"My advice is that, first of all, there should be prayers offered for
everyone - petitions, intercessions and thanksgiving - and especially
for kings and others in authority, so that we may be able to live
religious and reverent lives in peace and quiet."
St Paul's First Letter to Timothy 2:1-3

Dear friends,

On the New Zealand Catholic bishops' "What's New" page, at
http://www.catholic.org.nz/cathcom/frwhatsnew.html you will find links
to the following items:

PAPAL VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN 22-25 September

This visit was planned long ago, and in the normal course of events
would have passed almost unnoticed by both East and West. However as
things have turned out, the whole world's attention is focused on
Central Asia, and the Pope's visit and his messages to the people of the
region will receive unprecedented attention. If you see the hand of God
in the timing of this visit, you are not alone.

On the What's New page you will find a link to a dossier complied by the
Fides missionary news service describing the people and culture of
Kazakhstan and the position of the Catholic Church in that country where
over half the population are Moslems and the majority of the Christians
are Russian Orthodox. There's also a link to the Website of the Catholic
church in Kazakhstan.

WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH

This is a link to the bishops' main News page which in turn has links to
recent media releases on behalf of our bishops from Catholic
Communications New Zealand, and to ten Catholic or secular news services
providing hourly, daily or weekly news of the Church; including
statements on current events by Pope John Paul and other church leaders
around the world.

WAR AND CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING

Faith Central, the New Zealand resource site for Catholic secondary
schools, has a new section called "America at War: Catholic social
teaching on war and peace"

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, our bishops agency for justice, peace and
development, has a new feature on "Terrorism and retribution: the
Church's response".

God bless us and keep us,

Mike Leon
'kiwicath' forum manager

"So the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he
had threatened."
Exodus 32:14

Dear friends,

All's well with our New Zealand-registered addresses, catholic.org.nz
and www.catholic.org.nz, thanks in large part to your helpful feedback.

There's more good news. Stanley and Sheela Benjamin are two of our
overseas 'kiwicath' members who have successfully applied to emigrate to
New Zealand with their two small children. They are from Kerala in
south-west India and have been working in Oman in the Persian Gulf. They
are due to leave the Gulf for Auckland in early October. I ask every
'kiwicath' member to offer a special prayer for Stan and Sheela and
their family, that their departure won't be affected by war in Central
Asia, and that they will arrive in Auckland safe and sound.

And speaking of war, you may have noticed that it's already broken out
in 'kiwicath'! Please read my post on this subject, posted a few hours
ago, and take its message to heart for the love of God and the
well-being of our electronic community.

Every best wish and all God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' forum manager
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Day the world changed'
NZ Herald 13.09.2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=216707&reportID=61063
All parties in Parliament agreed yesterday that the world will never be
the same. After observing a minute's silence for the victims of the
attacks on New York and Washington, speakers from each party in turn
expressed shock and outrage....

'Toying with the judges '
The Press 11 September 2001
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,934695a1936,FF.html
Catholic Cathedral College's young entrepreneurs have a hit on their
hands. A child's toy that doubles as a back massager and also moonlights
as a pen holder? Environmentally friendly, too? Could this be the
perfect gadget? Just ask the many satisfied buyers of the Eco Toy, a
nifty invention by Catholic Cathedral College's Young Enterprise Scheme
(YES) group........

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CATHOLIC WEB TV
http://www.catholictv.net/

International Catholic Programme for Evangelisation (ICPE):
Rainer Hensel loves questions like "Are you Catholic?". He hails from
Germany and in an unmistakable German accent will reply straight back
"You bet!". (In New Zealand, ICPE's headquarters is in St Gerard's
Monastery overlooking Wellington harbour. For more info. please visit
its New Zealand home page at http://www.icpe.org/newzealand )

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EDUCATION

Marist Brothers' New Zealand Province:
'Champagnat' : A newsletter for Boards of Trustees and Staff of Marist
Schools and Schools with Marist traditions in New Zealand.
Volume 5 Number 2 June 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/fms/page8.html
In this issue: articles commemorating the 125th anniversary of the
arrival of the Marist Brothers in Wellington.

