'NZ CATHOLIC' NEWSPAPER
>From No 132, March 10, 2002 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
'Shop trading threat to sacred days ' At least some of Christianity's most revered and special days - Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day - are in danger of being opened up to retail trading this year...
'Military may help catering for Pompallier's interment ' The Army and Navy may help with catering for the crowd at the interment of Bishop Jean Baptiste Pompallier on April 20....
'Parliament to review "unhelpful" abortion committee ' Pro-life organisations are aiming to influence the direction of a review of the Abortion Supervisory Committee...
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"Chaplains say cut will affect Maori patients " NZ Herald 13.03.2002 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=1191361&thesection=news&thesu\ bsection=general Concerns about Maori patients' spiritual needs have surfaced as a result of the Government's refusal to provide more money for hospital chaplains....
"Spirituality Important In Patient Recovery" Press Release: Christian Heritage Party 14 March 2002 http://www.scoop.co.nz/archive/scoop/stories/5b/51/200203142301.76c9db6c.html
"Playing hardball to win the game " NZ Herald 16.03.2002 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sports/sportsstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=1191905&thesecti\ on=sport&thesubsection=rugby&thesecondsubsection=worldcup Seven years ago John O'Neill was a young banker with a big reputation, free to choose, after more than two bare-fisted decades among Sydney's financial high-flyers, just about any job he wanted. Instead, O'Neill returned to the passion of his youth, headhunted by the Australian Rugby Union to overhaul the sport and catapult it to a new corporate future. Unhappily for New Zealand, the former chief executive of the State Bank of New South Wales was exactly the right man for the job....
(If anyone's going: "What's a rugby story doing in News and Notes???"' all I can tell you is, it came up in a search for stories with a Catholic and New Zealand connection, and I thought it was interesting and topical, so why not ... :-) ML
CATHOLICTV.NET
Produced by the Wellington Archdiocesan Media Office http://www.catholictv.net
This month Catholictv.net is featuring the arts - both the performance and the fine kind. Visitors to the site who have Macintosh computers or who use the Netscape browser may find it difficult or impossible to view the video interviews. However I understand that the solution to these problems has already been found so hopefully they'll be fixed before the end of this month.
AT THE LIBRARY
These books may be borrowed either from your local public library or on Interloan. Shelf numbers may vary ...
[non-fiction 220.859 KOW] "The Bible according to Noah : theology as if animals mattered" by Gary Kowalski. New York : Lantern Books, 2001. Subjects: Animals in the Bible. Animals--Religious aspects--Christianity.
[Non-Fiction (no shelf number available)] "Dialogues with silence : prayers & drawings" by Thomas Merton San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, c2001. Subjects: Prayers. Catholic Church--English.
[Non-Fiction 248.845 OTI] "Teach your children well : helping kids make moral choices" by Don S. Otis. Grand Rapids, Mich. : F. H. Revell, c2000. Subjects: Children--Religious life. Moral education.
[Non-Fiction 942.053 MacC] "Tudor church militant : Edward VI and the protestant reformation" by Diarmaid MacCulloch. London : Penguin, 2001. Subjects; Edward VI, King of England. Reformation--England. Summary: Edward VI's short reign was crucial in completing Henry VIII's break with Rome. Edward's key religious innovations, notably Cranmer's two versions of the Book of Common Prayer, were taken up by Queen Elizabeth as the foundation for her Reformation church settlement, the basis of later Anglicanism.
[Fiction] "The Ephesus fragment" by Gary E. Parker. Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c1999. Subjects: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Fiction. Archaeology--Fiction Summary: While on a dig near Ephesus, archaeologist Dr. Hugh McAuley discovers a jar with a parchment inside written by the Apostle John, dictated by Mary the Mother of Jesus, telling about her life. McAuley reports his find in a secret email which becomes known to several world figures who all want the parchment for different reasons. It is stolen, and a chase around the world begins.......
ADULT EDUCATION/DEGREE COURSES
Prospectuses for 2002 are now on the Websites of the Catholic Education Centre (CEC) http://www.wcec.org.nz and the Catholic Institute of Theology (CIT) http://www,catholic.org.nz/auckland/cit CIT operates within Auckland diocese and CEC is based in Wellington but offers courses in other cities also.
EVENTS
April 4-7, 2002 Mariapolis 2002, Feilding Agricultural High School, North Street, Feilding. The annual national gathering of members and friends of the Focolare Movement in New Zealand. Further info. from Atle Lee, 40 Thompson St., PO Box 11826 Wellington 6034 Tel: 04-384 4559 Fax: 04-384 4348 E-mail: focolare@paradise.net.nz ; and from http://www.focolare.org.au
April 19-21 2002 Catholic Network of Marriage Educators Conference, Napier Details from Oncall Conference Management, 20 Cambridge Terrace, Taradale, Napier. Tel: 06 844 9956 e-mail: c-moore@clear.net.nz
EMPLOYMENT
(Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Researcher-Writer, Caritas Aotearoa-NZ Eleven-week contract, beginning on Tuesday 2 April, to research and write a booklet on refugees in the light of Catholic Social Teaching. Previous booklets in the series are described here: http://www.caritas.org.nz/publications/SJS_info.htm Further details in 'Wel-com' newspaper March 2002 p.19 and from louise@caritas.org.nz Closing date for applications: Friday 22 March.
'NZ Catholic' Newspaper: Presenters The paper is recruiting paid presenters to promote 'NZ Catholic' at Sunday Masses and sign up new subscribers. Details in 'NZ Catholic' March 10 2002 p.21, and from Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034. E-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz
Sunday, March 17, 2002
Sunday, March 3, 2002
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"Catholic tastes " The Christchurch Press Mar 7, 2002 http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020307008161&query=cat\ holic+and+zealand Last Thursday evening, dozens of Marist brothers and priests gathered to witness the formal launch of a new role for the grand and lovely old Mount St Mary's seminary building, which for generations was the training place for Catholic priests and brothers affiliated to the Society of Mary....
