22 april 2007

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In issue 264, April 22-May 5, 2007 ...

NATIONAL
Wine ban ends prison Masses ... Foul show to screen ... Iranian Catholic
freed from jail on Holy Thursday ... Catholics urged to act to preserve
creation ... FPA is blamed for rise in teen pregnancies ... Good Friday
protest on depleted uranium ... Church welcomes restored organ ... Caritas
helps victims of Solomons tsunami ... Dunedin to build units for retired
priests ... Fr David Nolan dies aged 65 after long illness ... New highway
requires rebuilding of parish church ... Solidarity lunch helps pupils
recognise others' poverty ... McAuley High wins national volleyball title
... Development uses more than half of income for Caritas ... ERO File

FEATURES
Bishops are teachers - even to non-Catholics, says cardinal ... Bringing
faith to the front ... NZ laypeople study for Tribunal work ... Eucharist is
key ecumenism topic ... Islanders' faith gets them through disaster fears

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The cross of Jesus ... Michael Gormly: Respecting the
common good as stewards of creation ... Parish Diary: Loneliness of pastors
... Editorial: Desperately seeking role models ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Pope sees "gaps" in creationism and evolution ... Pope in his prime at 80
... UK cardinal would like to be a lord ... Pioneer of NFP dies at 89 ...
Vaccine for girls opposed ... Paint vandals target churches in Italy ...
Best plan ... In Brief ... Nun's healing attributed to Pope John Paul II ...
Pope laments many human tragedies ... Where martyrs died ... Congress of
mercy ... Lots of losers? ... Benedict encourages priests ... Appeal made
for captives ... Episcopalian bishop returns to Rome ... Thousands baptised
in China at Easter ... A recipe for happiness

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The communion wine ban
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Communion wine ban sparks unholy row
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4034740a11.html
A leading prisoners' rights advocate is surprised communion wine has been
banned from New Zealand prisons, given how easy it is for inmates to obtain
prescription and illegal drugs...

‘Discrimination’ claims after communion wine banned in prisons
- Public forum on this topic:
http://tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/tabid/184/articleID/25475/Default.aspx

- Interview with Peter Dunne (video):
http://tv3.co.nz/Home/Video/Display/tabid/266/articleID/25461/Default.aspx?src=e\
mail#vidlist25461

Ban on communion wine in prisons raises ire
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4032626a11.html
United Future leader Peter Dunne will complain to the Human Rights
Commission over a ban on communion wine in prisons which he says is
"political correctness gone mad"...

Dunne slams "political correctness gone mad"
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00246.htm
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 12:33 pm
Press Release: NZ Catholic
United Future New Zealand leader Peter Dunne has labelled restrictions on
Communion wine being taken into prisons â€" and therefore the celebration of
Catholic Mass â€" “another appalling example of political correctness gone
mad�.

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

Catholics complain of prison wine ban
The Dominion Post â€" News â€" 21 Apr 2007 â€" Page 7
A ban on altar wine in jails will make prison masses invalid, the Catholic
Church says...

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Religion and the Census
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Pakeha quit traditional churches 'in big numbers'
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10435149
Christianity in New Zealand has continued its historic decline in the latest
Census figures, reflecting what one academic calls the "huge defection" of
white people from the main denominations...

Christian church withering
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4031845a6427.html
Islam and fundamentalist Christianity are growing fast in New Zealand, new
census data shows, raising the prospect of social tensions similar to those
seen overseas. The data, released yesterday by Statistics New Zealand in a
report on culture and identity, showed the mainstream Christian church is
withering. ..

Kiwis flock to born again churches
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4031936a10.html
Growing numbers of New Zealanders are turning to "born again" and
fundamentalist churches, drawn by the conservative moral codes, slick
marketing and rock music. Advocates of the new faiths say New Zealanders are
kicking back against rapid social change, but some warn the trend represents
a step backward in social gains such as sex equality, sexual liberation and
acceptance of ethnic diversity...

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'Latest': Meet Adencia ... hear her story
We begin a new series for Child Fund NZ. Learn about one child who needs
your help: Adencia is from East Timor, her village is protected by
Australian and Japanese troops in one of the more dangerous parts of the
island ....

Also ...

'What's New', with Sandon and Karlene.

'Coffee Break': Travina Oh, university chaplain
Sister Stephanie talks with the Catholic student chaplain at Wellington's
Victoria University

'Angel in the City':
The Father and I are one (John 10:27-30)
Weekly reading and discussion from the Angel in the City, Wellington's grand
old Catholic church ...