NZ Catholic Education Office: 'Lighting New Fires' no.4 August 2001
http://catholic.org.nz/nzceo/lnf4.htm
In the current issue:
Education amendment bill no. 2
High risk glass filming project
Food for thought in school design
National Administrative Guidelines (Nags)
Education Review Office report: "Students in years 7 and 8."
New Zealand Principals' Federation's "Primary Product" day
Achievements of NZ Catholic schools in all regions
Aim-Hi schools resource
First time principals professional development
School transport
Ministry of Education review of school transport
Restorative justice systems for troublesome pupils
Educational achievement: asking the right questions
Prospective employees and school values

"Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my
disciple"
St Luke's Gospel 14:27

Dear friends,

It's now more than a week since the New Zealand-registered Internet
addresses of ' catholic.org.nz ' and ' www.catholic.org.nz ' became
inactive. At present they only open the home page of our host Catholic
Online in California. There has been no word from COL about when the
problem will be fixed but I suspect that ours is not the only site that
was affected, and putting matters right is going to take some time.

Meanwhile, please remember - and tell anyone else who's having problems
- that all our pages can still be opened by using our Catholic Online
address. Instead of ' www.catholic.org.nz ' you type '
www.catholic.org/newzealand ' to open the bishops' home page. For the
NZCEO website at ' www.catholic.org.nz/nzceo ' you enter '
www.catholic.org/newzealand/nzceo ' and so on.

I'm very sorry about the disruption, but there's nothing we can do
about it down here, apart from reminding COL from time to time that
we're still waiting. The company has been amazingly generous in inviting
any organisation recognised by our bishops to put as many Web pages as
they like on the COL server completely free of charge. There is a cost
to the company for carrying our pages and serving them up but as far as
I know they have never asked us for a cent in the more than five years
they have been providing this service. The New Zealand Church owes the
company a debt of gratitude, but on the other hand we can't claim
priority over Catholic Online's paying clients in the present situation.

As soon as the problem is put right, you will be the first to know :-)

God bless,
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' forum manager
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THE 'TAMPA' ASYLUM-SEEKERS

Our bishops, and Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand have each issued media
statements welcoming the NZ Government's decision to accept some of the
people on the 'Tampa' while their requests for refugee status are
assessed. The Caritas statement can be opened from its home page at
http://www.caritas.org.nz . The bishops' statement follows:

"The Chairman of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference, Bishop
Peter Cullinane, today applauded the New Zealand Government's indication
that it will accept some of the refugees who are aboard the Norwegian
vessel, Tampa.

"We understand the New Zealand Government has indicated that it will
offer asylum to a number of these people. The compassion and respect for
human dignity that underpins this response is to be warmly commended"
Bishop Cullinane said."

Articles from the secular press:

'Voice of calm in a strange land ' (photo)
NZ Herald 08.09.2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=215483
Amid a week of angry tailback and television polls condemning our
invitation to the Afghani asylum seekers, [the president of Auckland's
Refugee Council] Dr Nagalingam Rasalingam is a calm voice of reason -
supported by a wealth of knowledge of what it means to be a refugee in
an alien land.......

'Dialogue: Afghans have proved to be diligent citizens ' by Fr Terry
Dibble (photo)
NZ Herald 06.09.2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=215013&reportID=53510
The Afghan asylum seekers from the Tampa will make better citizens than
some recent immigrants of dubious background.......

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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' WEBSITE: NEW LINKS

Daily Australian & world Catholic news from Catholic Telecommunications, Australia http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html

'Dioceses and Websites of Oceania'. 'Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference'. http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/fruniversal.html

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NZ CATHOLIC WEB TV

'Wel-com Living' http://www.catholictv.net Interview with Mrs Ally Gibbons, principal of St Catherine's College, Wellingon ("the Capital's best kept secret"). What does it mean to be "a Mercy College"?

