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'Wel-com' Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North November 2003 http://www.welcom.org.nz
A centre for Attention Deficit Disorder children has been established at the Home of Compassion in Island Bay...
Fr Maurice Carmody, a Franciscan historian, makes history in the Wellington Archdiocese...
"When Mother Mother Teresa told us how to do something beautiful for God" Alan Devlin wrote this story thirty years ago when Mother Teresa visited Wellington...
Parents should be told when abortions involve their daughters under 16 Wellington Archdiocese calls for parents to be involved when minors are considering abortion ...
Statement from N.Z.’s Anglican and Catholic Bishops on detention of Ahmed Zaoui ...
Governor General to launch Soup Kitchen’s landmark mural...
Cardinal William's column: Pope John Paul remains a towering colossus both intellectually and spiritually
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Iraq: Caritas workers injured in Nasirya suicide bombing Independent Catholic News http://www.indcatholicnews.com/ircfp.html CAFOD's Iraqi partner, Caritas Iraq has suspended operations in Nasiriya following injuries to its aid workers in the suicide bomb attack on the Italian police headquarters...
'Japanese Story' Catholic Film of the Year http://www.cathnews.com/news/311/60.php In a year where quirky comedies dominated the output of the Australian film industry, the Australian Catholic Film Office has given its Film of the Year to 'Japanese Story', a poignant drama set in the Pilbara region of Western Australia....
Jesus Christ "better known as a profanity than a deity" http://www.cathnews.com/news/311/46.php A researcher with Australia's National Church Life Survey has highlighted implications arising from the fact that the current generation of school-aged children is likely to be the first where the majority has had no experience of church....
The high flyer from Honduras The Tablet (UK) 08/11/2003 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi?tablet-00809 The speaker at last week’s annual Cafod lecture in London, sponsored by The Tablet, was Latin America’s own flying bishop, Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez de Maradiaga. Since the early 1990s, he has been the Latin American Church’s principal advocate of justice for his continent and a powerful critic of soulless globalisation. He can argue with the verve of a politician; he is also multilingual, a gifted communicator, media-friendly, well versed in social doctrine, admired in the Vatican as well as in Latin America – and tipped as a candidate for Pope....
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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
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MEDIA RELEASES
"New directions for Catholic health care" [Summary: In February this year the bishops and congregational leaders' Mixed Commission authorised Aotearoa New Zealand Catholic Healthcare to sponsor a proposal on the future of Catholic healthcare in New Zealand. The working party is exploring ways to support existing facilities and to advise on the development of community-based forms of healthcare refelcting current government policy. The Mixed Commission will discuss the proposal at its meeting next February.]
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Pope condemns attack on Italian police in Iraq Pope John Paul II has voiced his sorrow at the 'vile attack' on an Italian police base in southern Iraq which reportedly left 14 Italians dead.
Bishop says Govt can do more for Hicks and Habib Australian Catholic Social Justice Council chairman Bishop Christopher Saunders has written to Attorney-General Philip Ruddock calling on the Government to do more to secure natural justice for the two Australians detained by US Authorities at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Vatican GM seminar under fire A Vatican organised international seminar on genetically modified foods has run into controversy, after being criticised by priests working in Africa for failing to include Church personnel opposed to the crops.
Pope's health improving While Sydney Cardinal George Pell told ABC Radio yesterday that Pope John Paul II was 'not well, not at all well' when he saw him during last month's consistory in Rome, former Polish President Lech Walesa has said Pope John Paul II's health has improved 'incredibly' since last month.
Poetical ribs take religious art prize Shoufay Derz, a 24-year-old Sydney art student, has won this year's $10,000 Australian Catholic University-sponsored Blake prize for religious art for a work inspired by the Sufi poetry of ancient Persia.
Caritas Australia remembers the Santa Cruz Massacre Yesterday Caritas Australia recalled East Timor's Santa Cruz massacre, urging Australians to continue to provide financial support for the people of East Timor as their new nation struggles to provide for its people.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Ethics of sex choice probed NZ Herald 15.11.2003 http://tinyurl.com/v35x New Zealanders will soon have a say on whether people should be allowed to choose the sex of their baby. Professor Sylvia Rumball, chairwoman of the National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction, said New Zealanders would be asked for their opinions on the use of sex selection within the next three months....
Designer babies for $16,000 The Dominion Post 15 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2726975a11,00.html New Zealand couples are crossing the Tasman to have designer babies. Sydney IVF, which operates clinics in New South Wales, offers prospective parents embryo screening to identify sex and genetic defects. The procedure, known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis, is not available in New Zealand....
Colin McCahon: 'A Question of Faith' Art Gallery of NSW until January 18 Sydney Morning Herald http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/14/1068674365452.html The highs and lows of Colin McCahon's "heroically troubled" life are reflected in his canvases of divine inspiration, writes Peter Hill. I first saw the work of the great New Zealand artist Colin McCahon at the Edinburgh International Festival, in August 1984. It is no exaggeration to say that it was a revelation to the many international visitors who, for the first time, came across his huge canvases soaked in religion and matted with dense text and mystic numerals.... [Article includes photos of two of Colin McCahon's works: 'The Shining Cuckoo' (1974); Will he save Him? (Elias series, 1959).]
Nuns hear cruelty claims NZ Herald 14.11.2003 http://tinyurl.com/v35z A Catholic order of nuns has heard complaints of abuse from 18 people raised in their Christchurch orphanages and is now opening its chequebook. Fifteen women and three men have complained to the Sisters of Nazareth about cruelty during their early years at Nazareth House in Sydenham and St Joseph's Home in Halswell. The complaints span several decades from the 1930s....
Long wait for Catholic places Timaru Herald 15 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,2727054a6010,00.html Non-Catholic parents wanting to send their kids to Catholic schools are out of luck as there are waiting lists of up to eight years.
Churches face big rates hike NZPA 13 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2724407a11,00.html Dunedin churches fear rates rises of thousands of dollars will cripple them financially. Sixty Dunedin churches had been sent letters warning their $100 annual rates bills could climb well into the thousands, Dunedin City Council financial controller Les Weir said....
Catholic bishops OK revised liturgy to deal with priest shortage Gannett News Service http://tinyurl.com/v366 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a revised Sunday liturgy this week for parishes without a priest to celebrate Mass. About 3,040 Catholic parishes in the United States - 16 percent -do not have a resident priest. Most are served by visiting priests who celebrate Mass as many as five times in one day in far-flung communities....
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SYMPOSIUM: "GMO: THREAT OR HOPE", ROME, NOVEMBER 2003
Vatican opens talks on biotech foods http://tinyurl.com/v361 VATICAN CITY — The Vatican invited scientists, health experts, U.N. officials and farmers' groups to a conference Monday on genetically modified foods, which some Vatican officials have said could help alleviate world hunger. The two-day symposium "GMO: Threat or Hope" was organized by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, which is headed by Cardinal Renato Martino, who has frequently spoken out about the potential benefits of biotech foods....
Vatican report condemns biotech crops But powerful cardinal supportive of genetic modification http://tinyurl.com/v363 VATICAN CITY (AP) - Two Jesuits told a Vatican biotech conference today that tinkering with God's creation by making new plant species went against church teaching, adding a moral voice to a debate dominated by scientific, political and economic interests...
Prudence Urged for Genetically Modified Organisms http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=44424 VATICAN CITY, NOV. 12, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The field of genetically modified organisms "must not be abandoned, although it needs much care," said a Vatican official at the conclusion of an international symposium....
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'GOD: FACT OR FICTION?' A new book by Brendan Roberts
Website: http://www.godfact.com
The author writes ... " 'God: Fact or Fiction?' explores the relationship between science, religion and the origin of life. With the explosive rate of science in the 21st century, religion as understood to be a belief in a Creator, seems to be have been left behind in the cosmic dust of science".
"But Brendan uses science, faith and reason, revelation and experience to show the relationship that science has with religion. Readers will encounter such diverse subjects as the Wonder of the Universe, Unlocking the Chemistry of Life, Evolution, DNA, Archaeology, Evil, Suffering, the Soul, Sacred Scripture, The First Cause, Truth, Miracles, The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, Early Church Fathers, and much much more."
"This book has the potential to make many ponder that there is proof beyond reasonable doubt for the existence of God. It will challenge many, and equip Christians for evangelizing their non-Christian friends, family and acquaintances."
Brendan was a missionary in Germany from 1990-1992 and published his first book in 1995. Brendan received a personal note/letter from Mother Teresa after sending her a complimentary copy of his first book in 1995.
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"Hearts Aflame" Catholic Summer School 2-11 January 2004 Website: http://heartsaflame.catholic.org.nz NB: The Website has not yet been updated with details of the 2004 School
The Hearts Aflame Catholic Summer School offers young adults (18-35 years old) an opportunity to learn more about the teachings of the Church, through: An opportunity to deepen your spiritual life through personal, communal and liturgical prayer and through celebration of the sacraments A discovery of the richness of Catholic spirituality and tradition. An experience of living a common life of prayer, service and recreation An introduction to theology and scripture An examination of some of the many issues facing the Church
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"Pompallier: Te Hokinga Mai": The Journey home of Bishop Pompallier Auckland Museum 18 October 2003 to 18 January 2004. Website: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/web/content.cfm?Id=565 An exhibition of over 100 photographs supplemented by a number of Pompallier's personal effects including his travelling altar and cope.
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Catholic Festival: A Celebration of the Catholic Faith Auckland 2-22 February 2004 Website: http://www.catholicfestival.org NB: The Website was not functioning on Saturday evening
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Parachute Music Festival, Mystery Creek, Hamilton, 23-26 January 2004 Website: http://p04.parachutemusic.com/frameset.asp The annual Christian music festival. Every year a Catholic "tent city" is set up at the Festival, and an all-comers Mass is celebrated, undoubtedly the first experience of a Catholic liturgy for most Festival-goers. WOULD THE CATHOLIC ORGANISERS OF TENT CITY LET ME KNOW THEIR CONTACT DETAILS PLEASE, AND WEBSITE URL.
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
LECTURER IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of Lecturer in Religious Education. The appointee is expected to be employed full-time within the Catholic Institute of Theology, Auckland. Further details at: http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php and from: The Registrar, Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland 1001, New Zealand. Ph: (09)379 6424, Fax: (09)379 6426, Email: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 30 November 2003.
Sunday, November 16, 2003
Sunday, November 9, 2003
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International News:
Catholic Refugee Office 'wait and see' after Govt change of heart The (Australian) Bishops' Migrant and Refugee Office has welcomed yesterday's news that the Federal Government will now grant a visa 'on compassionate grounds' to an Iranian asylum seeker whose children are stranded in Indonesia....
Catholic levy to fight child abuse Every employee and volunteer in the Archdiocese of Adelaide will be required to undergo training in child protection, under a plan announced yesterday by Vicar-General Monsignor David Cappo....
Melbourne Archbishop opposes Victorian trading reforms Archbishop Denis Hart yesterday expressed opposition to a Victorian government move to soften trading restrictions on religious holidays....
Putin unable to deliver Pope's invite to Russia Pope John Paul II met with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday afternoon, and told him that he was 'praying for Russia'.... Vatican aiming at 'sacred vernacular language' for liturgy An official at the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has enunciated the Vatican's vision for a 'sacred vernacular language' that avoids 'slavishly reflecting the development of local speech'....
US archbishop calls partial-birth abortion ban a 'vital step' In what a US archbishop called 'a vital step in the right direction for our nation', President Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act into law on Wednesday at a Washington ceremony attended by many Catholic leaders....
