Dear friends,
Following the recent re-design of the NZ Catholic bishops' Website, its 'What's New' page no longer carries links to other newly-created New Zealand Catholic Web sites and new features on them.
Consequently this weekly 'News and Notes' post is now the only regular source for new developments on the New Zealand Catholic Internet (the NZ Websites occasionally mentioned in the 'Net Scene' column of 'NZ Catholic' newspaper are supplied by me; the column otherwise hardly mentions local sites). Please keep that in mind if you come across a New Zealand Catholic Website which appears to be new or to have a significant new feature, and drop me a line about it at leon@xtra.co.nz
God bless,
Mike Leon 'kiwicath' forum manager
*************************************
AFGHANISTAN CRISIS
Links to comments and interviews, and reports of Catholic refugee relief initiatives are updated several times a week on the bishops' 'What's New' page. at: http://www.catholic.org.nz/cathcom/whatsNew.html
Current links include: Catholic bishops ended their synod with a clear condemnation of terrorism but recognized that "endemic evils'' can produce despair in entire populations ... Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Haze of Antioch on ecumenism, Islam and the U.S. image abroad ... Pope John Paul to the bishops of Pakistan: "I implore the Father of all mercies to keep you and your communities safe" ... Year 10 students: "Some people say if there is a God why is he letting this happen?" ... Cardinal Bevilacqua: "The military action has been both measured and discriminate".
CATHOLIC WEB TV http://www.catholictv.net/
'Wel-com Living': Shona Kavanagh discusses the decisions she and her husband Jonathan have made about their education of their four children
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
'NZ Catholic' No 124, October 21, 2001 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
"World gathering of bishops taking synod seriously", by Bishop Pat Dunn The 10th ordinary general assembly of the Synod of Bishops began with a solemn Mass in St Peter's Basilica on September 30. This great basilica, the length of at least three rugby fields, was filled with pilgrims from every continent...
"Church attendances rise after terrorism " Congregation numbers have remained slightly higher than usual at St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, after they almost doubled the Sunday following terrorist attacks in New York and Washington....
"Personal invitation best for vocations " Personal invitation is the best way to bring people into the priesthood, says Bishop Peter Cullinane of Palmerston North. He says that when people do not respond to thoughts about a priestly or religious vocation, it is because no one invites them....
>From The Think Page for young Catholic adults:
"Face the fear and go for it " Sometimes decision-making can be hard. The choice which seems to be perfect often isn't made because there is something holding us back, the voice in the back of our head that says, "What if it doesn't work out right?" That is the voice of fear.....
SPIRITUALITY
'The spirituality of Suzanne Aubert and its application to spiritual direction', by Sr Sheila McGrath http://www.hoc.org.nz/Suzanne_Aubert/Spirituality.htm [ Suzanne Aubert (1835-1926) was a Frenchwoman who was a contemporary of Frederick Ozanam, founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society. She came to New Zealand as a lay missionary in 1860 and founded the first religious order to originate in this country, the Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion (Sisters of Compassion) who established the Homes of Compassion for the incurably ill.]
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
New Catholic College in Nelson has "Commitment to Excellence" New Zealand Government Press Release 23 October 2001 http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/1a/b4/200110231530.0b9137f3.html State-of-the-art buildings, high quality equipment, an internet café and an e-mail address for every student are among the attractions at New Zealand's newest secondary school, the Catholic co-educational school Garin College which opens in January in Richmond, Nelson...... [ http://www.garincollege.ac.nz ]
Interchurch Commission On Genetic Engineering. "Letter to the Prime Minister on how the Government should respond to the Royal Commission's report on Genetic Modification". 26 October 2001 http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/8f/3d/200110261004.059af5e2.html
'Proactive response to attacks needed ' Otago Daily Times 15 October 2001 http://www.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?date=15Oct2001&obje\ ct=L1H33A1648GH&type=html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial It is easy to fall back on stale answers to the world's problems when what we need is to find new solutions, not only to the challenges of terrorism, but also its causes, writes Pat Lynch, chief executive of the Catholic Education Office...
