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BIOETHICS COUNCIL REPORT

Parents should not be able to order child - church
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/080619/3/67wp.html
Parenthood is about welcoming the children you are given rather than
"ordering" them to specifications, the New Zealand Catholic Bioethics Centre
says. A Bioethics Council report -- titled Who Gets Born? -- was presented
to the Government today and says the sex of embryos created outside the
mother's body, under programmes such as IVF (in vitro fertilisation), should
be chosen by parents, allowing them to gender-balance their families...

Radio NZ. 'Nine to Noon' with Kathryn Ryan. "Who gets born?"
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/20080619
An interview with Martin Wilkinson, chairman of the Bioethics Council which
has recommended a more liberal regime for pre-birth testing. After 26
minutes the discussion is joined by Wendy Wicks, national policy researcher
for the Defence of People with Disability, and John Kleinsman of the NZ
Catholic Bioethics Centre.

'Designer baby' boom ruled out (with TV One video report)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4590134a6479.html

Gender choice a step back: expert (+video)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz:80/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10517322

NZ IVF parents may get gender choice
http://news.theage.com.au:80/world/nz-ivf-parents-may-get-gender-choice-20080619\
-2t31.html

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WORLD YOUTH DAY

Connect.org.nz to host WYD Kiwi Pilgrim Journal
Press Release: Catholic Communications 18-06 15:00-2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0806/S00169.htm
The recently re-launched online hub for young New Zealand Catholics,
Connect.org.nz, will be home to the Kiwi Pilgrim Journal (KPJ) during the
week of World Youth Day in Sydney (14 - 20 July). The KPJ will be a
real-time online journal of the Kiwi pilgrimage to WYD 2008...

Group off to see the Pope (photo)
North Waikato News
http://tinyurl.com/5oejgu
Annelies van Dam and son Bjorn are heading to Sydney next month to be in the
presence of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI at World Youth Day ...

Young Kiwis join the celebration (photo)
Queenstown Mirror
http://tinyurl.com/6myhuw
When they attend the Catholic Church's World Youth Day gathering in Sydney
next month, 4000 young Kiwis, including 10 from Central Otago, will be the
largest group to leave New Zealand for a non-sporting event ...

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Catholic schools face crisis over building repair
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200806211545/ebd8f56
Catholic schools say many of their buildings are falling into disrepair but
getting extra money through fees, which are compulsory in Catholic schools,
is not an option because parents are already feeling the pinch...

Post Primary Teachers' Association. Time to audit state school buildings
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0806/S00064.htm
While the Ministry considers coming to the aid of Catholic schools with run
down buildings PPTA president Robin Duff feels it should look in its own
back yard...

Diocese considers options to beat debt (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/10492/diocese-considers-options-beat-debt
The Otago-Southland Roman Catholic diocese is not in financial crisis
despite being several million dollars in debt, a spokesman says. "We are
asset rich, cash poor - and in debt," diocese general manager Stuart Young
said...

Wrecking ball hangs over historic building (photo)
The Wanganui Chronicle
http://tinyurl.com/6oa6r3
The fate of a Wanganui landmark building will be decided at a Wanganui
District Council meeting at the end of the month. The presbytery of St
Mary's Catholic Church in Guyton St is earmarked for destruction as part of
the church complex development. The big brick building, built in 1913,
houses the parish priests and church administration...

St Brigid's demolition begins (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4589760a20379.html
In the first stage of demolition, the stained glass windows in St Brigid's
Catholic church in Feilding were removed last week...

Hato Paora sings big
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4588386a20379.html
A newly-formed choir at Hato Paora College met with the judges' approval at
a recent Regional Big Sing competition...

School on Sunday for Onehunga students!
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0806/S00161.htm
Students at St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Intermediate School in Onehunga
will have a special treat this Sunday - a full school day! To celebrate the
anniversary of 160 years of Catholic education on the site the school will
be open for business and running a normal school day this Sunday...

Sex abuse accused says experience made him stronger
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10517463
Allegations that he sexually abused boys at Christchurch's Marylands School
were today met with repeated denials by a Catholic brother...