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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS

From 'NZ Catholic' No. 120, August 26, 2001 http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html

"Cloning offends against person's unique identity" Reproductive cloning, as proposed by Italian fertility specialist Dr Severino Antinori, would fundamentally change the manner in which human beings come into existence, according to Catholic bioethicist Fr Michael McCabe. "It raises profound moral and ethical issues," said Fr McCabe, the director of the Nathaniel Centre, the New Zealand Catholic bioethics centre...... Related Links: The Nathaniel Centre NZ Catholic Bishops Conference. Statement on Assisted Human Reproductive Technologies April 1998 European Parliament. Resolution on cloning 1997

"'Sr Rugby from Rugby City' becomes media attraction " Sr Mary-Pat McEvoy, RSM, of Dunedin could be dubbed "Sr Rugby from Rugby City". Shortly before the All Blacks-Wallabies game earlier this month someone tipped off the Otago Daily Times that she had a ticket. As a result Sr Pat spent a good part of Friday afternoon at the convent and Carisbrook with the Holmes programme crew....... Related Link: The Holmes Show Report, August 10 2001: "Sister Mary prays for the All Blacks" (Video)

"Sentencing bill called punitive " A criminal-sentencing bill introduced to Parliament this month reflects a punitive response to the media-driven push for longer sentences, says Lyttleton parish priest Fr Jim Consedine...... Related Links: International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care Hon Phil Goff. Speech introducing the First Reading of the Sentencing And Parole Bill

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Dialogue: What Coasters can teach the rest of us, by Christine Rankin NZ Herald 1 September 2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=212977 As a child I remember my father attending his favourite event of the year, the Orangemen's Parade. We didn't live in Belfast, it was Blackball near Greymouth. As a sometime Catholic, my father loved the excitement, along with the rest of the Catholic mining fraternity, of sabotaging the celebrations of the Protestants........

Bells toll for albatross Otago Daily Times 01 September 2001 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,923930a3845,FF.html Church bells rang in the greater Dunedin area yesterday to celebrate the arrival of the first royal albatross of the season. Going by the rather uninspiring monicker of Yellow-Black-Yellow, named after the colours on its band, the male bird arrived at Taiaroa Head yesterday afternoon......

"No Power For The Poor?" Press Release: NZ Council of Christian Social Services http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/06/92/200108310945.5b56389d.html Most families using foodbanks are extremely vulnerable to rising power prices and the threat of disconnection, research released today reveals. The Poverty Indicator Project, run by the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services, shows an increase in the proportion of foodbank users behind on their electricity bills over the past three months.........

"How gr8 thou art " TV One News 31 August 2001 http://onenews.nzoom.com/news_detail/0,1227,55145,00.html Getting a truly divine message is taking on new meaning for Christian cell phone users. Vodafone has launched a new text message service that is taking the church to those on the run. The service sends edited highlights of Reverend Ian Lawton's Sunday sermon at Auckland's St Matthew In the City. "We consider this is part of the way that the church needs to move forward, " Reverend Lawton says. [Page links to the related Video Report - 'God on line one' (01:48) ]

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EVENTS

2-9 September Centennial Festival of Arts and Music, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington A weeklong festival celebrating the Cathedral's centennial year and the completion of its restoration, featuring a daily cycles of recitals, concerts and poetry readings and Masses. Full programme at: http://www.shcathedral.wellington.net.nz/centennial/index.htm

Visit of Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of 'Reclaiming Spirituality: A New Spiritual Framework for Today's World' 6 September: "The Prophetic Call to Justice". 5:30pm to 7:00pm at Loaves and Fishes, Anglican Cathedral of Wellington, cnr of Hill and Molesworth Streets, Wellington. Cost: $5 a person. For more Information contact Kay Smith: catholicjpd@globe.net.nz 7 September: 'Spirituality for the New Millennium' $10 per 9.00am-12.30 Stella Maris Conference Centre, Seatoun. 7 September: 'The New Reign of God' $5 per person :7.30 -9.00pm Mercy Centre, Guilford Terrace, Thorndon. 8 September 'Transformation and Prophetic Leadership - living the vows today' $10 per person Mercy Centre, Guilford Terrace Thorndon.

"No, when you have a party invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the
blind; that they cannot pay you back means that you are fortunate
because repayment will be made to you when the virtuous rise again."
St Luke's Gospel 14:13-14

Dear friends,

For readers of 'Kiwicath News & Notes' in MSN Communities: you can read
the Australian bishops' statements on the plight of the Afghan asylum
seekers at:
http://www.cathtelecom.com/index.asp in its News Archive.