EMPLOYMENT
(Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Researcher-Writer, Caritas Aotearoa-NZ Eleven-week contract, beginning on Tuesday 2 April, to research and write a booklet on refugees in the light of Catholic Social Teaching. Previous booklets in the series are described here: http://www.caritas.org.nz/publications/SJS_info.htm Further details in 'Wel-com' newspaper March 2002 p.19 and from louise@caritas.org.nz Closing date for applications: Friday 22 March.
'NZ Catholic' Newspaper: Presenters The paper is recruiting paid presenters to promote 'NZ Catholic' at Sunday Masses and sign up new subscribers. Details in 'NZ Catholic' March 10 2002 p.21, and from Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby. E-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz Auckland 1034; e-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz
"Catholic tastes " The Christchurch Press Mar 7, 2002 http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020307008161&query=cat\ holic+and+zealand Last Thursday evening, dozens of Marist brothers and priests gathered to witness the formal launch of a new role for the grand and lovely old Mount St Mary's seminary building, which for generations was the training place for Catholic priests and brothers affiliated to the Society of Mary....
EMPLOYMENT
(Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Researcher-Writer, Caritas Aotearoa-NZ Eleven-week contract, beginning on Tuesday 2 April, to research and write a booklet on refugees in the light of Catholic Social Teaching. Previous booklets in the series are described here: http://www.caritas.org.nz/publications/SJS_info.htm Further details in 'Wel-com' newspaper March 2002 p.19 and from louise@caritas.org.nz Closing date for applications: Friday 22 March.
'NZ Catholic' Newspaper: Presenters The paper is recruiting paid presenters to promote 'NZ Catholic' at Sunday Masses and sign up new subscribers. Details in 'NZ Catholic' March 10 2002 p.21, and from Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby. E-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz Auckland 1034; e-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz
Sunday, February 24, 2002
NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' WEBSITE http://www.catholic.org.nz
"The Catholic Church in New Zealand"/ "Te Haahi Katorika ki Aotearoa" is our Church's "flagship" Website. It is a mine of information about the Catholic Church in New Zealand and is regularly updated with links to other Websites of groups and organisations recognised by our bishops.
The Website now appears with a brand-new design, the work of Catholic Communications' technical assistant (and 'kiwicath' forum member) Julian Waters. It seems that the alphabetical Index to the whole site is not yet complete but there's plenty to see already, so please drop in and look round if you have not been in for a while.
THE CHURCH AND THE INTERNET
The Pontifical Council for Social Communications, headed by Archbishop John Foley, is the Vatican department responsible for research on the use of the mass media in the mission of the Church.
The Council has just published two documents about the Internet.
"Ethics and Internet" http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pc_pccs_\ doc_20020228_ethics-internet_en.html This document refers to a new form of discrimination - the "digital divide" - separating the rich from the poor on the basis of who can access the new information technology", and also to ethical questions raised by the violation of privacy, and copyright and the proliferation of pornographic and abusive Websites. However "we do not view the Internet only as a source of problems; we see it as a source of benefits to the human race. But the benefits can be fully realized only if the problems are solved." The benefits include broadening educational and cultural horizons, breaking down divisions between peoples, and promoting human development in a multitude of ways. The document concludes with some recommendations for the ethical use of the Internet.
"The Church and Internet" http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pc_pccs_\ doc_20020228_church-internet_en.html This document affirms that the Internet is relevant to many activities and programmes of the Church - evangelization, catechesis and other kinds of education, news and information, apologetics, governance and administration, and some forms of pastoral counselling and spiritual direction. The Internet also presents some special problems for the Church such as the presence of hate sites defaming and attacking ethnic and religious groups, among them the Catholic Church. Moreover "the proliferation of Web sites calling themselves Catholic creates a problem of a different sort. Church-related groups should be present on the Internet, and well-motivated, well-informed individuals and unofficial groups are entitled to be there as well." But Internet users who know little or nothing about Catholic doctrine are at risk of being misled by Web sites labelled "Catholic" which promote "eccentric doctrinal interpretations (and) idiosyncratic devotional practices".
The document recommends that Church leaders be told of the "need to understand the media, (and to) apply this understanding in formulating pastoral plans for social communications." Pastoral workers are encouraged to learn to use the Internet and to undergo appropriate doctrinal and spiritual formation "in order to witness to Christ." Educators and catechists are urged to offer, in schools and universities, courses and "more advanced training" to individuals preparing for professional media work. Parents are requested to guide and supervise their children in the use of the Internet. This includes making sure that filtering technology is used to protect from pornography, sexual predators and other threats." Finally, people of good will are cautioned to prudence in order to be able to see the Internet's capacity for good and evil, they are encouraged to be strong and brave in "standing up for truth in the face of religious and moral relativism," and to "temperance and self-discipline" in order to use this technology "wisely and only for good."
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"NZ's churches prepared for sexual abuse claims" NZ Herald 02.03.2002 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=1090509&thesection=news&thesu\ bsection=general As churches throughout the world continue to be rocked by child sex abuse scandals and allegations of cover-ups, churches in New Zealand have been reviewing how they deal with similar complaints. The three largest - Anglican, Catholic and Presbyterian, with around half a million followers each - have procedures to deal with complaints internally....
"The Order of Marist return to Mission Estate" NZ Herald 02.03.2002 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=1090154 Stamping his gnarled Irish blackthorn walking-stick on the ground, Brother Martin Williams remembers the day, well over a decade ago, that a fellow brother foretold the future of their seminary at the Mission Estate in Napier. "We will all be gone," he said. "You'll be here to see it, but I'll be gone." Reflecting on that prophecy, Brother Marty - as he is known - sighs nostalgically and waves his stick in a wide circle to emphasise the grandeur of the place. He is here but, as foreshadowed, the Order is gone from the Mission...
"Prominent local Catholic priest" The Christchurch Press Feb 23, 2002 http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020223006302&query=cat\ holic+and+zealand Prominent Christchurch Catholic priest Monsignor Thomas Liddy, who died at Nazareth House on January 20, aged 84, was a man of great spiritual depth. Born in South Canterbury, Thomas Liddy trained as a priest at Holy Cross College in Mosgiel. He was ordained in 1944 and served first as assistant priest at Ashburton...