'Newsflash': MP Nicky Wagner
Nicky Wagner is a national MP and former teacher who opposes the
"anti-smacking" bill ...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly Analysis: Hold your breath for the next media frenzy: The Latin Mass
document is coming
To the growing list of indications that something is imminent with regard to
the long-awaited document from Pope Benedict XVI authorizing wider use of
the pre-Vatican II Mass, I can add one item this week...

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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, women's Prison, wiri
Details in 'NZ Catholic' April 22- May 5 2007 p.27, and fgrom Eric Allan,
\Direcotr, Catholic Family and community Servbices, tel. (09) 378 9650

15 april 2007

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Controversial healer visits Auckland
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10434302
Nobody can get the sick out of their wheelchairs quicker than Dr Benny Hinn.
So claims the controversial US-based televangelist, who is headed for New
Zealand armed with promises of instant cures for those suffering from Aids,
cancer and arthritis. Hinn will hold forth in Auckland for two days in
June...

Cardinal blames the 60s for Catholic Church abuse (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz:80/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10434224
One of the United States' most senior cardinals says the Catholic Church has
learned its lesson after paying out US$1.7 billion ($2.3 billion) in legal
costs and settlements for sexual abuse by priests and other church
officials. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who arrived in Auckland yesterday to
speak at a eucharistic convention this weekend, said the Church in the US
now had a policy of "zero tolerance" towards any priest found guilty of any
sexual offence against a child...

150 descendants attend reunion (copy)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4020835a6571.html
The Spillane family reunion in Temuka during the weekend attracted over 150
descendants, but was tinged with sadness as they remembered those who were
not there...

West Coast calls retiring priest (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/marlboroughexpress/4022687a6523.html
Gerry Dorgan's time in Kaikoura has come to an end and now he is looking
forward to retiring in a place he loves. The 71-year-old priest is moving
back to Westport and says the move will be like going home again...

Farewell to family man (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4021730a6479.html
A photo of husband and father Teangauki Kenimarawa Toma was clutched by
family members during an emotional farewell to him at Porirua's Holy Family
Church...

Easter Sunday celebrated at churches
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070407/2/a4a.html
The true meaning of Easter is being celebrated by thousands of Christians
attending church services throughout the country today...

Drama underlines Easter meaning (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4020609a6510.html
A re-enactment of Christ's crucifixion drew crowds away from the shops and
on to Nelson's Trafalgar St on Saturday.

Hundreds attend services (no link)
The Dominion Post â€" News â€" 10 Apr 2007 â€" Page 2
[This article is not available on the newspaper's free Website]
Church leaders have likened bumper attendances at Easter services around the
region to the resurgence of interest in Anzac Day. There was a big turnout
at the Council of Wellington Churches' dawn ceremony on Mt Victoria on
Sunday, and the city's Catholic and Anglican cathedrals drew hundreds to
their Easter weekend services...

Warehouses flout law on Easter Sunday, again
Press Release: National Distribution Union 08-04 15:44-2007
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00115.htm
The National Distribution Union has joined forces with church groups such as
the Catholic Bishops Conference, The Social Justice Commission of the
Anglican Church, CARITAS, The Methodist, Presbyterian, Churches of Christ,
Quakers Churches' Agency on Social Issues (CASI) and well as other unions
under the Council of Trade Unions to oppose two bills aiming at liberalizing
Easter trading currently before parliament...

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'Latest': Sister Mary's easter message
Sister Mary finds a small crucifix at the back of the Sisters of Compassion
house in Island Bay. How did it get there, and how does it tie in to Easter?
....

Also ...

'What's New' on Inspirational TV with Sandon and Karlene.

'Newsflash': Gordon Copeland, United Future MP. Gordon invites Sean into
his office, to explain the personal reasons he has for opposing the
anti-smacking bill in the media and in parliament.

'Angel in the City': Thomas doubts about Jesus. Weekly reading and
discussion from the Angel in the City, Wellington's grand old Catholic
church.

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly Analysis: Anniversary of a Catholic victory over a dictator
Perhaps the boldest Easter message in the world this year came from the
Catholic bishops of Zimbabwe, who unambiguously told their country's aging
dictator, Robert Mugabe, that he either has to go, or face "open revolt."
The warning came in a pastoral letter posted in Catholic churches across the
country, improbably transforming parish bulletin boards into popular
gathering places...

