23 July 2000

FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Shelter from war and persecution' (NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=144613
Bill Smith, executive secretary of the Auckland Refugee Council, encounters [asylum-seekers] every day. The council's resources are modest, relying on the largess of the Lottery Grants Board, community grants, the Salvation Army, the Auckland City Council, the Catholic Church and other benefactors...

'Catholic school system 'on a roll'' (NZ Herald)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=144609
Land has been bought on the edge of Tauranga for a Catholic secondary school and the Church will open a small primary school at Mt Maunganui next year. They will join 238 existing Catholic schools nationwide, 48 of them at secondary level...

'Sailboats soon set for sea ' (The Press, Chch)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,264929a1936,FF.html
In a transformed classroom at Catholic Cathedral College, 13 students are beavering away like elves in a workshop, constructing Firebugs, small sailing boats made of timber, mainly plywood ...


EMPLOYMENT

[Administration and teaching vacancies in the Catholic school system are advertised in The Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]

* Pastoral care coordinator, Mercy Parkland's hospital and resthome, Ellerslie. Closing date: 1 August (NZC 16 July p.23)

* Full-time youth coordinator, Hamilton Diocesan Youth Team. Closing date: 31 July (NZC 16 July p.23)

Full details in last weekends' NZ Catholic, or e-mail me at leon@xtra.co.nz for a copy of the advertisements.


EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS

Our sponsor the N.Z. Catholic Education Office's newsletter "Lighting New Fires" July 2000 is on-site at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/lnf.html It's packed with news and notes about the New Zealand Integrated Schools (mainly Catholic ones) and bristles with useful links to educational resources, reviews and related articles.

The Marist Brothers' 'Marist Champagnat Family Newsletter" is also up this week, keeping readers in touch with developments in the Marist Family. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/fms/familynews/fammar00.html


NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html

At last and finally I have finished updating the 'National Organisations' section of the Directory's Web pages. Its the biggest section with around 44 entries with Web site links for maybe a quarter or more.


THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html

On the basis of registrations to date organisers are expecting a million young pilgrims at the Jubilee of Young People and World Youth Day (15-19 August). Some 600,000 will come from abroad, the rest being Italian. You can follow the preparations for the event on our News page, update weekly (daily when the Jubilee commences).

God bless,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager

Dear 'kiwicatholics',

CATHOLIC PRESS ONLINE

'Wel-com' July 2000 (the monthly newspaper of Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses)
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/welcom/front.html
Special feature: Twelve Catholic marae (Maori tribal or community centres) illustrated with colour photos. A visual feast, not to be missed.

'NZ Catholic' Sunday July 16, 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/welcom/front.html

'Company model to administer education will not cost more'
The transformation of the New Zealand Catholic Education Office into a charitable company with a board of directors should not mean an increase in administration costs, according to the executive director, Br Pat Lynch ... [Link to NZCEO]

'Schools oppose legal cannabis'
Catholic schools and state secondary schools are urging the Government to back off the idea of decriminalizing cannabis ... [Links to media releases on the subject by NZCEO and the Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education (FADE); and to NZ Ministry of Health online publications on cannabis use]

'Abortion pill move sparks pro-life concern'
An application to introduce the abortion pill to New Zealand has sparked concern from the Christian Heritage Party and the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child. Both groups say that, apart from moral considerations, the application to introduce RU-486 should be turned down in the interests of women's health ... [Related links to the home pages of the NZ Ministry of Health, Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC) and Christian Heritage Party ; and to a related article and editorial in the Timaru Herald]

FROM THE SECULAR PRESS (Reports of interest to the NZ Catholic community)

Otago Daily Times, 15 July 2000
http://www.odt.co.nz/current/index-800.html
(To find a story, click the Search Engine button, enter the keywords in the Search slot and click 'Start Search'.)

