood version of the Nativity, Keisha Castle-Hughes is Mary, and
we're at the Vatican for the world premiere.

Inside ‘The Nativity Story’ â€" Film’s sacred subject draws cast, crew
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=22127
Cincinnati, Ohio (St. Anthony Messenger) â€" If you ask first-time film
producer Marty Bowen what he would most like to see happen as a result of
New Line Cinema’s “The Nativity Story,� he will say quite candidly and
with
characteristic enthusiasm: “I would like even the nonbeliever who sees it to
be touched. I would like it to be a film my sister will take her kids to
see, and one that her children will take their kids to see one day. I hope
it will be a classic that theaters will show every year because of its
authenticity, because we have tried to avoid the clichés of biblical films,
tried to humanize the characters and revere them at the same time. They
have, after all, earned the right to be on a pedestal...�

Fun antics and international food proves huge success (photo)
Ruapehu Press 1 Dec 2006
http://www.stuff.co.nz/centralnorthisland/0,2106,3884969a6014,00.html
Unsettled weather couldn't hold back the hordes of locals trying out the
international food on offer at St Patrick's Catholic School gala day in
Taupo last week...

Biscuits Satan's work, school principal told
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3884172a6530,00.html
A Christchurch Catholic school principal was accused of "working for Satan"
after allowing pupils to work with Muslim girls on a school project. St
Thomas of Canterbury College principal Bruce Stevenson was abused over the
phone by a woman objecting to a Young Enterprise Scheme project involving a
group of Year 11 boys and Muslim girls from the United Muslimahs of
Canterbury.

Concern over curriculum
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3884165a6530,00.html
Catholic bishops have attacked new school curriculum proposals saying they
will produce materialistic economists rather than compassionate citizens.
The bishops have voiced their concerns in a submission document to the
Education Ministry on its draft curriculum which is being reviewed in
response to criticism from teachers.

Hell roasted for condom stunt
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3882866a6479,00.html
It was an advertising campaign that was just too much of a sin for hundreds
of people. Now the Advertising Standards Authority has agreed Hell
Pizza's 'Lust meat-lovers' pizza promotion breached the advertising code of
ethics.

Bill battles back as Nats deputy (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3880466a6160,00.html
He's back. Bill English has spent the past couple of years with his head
down and tail up, working as hard on the education round as any NCEA
student. Now, after being chosen as the party's deputy leader and named as
finance spokesman today, he is ready to play a much more active role...

Mr Athletic aiming to end on a high, by Shane Hurndell (photo)
Hawkes Bay Today 28.11.2006
http://tinyurl.com/yltys8
Hawke's Bay bodybuilder Gary Nairn will call it quits on Saturday. The
Reignier Catholic School teacher won Mr Hawke's Bay and Mr Wellington titles
earlier in the year, a Pro-Am international competition in Palmerston North
and the national title in Palmerston North last month...

[The following story is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It
can be read at public libraries or via the libraries' free Newztext service
to borrowers]
Churches welcome debate on euthanasia of newborns, by Stu Oldham
The Southland Times â€" News â€" 2 Dec 2006 â€" Page 1
New Zealand's largest churches said they would welcome a debate on when
doctors should withhold treatment from seriously disabled newborns -- and
believe euthanasia should be discussed to be debunked...

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New this week: A special Christmas
Sister Stephanie is another person feeling the stress of the season, and
asks what Michele from L'Arche - a mixed community for the handicapped -
wants for Christmas.

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly analysis: What Benedict means by 'Christian tradition'
In the wake of Benedict XVI's first visit to a majority Muslim state, some
analysts found themselves struggling to put together two elements of his
message in Turkey that, at first glance, seem difficult to reconcile.
Benedict missed no opportunity to express esteem, respect, and brotherhood
with Muslims. Yet at the same time, Benedict also repeatedly returned to a
more familiar theme -- the defense of Europe's Christian traditions and
values...