Also: Vatican nuncio to boycott Holocaust memorial in Israel ... Explaining
Benedict's focus on Africa

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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 ]

8 April 2007

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

In Issue 263, April 8-21, 2007 ...

NATIONAL
Interfaith gathering prays against discrimination ... Monk to lead dialogue
... Work-testing proposal may be bad for workers, Caritas explains ...
Social justice work no longer optional, says Cardinal Williams ...
Ex-Zimbabwean recalls Mugabe's 1973 vision ... Commercial success equated
with social good ... Abortion committee appointments more than two years
overdue ... Six to be "face of WYD" ... Brothers to reorganise into one
Oceania province ... Former rector Fr Tomasi dies ... Cook Island community
loses spiritual father ... Hit and run unites students

FEATURES
Prepare for Sunday, latest catechesis urges Catholics ... Symbolism of the
door ... Pope and St Pat's honour Sr Peter Chanel ... Waiouru church closes
... Bioethics centre needs "to deepen work"

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The world as a phone booth ... George Pell: Beware
religious zealots from church of climate change ... Peter Grace: Tolerance
alone is not the answer ... Others Say ... Editorial: Easter proof of
Church's lasting appeal ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Archbishop urges defiant stand against oppression ... Iraq in chaos, says
bishop ... Dissent cited for Mass ban ... 4000 churches get green tips ...
Detainees impressed ... Indifference "biggest sin against the poor" ...
"Nein" to marks raised for mosque ... The Pope: Be lovers of life in health
ministry ... Mexico abortion plans spark fight ... Ireland church leaders
welcome political agreement ... Archbishop condemns violence against
children ... UK Amnesty backs abortion policy ... Priest accuses Australian
troops ... European apostasy? ... Reason the antidote, Pope says ... Love,
mercy in Penance

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Students relive the Passion of Easter (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10432992
An actor groaned as he was "nailed" to a cross in Albert Park yesterday, as
part of a re-enactment of Jesus' last steps to the cross by the Catholic
Student Society on Campus...

Prayers fly as shoppers buy (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4018110a6570.html
Amidst the Easter trading debate, a Queenstown vicar believes Christian
groups are now considered outrageous for celebrating Good Friday...

Easter cross relay for city churches
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4017681a6502.html
Easter celebrants will carry a cross from church to church around central
Palmerston North tomorrow afternoon...

Easter Mass could be church's last (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4018305a6554.html
Tomorrow's Mass at St Paul's Catholic Church on Barrett Rd, New Plymouth,
could be its last Easter service. The church has been a place for worship
for the past 41 years, but a for sale sign appeared outside the building
last week...

Opening Up Easter Trading Will Have a Negative Effect on Pacific Families
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0704/S00111.htm
The Council of Trade Unions' Komiti Pasefika said today that any easing of
Easter trading restrictions would have a negative impact on the ability of
Pacific families to take part in worship, family and community activities.

TV ONE: 'Close Up' - Good Friday Special (videos)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/497100/1051073
Are New Zealanders Religious? ... What Kiwis Think About Religion ...
Fundamentalism in NZ

Get cracking on our Easter quiz
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2007/04/06/nosplit/ftqu\
iz106q.xml
Your knowledge of Easter may well surpass that of supermarket chain
Somerfield which this week claimed that the tradition of giving Easter eggs
symbolised the birth, rather than the resurrection, of Jesus Christ. But do
you know your Paschal Mystery from your Pentecost? Christopher Howse puts
your wits to the test...

Iranian refuge seeker celebrates release with Mass
http://www.nzherald.co.nz:80/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10433003
Iranian chef Hossein (Thomas) Yadegary celebrated his first night out of
prison in 30 months by attending a Catholic Mass in Auckland.

Iranian wins freedom after two years in jail
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/070405/3/9xa.html

Iranian asylum-seeker says NZ is his home (video & audio reports)
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/NationalNews/tabid/184/articleID/24580/Default.aspx

Caritas Appeal For Tsunami Victims
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00092.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development, is seeking financial donations to assist those affected by the
large earthquake and tsunami in Western Province of the Solomon Islands...

12 dead in Solomons disaster (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/article.php?refid=2007,04,03,1,00100,07e00fb1e1fb1003a9ce57\
f4b990b08d&sect=0
A group of Dominican sisters warned Solomon Islanders to rush to higher
ground as a devastating tsunami roared towards the country’s western
province, Fr Kevin Toomey, of Dunedin, said last night...