"From Patriotism to Peace: Christian Reflections on 11 September", by Richard Davis, former Executive Officer of the New Zealand Churches' Agency on Social Issues http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/d3/19/200110250901.a6888f54.html I believe that Christianity can offer humanity a meaningful response to the tragedy [of 11 September]. I share my reflections and thoughts here under the following headings, Understanding Terrorism, Waging War and Prompting Peace.......
Sunday, October 28, 2001
Sunday, October 21, 2001
Dear friends,
Due to an apparent oversight, the bishops' "What's New" page - with links to reports on the Afghanistan situation and the Rome synod -hasn't been updated for several days. I'm sure this is just a temporary glitch and that things will be back to normal sometime next week. In the meantime I have included the latest links in this posting of 'News and Notes.
God bless,
Mike Leon 'kiwicath' forum manager
*************************************
AFGHANISTAN CRISIS
*War Reactions*
Chiara Lubich: "Unbounded love the antidote to all-out hatred" http://www.focolare.org/en/sif/2001/en20011006_a.html
In his Message for the 2002 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope John Paul defends the dignity of the world's immigrants and appeals for respect for religious liberty for Christians in majority-Muslim countries. http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=11393
John Paul II asserts that "evil does not have the last word" http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=11347
*Relief and Reconciliation Initiatives*
Catholic aid groups mobilizing to help Afghanistan: Humanitarian disaster looms as winter approaches http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=11461
CATHOLIC WEB TV
'Wel-com Living' http://www.catholictv.net
* Br Pat Lynch, Director of the NZ Catholic Education Office, on the future of the New Zealand Catholic school system.
* "Why I like school" : interviews with pupils of St Teresa's School, Karori, Wellington.
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
'The Far East' - magazine of the New Zealand and Australian members of St. Columban's Mission Society http://www.columban.org.au/TFE/TrevorTrotter/FarEast.htm
>From the July 2001 edition .... 'A stand with the poorest' (Editorial) 'Sr. Joan Doyle RSM in Peru tells of Gladys fight for survival with HIV'. 'Those who Foster Hope': Sheila Dobey tells of her experience of visiting Columban missionaries, among them her brother in Fiji.
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Mercy Hospice is not a place people wait to die' (photo) NZ Herald Saturday October 20, 2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=223430&thesection=news&thesub\ section=general One might think of hospice patients as sad or depressed, waiting to die in stuffy hospital rooms as numb family members shuffle in and out. Both Gwen Gray and St Joseph's Mercy Hospice defy this maudlin image. St Joseph's - part of the picturesque Mercy Hospital complex - is modern, comfortable and decorated with fresh flowers....
'Charities package should boost donations' - Cullen NZ Government Press Release 16 October 2001 http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/05/cb/200110161720.6094154e.html The government is working with the charitable sector on a reform package the net effect of which should be to generate greater donations to charities, Revenue Minister Michael Cullen announced today........
EDUCATION
New on 'Faith Central', the educational resource site for NZ Catholic secondary schools ...
'Expressions of Catholic Life': http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/expressions.htm "How can you tell that a person or a group of people are Catholic? With links which enable you to tour Rome, listen to Catholic Radio and Television from around the world, visit dioceses and parishes, and even see how a Catholic dating agency works - this selection of online resources may assist the learning of the Year 10 unit. "
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Church Mental Health Lobby Group, Wellington: Development worker The task is to locate and work with the champions of the mentally ill in each parish, using an 'action/reflection' approach. Flexible hours, good remuneration. Details in 'Wel-com' October 2001 p.19; and from Rev Hugh Bowron tel 382 8486 or June Read tel. 232 5858
Due to an apparent oversight, the bishops' "What's New" page - with links to reports on the Afghanistan situation and the Rome synod -hasn't been updated for several days. I'm sure this is just a temporary glitch and that things will be back to normal sometime next week. In the meantime I have included the latest links in this posting of 'News and Notes.