Daily News and updates: Clarifying Benedict's 'flip-flop' on Turkey and the
EU ... A wordsmith pope learns to talk in pictures ... Pope visits Blue
Mosque as gesture of outreach to Muslims ... Great symbols from pope and
patriarch, but no breakthroughs ... Pope's success in Turkey a matter of
definition ... In Ephesus, Supreme Pontiff becomes a simple country pastor
... Joint Declaration of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I on Dec. 7,
1965 ... Pope and Patriarch offer symbolism, but don't expect breakthroughs
... On day one, Benedict adopts 'soft tone' in Turkey ... In Golden Book,
pope wishes for peace ... Vatican will not oppose Turkey's EU candidacy ...
On papal plane, Benedict stresses brotherhood, dialogue, and ‘healthy
secularism’ ... Interview with Fr. Tom Michel on Benedict's Turkey visit ...
Convincing the Turks to smile upon ecumenism ... Vatican OK with Turkey
joining the EU, officials say

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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/ ]

Writer/Editor, Religious Education. National Centre for Religious Studies
http://www.ncrs.org.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, in 'Wel-com' December 2006
p.16, and from The Director, The National Centre for Religious Studies, PO
Box 1937, Wellington 6015. Tel. (04) 496-1761; fax:(04) 496-1762; E-mail:
info@ncrs.org.nz Applications close 8 December 2006

World Youth Day Co-ordinator - Catholic Youth Team
http://www.cyt.org.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, on the CYT Website, and from:
Clare Dooley, Catholic Youth Team, P O Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel. (03)
366-9869; Fax (03) 379-8724; E-mail cdooley@chch.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 1st December 2006.

25 Nov 2006

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Media Releases
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New Zealand’s national Catholic paper probes the future of the family (24
Nov 2006)
The traditional two-parent family has been undermined in New Zealand and it’s
time for people to acknowledge that more needs to be done to support the
fundamental unit of society, say experts in a special issue of 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper...

NZ Catholic bishops make submission on Ministry of Education Draft
Curriculum (4 Nov 2006)
Full text of 'Education â€" for what kind of society? A Submission by the NZ
Catholic Bishops on the Draft Curriculum' (Ministry of Education, 2006)

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

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SPECIAL ISSUE No. 254, - "A Future for the Family" November 26, 2006

What's good for the family is good for the nation ... Society's basic unit -
but only God can define it ... Better families begin with us ... Let's
change things ... Church declares the family is fundamental to society ...
In JPII's words ... Marriage needs support of strong cultural voice ...
There's really no formula for perfect family life ... Supporting needy
families, positively ... Good marriages necessary to build good societies
... How children see a family ... Extended working hours cut into family
time ... Political parties give views on family legislation ...
Discriminatory child payments serve to reinforce poverty ... To reverse tide
of child abuse, single parents need support ... Family values are displayed
by mothers group ... A path to holiness by love ... It's not just a wedding
... Fewer Kiwis tying the knot ... Natural fertility regulation restores
beauty to sexuality ... The Church and contraception ... Parents are
responsible to be the big people ... More views from children ... Family
creates social order ... Identifying with baby makes dad fatherly ... When a
marriage breaks down, annulment can bring healing ... Proceedings seek truth
without useless complications ... Ten guidelines for parents ... Church
ministries that serve the family

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'THE NATIVITY STORY'

Photo gallery:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762121/

Film trailer:
http://-trailers.blogspot.com/2006/10/nativity-story-2006-trailer.html

Vatican to host Nativity film premiere this Sunday
http://www.cathnews.com/news/611/144.php
"The Nativity Story", a biblical account of Jesus' birth, will become the
first feature film ever to premiere at the Vatican this Sunday.

NZ's "Mary" In Bid For Christian Dollars
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-6610394,00.html
A pregnant teenage New Zealand actress starring in the first feature film to
be premiered at the Vatican is at the vanguard of continuing Hollywood
efforts to cash in on Christian audiences. Keisha Castle-Hughes, 16, rose to
fame in 2002's Whale Rider, but is now the star of The Nativity Story - a
movie version of Jesus' birth - in which she plays the Virgin Mary...

OTHER NEWS ...

Controversy on Cambridge job
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3877042a6579,00.html
A group of parents is considering High Court action against a Cambridge
Catholic primary school's appointment of a deputy principal...