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Catholic take on the latest Matrix movie, by Fr Peter Malone, president of SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication http://www.indcatholicnews.com/matrixx.html With 'Matrix Revolutions', the American screenwriters and directors, the Wachowski Brothers (Andy and Larry) have completed what has been one of the most popular and talked about film trilogies ever. While The Lord of the Rings showed us Tolkein's world and took its audiences into the mythical past and used religious symbols and motifs, The Matrix trilogy takes audiences into a future that is no less mythical and which also uses religious symbols and motifs....
"If I were Pope" http://www.australiancatholics.com.au/pope.html [New reflections on the topic 'If I were Pope' are added to this page every week. Reflections published do not necessarily represent the editorial views of Australian Catholics nor the official teaching of the Catholic Church. Reflections can be emailed to auscaths@jespub.jesuit.org.au ]
************************ 'FOCUS' - Fellowship of Catholic University Students
[Summary: Curtis Martin was raised in a Catholic home, but by the time he went to university, he was struggling with his faith. Evangelical Christian friends brought him back to Christ, and eventually he re-embraced the Catholic Church. His experience inspired him to establish FOCUS - Fellowship of Catholic University Students - a safety net and evangelization resource for Catholic tertiary students during their "critical decade" when they make major decisions and often lose their faith]
Reclaiming College Students for Christ: Curtis Martin's FOCUS Targets Young Adults in "Critical Decade" (Interview) http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=44042
Campus Crusade For Catholicism (Article) http://www.crisismagazine.com/september2001/feature3.htm
The Importance of Scripture in Our Lives : Curtis Martin's conversion (audio interview) http://tinyurl.com/u7k4
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Abuse complainant sues Catholic Church The Press 08 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,2719284a6530,00.html A Christchurch woman is suing the Catholic Church over its handling of a complaint she laid against against former Lyttelton parish priest Father Jim Consedine. Bonnie Quilter, a Shirley invalid beneficiary, filed documents in the High Court yesterday, seeking exemplary damages and an inquiry into the Church's abuse complaints procedures....
Order to pay more to abuse victims The Press 08 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,2719281a6009,00.html A Catholic order embroiled in a sex-abuse scandal is about to make more payouts, on top of the $4 million-plus it has already awarded. The St John of God Order made the first offers of compensation last March to 56 men allegedly abused at a Christchurch residential school. Payouts to former Marylands pupils ranged from about $30,000 to more than $100,000....
Helen Tunnah: Art of compromise at coalition party conference NZ Herald 03.11.2003 http://tinyurl.com/u7kb It took radio personality John Dunne, sibling of United Future leader Peter, to finally mention the C-word - Christian - at the party's annual conference in Christchurch over the weekend. It had seemed that a party which evolved in large part out of the Christian Democrats has some reservations in touting its Christian heritage. Or perhaps party strategists have already recognised the limitations of being labelled, as delegates were reminded on Saturday....
Woodcock loses extradition appeal The Dominion Post 07 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2718006a11,00.html Former Catholic priest Alan Woodcock has lost his appeal against extradition from Britain and could face child-sex assault charges in New Zealand as early as February....
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EVENTS
"Pompallier: Te Hokinga Mai" The journey home of Bishop Pompallier Auckland Museum 18 October 2003 to 18 January 2004.
In April 2002, the remains of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Francois Pompallier were interred in the Hokianga, 130 years after his death. The progress of his body's return from a small village graveyard on the outskirts of Paris, to Motuti in the far North, is chronicled in this moving exhibition. Pompallier Te Hokinga Mai - The Journey Home, is an exhibition of over 100 photographs supplemented by a number of Pompallier's personal effects including his travelling altar and cope. The images, by photographer Karel Lorier, trace the journey of Pompallier's remains from France to New Zealand. They include the exhumation of his remains in Puteaux, a requiem mass performed in Pompallier's local church at Lyon, and the farewell of his body from Notre Dame. Also chronicled is the three month hikoi - or pilgrimage -to places of significance to Bishop Pompallier in New Zealand. Pompallier's personal belongings on loan from the convent of the Auckland Sisters of Mercy and the Auckland Catholic Diocesan Archives, include prayer books printed on the press at Kororareka housed in the building now known as "Pompallier", Pompallier's travelling altar, throne and desk, his ring, cross, Missal and cope. Bishop Pompallier was consecrated titular Bishop of Maronea with responsibility for Western Oceania in 1836. He established missions in the western Pacific as well as founding the Catholic Church in New Zealand where he set up a printing press, founded missions, and became the first Catholic Bishop of Auckland, where he was based from 1848 to 1869. A selection of the photographs are at: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/web/content.cfm?Id=565
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
LECTURER IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of Lecturer in Religious Education. The appointee is expected to be employed full-time within the Catholic Institute of Theology, Auckland. Further details at: http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php and from: The Registrar, Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland 1001, New Zealand. Ph: (09)379 6424, Fax: (09)379 6426, Email: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 30 November 2003.
CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
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International News:
Catholic Refugee Office 'wait and see' after Govt change of heart The (Australian) Bishops' Migrant and Refugee Office has welcomed yesterday's news that the Federal Government will now grant a visa 'on compassionate grounds' to an Iranian asylum seeker whose children are stranded in Indonesia....
Catholic levy to fight child abuse Every employee and volunteer in the Archdiocese of Adelaide will be required to undergo training in child protection, under a plan announced yesterday by Vicar-General Monsignor David Cappo....
Melbourne Archbishop opposes Victorian trading reforms Archbishop Denis Hart yesterday expressed opposition to a Victorian government move to soften trading restrictions on religious holidays....
Putin unable to deliver Pope's invite to Russia Pope John Paul II met with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday afternoon, and told him that he was 'praying for Russia'.... Vatican aiming at 'sacred vernacular language' for liturgy An official at the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments has enunciated the Vatican's vision for a 'sacred vernacular language' that avoids 'slavishly reflecting the development of local speech'....
US archbishop calls partial-birth abortion ban a 'vital step' In what a US archbishop called 'a vital step in the right direction for our nation', President Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act into law on Wednesday at a Washington ceremony attended by many Catholic leaders....
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Catholic take on the latest Matrix movie, by Fr Peter Malone, president of SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication http://www.indcatholicnews.com/matrixx.html With 'Matrix Revolutions', the American screenwriters and directors, the Wachowski Brothers (Andy and Larry) have completed what has been one of the most popular and talked about film trilogies ever. While The Lord of the Rings showed us Tolkein's world and took its audiences into the mythical past and used religious symbols and motifs, The Matrix trilogy takes audiences into a future that is no less mythical and which also uses religious symbols and motifs....
"If I were Pope" http://www.australiancatholics.com.au/pope.html [New reflections on the topic 'If I were Pope' are added to this page every week. Reflections published do not necessarily represent the editorial views of Australian Catholics nor the official teaching of the Catholic Church. Reflections can be emailed to auscaths@jespub.jesuit.org.au ]
************************ 'FOCUS' - Fellowship of Catholic University Students
[Summary: Curtis Martin was raised in a Catholic home, but by the time he went to university, he was struggling with his faith. Evangelical Christian friends brought him back to Christ, and eventually he re-embraced the Catholic Church. His experience inspired him to establish FOCUS - Fellowship of Catholic University Students - a safety net and evangelization resource for Catholic tertiary students during their "critical decade" when they make major decisions and often lose their faith]
Reclaiming College Students for Christ: Curtis Martin's FOCUS Targets Young Adults in "Critical Decade" (Interview) http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=44042
Campus Crusade For Catholicism (Article) http://www.crisismagazine.com/september2001/feature3.htm
The Importance of Scripture in Our Lives : Curtis Martin's conversion (audio interview) http://tinyurl.com/u7k4
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Abuse complainant sues Catholic Church The Press 08 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,2719284a6530,00.html A Christchurch woman is suing the Catholic Church over its handling of a complaint she laid against against former Lyttelton parish priest Father Jim Consedine. Bonnie Quilter, a Shirley invalid beneficiary, filed documents in the High Court yesterday, seeking exemplary damages and an inquiry into the Church's abuse complaints procedures....
Order to pay more to abuse victims The Press 08 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,2719281a6009,00.html A Catholic order embroiled in a sex-abuse scandal is about to make more payouts, on top of the $4 million-plus it has already awarded. The St John of God Order made the first offers of compensation last March to 56 men allegedly abused at a Christchurch residential school. Payouts to former Marylands pupils ranged from about $30,000 to more than $100,000....
Helen Tunnah: Art of compromise at coalition party conference NZ Herald 03.11.2003 http://tinyurl.com/u7kb It took radio personality John Dunne, sibling of United Future leader Peter, to finally mention the C-word - Christian - at the party's annual conference in Christchurch over the weekend. It had seemed that a party which evolved in large part out of the Christian Democrats has some reservations in touting its Christian heritage. Or perhaps party strategists have already recognised the limitations of being labelled, as delegates were reminded on Saturday....
Woodcock loses extradition appeal The Dominion Post 07 November 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2718006a11,00.html Former Catholic priest Alan Woodcock has lost his appeal against extradition from Britain and could face child-sex assault charges in New Zealand as early as February....
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EVENTS
"Pompallier: Te Hokinga Mai" The journey home of Bishop Pompallier Auckland Museum 18 October 2003 to 18 January 2004.
In April 2002, the remains of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Francois Pompallier were interred in the Hokianga, 130 years after his death. The progress of his body's return from a small village graveyard on the outskirts of Paris, to Motuti in the far North, is chronicled in this moving exhibition. Pompallier Te Hokinga Mai - The Journey Home, is an exhibition of over 100 photographs supplemented by a number of Pompallier's personal effects including his travelling altar and cope. The images, by photographer Karel Lorier, trace the journey of Pompallier's remains from France to New Zealand. They include the exhumation of his remains in Puteaux, a requiem mass performed in Pompallier's local church at Lyon, and the farewell of his body from Notre Dame. Also chronicled is the three month hikoi - or pilgrimage -to places of significance to Bishop Pompallier in New Zealand. Pompallier's personal belongings on loan from the convent of the Auckland Sisters of Mercy and the Auckland Catholic Diocesan Archives, include prayer books printed on the press at Kororareka housed in the building now known as "Pompallier", Pompallier's travelling altar, throne and desk, his ring, cross, Missal and cope. Bishop Pompallier was consecrated titular Bishop of Maronea with responsibility for Western Oceania in 1836. He established missions in the western Pacific as well as founding the Catholic Church in New Zealand where he set up a printing press, founded missions, and became the first Catholic Bishop of Auckland, where he was based from 1848 to 1869. A selection of the photographs are at: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/web/content.cfm?Id=565
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
LECTURER IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of Lecturer in Religious Education. The appointee is expected to be employed full-time within the Catholic Institute of Theology, Auckland. Further details at: http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php and from: The Registrar, Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland 1001, New Zealand. Ph: (09)379 6424, Fax: (09)379 6426, Email: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 30 November 2003.
Sunday, November 2, 2003
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
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'NZ Catholic' No 173, October 19-November 1, 2003 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Prayer in local bodies can lift the debate by Peter Grace WELLINGTON - Public prayer has some high profile and sometimes unexpected supporters in New Zealand, despite efforts to banish it...
Art and Faith contest won by Southland artist by DOROTHY COUP AUCKLAND - Beautifully painted and a fine piece of work indeed is how the judge described the overall winner of the NZ Catholic and Erin Dwyer Draper Art and Faith Competition...