"Changing face of New Zealand " NZ Herald 02.03.2002 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=1090504 A snapshot of the 2001 census shows that more people in New Zealand are now overseas-born, the population is getting older, and non-Christian religions are becoming more prevalent. More than 2 million people said they were Christian, but there was a big increase in other religions. Islam disciples leaped 74 per cent in five years to 23,631, Hindu 56 per cent to 39,798, Buddhist 48 per cent to 41,634 and Spiritualism 64 per cent to 16,062...
Statistics New Zealand: Summary of Statistics from the 2001 Census http://www.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/pasfull/pasfull.nsf/web/Media+Release+2\ 001+Census+Snapshot+1+Cultural+Diversity?open
4. Increase in non-Christian religions Over two million people are Christian. The main Christian denominations are: Anglican (584,793 or 17 percent of people), Catholic (486,012 or 14 percent) and the Presbyterian group (417,453 or 11 percent).
Between 1996 and 2001 the number of Anglicans (-46,971) and Presbyterians (-38,895) decreased. Catholics increased by 12,900.**
The count of Anglicans exceeded that of the other denominations in all regions except Auckland (where Catholics were largest) and Otago and Southland (where the Presbyterian group was the largest).
At the 1901 Census only 1 in 30 people did not give a religious affiliation. Almost 4 out of 10 people did not specify a religious affiliation in the 2001 Census.
[** Between 1991 and 1996 the number of people identifying as Catholics fell by 5.1% - from memory, I think it was the first time the Catholic population decreased. The increase this time is about 2.7%. In due course no doubt the Church will purchase a detailed breakdown of the Catholic population figures from Statistics New Zealand which will reveal trends within age groups, e.g. whether the increase was among older people, or younger people or across the board. Mike L.]
"The Catholic Church in New Zealand"/ "Te Haahi Katorika ki Aotearoa" is our Church's "flagship" Website. It is a mine of information about the Catholic Church in New Zealand and is regularly updated with links to other Websites of groups and organisations recognised by our bishops.
The Website now appears with a brand-new design, the work of Catholic Communications' technical assistant (and 'kiwicath' forum member) Julian Waters. It seems that the alphabetical Index to the whole site is not yet complete but there's plenty to see already, so please drop in and look round if you have not been in for a while.
THE CHURCH AND THE INTERNET
The Pontifical Council for Social Communications, headed by Archbishop John Foley, is the Vatican department responsible for research on the use of the mass media in the mission of the Church.
The Council has just published two documents about the Internet.
"Ethics and Internet" http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pc_pccs_\ doc_20020228_ethics-internet_en.html This document refers to a new form of discrimination - the "digital divide" - separating the rich from the poor on the basis of who can access the new information technology", and also to ethical questions raised by the violation of privacy, and copyright and the proliferation of pornographic and abusive Websites. However "we do not view the Internet only as a source of problems; we see it as a source of benefits to the human race. But the benefits can be fully realized only if the problems are solved." The benefits include broadening educational and cultural horizons, breaking down divisions between peoples, and promoting human development in a multitude of ways. The document concludes with some recommendations for the ethical use of the Internet.
"The Church and Internet" http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pc_pccs_\ doc_20020228_church-internet_en.html This document affirms that the Internet is relevant to many activities and programmes of the Church - evangelization, catechesis and other kinds of education, news and information, apologetics, governance and administration, and some forms of pastoral counselling and spiritual direction. The Internet also presents some special problems for the Church such as the presence of hate sites defaming and attacking ethnic and religious groups, among them the Catholic Church. Moreover "the proliferation of Web sites calling themselves Catholic creates a problem of a different sort. Church-related groups should be present on the Internet, and well-motivated, well-informed individuals and unofficial groups are entitled to be there as well." But Internet users who know little or nothing about Catholic doctrine are at risk of being misled by Web sites labelled "Catholic" which promote "eccentric doctrinal interpretations (and) idiosyncratic devotional practices".
The document recommends that Church leaders be told of the "need to understand the media, (and to) apply this understanding in formulating pastoral plans for social communications." Pastoral workers are encouraged to learn to use the Internet and to undergo appropriate doctrinal and spiritual formation "in order to witness to Christ." Educators and catechists are urged to offer, in schools and universities, courses and "more advanced training" to individuals preparing for professional media work. Parents are requested to guide and supervise their children in the use of the Internet. This includes making sure that filtering technology is used to protect from pornography, sexual predators and other threats." Finally, people of good will are cautioned to prudence in order to be able to see the Internet's capacity for good and evil, they are encouraged to be strong and brave in "standing up for truth in the face of religious and moral relativism," and to "temperance and self-discipline" in order to use this technology "wisely and only for good."
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"NZ's churches prepared for sexual abuse claims" NZ Herald 02.03.2002 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=1090509&thesection=news&thesu\ bsection=general As churches throughout the world continue to be rocked by child sex abuse scandals and allegations of cover-ups, churches in New Zealand have been reviewing how they deal with similar complaints. The three largest - Anglican, Catholic and Presbyterian, with around half a million followers each - have procedures to deal with complaints internally....
"The Order of Marist return to Mission Estate" NZ Herald 02.03.2002 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=1090154 Stamping his gnarled Irish blackthorn walking-stick on the ground, Brother Martin Williams remembers the day, well over a decade ago, that a fellow brother foretold the future of their seminary at the Mission Estate in Napier. "We will all be gone," he said. "You'll be here to see it, but I'll be gone." Reflecting on that prophecy, Brother Marty - as he is known - sighs nostalgically and waves his stick in a wide circle to emphasise the grandeur of the place. He is here but, as foreshadowed, the Order is gone from the Mission...
"Prominent local Catholic priest" The Christchurch Press Feb 23, 2002 http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020223006302&query=cat\ holic+and+zealand Prominent Christchurch Catholic priest Monsignor Thomas Liddy, who died at Nazareth House on January 20, aged 84, was a man of great spiritual depth. Born in South Canterbury, Thomas Liddy trained as a priest at Holy Cross College in Mosgiel. He was ordained in 1944 and served first as assistant priest at Ashburton...
"Changing face of New Zealand " NZ Herald 02.03.2002 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\ D=1090504 A snapshot of the 2001 census shows that more people in New Zealand are now overseas-born, the population is getting older, and non-Christian religions are becoming more prevalent. More than 2 million people said they were Christian, but there was a big increase in other religions. Islam disciples leaped 74 per cent in five years to 23,631, Hindu 56 per cent to 39,798, Buddhist 48 per cent to 41,634 and Spiritualism 64 per cent to 16,062...