Crash course in first aid for missionaries (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/yyen2v
Matthew Darby wanted to be a priest from a young age. His desire at first
was to join the diocesan seminary and become a regular parish priest in New
Zealand, but he was soon called to leave his home, family and country and
make the first of two journeys which would eventually see him spend 46 years
as a missionary in the jungles of Papua New Guinea...

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Txt: Maria finds some hope still in Christmas
Unlike her husband, Maria feels there's still hope to be found in the
Christmas period, not just stress and present-buying ...

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

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

John Allen has been on vacation. When he returns, he will be in Rome and
then on the papal plane for Benedict XVI's Nov. 28-Dec. 1 trip to Turkey.
Watch this space for daily reporting and analysis.

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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/ ]

Writer/Editor, Religious Education. National Centre for Religious Studies
http://www.ncrs.org.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, and from The Director, The
National Centre for Religious Studies, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. Tel.
(04) 496-1761; fax:(04) 496-1762; E-mail: info@ncrs.org.nz Applications
close 8 December 2006

World Youth Day Co-ordinator - Catholic Youth Team
http://www.cyt.org.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, on the CYT Website, and from:
Clare Dooley, Catholic Youth Team, P O Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel. (03)
366-9869; Fax (03) 379-8724; E-mail cdooley@chch.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 1st December 2006.

25 nov 2006

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Media Releases
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

New Zealand’s national Catholic paper probes the future of the family (24
Nov 2006)
The traditional two-parent family has been undermined in New Zealand and it’s
time for people to acknowledge that more needs to be done to support the
fundamental unit of society, say experts in a special issue of 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper...

NZ Catholic bishops make submission on Ministry of Education Draft
Curriculum (4 Nov 2006)
Full text of 'Education â€" for what kind of society? A Submission by the NZ
Catholic Bishops on the Draft Curriculum' (Ministry of Education, 2006)

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

SPECIAL ISSUE No. 254, - "A Future for the Family" November 26, 2006

What's good for the family is good for the nation ... Society's basic unit -
but only God can define it ... Better families begin with us ... Let's
change things ... Church declares the family is fundamental to society ...
In JPII's words ... Marriage needs support of strong cultural voice ...
There's really no formula for perfect family life ... Supporting needy
families, positively ... Good marriages necessary to build good societies
... How children see a family ... Extended working hours cut into family
time ... Political parties give views on family legislation ...
Discriminatory child payments serve to reinforce poverty ... To reverse tide
of child abuse, single parents need support ... Family values are displayed
by mothers group ... A path to holiness by love ... It's not just a wedding
... Fewer Kiwis tying the knot ... Natural fertility regulation restores
beauty to sexuality ... The Church and contraception ... Parents are
responsible to be the big people ... More views from children ... Family
creates social order ... Identifying with baby makes dad fatherly ... When a
marriage breaks down, annulment can bring healing ... Proceedings seek truth
without useless complications ... Ten guidelines for parents ... Church
ministries that serve the family

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'THE NATIVITY STORY'

Photo gallery:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762121/

Film trailer:
http://-trailers.blogspot.com/2006/10/nativity-story-2006-trailer.html

Vatican to host Nativity film premiere this Sunday
http://www.cathnews.com/news/611/144.php
"The Nativity Story", a biblical account of Jesus' birth, will become the
first feature film ever to premiere at the Vatican this Sunday.

NZ's "Mary" In Bid For Christian Dollars
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-6610394,00.html
A pregnant teenage New Zealand actress starring in the first feature film to
be premiered at the Vatican is at the vanguard of continuing Hollywood
efforts to cash in on Christian audiences. Keisha Castle-Hughes, 16, rose to
fame in 2002's Whale Rider, but is now the star of The Nativity Story - a
movie version of Jesus' birth - in which she plays the Virgin Mary...

OTHER NEWS ...

Controversy on Cambridge job
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3877042a6579,00.html
A group of parents is considering High Court action against a Cambridge
Catholic primary school's appointment of a deputy principal...