Ecumenical movement under review by Dorothy Coup CHRISTCHURCH - Those who organised the Worshipping Under Southern Skies conference in Auckland last month might have ended the weekend exhausted, but could also feel satisfied. ...
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The Marist Messenger (Society of Mary in New Zealand) November 2003 http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
Full text:
* 'Focus' by Fr Carl Telford sm. "What do we mean by Christ's Second Coming?" "November is a time to reflect and pray about the ultimate realities: death, purgatory, heaven and hell. This is reflected in the readings of the Liturgy in these final days of the Church’s year...."
* Trust in providence, by St Vincent de Paul: Wisdom from a much loved Frenchman * A remarkable friendship, by Sue Seconi: Sue recounts her friendship with Dr Kevin Roach sm, a marist scholar * Sr Flora Walsh dolc 1917-2003: She was an ordinary extraordinary person * Marist Spirituality, by Fr Thige O'Leary sm * The way things are is the way things are
Also: Daily Reflections ... Daily Mass readings and devotional prayers... Surf's up - this months recommended Websites to visit ... Extra reading - a selection of articles from online Catholic journals, magazines and papers ... Daily News from the Catholic world ... E-Cards Easter, Birthday, Baptism, First Eucharist, Confirmation, Wedding and Christmas cards.
Also in the November Marist Messenger ... Praying for the dead ... The Mass - a dialogue ... The Yes of a mother's spirituality ... Transubstantiation ... Internalising the Vision ... A minute with Fr Paddy Cahill ... As luck (or God) would have it ... Distractions when praying the Rosary ... Lord, I will follow you
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
On a wing and a prayer The Guardian (UK) October 27, 2003 http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1071635,00.html In south-west France, rugby is religion - so much so that one priest has dedicated his chapel to the sport. Mark Whitaker went to find out what the Virgin Mary is doing to secure the World Cup for the nation...... Photos of the Chapel of Our Lady of Rugby http://www.tourismegrenadois.com/Larriviere.htm http://www.tourismegrenadois.com/patrimoineculturelchapelle.htm#nddr
From hostage hell to heaven Sunday Star Times 19 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2697274a1861,00.html [Summary: Terry Anderson, who spent almost seven years as a hostage in Lebanon, abstains from several luxuries. Anger. Bitterness. Regret. Anderson is speaking in Auckland on October 29 and 30 on American foreign policy in the Middle East. A former Associated Press bureau chief who was captured by Islamic terrorists in Beirut in 1985, endured years of captivity, usually chained, often blindfolded, often in solitary confinement, moved from one secret location to the next, never knowing how long he would be kept or if he would be killed. He reconnected with his Catholic faith and began the hardest work of his life, trying to quell his rage and accept his situation...]
Opting not to tie the knot in church Sunday Star Times 19 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2697236a1861,00.html Is the traditional white wedding becoming a thing of the past? Matthew Lowe looks behind the statistics which show that less than a third of all couples who get married do so in a church....
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http://tinyurl.com/t9nu The article on Catholicism by Robert Wansink ( ODT , 21.10.03) has merit, but the heading, "The one true church . . .", is both offensive and incorrect...
http://tinyurl.com/t9nx Richard Wansink, in his remarkable defence of the Catholic Church in general and of the Pope in particular (giving a whole new meaning to the words "papal bull"), inveighs against such insidious infiltrators of the integrity of Catholicism as "masons".... ************************************
Refusal of consent news to Bishop Otago Daily Times 29-October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/t9o0 Bishop Len Boyle is disappointed and surprised a proposal to build a Catholic school in Brownston St, Wanaka has been refused a resource consent....
Schools fiercely oppose legislative change ODT 29-October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/t9o2 Dunedin's integrated schools are firmly opposing changes to the Government legislation which governs them. The Education Ministry has released a discussion paper suggesting changes to the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 or consolidating the schools within the Education Act...
QC and cabinet minister made the best of his brief (photo) ODT 25-October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/t9o5 Frank O'Flynn QC, who died earlier this month aged 84, was pipped for the post of attorney-general in the 1984 Lange Labour government by his former law clerk, Geoffrey Palmer, who was later to become, briefly, prime minister...
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FROM THE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICES
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Catholic Communications NZ http://www.cathcom.org.nz
International News ...
Commission warns of free trade threat Melbourne's Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace has raised concerns about the lack of transparency surrounding the current closed negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement between Australia and the United States...
Russian President Putin to meet with Pope Pope John Paul II will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin nex Wednesday, to discuss 'bilateral relations between Russia and the Vatican'....
Pope says prayer can bring peace Appearing to have recovered strength after a gruelling week last week, Pope John Paul II presided at his general audience on Wednesday with a message that prayer can halt war and terrorism....
Catholic schools unsure on pupil contact With new child protection laws before State Parliament, the Catholic Church in NSW is yet to reach consensus with the Carr Government on the extent to which teachers are permitted to touch their students....
Medical students urge doctors to talk to patients about faith Patients appreciate doctors who talk about faith with them, but most doctors don't, according to two students at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in the USA....
Community to celebrate the real meaning of Halloween While thousands of small ghosts and goblins, skeletons, witches and wizards, celebrate Halloween this evening with well-recognised trick or treat routine, some children in the UK will take part in a much older celebration of All Hallows' Eve, as today was originally called....
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Ireland's Soul-Searching About Vocations Interview With Father Kevin Doran http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=43402 Dundrum, Ireland, OCT. 24, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Vocations personnel from 20 dioceses in Ireland gathered a few weeks ago to discuss how to focus the emphasis on vocational promotion, accompaniment and discernment, rather than on recruitment. Father Kevin Doran, national coordinator for diocesan vocations, shared with ZENIT the resolutions from the conference and his aspirations for the years ahead....
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EVENTS
"Pompallier: Te Hokinga Mai" The journey home of Bishop Pompallier Auckland Museum 18 October 2003 to 18 January 2004.
In April 2002, the remains of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Francois Pompallier were interred in the Hokianga, 130 years after his death. The progress of his body's return from a small village graveyard on the outskirts of Paris, to Motuti in the far North, is chronicled in this moving exhibition. Pompallier Te Hokinga Mai - The Journey Home, is an exhibition of over 100 photographs supplemented by a number of Pompallier's personal effects including his travelling altar and cope. The images, by photographer Karel Lorier, trace the journey of Pompallier's remains from France to New Zealand. They include the exhumation of his remains in Puteaux, a requiem mass performed in Pompallier's local church at Lyon, and the farewell of his body from Notre Dame. Also chronicled is the three month hikoi - or pilgrimage -to places of significance to Bishop Pompallier in New Zealand. Pompallier's personal belongings on loan from the convent of the Auckland Sisters of Mercy and the Auckland Catholic Diocesan Archives, include prayer books printed on the press at Kororareka housed in the building now known as "Pompallier", Pompallier's travelling altar, throne and desk, his ring, cross, Missal and cope. Bishop Pompallier was consecrated titular Bishop of Maronea with responsibility for Western Oceania in 1836. He established missions in the western Pacific as well as founding the Catholic Church in New Zealand where he set up a printing press, founded missions, and became the first Catholic Bishop of Auckland, where he was based from 1848 to 1869. A selection of the photographs are at: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/web/content.cfm?Id=565
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
LECTURER IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of Lecturer in Religious Education. The appointee is expected to be employed full-time within the Catholic Institute of Theology, Auckland. Further details at: http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php and from: The Registrar, Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland 1001, New Zealand. Ph: (09)379 6424, Fax: (09)379 6426, Email: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 30 November 2003.
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
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'NZ Catholic' No 173, October 19-November 1, 2003 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Prayer in local bodies can lift the debate by Peter Grace WELLINGTON - Public prayer has some high profile and sometimes unexpected supporters in New Zealand, despite efforts to banish it...
Art and Faith contest won by Southland artist by DOROTHY COUP AUCKLAND - Beautifully painted and a fine piece of work indeed is how the judge described the overall winner of the NZ Catholic and Erin Dwyer Draper Art and Faith Competition...
Ecumenical movement under review by Dorothy Coup CHRISTCHURCH - Those who organised the Worshipping Under Southern Skies conference in Auckland last month might have ended the weekend exhausted, but could also feel satisfied. ...
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The Marist Messenger (Society of Mary in New Zealand) November 2003 http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz
Full text:
* 'Focus' by Fr Carl Telford sm. "What do we mean by Christ's Second Coming?" "November is a time to reflect and pray about the ultimate realities: death, purgatory, heaven and hell. This is reflected in the readings of the Liturgy in these final days of the Church’s year...."
* Trust in providence, by St Vincent de Paul: Wisdom from a much loved Frenchman * A remarkable friendship, by Sue Seconi: Sue recounts her friendship with Dr Kevin Roach sm, a marist scholar * Sr Flora Walsh dolc 1917-2003: She was an ordinary extraordinary person * Marist Spirituality, by Fr Thige O'Leary sm * The way things are is the way things are
Also: Daily Reflections ... Daily Mass readings and devotional prayers... Surf's up - this months recommended Websites to visit ... Extra reading - a selection of articles from online Catholic journals, magazines and papers ... Daily News from the Catholic world ... E-Cards Easter, Birthday, Baptism, First Eucharist, Confirmation, Wedding and Christmas cards.
Also in the November Marist Messenger ... Praying for the dead ... The Mass - a dialogue ... The Yes of a mother's spirituality ... Transubstantiation ... Internalising the Vision ... A minute with Fr Paddy Cahill ... As luck (or God) would have it ... Distractions when praying the Rosary ... Lord, I will follow you
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
On a wing and a prayer The Guardian (UK) October 27, 2003 http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1071635,00.html In south-west France, rugby is religion - so much so that one priest has dedicated his chapel to the sport. Mark Whitaker went to find out what the Virgin Mary is doing to secure the World Cup for the nation...... Photos of the Chapel of Our Lady of Rugby http://www.tourismegrenadois.com/Larriviere.htm http://www.tourismegrenadois.com/patrimoineculturelchapelle.htm#nddr
From hostage hell to heaven Sunday Star Times 19 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2697274a1861,00.html [Summary: Terry Anderson, who spent almost seven years as a hostage in Lebanon, abstains from several luxuries. Anger. Bitterness. Regret. Anderson is speaking in Auckland on October 29 and 30 on American foreign policy in the Middle East. A former Associated Press bureau chief who was captured by Islamic terrorists in Beirut in 1985, endured years of captivity, usually chained, often blindfolded, often in solitary confinement, moved from one secret location to the next, never knowing how long he would be kept or if he would be killed. He reconnected with his Catholic faith and began the hardest work of his life, trying to quell his rage and accept his situation...]
Opting not to tie the knot in church Sunday Star Times 19 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2697236a1861,00.html Is the traditional white wedding becoming a thing of the past? Matthew Lowe looks behind the statistics which show that less than a third of all couples who get married do so in a church....
************************************* Responses to Richard Wansink's letter in the Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/t9nu The article on Catholicism by Robert Wansink ( ODT , 21.10.03) has merit, but the heading, "The one true church . . .", is both offensive and incorrect...
http://tinyurl.com/t9nx Richard Wansink, in his remarkable defence of the Catholic Church in general and of the Pope in particular (giving a whole new meaning to the words "papal bull"), inveighs against such insidious infiltrators of the integrity of Catholicism as "masons".... ************************************
Refusal of consent news to Bishop Otago Daily Times 29-October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/t9o0 Bishop Len Boyle is disappointed and surprised a proposal to build a Catholic school in Brownston St, Wanaka has been refused a resource consent....