Statistics New Zealand: Summary of Statistics from the 2001 Census http://www.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/pasfull/pasfull.nsf/web/Media+Release+2\ 001+Census+Snapshot+1+Cultural+Diversity?open
4. Increase in non-Christian religions Over two million people are Christian. The main Christian denominations are: Anglican (584,793 or 17 percent of people), Catholic (486,012 or 14 percent) and the Presbyterian group (417,453 or 11 percent).
Between 1996 and 2001 the number of Anglicans (-46,971) and Presbyterians (-38,895) decreased. Catholics increased by 12,900.**
The count of Anglicans exceeded that of the other denominations in all regions except Auckland (where Catholics were largest) and Otago and Southland (where the Presbyterian group was the largest).
At the 1901 Census only 1 in 30 people did not give a religious affiliation. Almost 4 out of 10 people did not specify a religious affiliation in the 2001 Census.
[** Between 1991 and 1996 the number of people identifying as Catholics fell by 5.1% - from memory, I think it was the first time the Catholic population decreased. The increase this time is about 2.7%. In due course no doubt the Church will purchase a detailed breakdown of the Catholic population figures from Statistics New Zealand which will reveal trends within age groups, e.g. whether the increase was among older people, or younger people or across the board. Mike L.]
Sunday, February 17, 2002
17 Feb 2002
*************************** Resources and Activities for Lent ***************************
"Doing as Jesus Commands": Commentaries on the readings for the Sundays & holy days of the year of Matthew. http://www.ake.quik.co.nz/termon This New Zealand liturgy resource site is published by Fr Bill Fletcher who is based in Otahuhu Parish. It features the Readings for every Sunday in Lent (and every other Sunday of the year), plus articles on the significance of Lent and liturgical suggestions for the season.
Fr John Stone, Parish Priest of Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, Balclutha publishes a short Sunday homily on the parish Website every week at: http://www.webfactor.co.nz/clutha-catholic
The "Lenten Reflections" feature at EWTN displays a calendar on which you click for a Bible verse, a short reflection, a Lenten Question and Answer, a suggested activity and a prayer for each day of the season. http://www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/index.htm
Almsgiving is one of the three traditional pillars of Lenten observance (the others are prayer and fasting) and so our bishops - through their social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa NZ - sponsor an annual Lenten Appeal for which Caritas distributes envelopes to every parish. Donations to the Appeal support development projects in Africa, Asia, the South Pacific, Latin America and New Zealand. The New Zealand government subsidises Caritas' development work, so that every dollar New Zealanders contribute to the Appeal could be worth up to four dollars to the communities who receive the assistance. Detailed reports with photos of the Caritas Network's activities world wide are in Caritas's Newsletter at: http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/28_summer_2001/index.htm
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"Bishop's remains coming to Waikato " Waikato Times, 15 February 2002 The remains of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pompallier, New Zealand's first Catholic Bishop, are being taken to sites he visited in the Waikato over the next few days. Bishop Pompallier's remains – including bones, handmade shoes, and a Maori necklace – have been brought to New Zealand after they were exhumed from a Paris cemetery. He worked in New Zealand from 1838 until 1868, founding the first Catholic church here, before returning to his homeland, France. His remains are scheduled to arrive at Rangiaowhia, east of Te Awamutu, on Sunday before being taken to Te Awamutu and Hamilton, where they will spend the night at Hui Te Rangiora Marae in Clarence St. On Monday, they will be taken to St Mary's Cathedral for a service at 12.30pm before heading to the Coromandel peninsula. After touring the country, Bishop Pompallier's remains will be interred at Hata Maria Church, at Motuti in the Far North near his original mission station.
"Maori energy successfully harnessed " Otago Daily Times 13 Feb. 2002 http://www.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?date=13Feb2002&obje\ ct=ECA06B3520NC&type=html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Most Pakeha New Zealanders have woken up to what has been evolving around them in the Maori renaissance, writes Pat Lynch, chief executive of the Catholic Education Office, even though some are still being dragged screaming and kicking into facing the new realities. There is much room for optimism ...
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
"NZ Catholic" No 131, February 24, 2002 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
"Priest dogs brewery sign " Embarrassing publicity generated by Tauranga priest Fr Frank Eggleton has prompted a brewery to dismantle signs declaring, "In dog we trust"...
"Crowded schools may be required to have selection criteria " Catholic schools with growing pressure on their rolls may have to introduce enrolment schemes.... [Related Links: NZ Catholic Education Office ... Ministry of Education documents on enrolment schemes: Draft enrolment schemes for schools; Information for parents]
"Ashes shared by Catholics and Anglicans " Colour and sound graced the pillars of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch during an ecumenical liturgy for Ash Wednesday, recommended by the Anglican Roman Catholic Commission.. [Related Link: Catholic Diocese of Christchurch ]
Think Page for Young Adults: Lent: Making some room for God! What are you gaining from this Lent? The perfect Love of God the Father! So here's where preparing for Lent starts because our lives tend to be very busy and very full of "stuff". So if we make a bit more room for the Father in our lives he sees our effort, and he repays even the tiniest acts with his grace a hundred fold...
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Bishop Pompallier The Christchurch Press Feb 21, 2002
Sir--Some correspondents seem concerned that the return of Bishop Pompallier's remains to New Zealand is at odds with Maori traditions of respect for the dead, citing the move by Maori to recover heads (mokomokai) from museums and other places abroad.
The move to return his remains was initiated largely by Catholic Maori, with full support from the French authorities and the Church both here and in France. Mokomokai are blood whanau, whereas Catholic Maori regard Bishop Pompallier as karanga matua -- father in name -- and themselves as his adoptive whanau.
Bishop Pompallier lay unforgotten in an obscure cemetery outside Paris for over 130 years. Those who have continued to visit and maintain his grave are the adoptive whanau, the bishops and people of New Zealand, who can pay him no greater respect than to claim and honour his remains.