I'm story to say, this (Sunday) morning there's a technical problem with
two of the addresses of the NZ Catholic bishops' Website. Neither
http://www.catholic.org.nz nor http://catholic.org.nz were working. I
have written to the address administrators asking for an urgent fix. In
the meantime you can still reach the bishops' Web site at
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand

All God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' forum manager
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' WEBSITE: NEW LINKS

Daily Australian & world Catholic news from Catholic Telecommunications,
Australia
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/news/frnews.html

'Dioceses and Websites of Oceania'.
'Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference'.
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/fruniversal.html

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NZ CATHOLIC WEB TV

'Wel-com Living'
http://www.catholictv.net
Interview with Mrs Ally Gibbons, principal of St Catherine's College,
Wellingon ("the Capital's best kept secret"). What does it mean to be "a
Mercy College"?

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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS

>From 'NZ Catholic' No. 120, August 26, 2001
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html

"Cloning offends against person's unique identity"
Reproductive cloning, as proposed by Italian fertility specialist Dr
Severino Antinori, would fundamentally change the manner in which human
beings come into existence, according to Catholic bioethicist Fr Michael
McCabe. "It raises profound moral and ethical issues," said Fr McCabe,
the director of the Nathaniel Centre, the New Zealand Catholic bioethics
centre......
Related Links:
The Nathaniel Centre
NZ Catholic Bishops Conference. Statement on Assisted Human Reproductive
Technologies April 1998
European Parliament. Resolution on cloning 1997

"'Sr Rugby from Rugby City' becomes media attraction "
Sr Mary-Pat McEvoy, RSM, of Dunedin could be dubbed "Sr Rugby from Rugby
City". Shortly before the All Blacks-Wallabies game earlier this month
someone tipped off the Otago Daily Times that she had a ticket. As a
result Sr Pat spent a good part of Friday afternoon at the convent and
Carisbrook with the Holmes programme crew.......
Related Link:
The Holmes Show Report, August 10 2001: "Sister Mary prays for the All
Blacks" (Video)

"Sentencing bill called punitive "
A criminal-sentencing bill introduced to Parliament this month reflects
a punitive response to the media-driven push for longer sentences, says
Lyttleton parish priest Fr Jim Consedine......
Related Links:
International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care
Hon Phil Goff. Speech introducing the First Reading of the Sentencing
And Parole Bill

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Dialogue: What Coasters can teach the rest of us, by Christine Rankin
NZ Herald 1 September 2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=212977
As a child I remember my father attending his favourite event of the
year, the Orangemen's Parade. We didn't live in Belfast, it was
Blackball near Greymouth. As a sometime Catholic, my father loved the
excitement, along with the rest of the Catholic mining fraternity, of
sabotaging the celebrations of the Protestants........

Bells toll for albatross
Otago Daily Times 01 September 2001
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,923930a3845,FF.html
Church bells rang in the greater Dunedin area yesterday to celebrate the
arrival of the first royal albatross of the season. Going by the rather
uninspiring monicker of Yellow-Black-Yellow, named after the colours on
its band, the male bird arrived at Taiaroa Head yesterday
afternoon......

"No Power For The Poor?"
Press Release: NZ Council of Christian Social Services
http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/06/92/200108310945.5b56389d.html
Most families using foodbanks are extremely vulnerable to rising power
prices and the threat of disconnection, research released today reveals.
The Poverty Indicator Project, run by the New Zealand Council of
Christian Social Services, shows an increase in the proportion of
foodbank users behind on their electricity bills over the past three
months.........