God bless,
Mike Leon 'kiwicath' forum manager
*************************************
AFGHANISTAN CRISIS
*War Reactions*
Chiara Lubich: "Unbounded love the antidote to all-out hatred" http://www.focolare.org/en/sif/2001/en20011006_a.html
In his Message for the 2002 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope John Paul defends the dignity of the world's immigrants and appeals for respect for religious liberty for Christians in majority-Muslim countries. http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=11393
John Paul II asserts that "evil does not have the last word" http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=11347
*Relief and Reconciliation Initiatives*
Catholic aid groups mobilizing to help Afghanistan: Humanitarian disaster looms as winter approaches http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=11461
CATHOLIC WEB TV
'Wel-com Living' http://www.catholictv.net
* Br Pat Lynch, Director of the NZ Catholic Education Office, on the future of the New Zealand Catholic school system.
* "Why I like school" : interviews with pupils of St Teresa's School, Karori, Wellington.
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
'The Far East' - magazine of the New Zealand and Australian members of St. Columban's Mission Society http://www.columban.org.au/TFE/TrevorTrotter/FarEast.htm
>From the July 2001 edition .... 'A stand with the poorest' (Editorial) 'Sr. Joan Doyle RSM in Peru tells of Gladys fight for survival with HIV'. 'Those who Foster Hope': Sheila Dobey tells of her experience of visiting Columban missionaries, among them her brother in Fiji.
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Mercy Hospice is not a place people wait to die' (photo) NZ Herald Saturday October 20, 2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=223430&thesection=news&thesub\ section=general One might think of hospice patients as sad or depressed, waiting to die in stuffy hospital rooms as numb family members shuffle in and out. Both Gwen Gray and St Joseph's Mercy Hospice defy this maudlin image. St Joseph's - part of the picturesque Mercy Hospital complex - is modern, comfortable and decorated with fresh flowers....
'Charities package should boost donations' - Cullen NZ Government Press Release 16 October 2001 http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/05/cb/200110161720.6094154e.html The government is working with the charitable sector on a reform package the net effect of which should be to generate greater donations to charities, Revenue Minister Michael Cullen announced today........
EDUCATION
New on 'Faith Central', the educational resource site for NZ Catholic secondary schools ...
'Expressions of Catholic Life': http://www.faithcentral.net.nz/inclass/expressions.htm "How can you tell that a person or a group of people are Catholic? With links which enable you to tour Rome, listen to Catholic Radio and Television from around the world, visit dioceses and parishes, and even see how a Catholic dating agency works - this selection of online resources may assist the learning of the Year 10 unit. "
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Church Mental Health Lobby Group, Wellington: Development worker The task is to locate and work with the champions of the mentally ill in each parish, using an 'action/reflection' approach. Flexible hours, good remuneration. Details in 'Wel-com' October 2001 p.19; and from Rev Hugh Bowron tel 382 8486 or June Read tel. 232 5858
Sunday, October 14, 2001
Dear friends,
The bishops' Website at http://www.catholic.org.nz has been completely redesigned by Catholic Communications' David Yang. Inevitably with such a major change there will be temporary problems here and there - links that don't work and so on - which may take a while to track down. Please let Catholic Communications know if you come across anything that's not working as it should. The address: cathcomm@xtra.co.nz
It seems that as part of the re-design the 'What's New' page has gone. It carried a note of new features on the bishops' site and other New Zealand Catholic Websites, with links to them. I was also using it to put up daily summaries of the sessions of the synod of bishops and news of the Afghanistan crisis from Catholic news and aid agencies (I have put the latest items in this News & Notes ). I hope to find out next week if the page will be reinstated.
