13 july 2008

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WORLD YOUTH DAY - SYDNEY, 14-20 JULY 2008
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World Youth Day News
http://www.wyd.org.nz


Catholic Communications NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

** World Youth Day: Schedule of Events (10 Jul 2008)

** Sky News Television Channel 90 to broadcast World Youth Day events live
(10 July 2008)

** Prime Minister and politicians farewell Kiwi pilgrims to World Youth Day
(09 Jul 2008)

** Religious and community leaders say “God Speed� to 4000 young Kiwi
Catholic WYD pilgrims (09 Jul 2008)

** Wellington lass to be the voice of World Youth Day (09 Jul 2008)


Count them in, count them out
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/articles/11700
The Pope, thousands of young Catholics and people from all over the world
arrive in Sydney next week to celebrate World Youth Day. They will find an
Australian Church which transformed the lives of people who all too often
then abandoned it ...

Reception in Auckland for overseas pilgrims to WYD (brief video clip)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/video_popup_windows_skin/1902640

Young Kiwi pilgrims to have largest ever national gathering at World Youth
Day in Sydney
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00122.htm
The nine Catholic bishops of New Zealand who are attending WYD08 are
inviting our 4000 Kiwi pilgrims to join them for a National Gathering on
Wednesday 16 July. The National Gathering, to be held at the Hordern
Pavilion in central Sydney from 3.00 â€" 4.30pm, will constitute the largest
single event for young New Zealand Catholics ever.

Celebration of faith 'bigger than Olympics' (photo)
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/12945/celebration-faith-039bigger-olympic\
s039
Billed as the largest youth event in the world, World Youth Day (WTD) is a
week-long series of events attended by Pope Benedict XVI and hundreds of
thousands of pilgrims from all corners of the globe. "I can't wait to go,"
Danielle Buchanan-Windfuhr (23), of Dunedin, said...

Gisborne crew join huge Kiwi trip
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=3671
A group of 37 people from Gisborne leave today for Sydney to celebrate World
Youth Day, where they will be led in prayer by Pope Benedict XVI...

Pilgrims' progress rocks city (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10521119
More than 2600 Catholic pilgrims from 16 countries on their way to Sydney
for World Youth Day met for a reception and welcome in Auckland yesterday.
At Auckland's Beaumont Centre, masses of energetic youths representing every
continent on Earth chanted and cheered throughout the service, complete with
Mexican waves...

Irish group on way to papal mass (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/4614284a6007.html
Don't be surprised if you hear a bit more Irish brogue than usual around
Nelson in the next few days. Sixty-four young Irish pilgrims were welcomed
to the city by the local Catholic community during a powhiri at Garin
College Wednesday...

Pilgrims beat a path to World Youth Day (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4613462a6002.html
From Montana, USA, to Sydney, Australia - via New Plymouth. That's how 47
pilgrims from the massive land-locked American state are travelling to World
Youth Day in Sydney...

Snowy welcome a shock for island visitors
The Press | 9 Jul 2008 | Page: 4
Jandals and lava-lavas were swapped for boots and woolly coats when a group
of Catholic New Caledonians arrived in a snow-covered Christchurch. The
group is visiting as part of the Days in the Diocese programme that is
bringing pilgrims from around...

Pope draws Blenheim youth to Sydney
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4613050a6008.html
An elderly German man has the power to attract thousands of young people
from every continent and nation to gather in Sydney next week. He is, of
course, Pope Benedict XVI, and 13 members and leaders of St Mary's Parish
youth group say he is their leader...

International pilgrims make New Zealand detour (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10520659
As Australia gears up for a Papal visit, 4000 young Catholics will converge
on New Zealand this week for a pitstop on their international pilgrimage...

Te Aroha Teens take part in Youth Day (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/5p5n35
Three Te Aroha teens will take part in the World Youth Day event in Sydney
and are looking forward to meeting new people ...

Waiuku hosts Texans (photo)
Franklin County News
http://tinyurl.com/6oxzqo
Twenty Texan Catholic pilgrims were welcomed at St Anthony's Church, Waikuku
on Monday as they visited the area on the way to World Youth Day in Sydney
...

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ALSO IN THE SECULAR MEDIA

St Peter's hails priest's years of service (photo)
Cambridge Edition
http://tinyurl.com/65qmgn
Monsignor David Bennett has been an integral part of Cambridge's Catholic
community for seven years, but has been in the business for more than 40 ...

Rotary honours years of community service (photo)
Piako Post
http://tinyurl.com/59sann
Britt Brewer, one of Piako's greatest community servants, has been honoured
by the Rotary Club of Morrinsville ...