Schools fiercely oppose legislative change ODT 29-October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/t9o2 Dunedin's integrated schools are firmly opposing changes to the Government legislation which governs them. The Education Ministry has released a discussion paper suggesting changes to the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 or consolidating the schools within the Education Act...
QC and cabinet minister made the best of his brief (photo) ODT 25-October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/t9o5 Frank O'Flynn QC, who died earlier this month aged 84, was pipped for the post of attorney-general in the 1984 Lange Labour government by his former law clerk, Geoffrey Palmer, who was later to become, briefly, prime minister...
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FROM THE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICES
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Catholic Communications NZ http://www.cathcom.org.nz
International News ...
Commission warns of free trade threat Melbourne's Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace has raised concerns about the lack of transparency surrounding the current closed negotiations for the proposed free trade agreement between Australia and the United States...
Russian President Putin to meet with Pope Pope John Paul II will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin nex Wednesday, to discuss 'bilateral relations between Russia and the Vatican'....
Pope says prayer can bring peace Appearing to have recovered strength after a gruelling week last week, Pope John Paul II presided at his general audience on Wednesday with a message that prayer can halt war and terrorism....
Catholic schools unsure on pupil contact With new child protection laws before State Parliament, the Catholic Church in NSW is yet to reach consensus with the Carr Government on the extent to which teachers are permitted to touch their students....
Medical students urge doctors to talk to patients about faith Patients appreciate doctors who talk about faith with them, but most doctors don't, according to two students at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in the USA....
Community to celebrate the real meaning of Halloween While thousands of small ghosts and goblins, skeletons, witches and wizards, celebrate Halloween this evening with well-recognised trick or treat routine, some children in the UK will take part in a much older celebration of All Hallows' Eve, as today was originally called....
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Ireland's Soul-Searching About Vocations Interview With Father Kevin Doran http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=43402 Dundrum, Ireland, OCT. 24, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Vocations personnel from 20 dioceses in Ireland gathered a few weeks ago to discuss how to focus the emphasis on vocational promotion, accompaniment and discernment, rather than on recruitment. Father Kevin Doran, national coordinator for diocesan vocations, shared with ZENIT the resolutions from the conference and his aspirations for the years ahead....
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EVENTS
"Pompallier: Te Hokinga Mai" The journey home of Bishop Pompallier Auckland Museum 18 October 2003 to 18 January 2004.
In April 2002, the remains of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Francois Pompallier were interred in the Hokianga, 130 years after his death. The progress of his body's return from a small village graveyard on the outskirts of Paris, to Motuti in the far North, is chronicled in this moving exhibition. Pompallier Te Hokinga Mai - The Journey Home, is an exhibition of over 100 photographs supplemented by a number of Pompallier's personal effects including his travelling altar and cope. The images, by photographer Karel Lorier, trace the journey of Pompallier's remains from France to New Zealand. They include the exhumation of his remains in Puteaux, a requiem mass performed in Pompallier's local church at Lyon, and the farewell of his body from Notre Dame. Also chronicled is the three month hikoi - or pilgrimage -to places of significance to Bishop Pompallier in New Zealand. Pompallier's personal belongings on loan from the convent of the Auckland Sisters of Mercy and the Auckland Catholic Diocesan Archives, include prayer books printed on the press at Kororareka housed in the building now known as "Pompallier", Pompallier's travelling altar, throne and desk, his ring, cross, Missal and cope. Bishop Pompallier was consecrated titular Bishop of Maronea with responsibility for Western Oceania in 1836. He established missions in the western Pacific as well as founding the Catholic Church in New Zealand where he set up a printing press, founded missions, and became the first Catholic Bishop of Auckland, where he was based from 1848 to 1869. A selection of the photographs are at: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/web/content.cfm?Id=565
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
LECTURER IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of Lecturer in Religious Education. The appointee is expected to be employed full-time within the Catholic Institute of Theology, Auckland. Further details at: http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php and from: The Registrar, Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland 1001, New Zealand. Ph: (09)379 6424, Fax: (09)379 6426, Email: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 30 November 2003.
Sunday, October 26, 2003
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
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'WEL-COM'
Newspaper of the Wellington Archdiocese and the Diocese of Palmerston North October 2003 http://www.welcom.org.nz
'Pastoral Areas in Wellington Archdiocese by February ' The decree published below sets down that the forty-seven parishes of the Wellington Archdiocese are to be grouped into 15 pastoral areas, in principle, on 1 February 2004....
'N.Z.’s first ever National Interfaith Forum' Last month, New Zealand’s first ever National Interfaith Forum was held in Wellington. While there have been interfaith groups in a number of centres for many years, this was the first time they had come together from around the country....
'Carving honours Suzanne Aubert’s work with Maori' It was the 77th anniversary of the death of Suzanne Aubert when many gathered at dawn at the Centre in Tory Street named after her for the dedication of a carving honouring her work with Maori. Erected over the entrance to the Soup Kitchen it is called Aroha Mai — Aroha Nui....
'Bishop Leamy speaks out for Ahmed Zaoui' “Ahmed Zaoui has been granted refugee status by the New Zealand Courts who have cleared him entirely of being a terrorist,’’ says Bishop Robin Leamy of the Diocese of Auckland. ‘‘I found him to be a very intelligent, very gentle and caring man who loves his God, his family, and his fellow human beings. I am convinced that he is a good person, whom I pray will be soon released.’’...
'Pregnancy Help's 27 years of service' We set up Pregnancy Help to care for pregnant mothers by helping them overcome any problems they were facing and to provide practical assistance where possible. We were the only organisation that focused specifically on pregnant mothers....
'First volunteer for N.Z. Bishops’ newest agency' In the May issue of Wel-com, Peter Hill from the Wairarapa noticed an advertisement from Mahitahi, a newly established agency of the N.Z. Catholic Bishops’ Conference. They were seeking someone with accountancy experience who would be willing to work for a few weeks in the Diocese of Auki in the Solomon Islands. Peter decided to look into this ...
Also: Cardinal's Column: Cardinal Wiliams' letter on pastoral areas Bishop John's reflection: A graced day at st Bernard's College
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'THE FAR EAST'
Magazine of the Australian and New Zealand missionaries of St. Columban's Mission Society. October 2003 http://www.columban.org.au/tfe/tfe_current.htm
Editorial: Small moments in history Columbans write stories in The Far East about people who feature rarely on television or radio news because they are neither significant nor exciting. But their lives are real and on record. In the future a researcher could read these stories and compare 2003 with 2013....
From the Director: In some of the articles in this issue of The Far East we see people learning from other people in a variety of situations. Education does not finish with the end of our schooling it goes on throughout our lives. It is the same for Columban missionaries....
A setback in Mindanao, by Fr Patrick Baker. The Columbans no longer have a presence in Marawi on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Our involvement has been in other parishes some distance from the city but the area remains an unsafe place for us to live. Fr Rufus Halley was killed and Fr Des Hartford was kidnapped there...
A new venture in Shanghai, by Peter Julian Kelly I returned to Shanghai last year to develop an educational programme for the priests and sisters of Shanghai diocese. This was a bold move on the part of Bishop Jin. A number of factors influenced his decision to take priests out of their parishes, leaving them empty, so that they could live together and study English....
Young Aussies "wow" the oldies in religious art awards What started out as a humble “Happy 80th Birthday” for the Columban Calendar, culminated in what renowned art expert Sr Rosemary Crumlin RSM described as, “a most important exhibition of young people’s art which will be of International Interest.”...
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CATHOLIC COMUNICATIONS NZ
Media releases http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
"Catholics support 24-hour vigil for Ahmed Zaoui" (23 Oct 2003) (full text) A 24-hour vigil outside Mt Eden prison has the support of the Assistant Catholic Bishop of Auckland, Bishop Robin Leamy, and other members of Catholic justice agencies. The vigil, beginning tomorrow (Friday) at noon, and organised by justice and peace groups, is also to express opposition to Ahmed Zaoui’s detention for eleven months without charge. Some financial support has been given by the Catholic Church in Auckland to provide amenities for the 24-hour gathering.
"Lecturer in religious education" (22 oct 2003) (see 'Employment' below)
"National Art & Faith Competition winners" (20 Oct 2003) Invercargill artist Claire Worrall has won the major award – and $3000 prize money – in this year’s “NZ Catholic and Erin Dwyer Draper Art and Faith 2003 competition”. Worrall’s “Light and Liberation” from the ‘Faith Series’ was described by the judge as a work of outstanding quality.....
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POPE JOHN PAUL II
************************************* A Measure Of Greatness The Papacy of John Paul II: two assessments Commonweal Magazine October 10 2003 http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/12003/october102003/10102003ar.htm
Robert Louis Wilken : On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the election of John Paul II as pope, I am reminded of the words of Stephen Spender’s poem, “I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great.” In the course of most human lifetimes there will have lived a great man or woman, or several, but few can say they lived when someone “truly great” sojourned among us. Because our lives have intersected with the life of John Paul II, we are among those few....
Susan A. Ross : Assessing John Paul II’s papacy is a much more difficult task than summing up John XXIII (Vatican II) or Paul VI (the aftermath of Vatican II and Humanae vitae). So much more has happened in these twenty-five years: the increasing globalization of the church, the fall of communism, the growth of nationalism, the dangers of capitalism. I will leave it to others to reflect on such issues. My concern is the impact of the papacy of John Paul II on women in general and on theologies of and by women in particular.... *************************************
Pope's Health 10/24/2003 http://www.wusatv9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=23947 The Vatican dropped an afternoon Mass from Pope John Paul II's schedule Friday to give the frail pontiff more rest after a hectic week, officials said. The 83-year-old pontiff has been handing over more of his ceremonial duties and, because of difficulties in speaking, has turned over most his speeches to aides to read....
Papal audience awed by ailing pope's vitality http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/world/7095593.htm Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) - ROME -- "The guy can't walk, can't talk, but he still has to do what he has to do," said Nick Zuvik, of Franklin Square, N.Y., as pilgrims and guests of newly created cardinals filed into Pope Paul VI Auditorium awaiting the pontiff....
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Br Dan Stafford, chaplain to the Australian Jockey Club - A generous fraternity of ‘saints and sinners’ The Catholic Weekly (Sydney archdiocese) 26 October 2003 http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/03/oct/26/13.html For the past 15 years, Br Dan Stafford has been the master of ceremonies at Melbourne’s annual racing Mass, which is held in the city’s Church of St Francis, in the week before the running of the Melbourne Cup. “The church is packed with men and women from the racing industry who come from all over Australia, making it a special occasion,” Br Dan said. “A high number of people wouldn’t be of the Catholic faith, but the church is full of Christians and the Mass is well attended by priests and bishops from Australia and New Zealand....
Newspaper says elderly cardinals seeking vote in conclave http://www.cathnews.com/news/310/132.php The Italian daily La Repubblica reported yesterday that 59 octogenarian cardinals have written to Pope John Paul II asking him to reinstate their right to elect the next Pope. "Without the right to vote we are half-cardinals, second division cardinals," the paper quoted one octogenarian cardinal as saying....
A Heady Week, and a Multiethnic Vatican Hierarchy and Holiness Come to the Fore http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=43322 Rome, OCT. 23, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Whew, what a week! A normally placid St. Peter's Square was suddenly overrun with TV cameras, tulips flown in from the Netherlands, Indian nuns in white-and-blue habits, African women in colorful headdress and new cardinals wearing red robes for the first time....