God bless,
Mike Leon 'kiwicath' forum manager
*************************************
AFGHAN CRISIS
Pope John Paul commemorates the victims of the terrorist attacks http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011011/ts/attack_pope_dc_1.html
Prayers and protests one month on in Pakistan http://www.fides.org/bnews/ebn2000/ebnews011011a.html
Catholic, Muslim schoolgirls find a lot to share http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0110110259oct11.story?coll=chi%2Dne\ ws%2Dhed
Pax Christi USA "rejects war and the many-fold manifestations that war inflicts on all parties" http://www.paxchristi.net/PDF/SD39E01.pdf
SYNOD OF BISHOPS
The 10th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (September 30 to October 27) is taking place in Rome. New Zealand is represented by Bishop Pat Dunn of Auckland diocese (it seems he hasn't had his turn to speak yet. Maybe this week). The Vatican Information Service is publishing daily summaries of each bishop's address to the Assembly, here: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_20_x-ordin\ aria-2001/bollettino_20_x_ordinaria-2001_index_en.html#Index issues and language editions
CATHOLIC WEB TV
http://www.catholictv.net Interview with Lucienne Hensel, director of the ICPE School of Mission at St Gerard's Monastery, Wellington
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Church Mental Health Lobby Group, Wellington: Development worker The task is to locate and work with the champions of the mentally ill in each parish, using an 'action/reflection' approach. Flexible hours, good remuneration. Details in 'Wel-com' October 2001 p.19; and from Rev Hugh Bowron tel 382 8486 or June Read tel. 232 5858
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Solid, honest, godly - and he's a bloke ' NZ Herald 11.10.2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=221592&reportID=53510 (The new leader of the National Party, the second-largest in Parliament) Mr English is a man of the land, but also a man of high education and economic literacy, so we can expect him to understand both the theory and the practicality of matters economic. Probably most important of all, Mr English is a family man and a born and bred and still practising Catholic, which means he must have more than a nodding acquaintance with God and must know that there is much more to life (and to politics) than money, property and prestige.........
'Vaggioli's Return: A Deserter's Adventures' Otago University Press /Scoop 8 October 2001 http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/b6/6b/200110091132.ea61c2c1.html Eighty years after his death, Dom Felice Vaggioli is finally being recognised as an important commentator on and personality in New Zealand's past. Last year saw the first English edition of the controversial "History of New Zealand and Its Inhabitants", more than a hundred years after its original publication in Italian. Now translator John Crockett has brought to light a second book from the Italian missionary priest. Written after the completion of the history, "A Deserter's Adventures" is an autobiography ......
The bishops' Website at http://www.catholic.org.nz has been completely redesigned by Catholic Communications' David Yang. Inevitably with such a major change there will be temporary problems here and there - links that don't work and so on - which may take a while to track down. Please let Catholic Communications know if you come across anything that's not working as it should. The address: cathcomm@xtra.co.nz
It seems that as part of the re-design the 'What's New' page has gone. It carried a note of new features on the bishops' site and other New Zealand Catholic Websites, with links to them. I was also using it to put up daily summaries of the sessions of the synod of bishops and news of the Afghanistan crisis from Catholic news and aid agencies (I have put the latest items in this News & Notes ). I hope to find out next week if the page will be reinstated.
God bless,
Mike Leon 'kiwicath' forum manager
*************************************
AFGHAN CRISIS
Pope John Paul commemorates the victims of the terrorist attacks http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011011/ts/attack_pope_dc_1.html
Prayers and protests one month on in Pakistan http://www.fides.org/bnews/ebn2000/ebnews011011a.html
Catholic, Muslim schoolgirls find a lot to share http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0110110259oct11.story?coll=chi%2Dne\ ws%2Dhed
Pax Christi USA "rejects war and the many-fold manifestations that war inflicts on all parties" http://www.paxchristi.net/PDF/SD39E01.pdf
SYNOD OF BISHOPS
The 10th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (September 30 to October 27) is taking place in Rome. New Zealand is represented by Bishop Pat Dunn of Auckland diocese (it seems he hasn't had his turn to speak yet. Maybe this week). The Vatican Information Service is publishing daily summaries of each bishop's address to the Assembly, here: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/sinodo/documents/bollettino_20_x-ordin\ aria-2001/bollettino_20_x_ordinaria-2001_index_en.html#Index issues and language editions
CATHOLIC WEB TV
http://www.catholictv.net Interview with Lucienne Hensel, director of the ICPE School of Mission at St Gerard's Monastery, Wellington
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Church Mental Health Lobby Group, Wellington: Development worker The task is to locate and work with the champions of the mentally ill in each parish, using an 'action/reflection' approach. Flexible hours, good remuneration. Details in 'Wel-com' October 2001 p.19; and from Rev Hugh Bowron tel 382 8486 or June Read tel. 232 5858
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Solid, honest, godly - and he's a bloke ' NZ Herald 11.10.2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=221592&reportID=53510 (The new leader of the National Party, the second-largest in Parliament) Mr English is a man of the land, but also a man of high education and economic literacy, so we can expect him to understand both the theory and the practicality of matters economic. Probably most important of all, Mr English is a family man and a born and bred and still practising Catholic, which means he must have more than a nodding acquaintance with God and must know that there is much more to life (and to politics) than money, property and prestige.........