'Tireless campaigner for women's affairs ' Stella Casey, who died recently in Wellington at the age of 76, was created Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1991 for her work as a dedicated women's affairs and community issues campaigner. Born Stella Katherine Wright in New Plymouth on May 22, 1924, she was a devout Roman Catholic and mother of 10 ... (Search for: stella casey)

'Intellectual broke tradition, made her own way ' Winnie Kathleen Gonley (1909-1995), a Roman Catholic girl of Irish stock from Otautau, Southland, had her secondary education at St Dominic's Catholic School, Dunedin, then studied languages and literature at the University of Otago between 1927 and 1932, graduating with an MA. Minnie's husband was 1936 Rhodes Scholar and author Dan Davin ... (Search for : winnie gonley)

EMPLOYMENT

[Administration and teaching vacancies in the Catholic school system are advertised in The Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]

* Pastoral care coordinator, Mercy Parkland's Hospital and Resthome, Ellerslie (NZC 16 July p.23) * Full-time youth coordinator, Hamilton Diocesan Youth Team (NZC 16 July p.23)

Full details in this weekend's 'NZ Catholic', or e-mail me at leon@xtra.co.nz for a copy of the advertisements.

EDUCATION / YOUNG CATHOLICS

Our sponsor NZ Catholic Education Office has issued a media release on the topic of condoms in schools http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/media/M1.html

New Web sites: Waikato University Catholic Society: http://www.waicath.3av.com Kavanagh College, Dunedin: http://www.kavanagh.school.nz

'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON

Thank you, folks, for the reports from the Conference. More impressions by Christine Jones, Bishop Pat Dunn and Ron Gerritson are on the Hamilton news site: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/news.htm

NEWS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html

'What Kind of People Worship Here? Who is their God?' is a reflection by Father Jim Consedine on recent events in Fiji and elsewhere. Includes links to a conference paper on the theology of Christian non-violence by Father Emmanuel Charles McCarthy; and 'The Brothers Karamazov'!!

THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html

Comprehensive links to the 'Jubilee of the Prisons': Pope John Paul's Mass at 'Regina Coeli' prison and its aftermath, and Jubilee initiatives in prisons other countries.

And that's it for the moment. All God's blessings,

Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager

Dear 'kiwicatholics',

CATHOLIC PRESS

'Wel-com', the monthly newspaper of Wellington and Palmerston North dioceses, is published this weekend. It has a feature on the - no less than - twelve Catholic marae (Maori tribal or community centres) in the two dioceses. I have some fine colour photos to go with the text and this feature will (hopefully) go up on the Wel-com Web site in the coming week.

EDUCATION
The July 2000 issue of the newsletter "Good News & the News", published by our sponsor N.Z. Catholic Education Office, is on-site at: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/pubs/gnatn This special edition reviews the history, future plans and other issues affecting the New Zealand Catholic schools system.

NZCEO has also issued a media release this week: 'Integrated Schools oppose marijuana law change' http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/media/M1.html

NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/direct1.html

I have added a new section to the online Directory for the Personal Prelature of Opus Dei; and the Ukrainian and Melkite Rite Eparchies for Australia and New Zealand. This week I start on the final - and largest -section of the Directory to be updated: 'National Organisations'.

'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/news.htm
As Anthony mentioned yesterday, the Hamilton diocesan Web site has a News page for this weekend's national Jubilee conference (continuing as I type), examining the past, present and future of the Catholic Church in New Zealand.. If you are attending , please keep your 'kiwicatholic' forum in mind and send us a few lines about your impressions.

THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
Sunday 9 July (Monday our time) is the 'Jubilee of the Prisons', when Pope John Paul visits Rome's Regina Coeli prison, where the prisoners rioted only a week ago. Our Jubilee News page has a substantial number of links to reports about the Jubilee and background reports on prison conditions in several countries. Other "Jubilees in the Jubilee" linked on the page are those of doctors and motorcyclists, and the Jubilee Polish Pilgrimage.