Lyndsay Freer Communications Director for the Catholic Church, Auckland, February 13
WEB TV (Archdiocese of Wellington)
CatholicTV.Net http://www.catholictv.net Modern Messiahs: Life as a Parish Priest: * Seph tells us about his training for the priesthood * Fr Bernie Hehir cuts to the chase * Fr Chris Skinner interviews Fr Peter Roe on his time as a Marist priest * Fr Jim Lyons talks about his work as a parish priest
LAYPEOPLES' ORGANISATIONS
Lamb of God Community Newsletter, March 2002 http://www.rc.net/newzealand/lamb_of_god/Chronicle/mar2002/index.htm
EMPLOYMENT
Personal Secretary to the Catholic Bishop of Hamilton Full details in 'NZ Catholic' February 24 2002 p.21, and from Naomi McGowan tel. (07) 838 2079 ; e-mail: naomim@mlc.co.nz Applications close Friday 8 March 2002
'NZ Catholic' Newspaper: Presenters The paper is recruiting paid presenters to promote 'NZ Catholic' at Sunday Masses and sign up new subscribers. Details in 'NZ Catholic' February 24 2002 p.21, and from Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034; e-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz
STATISTICS
A Website temporarily named "Catholic Church in North America (while the site's owner tries to think of a better one), has statistics of the Catholic Church in New Zealand and Milestones in the lives of our bishops, past and present: http://www.rc.net/org/ccita/diocese/cnz.html
*************************** Resources and Activities for Lent ***************************
"Doing as Jesus Commands": Commentaries on the readings for the Sundays & holy days of the year of Matthew. http://www.ake.quik.co.nz/termon This New Zealand liturgy resource site is published by Fr Bill Fletcher who is based in Otahuhu Parish. It features the Readings for every Sunday in Lent (and every other Sunday of the year), plus articles on the significance of Lent and liturgical suggestions for the season.
Fr John Stone, Parish Priest of Blessed Mary MacKillop Parish, Balclutha publishes a short Sunday homily on the parish Website every week at: http://www.webfactor.co.nz/clutha-catholic
The "Lenten Reflections" feature at EWTN displays a calendar on which you click for a Bible verse, a short reflection, a Lenten Question and Answer, a suggested activity and a prayer for each day of the season. http://www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/index.htm
Almsgiving is one of the three traditional pillars of Lenten observance (the others are prayer and fasting) and so our bishops - through their social justice agency Caritas Aotearoa NZ - sponsor an annual Lenten Appeal for which Caritas distributes envelopes to every parish. Donations to the Appeal support development projects in Africa, Asia, the South Pacific, Latin America and New Zealand. The New Zealand government subsidises Caritas' development work, so that every dollar New Zealanders contribute to the Appeal could be worth up to four dollars to the communities who receive the assistance. Detailed reports with photos of the Caritas Network's activities world wide are in Caritas's Newsletter at: http://www.caritas.org.nz/Update/28_summer_2001/index.htm
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"Bishop's remains coming to Waikato " Waikato Times, 15 February 2002 The remains of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Pompallier, New Zealand's first Catholic Bishop, are being taken to sites he visited in the Waikato over the next few days. Bishop Pompallier's remains – including bones, handmade shoes, and a Maori necklace – have been brought to New Zealand after they were exhumed from a Paris cemetery. He worked in New Zealand from 1838 until 1868, founding the first Catholic church here, before returning to his homeland, France. His remains are scheduled to arrive at Rangiaowhia, east of Te Awamutu, on Sunday before being taken to Te Awamutu and Hamilton, where they will spend the night at Hui Te Rangiora Marae in Clarence St. On Monday, they will be taken to St Mary's Cathedral for a service at 12.30pm before heading to the Coromandel peninsula. After touring the country, Bishop Pompallier's remains will be interred at Hata Maria Church, at Motuti in the Far North near his original mission station.
"Maori energy successfully harnessed " Otago Daily Times 13 Feb. 2002 http://www.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-display-story-online-new?date=13Feb2002&obje\ ct=ECA06B3520NC&type=html&WORDS=catholic&DB=Editorial Most Pakeha New Zealanders have woken up to what has been evolving around them in the Maori renaissance, writes Pat Lynch, chief executive of the Catholic Education Office, even though some are still being dragged screaming and kicking into facing the new realities. There is much room for optimism ...
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
"NZ Catholic" No 131, February 24, 2002 http://catholic.org.nz/cathcom/press/nzc/front.html
"Priest dogs brewery sign " Embarrassing publicity generated by Tauranga priest Fr Frank Eggleton has prompted a brewery to dismantle signs declaring, "In dog we trust"...
"Crowded schools may be required to have selection criteria " Catholic schools with growing pressure on their rolls may have to introduce enrolment schemes.... [Related Links: NZ Catholic Education Office ... Ministry of Education documents on enrolment schemes: Draft enrolment schemes for schools; Information for parents]
"Ashes shared by Catholics and Anglicans " Colour and sound graced the pillars of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch during an ecumenical liturgy for Ash Wednesday, recommended by the Anglican Roman Catholic Commission.. [Related Link: Catholic Diocese of Christchurch ]
Think Page for Young Adults: Lent: Making some room for God! What are you gaining from this Lent? The perfect Love of God the Father! So here's where preparing for Lent starts because our lives tend to be very busy and very full of "stuff". So if we make a bit more room for the Father in our lives he sees our effort, and he repays even the tiniest acts with his grace a hundred fold...
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Bishop Pompallier The Christchurch Press Feb 21, 2002
Sir--Some correspondents seem concerned that the return of Bishop Pompallier's remains to New Zealand is at odds with Maori traditions of respect for the dead, citing the move by Maori to recover heads (mokomokai) from museums and other places abroad.
The move to return his remains was initiated largely by Catholic Maori, with full support from the French authorities and the Church both here and in France. Mokomokai are blood whanau, whereas Catholic Maori regard Bishop Pompallier as karanga matua -- father in name -- and themselves as his adoptive whanau.
Bishop Pompallier lay unforgotten in an obscure cemetery outside Paris for over 130 years. Those who have continued to visit and maintain his grave are the adoptive whanau, the bishops and people of New Zealand, who can pay him no greater respect than to claim and honour his remains.