'Vaggioli's Return: A Deserter's Adventures' Otago University Press /Scoop 8 October 2001 http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/b6/6b/200110091132.ea61c2c1.html Eighty years after his death, Dom Felice Vaggioli is finally being recognised as an important commentator on and personality in New Zealand's past. Last year saw the first English edition of the controversial "History of New Zealand and Its Inhabitants", more than a hundred years after its original publication in Italian. Now translator John Crockett has brought to light a second book from the Italian missionary priest. Written after the completion of the history, "A Deserter's Adventures" is an autobiography ......
Sunday, October 7, 2001
"How long, Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen;
to cry 'Oppression!' in your ear and you will not save?"
(Habakkuk 1:2)
Dear friends,
All being well, the Benjamin family should have arrived in Auckland
last
week. If anyone has heard from them, could you let us know please.
God bless,
Mike Leon
*************************************
AFGHAN CRISIS
You will find regularly updated links concerning events in Afghanistan,
including statements by our bishops and Pope John Paul and initiatives
by Catholic peace and aid organisations, on our bishops Website
http://www.catholic.org.nz under 'What's New'.
SYNOD OF BISHOPS
The 10th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (September 30 to
October 27) is taking place in Rome. New Zealand is represented by
Bishop Pat Dunn (Auckland). The Vatican Information Service publishes
daily summaries of each bishop's address to the Assembly, and I am
putting a summary of the summaries on the What's New page beneath the
Afghan news links.
CATHOLIC WEB TV
http://www.catholictv.net/
Further interviews with Wellington-based members of the International
Catholic Programme for Evangelisation (ICPE ) Frank Doherty (New
Zealand) and Charles Hannaford (Malta).
JUSTICE, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
Caritas Update, Spring 2001
http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/27%20spring%202001/index.htm
In This Issue: Letter from the Director: eleven principles of Catholic
social teaching ... Debt through the lens of Social Justice ... Debt
Update & Archbishop Ndungane's visit ... Emerging Democracy in the
Pacific ... East Timor Update ... Tampa Asylum ... ... Seekers &
Caritas
NZ Project Evaluation ... Exploring the Impact of Your Support ...
Caritas Bangladesh staff visit NZ Schools and Parishes
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Property Asset Manager, Auckland Diocese
Details from Pompallier Diocesan Centre, tel 09 378 4380;
davidr@cda.org.nz
Applications close on Friday 12 October 2001
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"Staff cuts loom for refugee service"
NZ Herald 06.10.2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=220850
New Zealand's Refugee and Migrant Service is facing staff cuts because
of a cash crisis at a time the world is struggling to cope with
unprecedented refugee numbers. Although the refugee service was founded
by the churches, its annual appeal to churches in July raised less than
$7000....
"Kiwi Muslims under siege" (photo)
NZ Herald 6.10.2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=220914&reportID=61063
Mt Roskill lawyer Abdul Hafeez Rasheed did not hear a police officer
compare him to the Saudi terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. But when he
was told what had been said, he was angry. As one Muslim New Zealander
puts it: "When the IRA bombs London, you don't ask a Kiwi Catholic what
he thinks of the IRA." ........