Top talking team at Roncalli (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4016662a6571.html
After a 20-year absence the Bishop Lyons Shield has returned to Timaru. The
shield recognises the public speaking and debating competition between the
schools of the Christchurch Catholic Diocese...

Cullinane's Mathas sets his sights high
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/localsport/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3728499&t\
hesection=localsport&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=
Cullinane College student Brad Mathas won the North Island secondary schools’
800/1500 double in Auckland during the weekend and he wants to run at an
Olympics or Commonwealth Games before he leaves school.

Bazley surprised by lack of sex-conduct rules
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10432984
Dame Margaret Bazley says she was surprised when she began her commission of
inquiry to find that the police - unlike other public servants - had no code
of conduct...

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'Latest': Sister Mary and Pango
Sister Mary takes Pango for his walk along Island Bay coast, the scene of
many journeys - from Kupe to more recent migrations. Join them on the beach
....

'What's New' on Inspirational TV with Sandon and Karlene.

'Newsflash': Nicky Wagner, National MP.
Sean talks to Nicky Wagner, a former school teacher about her oppostion to
the anti-smacking bill

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly Analysis:
Some like the idea of a moratorium on declaring popes saints
Imagine a media outlet running a "breaking news" story that the earth was
completing its nocturnal rotation, and that dawn would shortly be breaking.
Given that we all pretty much expect the sun to come up, I suppose most of
us would wonder what exactly the news is...

Also: On gender, Catholicism needs to meet in the middle

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EVENTS

14th Annual Eucharistic Convention, 13-15 April 2007
Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Takapuna, North Shore,
Auckland.

http://www.eucharistic-convention.com

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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 ]

25 March 2007

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

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

In issue 262, March 25-April 7, 2007 ...

NATIONAL
Two Church agency bosses back Bradford bill ... NZ bishop 'delighted' with
papal summary of synod ... Rare honour for former CWL leader ... NZ and
Irish agencies in development alliance ... Meagre 'banquet' to reflect on
Lent and poverty ... Government committee neutral on embryo status ...
'Kiwi' discipleship college opens ... Embryo destruction is 'morally wrong'
... Public gets to see progress on St Pat's Cathedral ... Rousing Mass
launches WYD preparations ... College action centre gives wins all round ...
Nicaraguan works for more equality ... ERO File

FEATURES
God's Word in the Gospels "alive and active" to author ... Celebrating
Eucharist is a sign of unity with Church teaching ... Three celebrations for
Villa Maria and Mercy Sisters ... Green Island parishioner joins
Presentation Sisters ... New Cluny sisters pronounce their vows ... Acts of
the Apostles a model for reform

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Praying when we don't feel like it ... Anand Satyanand:
New Zealanders lucky to have inclusive, tolerant society ... Parish Diary:
Leaving and returning ... Others Say ... Editorial: Pope backs traditional
practices ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
WYD cross visits Korean border zone ... A saint related to the royals? ...
Charitable work grows in China ... Ramallah "ghetto" shocks Germans ... The
Pope: Church roles "willed by God" ... Sexes equal but different ...
Marriage backed in Ireland ... Winning initiative saves 70 ... Cardinal a
hit on YouTube ... Justice body lashes Zimbabwe police ... People urged to
honour St Patrick with lives and hearts ... Faith brought "Blonde Blitz"
Hutton happiness ... Church helps Kerala farmers ... Sacrifice explained ...
Scouting steps out ... Risk to women seen ... Daycare plan panned ...
Gambling money out ... In Brief

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Corner, Wit's End.

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Students walk for the poor, hungry (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikatotimes/4003054a6579.html
Hamilton Catholic students marched in the city yesterday in empathy for the
plight of the world's poor and hungry...

Many faiths pray together
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4001713a6003.html
They don't believe in the same God, but they could still pray together.
Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and people from various other faiths
came together for a multi- faith prayer service at Palmerston North's
Cathedral of the Holy Spirit last night...

Tarnished memories of school
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/3998155a1861.html
It is not true that every photograph tells a story. Photos are an
extraordinarily powerful way of capturing a moment's action, or a moment's
emotion, but can only provide clues as to what the real story might be...

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

Brother replaced
The Press â€" News â€" 20 Mar 2007 â€" Page 2
Brother Peter Burke, who has dealt with historic sexual complaints against
his St John of God Order for years, has been replaced as its Australasian
boss. Sydney-based Burke was first appointed as provincial for a three-year
term in 1998, but was twice re-elected....