Mihipeka Anne [Aunty Mihi] Edwards 1918 - 2008
Kohanga reo teacher led the way
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4581159a24437.html
He Mihi aroha ki a koe e kui, Mihipeka. When Aunty Mihi died, it felt as if
the landscape around us had changed. She was such a significant figure, a
tall-standing tree in the variegated forest of our community here in Te
Whanganui a Tara (Wellington) and among her tribal relations further north
to Otaki/Horowhenua, that her loss was deeply felt...

Being English
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10517639
The English tribe took a head count when writing a eulogy for their
matriarch, Norah English of Dipton, after her death two years ago. Twelve
children, 43 grandchildren and eight great- grandchildren. A jaw-dropping
legacy and endangered family species at the turn of the 21st century...

Newlyweds after 70 years
http://www.stuff.co.nz:80/4591412a11.html
Nearly 70 years after he hurled the engagement ring intended for his
childhood sweetheart away in anger, Phil O'Neill has finally slipped a
wedding ring on her finger...

The luck of the Irish
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/4591507a6551.html
Kaponga has their Swiss, Inglewood their Polish, and New Plymouth their
Western English. But it was the Irish who populated Pungarehu in the early
waves of settlement from the other side of the world. Today, the area is
still predominantly inhabited with Catholic Irish descendants from those
first settlers in the late 1800s...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://www.inspirationaltv.net

** Coffee Break: Anticipation mounts
Chris Duthie-Jung takes in the build up to World Youth Day, only a month
away in Sydney...

** Angels in the City: At the church door
Matthew 9:36-10:8 with Fr Thige O'Leary SM and Sr Frances Gibbs CSB in St
Mary of the Angels, Wellington.

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The 15th STATION - a New Zealand Catholic podcast

http://station15.libsyn.com

In the episode for Sunday 15 June 2008 ...

"What to wear"
In this month's episode we talk about World Youth Day prep (only one month
away), the Vatican's Instruction on obedience, the pros and cons of clerical
dress, and Fr.Michael Pfleger's outburst against Hillary Clinton.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...

IQ and religious belief ... Bioethics Committee recommendation ... WYD and a
"singing Catholic" ... The NZ Herald and an experience of abortion ...
Contrasting presentations at Stage Challenge ... Sex and the City - the
movie ...

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

"Three things to understand about the Legionaries of Christ"
Last week I published a lengthy, and remarkably candid, interview with
Archbishop Edwin O’Brien of Baltimore about a set of directives he’s issued
for the Legionaries of Christ and their lay movement, Regnum Christi.
Specifically, O’Brien demanded an accounting of all personnel and activities
in his archdiocese from both groups, and he barred Legionaries and Regnum
Christi members from one-on-one spiritual counseling with anyone under 18...

Also:
The 'browning' of Catholicism and the value of Catholic schools
Two experts in religious sociology addressed the U.S. bishops this
afternoon, each in a way making a simple point. They might be summarized as
follows:
• Christianity in America is being “de-Europeanized� through immigration,
especially among Hispanics and Asians, with the Catholic church looming as a
bellwether of demographic transformations that will eventually engulf other
churches and the entire society;
• Practice of the sacraments is declining across generations, but enrollment
in Catholic schools remains a powerful way of boosting the likelihood that a
given Catholic will have an active sacramental life.

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]

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

Parish Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
Details in 'NZ Catholic' June 1-14 2008 p.19, and from Dennis Augustine,
Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,
Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360 3049; e-mail:advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz

NZ CATHOLIC

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

NATIONAL
New Zealand's diocese to host 4000 WYD pilgrims ... Law may exempt wine in
prisons ... Caritas argues for prisoners' rights ... Prison chaplaincy work
honoured ... QSM for Christchurch principal ... Caritas has free trade
agreement concern ... Group wants book banned ... School nabs environment
prize ... Colleges tied in O'Shea Shield ... Costs only partly covered ...
30 days to World Youth Day 2008 ... Two-way love the key, marriage educators
hear ... NZ support may save marriages in Cook Islands ... Dunedin organist
a winner ... Club honours its saviour

FEATURES
World Youth Day: Being there ... NZ consecrated virgins go to Rome ... Order
of virgins often misunderstood ... Refugees: The myths and reality ... Three
sisters total 185 years in order ... Sisters' city shop now 20 years old ...
Church to be replaced ... NZ cardinal blesses Marian shrine in PNG