Crash course in first aid for missionaries (photo)
http://tinyurl.com/yyen2v
Matthew Darby wanted to be a priest from a young age. His desire at first
was to join the diocesan seminary and become a regular parish priest in New
Zealand, but he was soon called to leave his home, family and country and
make the first of two journeys which would eventually see him spend 46 years
as a missionary in the jungles of Papua New Guinea...

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Txt: Maria finds some hope still in Christmas
Unlike her husband, Maria feels there's still hope to be found in the
Christmas period, not just stress and present-buying ...

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http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

John Allen has been on vacation. When he returns, he will be in Rome and
then on the papal plane for Benedict XVI's Nov. 28-Dec. 1 trip to Turkey.
Watch this space for daily reporting and analysis.

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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 ]

Writer/Editor, Religious Education. National Centre for Religious Studies
http://www.ncrs.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, and from The Director, The
National Centre for Religious Studies, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. Tel.
(04) 496-1761; fax:(04) 496-1762; E-mail: info@ncrs.org.nz Applications
close 8 December 2006

World Youth Day Co-ordinator - Catholic Youth Team
http://www.cyt.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, on the CYT Website, and from:
Clare Dooley, Catholic Youth Team, P O Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel. (03)
366-9869; Fax (03) 379-8724; E-mail cdooley@chch.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 1st December 2006.

19 nov 2006

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

From issue 253, November 19-25, 2006 (full text)

Longtime music teacher receives papal honour
Wellington â€" A lifetime devoted to music and the teaching of singing was
recognised in an award to Sr Mary Winefride Blake, RSM, of the papal honour
Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (“for the Church and the Pope�) on November 5...

Group of pilgrims from RNDM colleges explores link between France and NZ
Wellington â€" A group of 23 people associated with the Congregation of Our
Lady of the Missions have made a pilgrimage in France to explore links
between the Church in France and New Zealand...

Also in this issue : Remembering our only papal visit ... Monte Cecilia
Housing Trust

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Iranian overstayer sent back to prison
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3864507a12855,00.html
An Iranian overstayer was yesterday sent back to Mt Eden Remand Prison where
he has spent the past two years because he refuses to return to his homeland
for fear of persecution. Immigration Department lawyers successfully argued
Hossein Yadegary â€" also known as Thomas Yadegary since converting to
Christianity â€" should continue to be detained...

A sympathetic and nurturing place (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3864707a6572,00.html
From gazing at a print of a Raphael painting in the Sacred Heart Basilica to
teaching and writing on the visual arts, Andrew Paul Wood has come a long
way. Nicola Lynch talks to the former Timaru boy made good...

Cancer claims man who adopted sister’s children (photo)
http://www.thisisbradford.co.uk/news/tibnews/display.var.1024168.0.cancer_claims/
_man_who_adopted_sisters_children.php
Pat Durkin, the representative of Australia and New Zealand on the
Pontifical Commission of Laity in the mid 80s, has died from cancer, aged
68.

Manger scene cast in a new light (photo)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20061118-9999-mz1c18story.html
Keisha Castle-Hughes plays Mary in the new film, "The Nativity Story," which
on Nov. 26 is expected to become the first feature film to premiere at the
Vatican...

Actor who is Joseph in 'Nativity' film may not stay unknown for long
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0606544.htm
Washington (CNS) -- Not too many people are likely to recognize Oscar Isaac,
the actor who plays Joseph in the new movie "The Nativity Story." Apart from
a couple of TV guest roles and a minor part in a four-year-old movie, he
hasn't been seen on either the big or the small screen. That could change
after the Dec. 1 U.S. release date of "The Nativity Story" in which Mary is
portrayed by Keisha Castle-Hughes ...

History given new twist
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3862184a16343,00.html
Even school children will tell you, it's quite difficult to view history
dispassionately, writes Patricia Veltkamp-Smith. And for difficult, read
boring, boring, boring. Which is why it astonished that a potted history
talk given by John Prendergast at the 75th celebrations of St Theresa's
school proved the hit of the night.

Religious jibes keep TV watchdog busy
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10410571
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has reported a declining number of
complaints, but says it was not under-worked in the year to June because of
the complex issues it had to deal with. In its annual report it says most of
the complaints it received were about two TV programmes - Popetown and South
Park...