Lyndsay Freer Communications Director for the Catholic Church, Auckland, February 13
WEB TV (Archdiocese of Wellington)
CatholicTV.Net http://www.catholictv.net Modern Messiahs: Life as a Parish Priest: * Seph tells us about his training for the priesthood * Fr Bernie Hehir cuts to the chase * Fr Chris Skinner interviews Fr Peter Roe on his time as a Marist priest * Fr Jim Lyons talks about his work as a parish priest
LAYPEOPLES' ORGANISATIONS
Lamb of God Community Newsletter, March 2002 http://www.rc.net/newzealand/lamb_of_god/Chronicle/mar2002/index.htm
EMPLOYMENT
Personal Secretary to the Catholic Bishop of Hamilton Full details in 'NZ Catholic' February 24 2002 p.21, and from Naomi McGowan tel. (07) 838 2079 ; e-mail: naomim@mlc.co.nz Applications close Friday 8 March 2002
'NZ Catholic' Newspaper: Presenters The paper is recruiting paid presenters to promote 'NZ Catholic' at Sunday Masses and sign up new subscribers. Details in 'NZ Catholic' February 24 2002 p.21, and from Dennis Augustine, Promotions and Advertising Manager, PO Box 147-000, Ponsonby, Auckland 1034; e-mail: catholic@iconz.co.nz
STATISTICS
A Website temporarily named "Catholic Church in North America (while the site's owner tries to think of a better one), has statistics of the Catholic Church in New Zealand and Milestones in the lives of our bishops, past and present: http://www.rc.net/org/ccita/diocese/cnz.html
Sunday, February 10, 2002
DEATH OF PRINCESS MARGARET
In a telegram of sympathy sent to Queen Elizabeth, Pope John Paul II on Saturday prayed for the soul of Princess Margaret, recalling the travails and fraility that marked her last years of life.
"Saddened to learn of the death of her royal highness the Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, I express to Your Majesty and to the royal family my deep sympathy at this time of sorrow," the pope said in the telegram, whose text was released by the Vatican's press office.
"Commending your sister to the God of all consolation and praying that she will find eternal rest beyond the travails of human life and the fraility she knew in recent years, I invoke upon all who are mourning her loss the peace which is Jesus Christ, the firstborn from the dead," the Pontiff said.
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"Bishop's remains welcomed on to marae " The Kaikoura Star 6 Feb (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1093716a5440,FF.html He may never have visited Kaikoura during his lifetime, but Bishop Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier was still welcomed on to the Takahanga marae with a moving powhiri and Mass yesterday afternoon.....
"Honouring the right and just " The Southland Times, Saturday 9th February 2002 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1096749a1942,FF.html ["Religion and Life" column by Gore Parish Priest Fr Pat McGettigan on the detention of Afghan prisoners in Cuba and on the late anti-racism campaigner Michael Roche]
"Rare Books For Turnbull" NZ Book Council News Feb 8 2002 http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil/latestnews.htm
Nearly 700 rare books, including several from the 15th century, have been placed on permanent deposit in the Alexander Turnbull Library by the present owners, the Society of Mary and the Archdiocese of Wellington. They include a wide range of material from early theological works to Roman Catholic liturgical books, as well as English literature, Latin and Greek classics, and early voyages and travel literature.
Formerly part of the Colin Library at the well-known Marist seminary and vineyard at Greenmeadows in Hawke's Bay, the books have been kept in storage in recent years.
Included in the collection are books that belonged to Wellington's first Catholic priest, Father J.J.P. O'Reilly, who came to New Zealand in 1843 and helped establish schools and churches, including St Mary of the Angels on Boulcott Street.
Most of the books are in their original leather or vellum bindings and include beautiful examples of the printers' and illustrators' art through the centuries. The oldest book is a collection of sermons by Saint Bonaventura, published in Germany in 1481.
Margaret Calder, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, said 'I am delighted that this valuable and historically important collection will be preserved in the Turnbull Library and will be available to researchers in New Zealand.
The books are significant not only for their textual content as works of theology and literature, but as examples of the art and history of the book, and for the individual histories of collecting and ownership which each volume represents.'
Contact: Susan Bartel Email: susan.bartel@natlib.govt.nz
In a telegram of sympathy sent to Queen Elizabeth, Pope John Paul II on Saturday prayed for the soul of Princess Margaret, recalling the travails and fraility that marked her last years of life.
"Saddened to learn of the death of her royal highness the Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, I express to Your Majesty and to the royal family my deep sympathy at this time of sorrow," the pope said in the telegram, whose text was released by the Vatican's press office.
"Commending your sister to the God of all consolation and praying that she will find eternal rest beyond the travails of human life and the fraility she knew in recent years, I invoke upon all who are mourning her loss the peace which is Jesus Christ, the firstborn from the dead," the Pontiff said.
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
"Bishop's remains welcomed on to marae " The Kaikoura Star 6 Feb (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1093716a5440,FF.html He may never have visited Kaikoura during his lifetime, but Bishop Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier was still welcomed on to the Takahanga marae with a moving powhiri and Mass yesterday afternoon.....
"Honouring the right and just " The Southland Times, Saturday 9th February 2002 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1096749a1942,FF.html ["Religion and Life" column by Gore Parish Priest Fr Pat McGettigan on the detention of Afghan prisoners in Cuba and on the late anti-racism campaigner Michael Roche]
"Rare Books For Turnbull" NZ Book Council News Feb 8 2002 http://www.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil/latestnews.htm
Nearly 700 rare books, including several from the 15th century, have been placed on permanent deposit in the Alexander Turnbull Library by the present owners, the Society of Mary and the Archdiocese of Wellington. They include a wide range of material from early theological works to Roman Catholic liturgical books, as well as English literature, Latin and Greek classics, and early voyages and travel literature.
Formerly part of the Colin Library at the well-known Marist seminary and vineyard at Greenmeadows in Hawke's Bay, the books have been kept in storage in recent years.
Included in the collection are books that belonged to Wellington's first Catholic priest, Father J.J.P. O'Reilly, who came to New Zealand in 1843 and helped establish schools and churches, including St Mary of the Angels on Boulcott Street.