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Latest:
'What will the anti-smacking bill do?'
Maria is scared the anti-smacking bill will hurt her daughter and her
friends in the long-run. What kind of society will we end up becoming? But
what should she do about it ...

'What's New', with Sandon and Karlene

Newsflash:
A repeat of an earlier interview with MP Sue Bradford on poverty in New
Zealand ...

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

http://www.caritas.org.nz/?sid=1035

Caritas Lent Appeal 2007
Theme: Our love is to real and active (cf 1 John 3:18)

The Caritas Lent Appeal starts on Ash Wednesday, 21 February 2007, and runs
through to Palm Sunday on 1 April 2007. The Lent Appeal is the annual appeal
for Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development.

Resources for the Lent Appeal 2007 on this Website ...

- Parish Resources
- Lent Coordinator Kit
- Lenten Reflection Programme
- International Speakers for Lent
- Schools Resources

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CATHOLIC CLERGY OF NEW ZEALAND

A new service on the Department of Internal Affairs' Births Deaths and
Marriages Website might be a handy reference for our readers. This link:
http://www.dia.govt.nz/web/marriagecelebs.nsf/displayview?readform&view=o
opens a page for locating organisational marriage celebrants. The index
'O-S' has a link to 'Roman Catholic' and the names of all the active
Catholic clergy of the Latin rite in New Zealand.

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Weekly Analysis:
Sr Maria Rosa Leggol: 'Nobody gave me this job -- I made it'
Although Roman Catholicism may be a boy's club on top, it's an open secret
that without women at every other level, the church would grind to a halt.
Often these contributions come behind the scenes, but every so often a
particular Catholic woman's vision and accomplishments make her a celebrity.
Such was the case with Mother Teresa, and in the small Central American
nation of Honduras, such is the case with another formidable nun: Franciscan
Sr. Maria Rosa Leggol, founder of the Sociedad Amigos de los Niños...

- Straight from central casting, a Catholic answer to Pentecostal preachers
- Pentecostal pastors say charismatic movement stems Catholic losses
- Priests in Honduras provide great bang for the buck

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EVENTS

14th Annual Eucharistic Convention, 13-15 April 2007
Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Takapuna, North Shore,
Auckland.

http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/

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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/ ]

18 March 2007

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St Patrick's Day

Special party for Irish-Maori (not available on the newspaper's free
Website)
The Dominion Post, 14 Mar 2007, Edition 1, Page 13.
Shamus O'Flarehtery is one of many New Zealanders who can claim heritage
from both the Land of the Long White Cloud and that wee emerald isle on the
other side of the world. Shamus, 16, will be one of many Irish-Maori New
Zealanders taking part in a special St Patrick's Day celebrating Maori and
Celtic cultures -- a Hui and Huilli -- on Saturday in Napier.

A different version of this article is online at:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/3991723a6045.html

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Hope Yet for ‘Praise Be’?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0703/S00188.htm
An unexpected financial windfall for New Zealand On Air could mean that the
ten programmes of ‘Praise Be’ that were chopped from this year’s schedule,
are reinstated. “That’s what we’re hoping,� said Churches Broadcasting
Commission chairperson Trish Moseley...

South Park, by Ian Steward
The Press, 13 Mar 2007, Edition 2, Page 2.
[This article is not available on the newspaper's free Website]
The controversial television cartoon South Park is again raising hackles in
New Zealand church circles with an episode that will depict Jesus defecating
on George W. Bush and the US flag. The episode 'Cartoon Wars 2', scheduled
to air on C4 on May 1, shows the citizens of South Park worried by a US
television station's decision to depict the prophet Muhammad...

Community group pans Govt bill
Press Release: New Zealand National Party
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0703/S00259.htm
National Party Welfare spokeswoman Judith Collins says it’s “alarming
arrogance� for Labour to have ignored the views of significant community
groups putting together the Social Security Amendment Bill. Ms Collins is
responding to strong criticism by the New Zealand Council of Christian
Social Services at a select committee today...

Timaru woman confronts her demons (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/3989593a10.html
Bullying classmates and "vicious" Catholic nuns preyed on her because she
had a physical disability, making her childhood a living hell. But half a
century later, Timaru's Kuini Te Miha- Ryan has faced her demons, returning
to Our Lady of the Rosary School to confront the perpetrators who ridiculed
her as a scared little girl...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

'Studying religion' (part 1 of 2)
Why are so many young students at Wellington's Victoria University deciding
to study religion? Sister Stephanie talks to Professor Paul Morris about the
reasons for the surprising upsurge in interest ...