Kenneth Ralph Prebble: From the pulpit to the TV screen (obituary)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4613627a24437.html
Kenneth Prebble was a progressive Anglican who, with his wife, was so moved
by the number of New Zealand casualties at Monte Cassino during World War II
that they were determined to emigrate to do what they could to help. They
arrived in New Zealand with three youngsters in 1948...

Villa's heritage recognition
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4611872a22399.html
The Gothic-styled house of a prominent Auckland stonemason has been
recognised for its heritage value. The Pleasant Villa on Grey St, built by
William Kemp around 1904, has been registered as a category two historic
place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust...


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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://inspirationaltv.net

** Carrying the Cross through New Zealand to World Youth Day...

** Monk-ey stuff: We go to Kopua in central Hawkes Bay to find out what
monks get up to in their day...

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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 ...

WYD and civil liberties ... Tony Veitch ... Tales of generosity from WYD ...
Environmental justice in Catholic schools ... Controversies around WYD ... A
23-year-old new Catholic ...

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Jesuit named to Vatican's top doctrinal post
Last week brought a Vatican appointment that didn't exactly cut in the
direction of what I call "affirmative orthodoxy," meaning Pope Benedict
XVI's strong defense of the faith coupled with a gentle, positive style.
Archbishop Raymond Burke, named as prefect of the Apostolic Signatura,
instead has a profile as something of a cultural warrior. This week Benedict
XVI returned to form, with a nomination to a post arguably more
consequential than Burke's. On Wednesday, the pope named Jesuit Fr. Luis
Ladaria, a Spaniard, as secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith...

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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 ]

Society of St Vincent de Paul. Kapi Mana Area Council. Part-time primary
school youth coordinator.
http://www.svdp.org.nz/index.php/youth/
Details in 'Wel-com' July 2008 p.8 and from Youth Coordinator, Southern, 46
Oriel Avenue, Tawa, Wellington 5028. Applications close 18 July 2008

Archdiocese of Wellington. Adviser in Youth and Young Adult Ministry
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/?sid=16
Details in 'Wel-com' July 2008 p.2 and from Lorraine McArthur, Director,
Archdiocesan Pastoral Services, tel. (04) 4961706; e-mail:
lmcarthur@wn.catholic.org.nz Applications close 8 August 2008.

L'Arche New Zealand Incorporated. Volunteer Fundraiser, Kapiti Coast.
http://www.larche.org/asia-west-pacific-l-arche-in-your-region.en-gb.35.0.news.h\
tm
Details in 'Wel-com' July 2008 p.11, and from E. Keith Banks, tel: (04) 298
3892; L'Arche Kapiti Community, 7 Hinemoa Street, Paraparaumu 5032. Tel (04)
298 4633; fax: (04) 298 4693; e-mail larche@larche.org.nz

6 july 2008

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

http://www.welcom.org.nz

News
The Monsignor Moore education trust ... Sue Devereux and Mary-Ann Greaney to
advise pastoral areas ... Nathaniel Centre cautions on pre-birth testing

World News
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
Archbishop's column: From Paul to the Wellingtonians ... Kieran Fenn FMS.
Paul: Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end ... Cecily McNeill. A
'Treelords' take on collaboration

Schools
Masterton principal sixth in the world ... Silverstream Vinnies ... Taranaki
school mines history for class names

Features
Four million dreams to transform the country ... A lesson in social analysis
for corporates ... Social analysis brings power to the people

Wellington
The cathedral 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
Vigil of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul ... Veronica Lawson RSM. John
21:15-19

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

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World Youth Day
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Religious and community leaders say “God Speed�
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00042.htm
Church leaders and mayors have joined politicians in wishing young Kiwi
Catholic pilgrims “God Speed� as they prepare to leave the country for World
Youth Day in Sydney, forming the largest single group ever to leave New
Zealand for a non-sporting event. The messages, which can be viewed on
YouTube, included words from The Very Rev Ross Bay, Dean of Holy Trinity
Cathedral, Auckland, who said: “From Anglicans around the country, we wish
you well on this great pilgrimage … There will be lots of serious things to
do; let’s hope you’ll also be building great friendships and having great
fun!� ...

Prime Minister wishes 4000 pilgrims "the experience of a lifetime"
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00048.htm
Leading New Zealand polititians, including Prime Minister Helen Clark,
assure the 4000 youngKiwi pilgrims that they're right behind them on their
pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Sydney...

Volunteers to help clean city parks & reserves
Press Release: North Shore City 02-07 17:17-2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00030.htm
World Youth Day (WYD) pilgrims from Canada, the United States, Argentina and
India will volunteer their time in North Shore City next Thursday (July 10)
before crossing the ditch to Sydney where the WYD event is to be held...