Most of the books are in their original leather or vellum bindings and include beautiful examples of the printers' and illustrators' art through the centuries. The oldest book is a collection of sermons by Saint Bonaventura, published in Germany in 1481.
Margaret Calder, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, said 'I am delighted that this valuable and historically important collection will be preserved in the Turnbull Library and will be available to researchers in New Zealand.
The books are significant not only for their textual content as works of theology and literature, but as examples of the art and history of the book, and for the individual histories of collecting and ownership which each volume represents.'
Contact: Susan Bartel Email: susan.bartel@natlib.govt.nz
Sunday, January 20, 2002
INTER-FAITH DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD, ASSISI, 24 JANUARY
2002
Next Friday 300 religious leaders from around the world will assemble in
Assisi for a Day of Prayer for Peace at the invitation of Pope John
Paul. Prayers and documents about the Conference are on the Vatican
Website, here:
http://www.vatican.va/special/assisi_20020124_en.html
News of the Day will be reported by the religious and secular news
agencies with links on our bishops' Website at:
http://www.catholic.org.nz
You can tour the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi at:
http://www.sanfrancescoassisi.org/eng/index.htm (click "Site Map" for
the list of links)
SPIRITUALITY
'Medjugorje News'
http://www.medjugorjenews-nz.org/
A quarterly Newsletter edited by edited by 'kiwcath' forum member Paul
Farge
( pfarge@ihug.co.nz )
In Issue 24, December 2001: The Medjugorje story ... Our Lady's messages
... From the editor ... Excerpts from Medjugorje press ... News from
and about Medjugorje ...The day Our Lady came weeping ....The last
homily of Father Slavko ...The Medjugorje testimony of Jim ... Our
pilgrimage to Medjugorje .... The seven virtues for parents ...
Medjugorje reacts to attack on USA ... The Spirit himself convinced me
... Risen Christ statue ... I have learned ... Colette's ministry ...The
secret of the rosary ... A beautiful gift for loved ones
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Bishop's guiding light shines again for faithful' (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=586504
NZ Herald 14.01.2002
The father of New Zealand Catholicism had to battle suspicion and
controversy in his time. Andrew Laxon examines the life and trials of
Bishop Pompallier....
2002
Next Friday 300 religious leaders from around the world will assemble in
Assisi for a Day of Prayer for Peace at the invitation of Pope John
Paul. Prayers and documents about the Conference are on the Vatican
Website, here:
http://www.vatican.va/special/assisi_20020124_en.html
News of the Day will be reported by the religious and secular news
agencies with links on our bishops' Website at:
http://www.catholic.org.nz
You can tour the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi at:
http://www.sanfrancescoassisi.org/eng/index.htm (click "Site Map" for
the list of links)
SPIRITUALITY
'Medjugorje News'
http://www.medjugorjenews-nz.org/
A quarterly Newsletter edited by edited by 'kiwcath' forum member Paul
Farge
( pfarge@ihug.co.nz )
In Issue 24, December 2001: The Medjugorje story ... Our Lady's messages
... From the editor ... Excerpts from Medjugorje press ... News from
and about Medjugorje ...The day Our Lady came weeping ....The last
homily of Father Slavko ...The Medjugorje testimony of Jim ... Our
pilgrimage to Medjugorje .... The seven virtues for parents ...
Medjugorje reacts to attack on USA ... The Spirit himself convinced me
... Risen Christ statue ... I have learned ... Colette's ministry ...The
secret of the rosary ... A beautiful gift for loved ones
FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
'Bishop's guiding light shines again for faithful' (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?thesection=news&thesubsection=&storyI\
D=586504
NZ Herald 14.01.2002
The father of New Zealand Catholicism had to battle suspicion and
controversy in his time. Andrew Laxon examines the life and trials of
Bishop Pompallier....
Sunday, January 13, 2002
BISHOP POMPALLIER'S RETURN
For the full background on our first bishop and the regularly updated itinerary of his return, please visit the NZ Catholic bishops' Pompallier pages at: http://www.catholic.org.nz/pompallier (click on the portrait to enter) or the home page at http://www.catholic.org.nz and click the "Pompallier" link there.
"Founder of NZ Catholicism returning to home shores " NZPA 10 January 2002 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1064980a1927,FF.html The founder of New Zealand Catholicism is about to return to home shores. The remains of Jean-Baptiste Francois Pompallier, this country's first Catholic bishop, arrive in Auckland on Sunday. The bishop's remains were exhumed from a Parisian cemetery in 1999 after years of lobbying by New Zealand Catholics, especially in the Hokianga where he first arrived in 1838.......
"Bishop Pompallier Arrives Home" IRN 13/01/2002 The man who brought Catholicism to New Zealand finally returns today, more than 100 years after his death. Bishop Jean-Baptiste Francois Pompallier's remains have been exhumed from his Paris grave, and will be taken to the Bay of Islands for his final resting place. He arrives in Auckland today. Catholic Church spokeswoman Lindsay Freer says Auckland Bishop Pat Dunn will accompany the remains to Whai Ora Marae in Otara this afternoon. She says Bishop Pompallier will stay several days in Otara before a large welcome mass at St Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday. Ms Freer says the Bishop will be taken on a hikoi around New Zealand, starting in Dunedin on January 24th.
WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS
During the week Elizabeth wrote:
> The Zenit News Agency is wanting new subscribers. > I enjoy receiving it just about every day and probably lots of you > do too, but I thought I'd send the latest one just so you could see > the sort of things it deals with. It might be too conservative for some, > but I quite like reading about items before they appear in, say > NZ Catholic or even occasionally the secular press.
Many people who have easy access to the Internet routinely go online at a quiet time every day to check for messages and then look at their favourite Websites. If you would like to include some of the Catholic world news sites in your daily schedule, please bookmark the NZ Catholic bishops' News Agency page at http://www.catholic.org.nz/newsagency.html (or go to the home page http://www.catholic.org.nz and click "News", "Catholic News Agencies".
There you will find links to Zenit world Catholic news service and, among other sources, ....
EWTN : http://www.ewtn.com/headlines.asp This service carries links to stories from several other news services, including Zenit and the Vatican Information Service (VIS), so it's a good place to start if you are pressed for time.