'What's New'
Sandon and Karlene tell you what's coming up next week.

'Angel in the City'
"We are ambassadors for Christ ..." 2 Co 5:17-21. Reading and discussion
recorded in St Mary of the Angels church, Wellington.

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

http://www.caritas.org.nz/?sid=1035

Caritas Lent Appeal 2007
Theme: Our love is to real and active (cf 1 John 3:18)

The Caritas Lent Appeal starts on Ash Wednesday, 21 February 2007, and runs
through to Palm Sunday on 1 April 2007. The Lent Appeal is the annual appeal
for Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development.

Resources for the Lent Appeal 2007 on this Website ...

- Parish Resources
- Lent Coordinator Kit
- Lenten Reflection Programme
- International Speakers for Lent
- Schools Resources

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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

Weekly Analysis:
Sobrino's notification: a sign of things to come
I suspect the most common reaction to news this week that the Vatican has
censured Jesuit Fr. Jon Sobrino, a pioneer of liberation theology and a
former advisor to Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, will be, "Why
now?" After all, the titanic battles over liberation theology were fought
during the 1970s and '80s. Should we also expect the Holy See, some may
wryly ask, to condemn eight-track tapes, or "Miami Vice"? ...

Also:
- Papal preacher exalts non-violence, connects Nietzsche to Holocaust
- Vatican censures Sobrino, who calls procedures 'not honest'

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EVENTS

14th Annual Eucharistic Convention, 13-15 April 2007
Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Takapuna, North Shore,
Auckland.

http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/

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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/ ]

11 March 2007

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

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

No. 261 March 11 - 24 2007

NATIONAL
Sisters urges "quarantine" on violence ... Bishops affirm WYD committee
following criticism of NZ logo ... TV cartoon hits new low ... Colours
blessed ... Superfund investments criticized ... Archbishop blesses
Wellington fishing fleet ... Nominations for school boards will close soon
... Easter trading bills opposed ... New WYD project manager ... Columban
says Church failing to recognise climate change ... Big expansion for
Dunedin's Mercy Hospital ... WYD cross and icon here in June ... RTL
welcomes loss of licence ... Gore church for Praise Be ... ERO File

FEATURES
Men of varied experiences among new seminarians ... Six ways to attract
vocations ... God's glory inspires Gisborne quilt-makers ... Newlands parish
celebrates 40 years ... Time for "necessary corrections" to post-Vatican II
liturgy ... Mystery of Mass often misunderstood ... Talk of
Anglican-Catholic unity "sadly, much exaggerated" ... Anglican bishops
deliberate on their internal tensions ... Newspaper got it wrong ...
Religious diversity statement seeks "harmonious interaction" ... Tour guide
Ryan roams to Zimbabwe ... West Auckland parish celebrates 40 years ...
Historic church rededicated ... Prostitution linked to trafficking of women

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The therapy of a public life ... Sue Jones: God still
gives call to religious life ... Pat Stratford: Why Church must continue to
uphold priestly celibacy ... Editorial: A sensible solution from Caritas ...
Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Scholars reject "Jesus tomb" claims as spurious ... Irish bishops worry
about Israeli "abuse" ... Best foot backward ... The Pope: Focus mind on the
cross ... "Expect a new Pentecost" ... NFP method found as effective as pill
... Faiths give much Aids care ... Hope seen for Cuba ... Frances Kissling
steps down ... Latinos confront crisis of faith ... Sexualisation has
harmful effects on young girls ... Vocations on rise in war-torn Iraq ...
Masonry forbidden ... Civil rights leader's niece now campaigns for life ...
Old technique saves baby boy ... 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 PRESS

A son lost, but many gained (photo)
The Northern Advocate
http://tinyurl.com/3bzkx4
An outpouring of love and grief for a South Korean teenager continued
yesterday in Whangarei. Eighteen-year-old student SangJe Lee died on Monday,
hours after being run over in a hit-and-run incident at Okara shopping
centre. His heartbroken father SeungJe Lee told those who went to farewell
SangJe at a funeral service in Pompallier Catholic College's hall that
although he had lost his only child, he had also gained many sons and
daughters...