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The many faces of the Eucharist ... Malcolm Evans: Three
South Island angels rescue Aucklanders on their day in hell ... Others Say:
On home, school and parish ... Editorial: The value of obedience reaffirmed
... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Religious get Vatican text on obedience ... Inter-religious meeting focuses
on key values ... God made apes into people, says biologist ... SA churches
house victims of violence ... The Pope: Problems will stay if God is
forgotten ... Indonesian government blamed for abuses ... Stations at WYD to
be abbreviated ... Christians are builders ... Farmer support wanted ...
Rome sets out ways to tackle lack of food ... Seven deadly sins still
relevant, says Jesuit journal ... Cardinal clips priest's wings ...
Ordination penalties spelt out ... Good seen in media scepticism ... In
Brief ... Communion-sharing causes a sensation ... Consciences seen as
dulled

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

ADVERTISING FEATURE
Catholic Caring Foundation

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS' MEDIA RELEASES

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

** Judicial Review of Abortion Supervisory Committee (11 Jun 2008)

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Church launches Facebook for the faithful (photo)
Sydney Morning Herald
http://tinyurl.com/3jt89g
Cardinal George Pell, the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, who turned 67 this
month, has become a convert to the potential of the virtual world for
evangelising. Yesterday the Catholic Church embraced the online social
networking craze, joining a site set up to link Catholics arriving in Sydney
for World Youth Day. Cardinal Pell will share his profile (Relationship
Status: Consecrated single) views and experiences, and invite pilgrims
worldwide to become his friends via the new World Youth Day website at
http://www.Xt3.com ...

Catholics fear lack of priests and nuns
http://www.stuff.co.nz:80/4583613a11.html
Catholic schools are being encouraged to promote religious career options to
pupils, as the church tries to boost dwindling numbers of priests and
nuns...

150 years of peace (photo)
Horowhenua Mail
http://tinyurl.com/58oros
It's a Monday morning and there is a stillness at Pukekaraka, along Otaki's
Convent Street ...

Bye bye, Brother (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz:80/stuff/4580996a6002.html
After 50 years of being led by a De La Salle brother, Francis Douglas
Memorial College will have a lay principal from 2009. Current principal
Brother Peter Ryan announced his resignation to staff and students yesterday
morning...

Priest warns of woman's scam (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4580975a6554.html
Fitzroy priest Father Frank Twiss says a woman's fraudulent attempts to get
money from churches is not what is meant by "God helps those who help
themselves". The woman, described as Spanish looking, of medium build and
who gives her name as Paolo Amorante, has been approaching churches around
the North Island for money...

Dining diligently (photo)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/6k5m2t
St Patrick's School, Taupo celebrated World Environment Day last week by
having a day in which students tried to use no plastic wrappungs in their
lunch boxes ...

NZ 'a glimpse of heaven' for tramper (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz:80/stuff/dominionpost/4578049a23918.html
The fear was realised - but not in the way he imagined. On Saturday the body
of Piotr Grzybowski's 28-year-old son was discovered in Rimutaka Forest
Park, exactly a week after he had gone missing while tramping in the park on
Queen's Birthday weekend...

Historic sex abuse trial begins
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1838624
The head of a former Catholic boys school in Christchurch has gone on trial
on historic sex abuse charges. Eleven boys who were at the Marylands School
in the 1970's are alleging sexual abuse by Brother Roger Moloney who is
facing a total of 30 charges...

Catholic order won't complain about spending, trial told
http://courtnews.co.nz/story.php?id=995
No formal complaint has been made to the police about unapproved spending by
a former head of the Order of St John of God in Australia, New Zealand, and
Papua-New Guinea. A report on the spending by Brother Peter Burke was
completed about a month ago, after the end of his three terms of office as
the order’s Provincial, a High Court trial in Christchurch was told today...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://www.inspirationaltv.net

** Reflection: Mother Magic
Places that have special meaning; starting points for reflection, dreaming
forward in to the future. Hosted by Sister Mary Scanlan.

** Snapshot: Girl Power: St Catherine's College girls out in the community
doing their bit for others

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...