"Refugees taste NZ generosity"
TV One News 5 October 2001
http://onenews.nzoom.com/news_detail/0,1227,60818-1-7,00.html
While Australia gave the Afghan asylum-seekers the cold shoulder, the
tide seems to be turning here, as every day more and more donations
flood into the Mangere Refugee Centre ...... (Link to related video in
adjacent column)
"Women's Lives Endangered - SPUC"
IRN
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,3882-797780,00.html
An unborn children's' lobby group believes women's health is being
disregarded by moves to make emergency contraception more available....
to cry 'Oppression!' in your ear and you will not save?"
(Habakkuk 1:2)
Dear friends,
All being well, the Benjamin family should have arrived in Auckland
last
week. If anyone has heard from them, could you let us know please.
God bless,
Mike Leon
*************************************
AFGHAN CRISIS
You will find regularly updated links concerning events in Afghanistan,
including statements by our bishops and Pope John Paul and initiatives
by Catholic peace and aid organisations, on our bishops Website
http://www.catholic.org.nz under 'What's New'.
SYNOD OF BISHOPS
The 10th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (September 30 to
October 27) is taking place in Rome. New Zealand is represented by
Bishop Pat Dunn (Auckland). The Vatican Information Service publishes
daily summaries of each bishop's address to the Assembly, and I am
putting a summary of the summaries on the What's New page beneath the
Afghan news links.
CATHOLIC WEB TV
http://www.catholictv.net/
Further interviews with Wellington-based members of the International
Catholic Programme for Evangelisation (ICPE ) Frank Doherty (New
Zealand) and Charles Hannaford (Malta).
JUSTICE, PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
Caritas Update, Spring 2001
http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/27%20spring%202001/index.htm
In This Issue: Letter from the Director: eleven principles of Catholic
social teaching ... Debt through the lens of Social Justice ... Debt
Update & Archbishop Ndungane's visit ... Emerging Democracy in the
Pacific ... East Timor Update ... Tampa Asylum ... ... Seekers &
Caritas
NZ Project Evaluation ... Exploring the Impact of Your Support ...
Caritas Bangladesh staff visit NZ Schools and Parishes
EMPLOYMENT
(Vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the
Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Property Asset Manager, Auckland Diocese
Details from Pompallier Diocesan Centre, tel 09 378 4380;
davidr@cda.org.nz
Applications close on Friday 12 October 2001
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"Staff cuts loom for refugee service"
NZ Herald 06.10.2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=220850
New Zealand's Refugee and Migrant Service is facing staff cuts because
of a cash crisis at a time the world is struggling to cope with
unprecedented refugee numbers. Although the refugee service was founded
by the churches, its annual appeal to churches in July raised less than
$7000....
"Kiwi Muslims under siege" (photo)
NZ Herald 6.10.2001
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=220914&reportID=61063
Mt Roskill lawyer Abdul Hafeez Rasheed did not hear a police officer
compare him to the Saudi terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. But when he
was told what had been said, he was angry. As one Muslim New Zealander
puts it: "When the IRA bombs London, you don't ask a Kiwi Catholic what
he thinks of the IRA." ........
"Refugees taste NZ generosity"
TV One News 5 October 2001
http://onenews.nzoom.com/news_detail/0,1227,60818-1-7,00.html
While Australia gave the Afghan asylum-seekers the cold shoulder, the
tide seems to be turning here, as every day more and more donations
flood into the Mangere Refugee Centre ...... (Link to related video in
adjacent column)
"Women's Lives Endangered - SPUC"
IRN
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,3882-797780,00.html
An unborn children's' lobby group believes women's health is being
disregarded by moves to make emergency contraception more available....