Tackling justice eye-to-eye (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/3986385a6568.html
For the victim of crime, a restorative justice conference allows them to sit
eye-to-eye with the offender who has blasted a crater in their life. Josie
Dolan sits at the centre of the conference, walking the line between human
emotion at its most raw and remorse for harm done. The Dunedin-based
Catholic sister, from the Sisters of Mercy, and co-ordinator of facilitators
for Restorative Justice Otago was in Invercargill yesterday to speak at
Unifem Southland's breakfast to celebrate International Women's Day...

Tony Peterson: What the Archbishop did to the priest
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10427965
The 1960s brought youth rebellion and social change in New Zealand, as
elsewhere - yet the Church remained entwined in this country's political and
business affairs and the education of our young. In the northern half of the
North Island, nearly 180,000 people identified as Catholic, while nearly
20,000 Auckland children attended Catholic schools. Patriarch of the faith
for nearly half a century was James Michael Liston, the Archbishop of
Auckland...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

Latest: 'Heather against the government'
Heather Roy is an ACT MP with 5 kids. Like many, she finds herself against
what she sees as government intrusion into our families with the
"anti-smacking" bill ...

Inspirational TV's excellent 'Angel in the City' series of readings and
commentary on the Gospels is two weeks behind due to technical difficulties
which have yet to be ironed out. But they will be ... ML

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

http://www.caritas.org.nz/?sid=1035

Caritas Lent Appeal 2007
Theme: Our love is to real and active (cf 1 John 3:18)

The Caritas Lent Appeal starts on Ash Wednesday, 21 February 2007, and runs
through to Palm Sunday on 1 April 2007. The Lent Appeal is the annual appeal
for Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development.

Resources for the Lent Appeal 2007 on this Website ...

- Parish Resources
- Lent Coordinator Kit
- Lenten Reflection Programme
- International Speakers for Lent
- Schools Resources

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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

Weekly Analysis:
Ecology makes the Catholic mega-trend list
Perhaps the week in which Al Gore turned green into gold by winning an Oscar
for "An Inconvenient Truth" offers an appropriate moment to say that I've
finally been persuaded to include "Ecology and Natural Resources" in my list
of the top ten "Mega-Trends" shaping global Catholicism...

Also:
- Of Mount Athos, ecumenism, and real estate in Heaven
- Four cautions as crisis builds about priest-collaborators under the
Communists
- Former Vatican insider and archbishop was Communist informant, book
asserts

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EVENTS

14th Annual Eucharistic Convention, 13-15 April 2007
Westlake Boys High School, 30 Forrest Hill Road, Takapuna, North Shore,
Auckland.

http://www.eucharistic-convention.com/

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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/ ]

Catholic Chaplain, Paremoremo Prison
Details in 'NZ Catholic' March 11-24 2007 p.23, and from: Eric Allen,
Director, Catholic Family and Community Services, Auckland. Tel: (09) 378
9650. Applications close 15 March 2007

4 March 2007

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

New action centre has pupils dancing for joy
http://tinyurl.com/2g4m3p
Striking theatrical poses in the fold-out mirrors of Aquinas College's new
dance studio, Anneke Price and her fellow dancers, who are practising for
the musical Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat, are in a room any dancer
would dream of watching their reflection in...

Church rejects Jesus tomb claim (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/3976382a11.html
Kiwi Catholics are up in arms over new claims that a cave found 26 years ago
in Jerusalem contained the remains of Jesus Christ - and that he may have
had a son...

Sacred Heart, 50 years on (photo)
http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/index.asp?articleid=8957
It was 50 years ago that 15 girls began in the small form three class of
Sacred Heart College in Ashburton.
After most of them had not seen each other since they left school two to
four years later, 13 of them got together for a reunion at the weekend...

Radio NZ. Nine to Noon. NCEA Incentives (audio file)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ntn/ncea_incentives
St Thomas of Canterbury College is offering incentives to students who
achieve excellence in NCEA.

Jim Hopkins: Worst violence is abortion
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/author/story.cfm?a_id=7&objectid=10425293
"What hasn't been said to date is that any morally consistent campaign to
eliminate violence against our babies - as Sue Bradford repeatedly calls
them - must begin where the violence is worst. And it must begin at the
beginning. By all means pass a law preventing us from beating our babies.
But only after you've passed a law preventing us from aborting those
babies..."