The growing cost of mandatory celibacy National Catholic Reporter October 17, 2003 http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives2/2003d/101703/101703s.htm Summary: The priest shortage (in the U.S.) is real and getting worse. Over the next 30 years, unless something is done to alter the trend, our priests will be increasingly remote, solitary figures running from parish-to-parish, the human equivalent of sacrament vending machines....
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Debt research finds desperate families NZ Herald 21.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/sc9f Research commissioned by the Council of Christian Social Services and carried out by Massey University shows that high levels of debt are robbing low-income families of their future. The Dynamics of Debt For Low-Income Families, released yesterday, found that New Zealand was faced with a significant social policy problem that disadvantaged indebted families on low income....
Matt Robson: Prayer must go because it's exclusive NZ Herald 22.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/sc9k I was amazed when I immigrated with my family to New Zealand as a teenager that the principal at my new state secondary school opened the daily assembly with a Christian prayer. I was not opposed to Christianity. My mother's family was Catholic; my oldest sister had attended an Anglican secondary school and my older sister a Catholic secondary school....
Garth George: Parliament's prayer simply a tradition without meaning NZ Herald 23.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/sc9n Have you ever wondered why, with monotonous regularity, someone -generally a rationalist, humanist or atheist - takes it into his or her head to jump up and down and complain about a piece of our national tradition that proceeds from our Christian heritage?...
The Roman Catholic Church lives on, declares Dunedin reader ROBERT WANSINK - despite the criticisms it receives and its own internal direction changes. Otago Daily Times Tuesday, 21-October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/sca2 Before commenting on the current pontificate, it is necessary to understand exactly what the Catholic church is. There are only two possibilities. Either it is what it has claimed to be for 2000 years or it is by far the most wicked, evil and abhorrent institution ever to deface the earth. So what does the church claim to be? ...
Planner's concerns eased; decision on school reserved ODT 20 October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/sca5 The Queenstown Lakes District Council regulatory hearings committee has reserved its decision on whether a Catholic school can be built in Brownston St, Wanaka....
Interview: Martin Sheen 'The Progressive' July 2003 http://www.progressive.org/july03/intv0703.html Martin Sheen is a pacifist, a social and political activist who has not shied away from putting his body on the front lines, and a devout Roman Catholic. After rediscovering his faith twenty years ago, he began his activist work in earnest. "I learned I had to stand for something so I could stand to be me," he said as we talked....
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CATHOLICTV.NET
Wellington Archdiocesan Media Centre
"Steadfast in Hope". Cardinal Williams, Bishop Dew and others speak at the official launch of this new history of Wellington Archdiocese: http://www.catholictv.net/insight/index.html
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NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE
'Good News & the News' Broadsheet of good practice in integrated schools Issue 16 2003 http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz/goodnews-news.shtml
In this issue:
Editorial: In a time of rapid change it is important to keep coming back to our values, to see what they have to say to us in new situations, to work out whether our daily actions are truly taking us in the direction we want to go....
The Virtues of Peace and Solidarity Peace, with its associated virtues justice and solidarity, has been a key theme for many schools this year, with practical and symbolic activities bringing these virtues alive
Also: Villa Maria College students hold their Live Tall’ award ... Bringing Our Values Alive at St Francis Xavier School, Tawa ... The Fruits of the Spirit, Sacred Heart School, Timaru ... Marist Youth Leadership Course – a Joint Schools’ Activity ... The Virtues Programme at St Pius X School, Titahi Bay ... Values in Action at St Joseph’s School, Otahuhu ... St Dominic’s College, Henderson, The Living Values Project ... Emotional Needs and Values Programme at Holy Cross School Henderson
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ANGELS BY E-MAIL
I saw this angel ...
(\O/) -/_\-
... on a Website at the weekend and I thought it might appeal to some of our readers, as it's easily inserted in an e-mail message. Here's how to make it:
(\O/) Left margin, first line, Type: left bracket ... backslash .. capital O ... forward slash .. right bracket
-/_\-Left margin, second line. Type: hyphen ... forward slash ... underline ... backslash ... hyphen
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
LECTURER IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of Lecturer in Religious Education. The appointee is expected to be employed full-time within the Catholic Institute of Theology, Auckland. Further details at: http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php and from: The Registrar, Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland 1001, New Zealand. Ph: (09)379 6424, Fax: (09)379 6426, Email: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 30 November 2003.
FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS
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'WEL-COM'
Newspaper of the Wellington Archdiocese and the Diocese of Palmerston North October 2003 http://www.welcom.org.nz
'Pastoral Areas in Wellington Archdiocese by February ' The decree published below sets down that the forty-seven parishes of the Wellington Archdiocese are to be grouped into 15 pastoral areas, in principle, on 1 February 2004....
'N.Z.’s first ever National Interfaith Forum' Last month, New Zealand’s first ever National Interfaith Forum was held in Wellington. While there have been interfaith groups in a number of centres for many years, this was the first time they had come together from around the country....
'Carving honours Suzanne Aubert’s work with Maori' It was the 77th anniversary of the death of Suzanne Aubert when many gathered at dawn at the Centre in Tory Street named after her for the dedication of a carving honouring her work with Maori. Erected over the entrance to the Soup Kitchen it is called Aroha Mai — Aroha Nui....
'Bishop Leamy speaks out for Ahmed Zaoui' “Ahmed Zaoui has been granted refugee status by the New Zealand Courts who have cleared him entirely of being a terrorist,’’ says Bishop Robin Leamy of the Diocese of Auckland. ‘‘I found him to be a very intelligent, very gentle and caring man who loves his God, his family, and his fellow human beings. I am convinced that he is a good person, whom I pray will be soon released.’’...
'Pregnancy Help's 27 years of service' We set up Pregnancy Help to care for pregnant mothers by helping them overcome any problems they were facing and to provide practical assistance where possible. We were the only organisation that focused specifically on pregnant mothers....
'First volunteer for N.Z. Bishops’ newest agency' In the May issue of Wel-com, Peter Hill from the Wairarapa noticed an advertisement from Mahitahi, a newly established agency of the N.Z. Catholic Bishops’ Conference. They were seeking someone with accountancy experience who would be willing to work for a few weeks in the Diocese of Auki in the Solomon Islands. Peter decided to look into this ...
Also: Cardinal's Column: Cardinal Wiliams' letter on pastoral areas Bishop John's reflection: A graced day at st Bernard's College
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'THE FAR EAST'
Magazine of the Australian and New Zealand missionaries of St. Columban's Mission Society. October 2003 http://www.columban.org.au/tfe/tfe_current.htm
Editorial: Small moments in history Columbans write stories in The Far East about people who feature rarely on television or radio news because they are neither significant nor exciting. But their lives are real and on record. In the future a researcher could read these stories and compare 2003 with 2013....
From the Director: In some of the articles in this issue of The Far East we see people learning from other people in a variety of situations. Education does not finish with the end of our schooling it goes on throughout our lives. It is the same for Columban missionaries....
A setback in Mindanao, by Fr Patrick Baker. The Columbans no longer have a presence in Marawi on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. Our involvement has been in other parishes some distance from the city but the area remains an unsafe place for us to live. Fr Rufus Halley was killed and Fr Des Hartford was kidnapped there...
A new venture in Shanghai, by Peter Julian Kelly I returned to Shanghai last year to develop an educational programme for the priests and sisters of Shanghai diocese. This was a bold move on the part of Bishop Jin. A number of factors influenced his decision to take priests out of their parishes, leaving them empty, so that they could live together and study English....
Young Aussies "wow" the oldies in religious art awards What started out as a humble “Happy 80th Birthday” for the Columban Calendar, culminated in what renowned art expert Sr Rosemary Crumlin RSM described as, “a most important exhibition of young people’s art which will be of International Interest.”...
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CATHOLIC COMUNICATIONS NZ
Media releases http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
"Catholics support 24-hour vigil for Ahmed Zaoui" (23 Oct 2003) (full text) A 24-hour vigil outside Mt Eden prison has the support of the Assistant Catholic Bishop of Auckland, Bishop Robin Leamy, and other members of Catholic justice agencies. The vigil, beginning tomorrow (Friday) at noon, and organised by justice and peace groups, is also to express opposition to Ahmed Zaoui’s detention for eleven months without charge. Some financial support has been given by the Catholic Church in Auckland to provide amenities for the 24-hour gathering.
"Lecturer in religious education" (22 oct 2003) (see 'Employment' below)
"National Art & Faith Competition winners" (20 Oct 2003) Invercargill artist Claire Worrall has won the major award – and $3000 prize money – in this year’s “NZ Catholic and Erin Dwyer Draper Art and Faith 2003 competition”. Worrall’s “Light and Liberation” from the ‘Faith Series’ was described by the judge as a work of outstanding quality.....
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POPE JOHN PAUL II
************************************* A Measure Of Greatness The Papacy of John Paul II: two assessments Commonweal Magazine October 10 2003 http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/12003/october102003/10102003ar.htm
Robert Louis Wilken : On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the election of John Paul II as pope, I am reminded of the words of Stephen Spender’s poem, “I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great.” In the course of most human lifetimes there will have lived a great man or woman, or several, but few can say they lived when someone “truly great” sojourned among us. Because our lives have intersected with the life of John Paul II, we are among those few....
Susan A. Ross : Assessing John Paul II’s papacy is a much more difficult task than summing up John XXIII (Vatican II) or Paul VI (the aftermath of Vatican II and Humanae vitae). So much more has happened in these twenty-five years: the increasing globalization of the church, the fall of communism, the growth of nationalism, the dangers of capitalism. I will leave it to others to reflect on such issues. My concern is the impact of the papacy of John Paul II on women in general and on theologies of and by women in particular.... *************************************
Pope's Health 10/24/2003 http://www.wusatv9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=23947 The Vatican dropped an afternoon Mass from Pope John Paul II's schedule Friday to give the frail pontiff more rest after a hectic week, officials said. The 83-year-old pontiff has been handing over more of his ceremonial duties and, because of difficulties in speaking, has turned over most his speeches to aides to read....
Papal audience awed by ailing pope's vitality http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/world/7095593.htm Knight Ridder Newspapers (KRT) - ROME -- "The guy can't walk, can't talk, but he still has to do what he has to do," said Nick Zuvik, of Franklin Square, N.Y., as pilgrims and guests of newly created cardinals filed into Pope Paul VI Auditorium awaiting the pontiff....
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Br Dan Stafford, chaplain to the Australian Jockey Club - A generous fraternity of ‘saints and sinners’ The Catholic Weekly (Sydney archdiocese) 26 October 2003 http://www.catholicweekly.com.au/03/oct/26/13.html For the past 15 years, Br Dan Stafford has been the master of ceremonies at Melbourne’s annual racing Mass, which is held in the city’s Church of St Francis, in the week before the running of the Melbourne Cup. “The church is packed with men and women from the racing industry who come from all over Australia, making it a special occasion,” Br Dan said. “A high number of people wouldn’t be of the Catholic faith, but the church is full of Christians and the Mass is well attended by priests and bishops from Australia and New Zealand....
Newspaper says elderly cardinals seeking vote in conclave http://www.cathnews.com/news/310/132.php The Italian daily La Repubblica reported yesterday that 59 octogenarian cardinals have written to Pope John Paul II asking him to reinstate their right to elect the next Pope. "Without the right to vote we are half-cardinals, second division cardinals," the paper quoted one octogenarian cardinal as saying....
A Heady Week, and a Multiethnic Vatican Hierarchy and Holiness Come to the Fore http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=43322 Rome, OCT. 23, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Whew, what a week! A normally placid St. Peter's Square was suddenly overrun with TV cameras, tulips flown in from the Netherlands, Indian nuns in white-and-blue habits, African women in colorful headdress and new cardinals wearing red robes for the first time....