Trio on a mission to Sydney
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4606423a6497.html
Around 170 west Auckland youths will soon be in the presence of the Pope...

Waikato group to attend youth day (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/4607519a6579.html
Nearly 500 Waikato people will join the hundreds of thousands of other young
Catholics flocking to Sydney this month to celebrate World Youth Day with
Pope Benedict XVI...

Seeing the pope (photo)
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/59y2mr
After a year of raffles, garage sales and church functions, 32 Hamilton
teenagers are about to make a pilgrimage to see the Pope ...

Papal pilgrim prays for poise (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4604111a11.html
She has an audience with the Pope, but Josie Leota admits the prospect has
left her lost for words. "I've no idea what I'll say ... I'll probably say
something about Wellington and New Zealand and that I'm Samoan" ...

Christchurch woman to lunch with Pope
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4602617a11.html
A Christchurch woman has been selected to lunch with Pope Benedict during
the World Youth Day in Sydney next month. Clare Dooley, director of Catholic
Youth Ministry in Christchurch, one of 4000 other young New Zealand pilgrims
heading to Sydney, was "very surprised and honoured to be chosen" ...

Pupils off on papal pilgrimage
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4606785a6010.html
Around 40 South Cantabrians are going on an adventure to meet the Pope as
part of World Youth Day being held in Sydney later this month...

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[From an article in NZ newspapers on forthcoming New Zealand films ...]
Producer Tim Sanders (Whale Rider and Perfect Creature) earlier this year
said he was working on six potential projects, including a US$100 million
sci-fi film and a $20 million feature on the life of Jean Baptiste
Pompallier, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland.

Fond farewell to Lorraine (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4608121a6554.html
Twelve years after being appointed principal at St Pius X, Lorraine Gordon
has mixed feelings about leaving the New Plymouth primary school...

Catholic led fight to save schools’ character (obituary)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4605780a24437.html
Pat Hoult of Lower Hutt was an influential figure in the prolonged and very
public struggle over schools' integration. As executive director of the
Catholic Education Office in Wellington for 11 years from 1976, he had to
oversee the marriage of Catholic schools with the state system...

Censor's Ban on "Cradle of Filth" T-shirt
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00009.htm
John Mills, President of the Society for Promotion of Community Standards
Inc, (SPCS) has hailed as "bold, morally courageous and legally sound", the
classification decision issued to him today by the Chief Censor's Office,
that permanently bans a T-shirt he argued was "grossly objectionable due to
its obscene content" and "completely vilifies the central figure of
Christianity"...

Unsung heroes: A lifetime devoted to volunteering (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10519442
John McArthur has devoted his life to volunteering. "I've always had this
feeling that if you enjoy doing something, you've got an obligation to share
it," says the 72-year-old...

On Line Exhibition Tells Untold Tales of Missionaries Inspiring Lives
Multi talented photographer Sally Bierman, who spent weeks documenting the
extraordinary lives of the De La Salle Brothers and the daily obstacles they
face living their mission, will have her images displayed in a unique
on-line photographic exhibition from July 2, 2008, at
http://www.delasallebrothers.com/showgallery.asp
. Auckland’s urban cityscape of Manukau and De La Salle College, Mangere
East is the traveller’s final destination. New Zealand’s Prime Minister
Helen Clarke recently praised the school for what it had achieved
educationally and held it up as a model of what schools could achieve...

St John of God Brothers Statement
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0806/S00384.htm
Following the verdict in the Christchurch High Court last week, concerning a
member of the St John of God Brother, Rodger Moloney, the head of the St
John of God Brothers in the Australia-Pacific region, Br Timothy Graham,
said that justice in this matter had been done ...

Haka and tributes to farewell workers (photo)
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/06/30/13058_gold-coast-news.html
More than 2000 mourners gathered at separate services on Saturday to
remember two workmen who lost their lives in an industrial accident on the
Gold Coast just over a week ago...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

'Angels in the City' - http://www.inspirationaltv.net/angels-in-the-city/

Matthew 11:25-30, a reading and discussion with Gina and Fr Chris Skinner.

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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 ...

St Paul was just like us .. well, kinda ... Guys, we’re losing our TV ... On
the death of a grandmother ... Noelle McCarthy on World Youth Day ... What
is the problem with Catholic schools? ... Confirmation ... Bibles in China

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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

More on Burke’s move to Vatican court
Since news of St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke’s appointment as prefect of
the Apostolic Signatura was announced June 27, I’ve received numerous
telephone calls and e-mails, from both sides of the Atlantic, posing some
version of the following question: Was this a case of what the Italians call
promuovere per rimuovere … promoting someone in order to aget rid of him?
...

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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 ]