A new section for the Jubilee of Young People and World Youth Day (15-20 August) has links to two reports on the event.

Finally, a Gay Pride Festival in Rome, scheduled to coincide with the mid-point of the Jubilee celebrations, is about to conclude. The event inspired a number of articles in the Catholic press and there are links to these also on the Jubilee News page.

And that's it for the moment. All God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager

Dear 'kiwicatholics',

Sorry to say, once again I didn't manage to get the stories from this weekend's 'NZ CATHOLIC ' onto the Web site before Sunday, but I'll do my best to have them up on Monday and I will post right afterwards to let everyone know.

TV MASS
Prime TV continues to broadcast Sunday Mass at 11.30 am for another five weeks or so. There's a little note about this on the bishops' home page -http://www.catholic.org/newzealand

EDUCATION / FOR YOUNG CATHOLICS
'Faith Alive' is a New Zealand resource Web site for Catholic schools. Its newest feature is devoted to Web resources about the Holy Spirit: http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/spirit.htm

The latest Edmund Rice Family Newsletter -http://mysite.xtra.co.nz/~edmundnews - reports on last summer's Edmund Rice holiday camp for young children.

PRAYER RESOURCE
There's a new prayer and reflection resource site -http://www.prayingeachday.org from the De La Salle Brothers in the U.K.

FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Independent Newspapers Ltd (INL), the largest newspaper publisher in New Zealand, has recently expanded its Web site - http://www.inl.co.nz - with a daily selection of stories from their newspapers up and down the country. Taking advantage of this I am introducing a new feature to 'News & Notes' called "From the Secular Press", with links to the full text of stories likely to interest the Catholic community ...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,200017a1921,FF.html
Popular Figure: A tribute to Paddy Egden. -- Obituary
Being born on Saint Patrick's Day to a West Coast Catholic family, the naming of Paddy Egden was almost inevitable. Mr Egden, a popular Christchurch figure, died on May 24, aged 88.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,198623a2024,FF.html
Dealing to the demons
It comes as something of a relief when one of the Catholic Church's unofficial exorcists looks you in the eye and finds that there is no sign of you being possessed by demons. Father John Rae was in Timaru recently, not to perform what he prefers to call deliverances rather than exorcisms, but to conduct healing services.

'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON 7-9 July 2000 Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton
www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/churchalive.htm
Next weekend's national Jubilee conference will examine the past, present and future of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. Key speakers will include Cardinal Williams ("Where have we come from"); Bishop Denis Browne ("Where we are now"); Bishop Pat Dunn ("Where are we going?"); The Anglican Bishop of Waikato, Rt. Rev. David Moon ("Alpha and joint ventures"); Bishop Dolan ("Evangelisation"); John and Tracy Connelly of the John Paul II Bible School in Alberta, Canada ("Renewal and Catholic spirituality"). If you are attending , please keep your 'kiwicatholic' forum in mind and send us a few lines about your impressions.

THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
9 July is the 'Jubilee of the Prisons'. In advance of it, Pope John Paul has issued a message of which the general theme is that "prison should not be a corrupting experience, a place of idleness and even vice, but instead a place of redemption." There's a link to the full text on our Jubilee News page.

In the next few days I'll be opening a new section on the page for World Youth Day and the Jubilee of Young People (15-20 August) and I hope this will coincide with a new section on the bishops' Web site 'For Young Catholics'.

Finally, this is likely to be a turbulent week in Rome with all sorts of demonstrations and accusations flying about. Please remember that on our World Catholic News page - http://newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html - you can find several links to free Catholic news services, updated daily.

God bless,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager

Dear 'kiwicatholics',

Before moving on to new features on the bishops' Web site I just must mention that the home page is linked to a statistical service which counts the countries to which the page is downloaded. There have been five downloads to Somebody with a Vatican Internet Account (.va).