The growing cost of mandatory celibacy National Catholic Reporter October 17, 2003 http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives2/2003d/101703/101703s.htm Summary: The priest shortage (in the U.S.) is real and getting worse. Over the next 30 years, unless something is done to alter the trend, our priests will be increasingly remote, solitary figures running from parish-to-parish, the human equivalent of sacrament vending machines....
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Debt research finds desperate families NZ Herald 21.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/sc9f Research commissioned by the Council of Christian Social Services and carried out by Massey University shows that high levels of debt are robbing low-income families of their future. The Dynamics of Debt For Low-Income Families, released yesterday, found that New Zealand was faced with a significant social policy problem that disadvantaged indebted families on low income....
Matt Robson: Prayer must go because it's exclusive NZ Herald 22.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/sc9k I was amazed when I immigrated with my family to New Zealand as a teenager that the principal at my new state secondary school opened the daily assembly with a Christian prayer. I was not opposed to Christianity. My mother's family was Catholic; my oldest sister had attended an Anglican secondary school and my older sister a Catholic secondary school....
Garth George: Parliament's prayer simply a tradition without meaning NZ Herald 23.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/sc9n Have you ever wondered why, with monotonous regularity, someone -generally a rationalist, humanist or atheist - takes it into his or her head to jump up and down and complain about a piece of our national tradition that proceeds from our Christian heritage?...
The Roman Catholic Church lives on, declares Dunedin reader ROBERT WANSINK - despite the criticisms it receives and its own internal direction changes. Otago Daily Times Tuesday, 21-October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/sca2 Before commenting on the current pontificate, it is necessary to understand exactly what the Catholic church is. There are only two possibilities. Either it is what it has claimed to be for 2000 years or it is by far the most wicked, evil and abhorrent institution ever to deface the earth. So what does the church claim to be? ...
Planner's concerns eased; decision on school reserved ODT 20 October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/sca5 The Queenstown Lakes District Council regulatory hearings committee has reserved its decision on whether a Catholic school can be built in Brownston St, Wanaka....
Interview: Martin Sheen 'The Progressive' July 2003 http://www.progressive.org/july03/intv0703.html Martin Sheen is a pacifist, a social and political activist who has not shied away from putting his body on the front lines, and a devout Roman Catholic. After rediscovering his faith twenty years ago, he began his activist work in earnest. "I learned I had to stand for something so I could stand to be me," he said as we talked....
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CATHOLICTV.NET
Wellington Archdiocesan Media Centre
"Steadfast in Hope". Cardinal Williams, Bishop Dew and others speak at the official launch of this new history of Wellington Archdiocese: http://www.catholictv.net/insight/index.html
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NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE
'Good News & the News' Broadsheet of good practice in integrated schools Issue 16 2003 http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz/goodnews-news.shtml
In this issue:
Editorial: In a time of rapid change it is important to keep coming back to our values, to see what they have to say to us in new situations, to work out whether our daily actions are truly taking us in the direction we want to go....
The Virtues of Peace and Solidarity Peace, with its associated virtues justice and solidarity, has been a key theme for many schools this year, with practical and symbolic activities bringing these virtues alive
Also: Villa Maria College students hold their Live Tall’ award ... Bringing Our Values Alive at St Francis Xavier School, Tawa ... The Fruits of the Spirit, Sacred Heart School, Timaru ... Marist Youth Leadership Course – a Joint Schools’ Activity ... The Virtues Programme at St Pius X School, Titahi Bay ... Values in Action at St Joseph’s School, Otahuhu ... St Dominic’s College, Henderson, The Living Values Project ... Emotional Needs and Values Programme at Holy Cross School Henderson
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ANGELS BY E-MAIL
I saw this angel ...
(\O/) -/_\-
... on a Website at the weekend and I thought it might appeal to some of our readers, as it's easily inserted in an e-mail message. Here's how to make it:
(\O/) Left margin, first line, Type: left bracket ... backslash .. capital O ... forward slash .. right bracket
-/_\-Left margin, second line. Type: hyphen ... forward slash ... underline ... backslash ... hyphen
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
LECTURER IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of Lecturer in Religious Education. The appointee is expected to be employed full-time within the Catholic Institute of Theology, Auckland. Further details at: http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php and from: The Registrar, Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland 1001, New Zealand. Ph: (09)379 6424, Fax: (09)379 6426, Email: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 30 November 2003.
Sunday, October 19, 2003
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25TH ANNIVERSARY OF POPE JOHN PAUL'S PONTIFICATE
On Friday, some 50,000 people filled St. Peter's Square for the Mass commemorating the 25th anniversary of the election of Karol Wojtyla to the See of Rome, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. This page has a comprehensive a selection of links to press reports and photos of the celebrations: http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=pope_john_paul_ii
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BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA
This (Sunday) evening our time, Pope John Paul will beatify Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Links to press and video reports and photos of the event will appear here: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=&p=mother+teresa
The beatifaction ceremony will be broadcast live on the Internet by EWTN, and repeated several times thereafter. The first (live) broadcast is likely be interrupted because of the world-wide demand for the video. Viewers in New Zealand will very likely get a smoother "stream" with one of the repeat broadcasts.
At: http://www.ewtn.com/tv/click on "Watch EWTN Live" to select your viewer and connection speed ("28 to 100K" for most of us).
Broadcast times (NZ standard time): Live broadcast: Sunday 9pm ... Repeat broadcasts on Monday at 5am ... 11am ... 5pm .
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CONSISTORY OF THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS 21 October 2003
On 21 October, the College of Cardinals will assemble in Rome where Pope John Paul will formally appoint 31 new members. This article includes a background paragraph about each of the new cardinals: http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/word100303.htm
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MISSION SUNDAY 2003
A special collection is made this Sunday on behalf of the three Pontifical Mission Societies: Propagation of the Faith, St Peter the Apostle and Holy Childhood. The Societies are the main financial support of Catholic missions worldwide. Their distinctive roles and recent activities are described on their Website: http://www.missio.net
St Columban's Mission Society sends missionaries from Australia and New Zealand to Asia, the Pacific and Latin America. The Society's Website at http://www.columban.org.au has comprehensive details of its missions and other projects, and - in articles from its magazine 'The Far East'-http://www.columban.org.au/tfe/TFE_fp.htm - first-person reports by missionaries in the field.
Maryknoll missioners from the United States work in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In a series of 13 video reports here: http://www.catholic.org/cathcom/maryknoll/field_afar/maryknoll.php they tell the stories of the people they serve.
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS SERVICES
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'NZ Catholic' No 172, October 4-18, 2003 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
Bishops seek to limit harm caused by IVF WELLINGTON - Assisted reproductive technology is acceptable only between a husband and wife in very specific circumstances, New Zealand's Catholic bishops say in a submission on the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill...
Parishes affirmed in Auckland Survey AUCKLAND - People in Auckland diocese want to worship in their own parish communities rather than travel to large regional churches for Sunday Mass....
Collegial tone at liturgical music conference AUCKLAND - Those who organised the Worshipping Under Southern Skies conference in Auckland last month might have ended the weekend exhausted, but could also feel satisfied. ...
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'Do-it-Yourself parish', by Christopher Lamb The Tablet 11/10/2003 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi?tablet-00791 Many parishes now lack resident priests. Will they be run by resident lay people? One parish in the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle shows the way ahead...
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
Media Releases http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
** Opportunity to email Silver Jubilee greetings to Pope John Paul II (16 Oct 2003) ** Pilgrimage to honour Pope's Silver Anniversary (15 Oct 2003) ** New Zealand Catholics honour Pope’s Silver Jubilee (15 Oct 2003) ** NZ's Anglican and Catholic bishops on detention of Ahmed Zaoui (14 Oct 2003)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
My will be done, says Speaker NZ Herald 17.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqs MPs yesterday rejected proposals to replace Parliament's humble daily appeal to God, and anyone trying to end the ritual hasn't a prayer while Jonathan Hunt is Speaker. But Progressive MP Matt Robson is determined to pursue the matter and will now ask the Human Rights Commission to investigate....
NZ Pays Tribute To Pope NewstalkZB News 16/10/2003 (full text) The head of the Catholic Church in New Zealand has paid tribute to Pope John Paul II, who today celebrates 25 years as Pope. Around 200 people met in Wellington's Cathedral of the Sacred Heart for a Mass celebrating the Pope's anniversary. The Mass was led by Cardinal Thomas Williams and was also attended by the Pope's representative in New Zealand, Archbishop Coveney. Cardinal Williams told the congregation that, despite his physical frailty, the Pope still showed significant intellectual and spiritual prowess. He said that the Pope's early years as a forced labourer, his poetry writing and his stint as a University lecturer all shaped the leader he has become. He also paid tribute to the Pope's initiation of gatherings for young Catholics from around the world.
Derelict Wellington church building gutted by fire NZ Herald 16.10.2003 (full text) A derelict church building in Wellington was gutted by fire today. The former Holy Family Catholic church building at the corner of Webb and Willis streets in the city was a known haunt of the homeless and was to be demolished. A Brooklyn Fire Service spokesman said the building was gutted and most of its roof destroyed in the fire, which was still being attended this morning. Police and the Fire Service are investigating.
Tipped school site to be for seven years Southland Times 18 October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqu A Catholic primary school planned for Wanaka would remain on the proposed Brownston Street site only for up to seven years, the Queenstown Lakes District Council hearings panel heard yesterday.
Parliament's daily prayer may breach human rights Fairfax NZ Ltd 17 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2694211a6160,00.html The Human Rights Commission has been asked to rule on whether the daily prayer that opens Parliament is appropriate. Progressive MP Matt Robson says he will seek the commission's view after his attempt to have the prayer revamped was overwhelmingly rejected by a cross-party committee....
Order head says give abuse victims benefit of doubt http://www.cathnews.com/news/310/70.php Br Peter Burke, the Australian and New Zealand head of the St John of God Brothers, has said it is not necessary for religious leaders to demand proof before reaching out to those who claim they have been sexually abused by authority figures in the Church. "I believe them. I'm not there to be judge and jury, that's not my job," he told The Australian newspaper's correspondent in New Zealand....
Cell move allows human contact NZ Herald 18.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqv Algerian prisoner Ahmed Zaoui beamed with joy yesterday as he shifted into his new cell. The alleged national-security risk was overjoyed at his accommodation in the Auckland Central Remand Prison after 11 months in solitary confinement at Paremoremo....
Zaoui supporters slam Dalziel claims NZ Herald 18.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqw Supporters of Ahmed Zaoui have hit back at Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel's attempt to blame his lawyers for his long detention. Asked how long the Algerian politician would remain behind bars, she accused his counsel of extending his 11 months in jail by making a baseless challenge in the High Court....
Dame Felicitas Corrigan: Writer with a Benedictine gift for friendship (obituary) The Independent (UK) 17 October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqx Dame Felicitas Corrigan OSB was one of the great Benedictine figures of the 20th century - a century she experienced personally almost from beginning to end. The anonymous author of a religious classic about life at Stanbrook Abbey, appropriately entitled 'In a Great Tradition', she exemplified many of the qualities of that monastic tradition which has so deeply moulded English civilisation....
Church 'appalled' at funding of lobbying Fairfax NZ Ltd 14 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2690729a6160,00.html Anglican Bishop of Wellington Thomas Brown said he was "absolutely appalled" to learn that the Prostitutes Collective received more than $50,000 a month in government funding as it lobbied MPs to push through a law to decriminalise prostitution....