How men should view and treat women ... How bad is gambling? ... There is
just so much to Our Lady ... Catholic drinking culture ... Shroud of Turin

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Reports from the spring meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops.

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]

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

Parish Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
Details in 'NZ Catholic' June 1-14 2008 p.19, and from Dennis Augustine,
Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,
Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360 3049; e-mail:advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz

Camp Director. Ministry Camps Co-ordinator (2 positions). El Rancho
Christian Holiday Park, Kapiti Coast
http://www.elrancho.co.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 4-17 2008 p.26, at
http://www.elrancho.co.nz/ERwork.htm and from adelle@elrancho.co.nz ; tel.
(04) 902 6287

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS' MEDIA RELEASES

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

** Caritas dispels refugee myths (6 Jun 2008)

** 4000 international pilgrims soon to arrive prior to World Youth Day (4
June 2008)

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

http://www.welcom.org.nz

From the June 2008 issue ...

News
Girls cream O'Shea Shield ... Something vital just clicked - WYD legacy
online ... We've built a cathedral - now let's fill it! Pilgrims to World
Youth Day thank supporters ... Caritas helps 60,000 cyclone survivors in
Myanmar ... Caritas warns of genocide in Zimbabwe, calls for arms ban ...
Death of Sri Lanka church worker in bomb blast ...

Columns
The Year of St Paul, pilgrim and missionary. Kieran Fenn FMS ... Provision
for the Latin Mass. Archbishop John Dew ... Editorial: How the poor stay on
the margins. Cecily McNeill ...

Schools
Masterton principal sixth at the World Masters Swimming Championships ...
Silverstream Vinnies ... St Joseph's School, New Plymouth, mines history for
class names ...

Features
Waihopai, divination and resisting empire ... Euthanasia and the dignity of
palliative care ... Developing sabbath spirituality: restoring life's rhythm
... The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart 160 years ago ... Sister John Bosco
Fraser RSM RIP ... Sr Jean-Marie McErlane RIP

Palmerston North
Hato Paora retreat for Sydney ... The RNZAF drops by St Peters ... St Peters
third in O'Shea

Reflect
Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A. Matthew 9:9-13. Veronica Lawson RSM

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Catholic parishes brace for 4000 pilgrims
http://www.stuff.co.nz:80/4572395a11.html
New Zealand Catholic parishes are bracing themselves as they prepare to host
4000 international pilgrims heading for World Youth Day in Sydney next
month...

Scholarship for St Pat's student
Upper Hutt Leader
http://tinyurl.com/6kqxmq
St Patrick's Silverstream student Angus Oliver has been presented with the
Kiley Family Memorial Trust Scholarship for 2008 ...

Students showcase talent (photo)
Whangarei Leader
http://tinyurl.com/3epwrv
The Sheila winn Festival of shgakespeare in Schools has come and gone again
with Pompallier Catholic college and Kamo High School students walking away
with four out of five awards ...

An end of an era in Stratford (photo)
The Stratford Press
http://tinyurl.com/45ohsm
This past weekend, the Catholic Parish community said farewell to the
Sisters of the Mission ending 111 years of service in the Stratford
community.

Conversion for convent
Stuff â€" Taranaki Daily News â€" Taranaki Daily News â€" 3 Jun 2008
A Stratford convent is to be resurrected as a backpackers lodge. Tramping
and tourism business the Eastern Taranaki Experience is taking over the
former Roman Catholic convent in Miranda St.

Acts of faith, by Steve Hart
Employment Today, May 2008; n.128:p.12-14
Interview with Kerry Coleman, general manager of the Catholic Diocese of
Auckland, about the changes implemented at the organisation which resulted
in its being placed seventh in the 2007 Unlimited/JRA Best Places to Work
survey for small to medium workplaces. [This magazine may be found at some
public libraries. Issue 128 can ordered from the publishers:
http://www.employmenttoday.co.nz ]

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...

IVF, entertainment, and morality ... Appreciation for the elderly ... The
fragility of life ... "Boys and girls: you are the favourites of Jesus" ...
Youth week and hoodies ... God save the Queen ... Gender imbalance in the
Church?