"How gr8 thou art "
TV One News 31 August 2001
http://onenews.nzoom.com/news_detail/0,1227,55145,00.html
Getting a truly divine message is taking on new meaning for Christian
cell phone users.
Vodafone has launched a new text message service that is taking the
church to those on the run. The service sends edited highlights of
Reverend Ian Lawton's Sunday sermon at Auckland's St Matthew In the
City. "We consider this is part of the way that the church needs to move
forward, " Reverend Lawton says. [Page links to the related Video Report
- 'God on line one' (01:48) ]

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EVENTS

2-9 September
Centennial Festival of Arts and Music, Sacred Heart Cathedral,
Wellington
A weeklong festival celebrating the Cathedral's centennial year and the
completion of its restoration, featuring a daily cycles of recitals,
concerts and poetry readings and Masses. Full programme at:
http://www.shcathedral.wellington.net.nz/centennial/index.htm

Visit of Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of 'Reclaiming Spirituality: A New
Spiritual Framework for Today's World'
6 September: "The Prophetic Call to Justice". 5:30pm to 7:00pm at
Loaves and Fishes, Anglican Cathedral of Wellington, cnr of Hill and
Molesworth Streets, Wellington. Cost: $5 a person. For more Information
contact Kay Smith: catholicjpd@globe.net.nz
7 September: 'Spirituality for the New Millennium' $10 per 9.00am-12.30
Stella Maris Conference Centre, Seatoun.
7 September: 'The New Reign of God' $5 per person :7.30 -9.00pm Mercy
Centre, Guilford Terrace, Thorndon.
8 September 'Transformation and Prophetic Leadership - living the vows
today' $10 per person Mercy Centre, Guilford Terrace Thorndon.

"Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many
will try to enter but will not succeed."
St Luke's Gospel 13: 24

Dear friends,
Thank you for the several fine faith testimonies in your posts to
'kiwicath' this past week.
All God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' forum manager

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NZ CATHOLIC WEB TV

'Wel-com Living'
http://www.catholictv.net/
Sr Rose, a veteran member of the Sisters of Mercy, recalls the
highlights of her vocation.
(The techncial quality of these progerammes till leaves a lot to be
desired, but with practice there should be gradual improvement over the
coming months.)

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EDUCATION

Marist Champagnat Family Newsletter July 2001
http://catholic.org.nz/fms/page%2020.html

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

'Holy Days' - Joy Cowley (Book Review)
The Dominion 23 August 2001
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,913772a4501,FF.html
Hard-core Protestants may think it strange or suspect, but there's a
long tradition in Catholic Europe of sentimental stories about children
being brought up in a monastery or convent. I mean things like the
once-popular Spanish play Cradle Song or the weepy story Marcelino,
which some of us copped as a First Communion present. I don't know if it
was Joy Cowley's intention, but in Holy Days she has produced the
nearest thing to a New Zealand equivalent........

'Dialogue: Those who ignore their past are lost', by Garth George
NZ Herald Sunday August 23, 2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=210148&reportID=53510
I have long been persuaded that New Zealand is entitled to be described
as God's Own Country, or Godzone as some would have it. Ours is indeed a
land richly blessed by the benign hand of the Creator, who gave it its
mountains and lakes, its rivers and streams, its fertile valleys and
plains, its unique flora and fauna - a land of sometimes heart-stopping
beauty and a veritable cornucopia of good things to eat, to drink, to
make clothes from and to build with.......

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EVENTS

August-September
Visit of Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of 'Reclaiming Spirituality: A New
Spiritual Framework for Today's World'
29 August: 'What is it like to be a Catholic in the new millennium?' St
Mary's Cathedral, Grey Street, Hamilton, 7.00 pm..
6 September: "The Prophetic Call to Justice". 5:30pm to 7:00pm at
Loaves and Fishes, Anglican Cathedral of Wellington, cnr of Hill and
Molesworth Streets, Wellington. Cost: $5 a person. For more Information
contact Kay Smith: catholicjpd@globe.net.nz
7 September: 'Spirituality for the New Millennium' $10 per 9.00am-12.30
Stella Maris Conference Centre, Seatoun.
7 September: 'The New Reign of God' $5 per person :7.30 -9.00pm Mercy
Centre, Guilford Terrace, Thorndon.
8 September 'Transformation and Prophetic Leadership - living the vows
today' $10 per person Mercy Centre, Guilford Terrace Thorndon.