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CATHOLIC WEB TV (Wellington Archdiocesan Media Centre)
http://catholictv.net
New videos:
Confirmation has been conferred on young people in their mid-teens until recently. Denise Johnson and Bishop John Dew discuss a parish programme to prepare much younger children for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Sister Susan Shannon , an Australian nun, sees the requirement of celibacy for priesthood or religious vocation in a positive light.
'Pause and Pray': The great St Augustine tells us where the restlessness of the human heart can find peace (first of a new series).
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WHY PEOPLE DON'T GO TO CHURCH (SURVEY)
National Church Life Survey (Australia). "Why People Don't Go to Church" (book review) http://www.media.anglican.com.au/culture/2003/book/dont_go_church.html The question 'Why don't people go to church?' is one that probably all of us in ministry ask ourselves on a fairly regular basis. After all, don't we put considerable effort into running wonderful and inspiring worship services? So, let's face it, most of us have a vested interest in knowing why more people aren't packing into our pews on a Sunday. This book sheds considerable light on the issue ...
Related articles: Focusing on ‘Why people don’t go to church’ can be unhelpful http://www.anglicanmedia.com.au/july2002/feat3.html We can make church more relevant and fulfilling http://www.anglicanmedia.com.au/july2002/analysis.htm
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STATISTICS OF RELIGION
Vatican City (Fides Service) – Fides Service statistics offer an overall view of the Catholic Church in the world as registered on 31 December 2001. Our figures are taken from the Church’s Annual Book of Statistics (valid to 31 December 2001) and they regard Catholics, church personnel, structures and activity as well as variations in comparison with previous years. http://www.fides.org/eng/statistiche/index.html
(In 2001, Oceania (Australia, NZ and the Pacific Islands) had a population of just over 31 million of whom 8,320.000 were Catholics).
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25TH ANNIVERSARY OF POPE JOHN PAUL'S PONTIFICATE
On Friday, some 50,000 people filled St. Peter's Square for the Mass commemorating the 25th anniversary of the election of Karol Wojtyla to the See of Rome, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. This page has a comprehensive a selection of links to press reports and photos of the celebrations: http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=pope_john_paul_ii
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BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA
This (Sunday) evening our time, Pope John Paul will beatify Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Links to press and video reports and photos of the event will appear here: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=&p=mother+teresa
The beatifaction ceremony will be broadcast live on the Internet by EWTN, and repeated several times thereafter. The first (live) broadcast is likely be interrupted because of the world-wide demand for the video. Viewers in New Zealand will very likely get a smoother "stream" with one of the repeat broadcasts.
At: http://www.ewtn.com/tv/click on "Watch EWTN Live" to select your viewer and connection speed ("28 to 100K" for most of us).
Broadcast times (NZ standard time): Live broadcast: Sunday 9pm ... Repeat broadcasts on Monday at 5am ... 11am ... 5pm .
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CONSISTORY OF THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS 21 October 2003
On 21 October, the College of Cardinals will assemble in Rome where Pope John Paul will formally appoint 31 new members. This article includes a background paragraph about each of the new cardinals: http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/word100303.htm
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MISSION SUNDAY 2003
A special collection is made this Sunday on behalf of the three Pontifical Mission Societies: Propagation of the Faith, St Peter the Apostle and Holy Childhood. The Societies are the main financial support of Catholic missions worldwide. Their distinctive roles and recent activities are described on their Website: http://www.missio.net
St Columban's Mission Society sends missionaries from Australia and New Zealand to Asia, the Pacific and Latin America. The Society's Website at http://www.columban.org.au has comprehensive details of its missions and other projects, and - in articles from its magazine 'The Far East'-http://www.columban.org.au/tfe/TFE_fp.htm - first-person reports by missionaries in the field.
Maryknoll missioners from the United States work in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In a series of 13 video reports here: http://www.catholic.org/cathcom/maryknoll/field_afar/maryknoll.php they tell the stories of the people they serve.
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS SERVICES
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'NZ Catholic' No 172, October 4-18, 2003 http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/
Bishops seek to limit harm caused by IVF WELLINGTON - Assisted reproductive technology is acceptable only between a husband and wife in very specific circumstances, New Zealand's Catholic bishops say in a submission on the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill...
Parishes affirmed in Auckland Survey AUCKLAND - People in Auckland diocese want to worship in their own parish communities rather than travel to large regional churches for Sunday Mass....
Collegial tone at liturgical music conference AUCKLAND - Those who organised the Worshipping Under Southern Skies conference in Auckland last month might have ended the weekend exhausted, but could also feel satisfied. ...
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'Do-it-Yourself parish', by Christopher Lamb The Tablet 11/10/2003 http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi?tablet-00791 Many parishes now lack resident priests. Will they be run by resident lay people? One parish in the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle shows the way ahead...
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE
Media Releases http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
** Opportunity to email Silver Jubilee greetings to Pope John Paul II (16 Oct 2003) ** Pilgrimage to honour Pope's Silver Anniversary (15 Oct 2003) ** New Zealand Catholics honour Pope’s Silver Jubilee (15 Oct 2003) ** NZ's Anglican and Catholic bishops on detention of Ahmed Zaoui (14 Oct 2003)
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
My will be done, says Speaker NZ Herald 17.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqs MPs yesterday rejected proposals to replace Parliament's humble daily appeal to God, and anyone trying to end the ritual hasn't a prayer while Jonathan Hunt is Speaker. But Progressive MP Matt Robson is determined to pursue the matter and will now ask the Human Rights Commission to investigate....
NZ Pays Tribute To Pope NewstalkZB News 16/10/2003 (full text) The head of the Catholic Church in New Zealand has paid tribute to Pope John Paul II, who today celebrates 25 years as Pope. Around 200 people met in Wellington's Cathedral of the Sacred Heart for a Mass celebrating the Pope's anniversary. The Mass was led by Cardinal Thomas Williams and was also attended by the Pope's representative in New Zealand, Archbishop Coveney. Cardinal Williams told the congregation that, despite his physical frailty, the Pope still showed significant intellectual and spiritual prowess. He said that the Pope's early years as a forced labourer, his poetry writing and his stint as a University lecturer all shaped the leader he has become. He also paid tribute to the Pope's initiation of gatherings for young Catholics from around the world.
Derelict Wellington church building gutted by fire NZ Herald 16.10.2003 (full text) A derelict church building in Wellington was gutted by fire today. The former Holy Family Catholic church building at the corner of Webb and Willis streets in the city was a known haunt of the homeless and was to be demolished. A Brooklyn Fire Service spokesman said the building was gutted and most of its roof destroyed in the fire, which was still being attended this morning. Police and the Fire Service are investigating.
Tipped school site to be for seven years Southland Times 18 October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqu A Catholic primary school planned for Wanaka would remain on the proposed Brownston Street site only for up to seven years, the Queenstown Lakes District Council hearings panel heard yesterday.
Parliament's daily prayer may breach human rights Fairfax NZ Ltd 17 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2694211a6160,00.html The Human Rights Commission has been asked to rule on whether the daily prayer that opens Parliament is appropriate. Progressive MP Matt Robson says he will seek the commission's view after his attempt to have the prayer revamped was overwhelmingly rejected by a cross-party committee....
Order head says give abuse victims benefit of doubt http://www.cathnews.com/news/310/70.php Br Peter Burke, the Australian and New Zealand head of the St John of God Brothers, has said it is not necessary for religious leaders to demand proof before reaching out to those who claim they have been sexually abused by authority figures in the Church. "I believe them. I'm not there to be judge and jury, that's not my job," he told The Australian newspaper's correspondent in New Zealand....
Cell move allows human contact NZ Herald 18.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqv Algerian prisoner Ahmed Zaoui beamed with joy yesterday as he shifted into his new cell. The alleged national-security risk was overjoyed at his accommodation in the Auckland Central Remand Prison after 11 months in solitary confinement at Paremoremo....
Zaoui supporters slam Dalziel claims NZ Herald 18.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqw Supporters of Ahmed Zaoui have hit back at Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel's attempt to blame his lawyers for his long detention. Asked how long the Algerian politician would remain behind bars, she accused his counsel of extending his 11 months in jail by making a baseless challenge in the High Court....
Dame Felicitas Corrigan: Writer with a Benedictine gift for friendship (obituary) The Independent (UK) 17 October 2003 http://tinyurl.com/rdqx Dame Felicitas Corrigan OSB was one of the great Benedictine figures of the 20th century - a century she experienced personally almost from beginning to end. The anonymous author of a religious classic about life at Stanbrook Abbey, appropriately entitled 'In a Great Tradition', she exemplified many of the qualities of that monastic tradition which has so deeply moulded English civilisation....
Church 'appalled' at funding of lobbying Fairfax NZ Ltd 14 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2690729a6160,00.html Anglican Bishop of Wellington Thomas Brown said he was "absolutely appalled" to learn that the Prostitutes Collective received more than $50,000 a month in government funding as it lobbied MPs to push through a law to decriminalise prostitution....
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CATHOLIC WEB TV (Wellington Archdiocesan Media Centre)
http://catholictv.net
New videos:
Confirmation has been conferred on young people in their mid-teens until recently. Denise Johnson and Bishop John Dew discuss a parish programme to prepare much younger children for the Sacrament of Confirmation.
Sister Susan Shannon , an Australian nun, sees the requirement of celibacy for priesthood or religious vocation in a positive light.
'Pause and Pray': The great St Augustine tells us where the restlessness of the human heart can find peace (first of a new series).
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WHY PEOPLE DON'T GO TO CHURCH (SURVEY)
National Church Life Survey (Australia). "Why People Don't Go to Church" (book review) http://www.media.anglican.com.au/culture/2003/book/dont_go_church.html The question 'Why don't people go to church?' is one that probably all of us in ministry ask ourselves on a fairly regular basis. After all, don't we put considerable effort into running wonderful and inspiring worship services? So, let's face it, most of us have a vested interest in knowing why more people aren't packing into our pews on a Sunday. This book sheds considerable light on the issue ...
Related articles: Focusing on ‘Why people don’t go to church’ can be unhelpful http://www.anglicanmedia.com.au/july2002/feat3.html We can make church more relevant and fulfilling http://www.anglicanmedia.com.au/july2002/analysis.htm
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STATISTICS OF RELIGION
Vatican City (Fides Service) – Fides Service statistics offer an overall view of the Catholic Church in the world as registered on 31 December 2001. Our figures are taken from the Church’s Annual Book of Statistics (valid to 31 December 2001) and they regard Catholics, church personnel, structures and activity as well as variations in comparison with previous years. http://www.fides.org/eng/statistiche/index.html
(In 2001, Oceania (Australia, NZ and the Pacific Islands) had a population of just over 31 million of whom 8,320.000 were Catholics).
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Sunday, October 12, 2003
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Top cardinal predicts future popes to 'retire before death' http://www.cathnews.com/news/310/52.php Beligian Cardinal Godfried Daneels, seen as a possible successor to John Paul II, has said that higher life expectancy means it is no longer right to expect popes to shoulder the burden of office until death. "We are living for longer and longer and one cannot continue to bear this responsibility when you are 90 or 100, even if you are looked after in the best way", he said...
Former Protestant Pastor Helps Shepherd Catholic Converts Marcus Grodi's Coming Home Network Focuses on Inquiring Clergy http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=42357 Zanesville, Ohio, OCT. 8, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Every year, about 100 clergy from dozens of denominations make a step toward the Catholic Church by contacting the Coming Home Network International. The network, which has 800-some clergy members who have converted or are still discerning their conversion, connects those inquirers with others from the same background who have converted to Catholicism, and provides them with prayerful, moral and sometimes financial support....