School Delighted With New Admin Block (photos)
http://www.localmedia.co.nz/petoneherald/ph151106/PH151106SacredHeart+3pics.html
A recently opened newly-developed administration block at Petone’s Sacred
Heart Primary School is so warm and inviting that the school’s pupils really
enjoy visiting it...

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New this week: Reflections: What Captain Cook can tell us
Sister Mary is almost blown away by a cannon on the celebration of Captain
Cook's birthday, but what can he tell us about dealing with life?

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly Analysis:
Turkey's unique history a challenge for this academic pope
As Benedict XVI's Nov. 28-Dec. 1 trip to Turkey draws near, one concern both
in the Vatican and at the Phanar, the headquarters of the Patriarch of
Constantinople, is that the post-Regensburg emphasis on Christian/Muslim
relations will overshadow the ecumenical thrust of the pope's visit,
intended to cap several decades of rapprochement between Rome and the "first
among equals" in the Orthodox world...

Further notes and commentary:
* Notes from Ireland on the archbishop, the pope, and Opus Dei
* Pope, curial cardinals affirm value of priestly celibacy
* Irish court holds that an embryo is not "unborn" life
* Benedict XVI, top aides to discuss Milingo and celibacy
* Positive energy from deacons and wives of Region One

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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 ]

Office Administrator - NZ Catholic Education Office
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' November 2006 p.14, and from Maureen Condliffe,
Operations Manager, NZCEO, PO Box 12 307, Wellington. Ph 04 496 1739 Fax 04
496 1734 E-mail: m.condliffe@nzceo.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 20 November 2006

Writer/Editor, Religious Education. National Centre for Religious Studies
http://www.ncrs.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, and from The Director, The
National Centre for Religious Studies, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015. Tel.
(04) 496-1761; fax:(04) 496-1762; E-mail: info@ncrs.org.nz Applications
close 8 December 2006

World Youth Day Co-ordinator - Catholic Youth Team
http://www.cyt.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Nov. 19-25 2006 p.23, on the CYT Website, and from:
Clare Dooley, Catholic Youth Team, P O Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel. (03)
366-9869; Fax (03) 379-8724; E-mail cdooley@chch.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 1st December 2006.

12 Nov 2006

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'WEL-COM' - The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese
of Palmerston North

http://www.welcom.org.nz

Archbishop Dew's column: 'Peace of heart is the heart of peace'

Mâori join Aborigines in Alice papal memories
Mâori Catholic voices were added to a gathering in Alice Springs last month
to mark 20 years since Pope John Paul II’s landmark message about the rights
of indigenous peoples in 1986. Danny Karatea-Goddard of Palmerston North
addressed the gathering as part of a five-strong delegation of
representatives from Te Rûnanga o te Hâhi Katorika ki Aotearoa, the New
Zealand Catholic Mâori Council. He said that Mâori people shared much in
common with their Aboriginal and Torres Straits brothers and sisters...

Barbershop leaders ABRAchordABRA
ABRAchordABRA from St Catherine’s College have recently been named one of
New Zealand’s top female secondary school barbershop quartets being placed
second in the national finals in Hamilton. The quartet, consisting of
Ashleigh Twist (tenor), Rowena Yates (lead), Annelise Le Grange (baritone)
and Barbara Aukusitino (bass) have been singing together for about 18 months
and have found a vocal blend that can take years to accomplish. Their road
to success has been a challenging one...

Sacre Coeur sisters leave Wellington
The crypt under St Mary of the Angels is recognising the end of an era this
month with the departure from Wellington of its founding order, the
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (RSCJ). Eighteen months ago Sr Helen
Gilroy handed over to Sister Sarto DOLC and her helpers the running of the
drop-in centre known as The Crypt, founded in 1982 by Sister Monica McGivern
and taken on by Sister Helen in 1993. It has become a valued meeting place
for all sorts of people...

New Vicar for Education
The archdiocese has a new vicar for education. She is Jenny Gordon who has
been working in the education area for the past 30 years and currently
teaches at St Mary’s College. She will represent the archbishop in all
things to do with education in the archdiocese....