NEWS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html
Thousands of members of Auckland's Catholic migrant communities gathered at the ASB Stadium on Sunday, 18 June to honour the Jubilee themes of Reconciliation and Unity. In a colourful ceremony beginning with a powhiri and followed by Mass, the migrant communities offered 'He Tautoko' (a Pledge of Support) to the Ngati Whatua and all Maori. The text of the Pledge follows the report of the event on the News page.

The Vatican will formally publish the 'Third Secret of Fatima' together with a commentary next Tuesday our time. There is interest about it in the secular news media so you will probably hear or read about on TV or radio first. Then, in the next day or two you can read the full text of the message and the commentary via the Catholic news service links on the News page.

'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, HAMILTON 7-9 July 2000 Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/jubilee/index.html#churchalive
This national Jubilee conference will examine the past, present and future of the Catholic Church in New Zealand. Key speakers will include Cardinal Williams ("Where have we come from"); Bishop Denis Browne ("Where we are now"); Bishop Pat Dunn ("Where are we going?"); The Anglican Bishop of Waikato, Rt. Rev. David Moxon ("Alpha and joint ventures"); Bishop Dolan ("Evangelisation"); John and Tracy Connelly of the John Paul II Bible School in Alberta, Canada ("Renewal and Catholic spirituality").

THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html
On the Jubilee News page this week you will see links to reports on the 47th International Eucharistic Congress which concludes on Monday, our time. I'll check again on Wednesday for the latest reports and will add any links worth adding. From the first week of July I will start putting up links to reports on preparation for World Youth Day and the Jubilee of young people (15-20 August).

EDUCATION - NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo/media/M1.html
There are two new press releases from our forum's sponsor, NZCEO: 'Ethnic statistics for Catholic schools' and 'New structure for NZ Catholic Education Office'

NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html

I have finished updating the "Religious Orders" section. This week I hope to compose a small new section for the 'Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei' and the Eparchies of the Ukrainian and Melchite Greek Catholics in New Zealand. The final section to be updated is the biggest: 'National Organisations'.

CATHOLIC PRESS - 'TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS' - June 2000 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/tuimotu/index.html

'Imagining God's gender: a reflection for Pentecost', by Paul Oestreicher (Canon Emeritus and International Consultant, Coventry Cathedral, England). [Photo. Links to Michelangelo's 'The Creation of Adam' ... the medieval Urschalling mural of the Holy Trinity ... the writings of Hildegard of Bingen, Mechtild of Magdeburg and others ... the Council of Trent's decree "On the Invocation, Veneration, and Relics of Saints, and on Sacred Images"]

'Love, life and laughter - and debt - in Scarfieland 2000'. Young New Zealand tertiary students still have a zest for life, but are being ground down by debt and the unrealistic expectations of a materialistic world. [Photos. Links to the Catholic Students' Associations (CathSoc) in Auckland and Otago ... the Catholic chaplaincy at Victoria University, Wellington]

'Exploring the world of evil' : a review of the novel 'Masks and Shadows' by Mike Riddell. [Photo. Link to Mike Riddell's home page]

God bless,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager

Dear 'kiwicatholics',

'THE CHURCH ALIVE' CONFERENCE, TE RAPA RACECOURSE, HAMILTON 7-9 July 2000

There is some preliminary information about this conference (soon to be expanded, Anthony?) on its Web page. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/hamilton/jubilee/index.html#churchalive

Key speakers include Cardinal Williams ("Where have we come from"); Bishop Dunn ("Where are we going"); the Anglican bishop of Waikato, Rt Rev. David Moxon ("Alpha and joint ventures"); Bishop Denis Browne ("Where we are now"); Bishop Dolan ("Evangelization"). John and Tracy Connelly of the John Paul II Bible School in Alberta, Canada have been invited to speak on "Renewal and Catholic spirituality". That's all I know at the moment. As more information goes up on the Web site, I will let you know.