31 August 2001 (Closing Date)
'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature
sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative
Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20
2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,
Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax:
(09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322

2-9 September
Centennial Festival of Arts and Music, Sacred Heart Cathedral,
Wellington
a weeklong festival celebrating the Cathedral's centennial year and the
completion of its restoration, featuring a daily cycles of
recitals, concerts and poetry readings and Masses. Full programme at:
http://www.shcathedral.wellington.net.nz/centennial/index.htm

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EMPLOYMENT

(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )

Youth Ministry Support - Leader, Auckland Diocese
Details in 'NZ Catholic' 26 August 2001 p.17 and from:
davidr@cda.org.nz ... tel. (09) 378 4380
Website: http://www.catholic.org.nz/auckland/mainyouth.htm
Applications close: 29 August

Registered Nurses, Vincentian home and Hospital, Berhampore, Wellington.
Full-time and part-time positions.
Details from Helen Green (Nurse-Manager) tel (04) 380 0294

Pregnancy Help (Auckland Branch)
1. Principal co-ordinator (28 hours per week)
2. Relief co-ordinator (normal 14 hours per week)
Details from Betty Edmond, tel: (09) 309 5115 Fax: (09) 309 5114
PO Box 5329 Wellesley St, Auckland.

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" I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing
already ... Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division."
St Luke's Gospel 12: 49, 51

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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS

'Caritas Update' Issue No. 26, Winter 2001
http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/26%20winter%202001/index.htm
"In this Issue...
The world has been rocked by three major earthquakes - India, El
Salvador and Peru in the first half of 2001. In this issue we summarise
our partners' responses, and thank our donors for their generous giving.
But mostly we take time to focus on the constant all-important, but low
profile work that Caritas supports day in, day out throughout the year
such as the food security project in Cambodia, our next 'Social Justice
Week' focus "Paying the Piper" - The Ethics of Debt, and the work being
done to strengthen the efforts of justice, peace and development in the
Pacific. "

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'NZ Catholic' No 119, August 12, 2001
http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html

'GM report's view reflects bishops' '
The proceed-with-caution approach recommended by the Royal Commission on
Genetic Modification is very much the view of the New Zealand bishops.
Several points made by the bishops appear in the commission's $6.2
million report to the Government......
Related Links:
The Nathaniel Catholic Bioethics Centre
Report of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification

'Churches may lose tax-exempt status '
Churches could lose their tax-exempt status in a Government review of
tax and charities. A discussion document called Tax and Charities shows
the Government wishes to redefine charities, as it believes the present
definition may be too wide, and out-of-date.......
Related Link:
'Tax and Charities' (full text)

'Principal to coach Black Caps '
The principal of St Paul's School in Christchurch is the new coach of
the New Zealand cricket team. Denis Aberhart has been principal of the
Dallington primary school for 11 years, in which time he has also
coached the Canterbury cricket team, conference cricket and Otago.....
Related Link:
NZ Cricket Website

>From the NZ Catholic 'Think Page' for young adults:
So you scan through mags searching for the perfect outfit? So you're a
faithful follower of fashion? But when you go shopping all you ever seem
to find is short skirts, high slits and low necklines? It's true that
fashion often dictates a trend that makes the wearer feel uncomfortable
at the shortness of the skirt or tightness of the top. We are constantly
bombarded with images in the media of the rich and famous parading in
clothes which hardly cover their bodies. As young Catholics, where do we
draw the line between what is appropriate and what isn't?........

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'Wel-com', the monthly newspaper of the Wellington Archdiocese and the
Diocese of Palmerston North.
Selected stories from No.176 July 2001
http://www.catholic.org/newzealand/wellington/Wellington/Pastoral/Communications\
/latest.html

[Because of technical difficulties, these stories form the July issue
weren't able to be uploaded until a few days ago. The problems have now
been overcome and these stories should be replaced by ones from the
August one in about a week's time.]

'Renew 2000 launched'
On June 10, Trinity Sunday, RENEW 2000 was launched throughout the
diocese. We are officially on the way! The ways of launching were as
many and as varied as our parishes, and that's as it should be.......
Related Link: RENEW International

'Eighteen years helping with the resettlement of refugees'
Margaret Warmington, has been actively involved with the resettlement of
refugees for eighteen years. In 1983, as a member of the St Vincent de
Paul Society at St Theresa's in Plimmerton, she had helped with the
settlement of five Vietnamese families and it has gone on from there.
When Bishop Owen Dolan shifted to the Palmerston North diocese, he
wanted someone from Wellington to replace him on the Commission for the
Refugee and Migrant Service (RMS). Because of her extensive experience,
Margaret was asked to accept this appointment.......