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

The radical witness of Houston's Casa Juan Diego; Tony Blair's new 'Faith
Foundation'
In a recent NCR cover story I described a phenomenon in Texas I called
"Evangelical transfer," meaning ways in which the state's strong Evangelical
Protestant ethos shapes the Catholic experience. This week, I want to
describe another "evangelical" face of Texas Catholicism, this time in the
sense of lives lived in radical witness to the values of the Gospel...

Also: A new generation looks at John Paul's theology of the body and the
family ... Christianity and Islam 'neither twins nor strangers' ...
Catholicism's changing face and the dangers of denial ... Young theologians
today face 'paranoia,' new Fordham prof says

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]

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

Parish Presenters, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
Details in 'NZ Catholic' June 1-14 2008 p.19, and from Dennis Augustine,
Promotions and Advertising Manager, NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,
Auckland 1144; tel: (09) 360 3049; e-mail:advertising@nzcatholic.org.nz

Camp Director. Ministry Camps Co-ordinator (2 positions). El Rancho
Christian Holiday Park, Kapiti Coast
http://www.elrancho.co.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 4-17 2008 p.26, at
http://www.elrancho.co.nz/ERwork.htm and from adelle@elrancho.co.nz ; tel.
(04) 902 6287

Live-in Support People, Mt Tabor Trust, Mt Albert and Helensville
http://www.supportoptions.co.nz/support/provider.aspx?pID=919&l=1&sID=318
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 4-17 2008 p.26 and from Mike, Marie or Joanne,
tel. (09) 420 9701.

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Radio NZ. 'Spectrum'. "The silence and the light"
http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/spectrum
In this radio documentary, Jack Perkins visits the Futuna chapel of the
Society of Mary's former retreat centre in the Wellington suburb of Karori -
an unequalled example of New Zealand’s religious architecture. Its 50 year
history is an inspirational story of dedication and survival... [The
programme will be archived at the above link after the broadcast this
afternoon]

Pacific beauty in to win (photo; video)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4556908a6497.html
Beauty queen Amily Helena Faleafaga has just been crowned Miss Samoa New
Zealand and will compete with others from around the globe for the main
title in Apia in September...

Budget Comment - Poorest Miss Out
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0805/S00398.htm
New Zealand’s poorest citizens continue to miss out in the Labour
Government’s
ninth Budget, according to Catholic social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa
New Zealand...

Online Initiatives Launched for World Youth Day
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 1:53 pm
Press Release: Catholic Communications
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0805/S00230.htm
The much-awaited re-launch of Connect.org.nz was celebrated yesterday with
the ceremonial ‘first click’ by Wellington World Youth Day Ambassador, Josie
Leota, and Fr James Lyons, the parish priest of Sacred Heart Cathedral in
Wellington...

4000 NZers booked to take part in World Youth Day
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4554802a11.html
Thousands of young New Zealanders will travel to Australia in July to take
part in World Youth Day, presided over by Pope Benedict XVI...

Aust nun won't have sainthood by July
May 20, 2008 11:29 PM
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411366/1789879
Mother Mary MacKillop is unlikely to be named Australia's first saint named
during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Sydney in July...

Adventurer turned pilgrim walks his way in Spain (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/6pjsnj
Robin Plummer is off on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

Breakers' balls a big hit with the kids (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/5tgycp
Students at St Joseph's Catholic School in Paeroa show their appreciation to
the Champions Programme. [I remember a similar photo with article in a
northern hemisphere newspaper in which the writer hastened to reassure
alarmed readers that bare feet were commonplace in rural New Zealand schools
and not a sign of abject poverty - ml]

A sweet treat of fresh apples (photo)
Hauraki Herald
http://tinyurl.com/5thlyf
St Joseph's School, Paeroa is part of the Apples in Schools initiative.

More room for faithful in revamped cathedral
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/4558443a6579.html
A multimillion-dollar renovation of Hamilton East's Cathedral of the Blessed
Virgin Mary is set to bring a touch of European grandeur to the former
parish church...

Seeking brothers@church.com
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4554977a28.html
A 300-year-old religious order is embracing modern technology - including
publishing a brother blog - in a bid to attract new members. The Catholic De
La Salle brotherhood yesterday launched a website - http://
www.delasallebrothers.com - that provides intimate details of their
previously private world...