Sunday, September 30, 2001
It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever,
who is just to those who are oppressed. It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord who sets prisoners free. (Psalm 146 v.7) Dear friends, It seems likely that the United States and Britain will attack their enemy in Afghanistan later this week, with unpredictable consequences. Please pray daily - and ask others to do so - that the oppressed people of Afghanistan may at last receive justice, that the hungry may receive bread, and prisoners freedom; and please also take any opportunities that arise to contribute to these good causes. On the What's New page of our bishops' Website - http://www.catholic.org.nz - I will be regularly putting up links related to events in Central Asia, such as statements by our bishops and by Pope John Paul, and also reports of initiatives for mediation and assistance to war refugees by the Catholic peace and aid organisations. There will also be links to reports on 10th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (September 30 to October 27). 'kiwicath' members Stan and Sheela Benjamin and their two young children are due to fly from the Gulf region to their new home in Auckland in just two days' time. If war should break out before then in Central Asia, flights in the region will probably be cancelled and the Benjamin family will be unable to leave. So please keep them in your prayers this weekend also. God bless, Mike Leon ************************************* MEET THE AFGHANS Last week some of the asylum seekers rescued by the container ship 'Tampa' arrived in Auckland. They are staying at the Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre while their applications for asylum or refugee status are processed. Many of the new arrivals are of the Hazara ethnic group, a religious and ethnic minority in Afghanistan, from the vicinity of Mazar-i-Sharif, a town near the northern border of Afghanistan captured by the Taliban in 1998. New Zealand Herald reporters interviewed one of the group coming to New Zealand before they left Nauru: 17-year-old Sayeed Taheer. His experiences would be typical of the others: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=218867&thesection=news&thesub\ section=general The U.S. State Department's human rights report on Afghanistan details the treatment of the Hazaras by the Taliban and describes what happened when the Taliban occupied Mazar-i-Sharif: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/sa/index.cfm?docid=721 If you would like to learn a bit about Afghan history and culture, there's lots of information at Afghanistan Online: http://www.afghan-web.com FROM THE SECULAR PRESS 'Northlander ministers to New Yorkers struck by tragedy' NZ Herald 24 sept 2001 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=218606&thesection=news&the\ subsection=general&thesecondsubsection=latest A former Northlander working amid the nightmarish aftermath of New York's World Trade Center devastation lives in anguish. In an e-mail home to Whangarei, Father Emile Frische, a Roman Catholic priest who works in Manhattan, writes of almost unimaginable tragedy, but also the triumph of the human spirit, in the wake of the terrorist attacks that killed thousands....... Holmes Show Sept 25: "A New Zealand priest in New York" (video interview with Fr Frische) http://tvone.nzoom.com/programmes/holmes/story.html?story_2001_archive.inc 'Bishop leaves for Rome assembly ' The Evening Post 24 September 2001 Summary: A forum at which diocesan bishops from around the world could discuss key pastoral issues is to be proposed by New Zealand's Catholic bishops at a month-long assembly in Rome. Bishop Patrick Dunn of Auckland, representing New Zealand, leaves this week for the assembly of 300 bishops who will examine the ministry and role of bishops in the modern era. 'Election candidates dine on the bread line' (photo) Otago Daily Times 22 Sept 2001 http://www.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?date=22Sep2001&obje\ ct=KLE12B9641RJ&type=html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial A taste of life on the poverty line was on the menu for Dunedin local body candidates yesterday. About 25 candidates took part in a lunch organised by helping agencies to raise awareness of the plight of some citizens........ 'Arrivals keep support group busy ' (photo) Otago Daily Times 8 September 2001 http://www.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?date=08Sep2001&obje\ ct=K3H00C1323NC&type=html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial The rooms of Catholic Social Services Dunedin were quiet, which was not surprising unless you knew there were 13 babies aged between one month and five months present. The babies were visiting with their mothers, the most recent class through the service's Birth Support Group....... |
Sunday, September 23, 2001
"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
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
Sunday, September 16, 2001
"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
************************
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........
****************************************
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 )
***************************************
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
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
************************
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........
****************************************
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 )
***************************************
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
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