Catholic Telecommunications : http://www.cathtelecom.com/index.asp A news service of Catholic Communications Australia. Good for Australian and Oceanian Catholic News.
Fides Missionary News Service: http://www.fides.org/home-ing.htm Includes transcripts of interviews with Church workers in some of the world's most dangerous places.
News Now: Religion http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NewsNow/NewsFeed.htm?Section=NewsLink&Theme=Religio\ n World news of religion from the secular press, updated hourly.
NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOKS
[The items in this new feature are copied from the online catalogue of the medium-sized public library in my home town. My theory is that if a book is available in our local library, it's probably available in yours, or you can request it through interloan. ML]
A deserter's adventures / Dom Felice Vaggioli ; translated by John Crockett. Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2001. The autobiography of Dom Felice Vaggioli (1845-1921), an Italian Catholic missionary in New Zealand in the late nineteenth century.
Christ for all people : celebrating a world of Christian art / edited by Ron O'Grady. Auckland, N.Z. : Pace Publ., : Orbis Books : Novalis : WCC Publications, 2001. Subjects: Jesus Christ--Art. ... Christian art and symbolism.
A book of saints / by James Cochrane. Cambridge : Galileo Multimedia ; 2001. 127 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. ports ; 23 cm. "The author has made a selection of the most important, the most famous or the most interesting saints of Christendom, and the entries are portrayed by artists from the early Middle Ages to modern times. Unusually, the entries are in date order so that through these concise biographies the reader can follow the unfolding history of the Church from the Apostles and early martyrs to the missionaries who took the gospel to the ends of the earth. The book includes a calendar of saints for every day of the year, and a list of patron saints."
The story of Christian spirituality : two thousand years, from East to West / general editor, Gordon Mursell. Oxford : Lion, 2001. "This introduction to Christian spirituality through the centuries covers all the major traditions - East and West, Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant, with special articles on key spiritual concepts, practices and movements that influence the way that people live their lives in response to God."
For the full background on our first bishop and the regularly updated itinerary of his return, please visit the NZ Catholic bishops' Pompallier pages at: http://www.catholic.org.nz/pompallier (click on the portrait to enter) or the home page at http://www.catholic.org.nz and click the "Pompallier" link there.
"Founder of NZ Catholicism returning to home shores " NZPA 10 January 2002 http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1064980a1927,FF.html The founder of New Zealand Catholicism is about to return to home shores. The remains of Jean-Baptiste Francois Pompallier, this country's first Catholic bishop, arrive in Auckland on Sunday. The bishop's remains were exhumed from a Parisian cemetery in 1999 after years of lobbying by New Zealand Catholics, especially in the Hokianga where he first arrived in 1838.......
"Bishop Pompallier Arrives Home" IRN 13/01/2002 The man who brought Catholicism to New Zealand finally returns today, more than 100 years after his death. Bishop Jean-Baptiste Francois Pompallier's remains have been exhumed from his Paris grave, and will be taken to the Bay of Islands for his final resting place. He arrives in Auckland today. Catholic Church spokeswoman Lindsay Freer says Auckland Bishop Pat Dunn will accompany the remains to Whai Ora Marae in Otara this afternoon. She says Bishop Pompallier will stay several days in Otara before a large welcome mass at St Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday. Ms Freer says the Bishop will be taken on a hikoi around New Zealand, starting in Dunedin on January 24th.
WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS
During the week Elizabeth wrote:
> The Zenit News Agency is wanting new subscribers. > I enjoy receiving it just about every day and probably lots of you > do too, but I thought I'd send the latest one just so you could see > the sort of things it deals with. It might be too conservative for some, > but I quite like reading about items before they appear in, say > NZ Catholic or even occasionally the secular press.
Many people who have easy access to the Internet routinely go online at a quiet time every day to check for messages and then look at their favourite Websites. If you would like to include some of the Catholic world news sites in your daily schedule, please bookmark the NZ Catholic bishops' News Agency page at http://www.catholic.org.nz/newsagency.html (or go to the home page http://www.catholic.org.nz and click "News", "Catholic News Agencies".
There you will find links to Zenit world Catholic news service and, among other sources, ....
EWTN : http://www.ewtn.com/headlines.asp This service carries links to stories from several other news services, including Zenit and the Vatican Information Service (VIS), so it's a good place to start if you are pressed for time.
Catholic Telecommunications : http://www.cathtelecom.com/index.asp A news service of Catholic Communications Australia. Good for Australian and Oceanian Catholic News.
Fides Missionary News Service: http://www.fides.org/home-ing.htm Includes transcripts of interviews with Church workers in some of the world's most dangerous places.
News Now: Religion http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NewsNow/NewsFeed.htm?Section=NewsLink&Theme=Religio\ n World news of religion from the secular press, updated hourly.
NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOKS
[The items in this new feature are copied from the online catalogue of the medium-sized public library in my home town. My theory is that if a book is available in our local library, it's probably available in yours, or you can request it through interloan. ML]
A deserter's adventures / Dom Felice Vaggioli ; translated by John Crockett. Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2001. The autobiography of Dom Felice Vaggioli (1845-1921), an Italian Catholic missionary in New Zealand in the late nineteenth century.
Christ for all people : celebrating a world of Christian art / edited by Ron O'Grady. Auckland, N.Z. : Pace Publ., : Orbis Books : Novalis : WCC Publications, 2001. Subjects: Jesus Christ--Art. ... Christian art and symbolism.
A book of saints / by James Cochrane. Cambridge : Galileo Multimedia ; 2001. 127 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. ports ; 23 cm. "The author has made a selection of the most important, the most famous or the most interesting saints of Christendom, and the entries are portrayed by artists from the early Middle Ages to modern times. Unusually, the entries are in date order so that through these concise biographies the reader can follow the unfolding history of the Church from the Apostles and early martyrs to the missionaries who took the gospel to the ends of the earth. The book includes a calendar of saints for every day of the year, and a list of patron saints."
The story of Christian spirituality : two thousand years, from East to West / general editor, Gordon Mursell. Oxford : Lion, 2001. "This introduction to Christian spirituality through the centuries covers all the major traditions - East and West, Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant, with special articles on key spiritual concepts, practices and movements that influence the way that people live their lives in response to God."
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