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

'Ice storm', by Greg Meylan, in: Sunday Star Times, 18 Feb 2007; p.C1,4
Topics: The ethical questions raised by embryonic stem cell research. The
Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) is gathering
public submissions to inform its policy recommendations. 8000 frozen embryos
are stored in New Zealand laboratories after being left over from IVF
treatments; their potential use in research. Contributions by: ACART chair
Dr Sylvia Rumball and ACART member David Tamatea, Otago University ethicist
Grant Gillett, Dr Richard Fisher of Fertility Associates, Voice for Life
Auckland president Bernard Moran, Auckland University researchers Dr Bronwen
Connor, Dr Richard Faull and Dr Marewa Glover, and John Kleinsman of the
Catholic research organisation the Nathaniel Centre.

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

http://www.caritas.org.nz/?sid=1035

Caritas Lent Appeal 2007
Theme: Our love is to real and active (cf 1 John 3:18)

The Caritas Lent Appeal starts on Ash Wednesday, 21 February 2007, and runs
through to Palm Sunday on 1 April 2007. The Lent Appeal is the annual appeal
for Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development.

Resources for the Lent Appeal 2007 on this Website ...

- Parish Resources
- Lent Coordinator Kit
- Lenten Reflection Programme
- International Speakers for Lent
- Schools Resources

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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS

http://www.tuimotu.org/

In the February 2007 issue ...

- Bringing something hopeful to birth â€" Waitangi Day: - Glynn Cardy
- Men Matter - Richard Rohr
- Making entrepreneurs of the young - Professor Ivan Snook
- Crunch time in Fiji - Mike Field, Fr Kevin Barr and others
- The Queen â€" a study in power - Kevin Toomey; Paul Sorrell

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SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL

Newsletter: Summer 2006-2007
http://www.svdp.org.nz/?sid=3&id=129

Four pages, packed with news and photos of the Society's activities in New
Zealand and overseas.

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THE FAR EAST

http://www.columban.org.au/the_far_east.html

The magazine of the New Zealand and Australian members of St comban's
Missionary Society

Full text selections from the January 2007 issue ...

# Editorial
# The Director's Message
# Befriending strangers: A Filipina lay missionary in Ireland learns about
migrants and herself.
# New faces elected

Full contents ...

1 Backbone of the workforce. Remittances keep many countries afloat.
2 Befriending strangers. A Filipina lay missionary befriends immigrants in
Ireland.
3-4 New faces elected. The International leadership team of the Columban
Fathers.
4-5 A pioneering life. Columban Sr Gabriel O’Mahony RIP
5 Jack Snack. It’s not easy being five and a half years old.
6 Reflection - A year of hope and promise
7 Fr Hubert Hayward RIP. Obituary.
8 A movie making priest. Obituary â€" Fr John Vaughan.
9-11 A case for outrage. Overseas workers deserve justice.
12-13 UN Millennium Development Goal 4. Reduce child mortality.
14-15 Mission World & Director
16-17 Life and death for sale. It’s about safe food.
18 Embracing strangers. No one likes strangers but God does.
19-20 Modern day slavery: Today new forms of slavery are emerging in the
world.

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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

Weekly Analysis:
Ecology makes the Catholic mega-trend list
Perhaps the week in which Al Gore turned green into gold by winning an Oscar
for "An Inconvenient Truth" offers an appropriate moment to say that I've
finally been persuaded to include "Ecology and Natural Resources" in my list
of the top ten "Mega-Trends" shaping global Catholicism...

Also:
- Of Mount Athos, ecumenism, and real estate in Heaven
- Four cautions as crisis builds about priest-collaborators under the
Communists
- Former Vatican insider and archbishop was Communist informant, book
asserts

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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/ ]

Programme Co-ordinator, Te Ngakau Waiora Mercy Spirituality Centre,
Auckland.
http://www.mercycentreauckland.org.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb 25-Mar 10 2007 p.23, and from Sister Rita
Vessey, tel: (09) 638 6238; e-mail: mercycentreauckland@xtra.co.nz


Habitat for Humanity, Greater Auckland. Restore operations manager; Restore
shop assistant manager; Project manager; Part-time accountant
http://www.habitatnz.co.nz/AffiliatePages/2_greaterauckland.html
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Feb 18-Feb 24 2007 p.23 and from Warren Jack,
e-mail: warren@habitatgreaterauckland.org; tel: (09) 271 3357


Family Life International. Bethlehem House Crisis Pregnancy Centre.
Caregivers (full or part-time)
http://www.pregnantandworried.org.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' Jan 28- Feb 10 2007 p.23, and from Colleen, e-mail
coli.fli@xtra.co.nz; tel: (09) 279 2413 or (09) 422 2185