Richard Rohr - true self
That our task is the same as that of Jesus and of Mary his mother, to get
our egos out of the way and let God work through us, was the message of
Franciscan priest, Fr Richard Rohr, in Wellington last month. As well as the
300 or so people at the two workshops on the 24 and 25 October, Richard’s
talk on the Tuesday evening was webcast so that groups of people in other
parts of the diocese were also able to watch....

St Vincent de Paul's Wellington connection
The principal co-founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society, Charles Gordon
O’Neill,
is the subject of a biography, Engineer of Charity, due for publication next
year. O’Neill’s links with the society go back to his early years in
Dumbarton, Scotland, where he joined in 1851 and moved quickly through its
ranks becoming president of the Superior Council for the Western District of
Scotland in 1860 and a member of the Society’s Council General in Paris. In
1863 he briefly served as president of the Superior Council of Glasgow
before leaving for Otago, New Zealand....

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Still standing after all these years
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3856979a6565,00.html
The Christian church, which tomorrow marks 150 years in Invercargill, wasn't
pioneered by milquetoasts. Paparazzi weren't particularly a presence back in
1857 when the Bishop of Christchurch, the Right Rev J C Harper, his son
Henry and a sheep inspector, William Pinkerton, decided to get their gear
off. Waituna Lagoon had broken through the sea, so the only way forward was
to wade through it if they were to continue their journey to the nascent
Invercargill, established just the year before...

Garth George: Labour Party is welcome to become more Christlike
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=0007FB94-54D1-1551-8BFC83027A\
F10185

Heritage site's bright future
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3853269a6497,00.htm/
l
Heritage building the Star of the Sea is one step closer to getting a new
lease of life. Manukau city councillors have given the go-ahead for new
tenants the Polish Heritage Museum to take up a 30-year lease...

Reward for a life of good habits (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3853517a6479,00.html
Sister Mary Blake puts her good health down to hard work and keeping busy, a
philosophy that has also earned her a nod from the Vatican. Wellington
Archbishop John Dew has presented the 92-year-old nun with a personal
citation from Pope Benedict XVI for her services to the church...

School zoning decisions delayed
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3852341a6010,00.html
The possible zoning of two Timaru secondary schools will not be decided
until next July. Timaru Boys High School and Roncalli College recently
reported significant roll growth, and being under pressure in terms of
space...

St Theresa's 'pulsating heartbeat' of parish
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3852186a6568,00.html
There were three generations of ex-pupils at St Theresa's 75th jubilee at
the weekend and the cake was cut by fourth generation new entrant Joshua
Garama. During the years since its opening in 1931 the north Invercargill
Catholic school has produced 17 nuns, five brothers and three priests, one
of whom was Bishop Colin Campbell, celebrating the jubilee Mass in the
Church of St Therese of Lisieux on Sunday...

Pupils donate to school in Solomon Islands (photo)
The Daily Post, Rotorua
http://tinyurl.com/y9bxvs
Jody Bisschops doesn't need the 500 pens in her basement or half the books
in her cupboards - so she's giving them all away. The 11-year-old from John
Paul College is among a group of students rallying Rotorua people to make
donations for children at a Solomon Islands school...

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New this week: Our Place: the Road to Magnificat (Part three)
In the final part of our tour of New Zealand's first Catholic farming
community, we meet the Magnificat animals.

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly Analysis:
'For the world to understand Catholicism, we have to tell our story'
In a week in which the Vatican has offered us a hum-dinger instance of a
public relations gaffe, this is probably an opportune moment for some
reflections on church communications. The subject is on my mind because in
the last week, I've had two occasions to reflect at some length on how the
church engages the media...

Further commentary:
** Musings from South Carolina on Muslims, Benedictines, and the movements
** Signs of hope in Christian/Muslim relations
** Pope buys first bond to immunize poor children
** The Cross and the Crescent

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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 ]

Office Administrator - NZ Catholic Education Office
http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz
Details in 'Wel-com' November 2006 p.14, and from Maureen Condliffe,
Operations Manager, NZCEO, PO Box 12 307, Wellington. Ph 04 496 1739 Fax 04
496 1734 E-mail: m.condliffe@nzceo.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 20 November 2006