'Catholic healthcare services to collaborate '
The Aotearoa New Zealand Catholic Healthcare Ltd was launched on 22 June
2001 during the Sisters of Mercy Charities Healthcare Conference in
Auckland. Cardinal Williams, a Director, delivered an address on the
centrality of the Ministry of Healing in the Church and launched the new
Company.....

'Abortion in the Netherlands'
In the Netherlands, the number of abortions per thousand women aged
15-44 is less than half the number in New Zealand, Sweden or Denmark. In
April 2000, Wel-com's editor Marilyn Pryor visited the Netherlands to
find out why. She reports the results of her research in her book:
'Abortion in the Netherlands: why Holland has the lowest abortion rate
in the Western world'.......

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Joy Cowley: "Holy Days" (book review)
NZ Herald 18 August 2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=entertainment&thesubsectio\
n=&storyID=208185
In 1980, three nuns embezzle church property, abduct a child and take
off. One of them dies in suspicious circumstances ... That's the story
as twisted by a TV producerette. In its true form, it's also the story
that Brian Collins remembers two decades later. Joy Cowley's new novel
for big people has the calm, consummate craft, affectionate mischief and
sense of the wonder in small things that characterise her work for
younger readers........

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EVENTS

August-September
Visit of Diarmuid O'Murchu, author of 'Reclaiming Spirituality: A New
Spiritual Framework for Today's World'
25 August: 'How do we live spirituality today? Spirituality for the new
millennium'. St Columba's Centre, 40 Vermont Street, Ponsonby. Open
session hosted by the NZ Catholic Institute of Theology:
29 August: 'What is it like to be a Catholic in the new millennium?' St
Mary's Cathedral, Grey Street, Hamilton, 7.00 pm..
6 September: "The Prophetic Call to Justice". 5:30pm to 7:00pm at
Loaves and Fishes, Anglican Cathedral of Wellington, cnr of Hill and
Molesworth Streets, Wellington. Cost: $5 a person. For more Information
contact Kay Smith: catholicjpd@globe.net.nz
7 September: 'Spirituality for the New Millennium' $10 per 9.00am-12.30
Stella Maris Conference Centre, Seatoun.
7 September: 'The New Reign of God' $5 per person :7.30 -9.00pm Mercy
Centre, Guilford Terrace, Thorndon.
8 September 'Transformation and Prophetic Leadership - living the vows
today' $10 per person Mercy Centre, Guilford Terrace Thorndon.

31 August 2001 (Closing Date)
'Art and Faith' Competition for paintings of a spiritual nature
sponsored by 'NZ Catholic' newspaper, Lillias McLean and Creative
Communities [Auckland City] Committee. Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 20
2001 p.23 . Entry form from NZ Catholic, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby,
Auckland 1034. Email: catholic@iconz.co.nz or artel@xtra.co.nz. Fax:
(09) 360 3065 or (09) 524 8322

2-9 September
Centennial Festival of Arts and Music, Sacred Heart Cathedral,
Wellington
a weeklong festival celebrating the Cathedral's centennial year and the
completion of its restoration, featuring a daily cycles of
recitals, concerts and poetry readings and Masses. Full programme at:
http://www.shcathedral.wellington.net.nz/centennial/index.htm

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EMPLOYMENT

(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )

Registered Nurses, Vincentian home and Hospital, Berhampore, Wellington.
Full-time and part-time positions. Details form Helen Green
(Nurse-Manager) tel (04) 380 0294

Pregnancy Help (Auckland Branch)
1. Principal co-ordinator (28 hours per week)
2. Relief co-ordinator (normal 14 hours per week)
Details from Betty Edmond, tel: (09) 309 5115 Fax: (09) 309 5114 PO Box
5329 Wellesley St, Auckland.
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Every best wish and all God's blessings,
Mike Leon
'kiwicath' forum manager