Girls hope Spikey will keep drinks safe (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4554894a11.html
Three entrepreneurial Christchurch high school students believe they might
just have found a way to eliminate the scourge of drink-spiking from New
Zealand. Catholic Cathedral College Year 12 students Rodelyn Avila, Hannah
Freestone and Jeanette Butler have become the legal distributors of a
stopper which fits into the neck of a drink bottle...

New Zealand archbishop comes to Inland area to observe lay people running
parishes
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_archbishop21.29417f4.\
html
A New Zealand archbishop is in the Inland area [of San Diego, California]
this week to learn from the San Bernardino diocese's reliance on lay people
and nuns to run some of its parishes. Archbishop John Dew of Wellington, New
Zealand, said two of his employees visited the Inland area earlier this
month to see firsthand the diocese's approach and "came home raving about
San Bernardino" ...

Holocaust recalled (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4554713a22396.html
10-year-old Vera O’Brien was told she was setting off on an adventure when
her parents managed to get her out of Prague just as the Nazi holocaust
began. She lived the last 39 years of her life in Papakura and wrote a book,
Journey to Life, about her extraordinary and poignant story before her death
last year...

Churches reject campaign advice
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=286&objectid=10511422
Six mainstream churches have rejected advice from the Electoral Commission
that they should register as third parties to run a $100,000 campaign on
social justice before this year's election...

The life of Leonard George (photo)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/6fdhps
Taupo has farewelled one of its first restaurateurs, long-standing resident
and well-known entrepreneur Leonard George Lee ...

Long service (photo)
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/68l4o9
Four senior Catholic priests, three from Mosgiel, celebrated a total of more
than 200 years' service to the Church, recently ...

Debts hurt church
Taieri Herald
http://tinyurl.com/55kje9
A seminar for Catholic parish treasurers on Saturday drew more thyan 60
people from throughout Otago and Southland to the Holy Cross Centre, Mosgiel
...

Together at last, after 70 years
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4553786a11.html
They were teenage sweethearts separated by war and sectarian prejudice. Now
Phil O'Neill and Joan Dean are about to marry, nearly 70 years after he
first intended to propose...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net/

'Angel in the City'
John 6:51-58: the Gospel reading for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of
Christ, discussed by Rev. Frank Nelson, Dean of St Paul's (Anglican)
Cathedral, Wellington, and Deacon Ellie Sanderson with occasional commentary
by baby Zachary.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz/

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...

Homosexuals and seminary admission ... the Church and the Rwanda genocide
... Relaunch of the Catholic youth site Connect.org.nz ... Clerical attire
... On treating a person as "people" ... Pemtecost

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz/

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Seeking dialogue with 'Islam of the people'
Though the parallel shouldn't be pushed too far, in some ways
Christian/Muslim relations today might be compared to where things stood
with personal computers back in the early 1980s. Everybody knew PCs were the
future, but they wouldn't change the world until a simple, appealing, and
reasonably standard way of making them work emerged...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

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

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

http://www.romereports.com/ (video)

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EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancy.php ]

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

Camp Director. Ministry Camps Co-ordinator (2 positions). El Rancho
Christian Holiday Park, Kapiti Coast
http://www.elrancho.co.nz/
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 4-17 2008 p.26, at
http://www.elrancho.co.nz/ERwork.htm and from adelle@elrancho.co.nz ; tel.
(04) 902 6287

Live-in Support People, Mt Tabor Trust, Mt Albert and Helensville
http://www.supportoptions.co.nz/support/provider.aspx?pID=919&l=1&sID=318
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 4-17 2008 p.26 and from Mike, Marie or Joanne,
tel. (09) 420 9701.

Religious Education Ministry, The Gift Centre, Auckland
http://www.supportoptions.co.nz/support/provider.aspx?pID=897&l=1&sID=318
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 18-31 2008 p.22 and from Brian Nicholas, The
Gift Centre, 28A Telford Avenue, Balmoral, Auckland. Tel. (09) 620 9524;
fax: (09) 620 9520; e-mail: giftcentre@xtra.co.nz