'NZ CATHOLIC' June 18 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html

The stories this week feature three prominent Catholics who received Queen's Birthday honours awards. : Cardinal Williams, Sister Mary Foy of the Sisters of Mercy, and Napier's parish priest Monsignor Tim Hannigan, with photos of each of them and related links.

SCHOOLS

Christ the King School, Owairaka (south of Mt Albert in Auckland City) has just opened a fine Web site at: http://members.xoom.com/ctk_auck/

Just a reminder that Catholic Online offers free Web page hosting to any New Zealand Catholic school and other organisations and groups recognised by our bishops, and there are no banner ads over the top to spoil the view.

GREAT JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html

A few weeks ago invitations went out to Rome's homeless people to have dinner with Pope John Paul and some of the Vatican Cardinals and bishops. Reports about the dinner are on the Jubilee News page (the Associated Press report includes a photo of the event).

Jubilee events are slowing down now as Rome approaches its hottest summer months and Pope John Paul prepares to go off to the mountains for his summer vacation. So apart from the Eucharistic Congress this week, there won't be a lot of Jubilee events to report for a while. However I will open a new section on the Jubilee News page for reports on preparations for World Youth Day, August 16-18.

In that connection, I have nearly finished the first draft of a new section on the bishops' Web site for young Catholics, meaning from childhood to twenty-somethings. Before this goes public I will be asking everyone interested to give me their comments on the draft. Next week, hopefully.

Every best wish and all God's blessings, in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager

Dear 'kiwicatholics',

ON TV
Just another reminder that the Mass is broadcast on Prime TV at 11.30 am on Sunday mornings. Prime's broadcast frequencies are on: http://www.primetv.co.nz/transmission/transmission.html

THE GREAT JUBILEE - NEWS & EVENTS
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/jubilee/news.html

Unusually, there were no significant Jubilee-related events in the past week so I didn't update the Jubilee page. The most recent reports are about the Jubilees of Migrants and Travellers, and of Journalists (June 1-4) .

For the rest of this month the Jubilee events are centred on the 47th International Eucharistic Congress (18-25 June) and the major feast days: Pentecost (being celebrated as I type); the Holy Trinity (next Sunday); the Body and blood of Christ (Corpus Christi - Thursday 22 June in Rome, Sunday 25 June in NZ); Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (Thursday 29 June).

I will continue to update the Jubilee News page at least weekly as often as there are significant reports to link to.

NATIONAL CATHOLIC DIRECTORY 2000
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/frdirectory.html

I have finished updating the "Seminaries and Formation Houses" section. The page link is: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/directory/direct4.html

CATHOLIC PRESS - 'WEL-COM' - June 2000

From the monthly newspaper of the Wellington and Palmerston dioceses: http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/welcom/front.html

'Nelson celebrates its 150th Jubilee ' Nelson's Catholics stepped out along their city's streets on Sunday 14 May in a strong public show of faith. Hundreds walked from St Mary's Church in Manuka Street, the site of Nelson's first Catholic church, to the Trafalgar Centre where they joined more than a thousand for Mass ... [Photo. Link to St Joseph's School, Nelson]

'Catholic Schools' Day - 17 May 2000' The country's two hundred and forty Catholic schools marked 17 May as their special Great Jubilee/ Millennium Year celebration. There are 58,000 students in Catholic schools nationwide. They make up 80% of the numbers of students in Integrated schools. Internationally, 44 million young people attend Catholic schools ... [Photos. Links to several schools' Web sites and the NZ Catholic Education Office's page for the Catholic Schools' Convention in September 2000. The Convention page will shortly be updated and expanded.]

'Recognition is well-deserved ' The top honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours List announced last weekend went to Cardinal Tom Williams. Only twenty living people can carry the Order of New Zealand at any one time, so this is a singular honour and one that the Cardinal richly deserves ... [Photo. Links to ... Cardinal Williams' biography .... Archdiocese of Wellington home page ... information about the Order of New Zealand]

Every best wish and all God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicatholic' list manager