Sharing Gospel through Rugby World Cup Catholic Leader (Brisbane) 05.10.2003 http://www.catholicleader.com.au/prinfriendly.php?num=1557 It was during the Sydney Olympics in 2000 that sports ministry came into its own in Australia. Christian Churches and organisations, spurred on by a number of Christians with sporting backgrounds, came together to promote the Gospel through sports ministry during the two-week event. They hosted sports clinics and staged community events, outreach programs were held in the streets and at stadiums, Christian homes were opened to help accommodate athletes' families and more than a quarter of a million pieces of Christian literature were distributed. The venture was so successful Church leaders decided to use the same strategies for the Rugby World Cup which starts on October 10........
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Vatican: Pope is Above Nobel Peace Prize Reuters October 10, 2003 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3595268 Vatican City (Reuters) - Pope John Paul is not upset that he failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize and is above such awards, the pope's top aide told Reuters on Friday. "The pope is a messenger of peace," Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano said in an interview. "If an organization wants to recognize it, that's fine. But the pope is above these things," said Sodano, who ranks second only to the pope in the Vatican hierarchy....
Bali memorial a 'balance' of beliefs Reuters 07 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2682957a12,00.html Bali: Indonesia's commemoration of last October's Bali bomb blasts that killed 202 people is a delicate balance between local Hindu beliefs in reincarnation and Western needs to remember, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda says. Australian Prime Minister John Howard is to join hundreds of relatives of victims, almost half of whom were Australian, in commemorative ceremonies on the resort island on Sunday but Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri will not attend....
Garth George: Thank God at least one church still sticks to its guns NZ Herald 09.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/qkuk... For the past few years I have been a member of the Catholic Church. It is an institution able to accommodate every political persuasion, from the far right of, for instance, Opus Dei, to the far left of the followers of liberation theology; and every spiritual persuasion, from hidebound traditionalists to joyful charismatics. Plus everybody in between - including rebels like me....
Man admits abuse claims false TVNZ Oct 10, 2003 (full text) A Christchurch man has admitted two dishonesty charges after obtaining thousands of dollars in compensation from a Catholic order. In the District Court on Friday Justin Todd Richardson admitted he received the $95,000 after falsely claiming he was sexually abused at a school run by the St John of God Order. His counsel Gerald Lascelles said Richardson had already handed back $10,000 in cash and had another $20,000 in cheques to pay back. The Judge convicted Richardson and remanded him in custody for sentence in December. He said Richardson's actions had created an atmosphere of skepticism towards others who had suffered abuse at the school.
Thousands march on Tongan Parliament NZ Herald 07.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/qkuo Thousands of people brought Tonga to a standstill yesterday with a march on the Legislative Assembly to protest against constitutional changes that would give more powers to the King. Catholic Bishop Sioane Foliaki led the march and presented the petition....
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
Statements and media releases http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
** New Zealand bishops' statement on protecting the rights of children (08 Oct 2003)
** "Auckland s Catholic bishops slam government s lack of common humanity regarding Ahmed Zaoui" (media release 6 Oct 2003)
[Caritas Aoteararoa NZ has helped organise an appeal for Mr Zaoui (see: http://www.caritas.org.nz/world/algerian.asp )through Hotline, a Hong Kong based urgent response network. Full details of the appeal, and addresses for writing letters to Lianne Dalziel and to Mr Zaoui in Paremoremo prison are available at: http://www.acpp.org/uappeals/2003/030812s5.htm ]
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MARIST MESSENGER
From the October 2003 issue of the magazine, published by the Society of Mary http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
Full text online:
** Daily Reflections ** Surf's up - this months recommended Websites to visit. ** Extra reading - a selection of articles from online Catholic journals, magazines and papers. ** Daily News from the Catholic world. ** Focus, by Carl Telford : Pope John Paul the Great, 1978-2003 ** Maori missionary Fr Frank Wall sm was a true apostle, full of zeal. ** A homily on John 21:15-19 by Carl Telford sm : Peter's three-fold denial and three-fold call ** Marist Spirituality: Reflecting on handing on the Marist spirit ** Fr Victor Poupinel sm, Part of our Marist story
Also in the October Marist Messenger.... Just a teenager from the past ... For an hour we bumped along ... Retreiving the memory ... Fr Victor Poupinal sm ... St Brigid's Cross... The Mysteries of Paradox ... A Charcoal fire ... Vandals ... Allowing God with us ... Danilo Dolci ... Marist Messenger Update
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EMPLOYMENT
(Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Director of Education for Pastoral Ministry, Catholic Diocese of Dunedin Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23 and from: Bishops's Secretary, Private Bag 1941, Dunedin. Applications close 17 October 2003
Adult Education Tutor/Distance Learning Coordinator, Wellington Catholic Education Centre. Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23, and from Peter Bray, e-mail: p.bray@wcec.org.nz Applications close 17 October 2003
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Top cardinal predicts future popes to 'retire before death' http://www.cathnews.com/news/310/52.php Beligian Cardinal Godfried Daneels, seen as a possible successor to John Paul II, has said that higher life expectancy means it is no longer right to expect popes to shoulder the burden of office until death. "We are living for longer and longer and one cannot continue to bear this responsibility when you are 90 or 100, even if you are looked after in the best way", he said...
Former Protestant Pastor Helps Shepherd Catholic Converts Marcus Grodi's Coming Home Network Focuses on Inquiring Clergy http://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=42357 Zanesville, Ohio, OCT. 8, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Every year, about 100 clergy from dozens of denominations make a step toward the Catholic Church by contacting the Coming Home Network International. The network, which has 800-some clergy members who have converted or are still discerning their conversion, connects those inquirers with others from the same background who have converted to Catholicism, and provides them with prayerful, moral and sometimes financial support....
Sharing Gospel through Rugby World Cup Catholic Leader (Brisbane) 05.10.2003 http://www.catholicleader.com.au/prinfriendly.php?num=1557 It was during the Sydney Olympics in 2000 that sports ministry came into its own in Australia. Christian Churches and organisations, spurred on by a number of Christians with sporting backgrounds, came together to promote the Gospel through sports ministry during the two-week event. They hosted sports clinics and staged community events, outreach programs were held in the streets and at stadiums, Christian homes were opened to help accommodate athletes' families and more than a quarter of a million pieces of Christian literature were distributed. The venture was so successful Church leaders decided to use the same strategies for the Rugby World Cup which starts on October 10........
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Vatican: Pope is Above Nobel Peace Prize Reuters October 10, 2003 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=3595268 Vatican City (Reuters) - Pope John Paul is not upset that he failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize and is above such awards, the pope's top aide told Reuters on Friday. "The pope is a messenger of peace," Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano said in an interview. "If an organization wants to recognize it, that's fine. But the pope is above these things," said Sodano, who ranks second only to the pope in the Vatican hierarchy....
Bali memorial a 'balance' of beliefs Reuters 07 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2682957a12,00.html Bali: Indonesia's commemoration of last October's Bali bomb blasts that killed 202 people is a delicate balance between local Hindu beliefs in reincarnation and Western needs to remember, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda says. Australian Prime Minister John Howard is to join hundreds of relatives of victims, almost half of whom were Australian, in commemorative ceremonies on the resort island on Sunday but Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri will not attend....
Garth George: Thank God at least one church still sticks to its guns NZ Herald 09.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/qkuk... For the past few years I have been a member of the Catholic Church. It is an institution able to accommodate every political persuasion, from the far right of, for instance, Opus Dei, to the far left of the followers of liberation theology; and every spiritual persuasion, from hidebound traditionalists to joyful charismatics. Plus everybody in between - including rebels like me....
Man admits abuse claims false TVNZ Oct 10, 2003 (full text) A Christchurch man has admitted two dishonesty charges after obtaining thousands of dollars in compensation from a Catholic order. In the District Court on Friday Justin Todd Richardson admitted he received the $95,000 after falsely claiming he was sexually abused at a school run by the St John of God Order. His counsel Gerald Lascelles said Richardson had already handed back $10,000 in cash and had another $20,000 in cheques to pay back. The Judge convicted Richardson and remanded him in custody for sentence in December. He said Richardson's actions had created an atmosphere of skepticism towards others who had suffered abuse at the school.
Thousands march on Tongan Parliament NZ Herald 07.10.2003 http://tinyurl.com/qkuo Thousands of people brought Tonga to a standstill yesterday with a march on the Legislative Assembly to protest against constitutional changes that would give more powers to the King. Catholic Bishop Sioane Foliaki led the march and presented the petition....
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NZ CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
Statements and media releases http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
** New Zealand bishops' statement on protecting the rights of children (08 Oct 2003)
** "Auckland s Catholic bishops slam government s lack of common humanity regarding Ahmed Zaoui" (media release 6 Oct 2003)
[Caritas Aoteararoa NZ has helped organise an appeal for Mr Zaoui (see: http://www.caritas.org.nz/world/algerian.asp )through Hotline, a Hong Kong based urgent response network. Full details of the appeal, and addresses for writing letters to Lianne Dalziel and to Mr Zaoui in Paremoremo prison are available at: http://www.acpp.org/uappeals/2003/030812s5.htm ]
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MARIST MESSENGER
From the October 2003 issue of the magazine, published by the Society of Mary http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
Full text online:
** Daily Reflections ** Surf's up - this months recommended Websites to visit. ** Extra reading - a selection of articles from online Catholic journals, magazines and papers. ** Daily News from the Catholic world. ** Focus, by Carl Telford : Pope John Paul the Great, 1978-2003 ** Maori missionary Fr Frank Wall sm was a true apostle, full of zeal. ** A homily on John 21:15-19 by Carl Telford sm : Peter's three-fold denial and three-fold call ** Marist Spirituality: Reflecting on handing on the Marist spirit ** Fr Victor Poupinel sm, Part of our Marist story
Also in the October Marist Messenger.... Just a teenager from the past ... For an hour we bumped along ... Retreiving the memory ... Fr Victor Poupinal sm ... St Brigid's Cross... The Mysteries of Paradox ... A Charcoal fire ... Vandals ... Allowing God with us ... Danilo Dolci ... Marist Messenger Update
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EMPLOYMENT
(Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Director of Education for Pastoral Ministry, Catholic Diocese of Dunedin Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23 and from: Bishops's Secretary, Private Bag 1941, Dunedin. Applications close 17 October 2003
Adult Education Tutor/Distance Learning Coordinator, Wellington Catholic Education Centre. Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23, and from Peter Bray, e-mail: p.bray@wcec.org.nz Applications close 17 October 2003
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Sunday, October 5, 2003
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THE NEW CARDINALS
All the voting members of the College of Cardinals (i.e. those under 80) are listed here: http;//www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc2.html
The morning after being named a cardinal, Archbishop George Pell of Sydney gave a press conference. The Archdiocese of Sydney published this transcript of the conference: http://tinyurl.com/poah
Catholic News Service published this analysis of the geographical distribution of the College of Cardinals after the new appointments: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/20030929.htm
News reports, mainly in the secular press, have further information about the new cardinals: http://tinyurl.com/poai
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Cardinal's secretary backs Ratzinger "bad way" assessment CathNews (full text) Following Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's widely reported comment that Pope John Paul II is "in a bad way", the Cardinal's private secretary Georg Gaenswein said yesterday that [the Pope] could not walk or stand. "He is a hero for the faithful," Mr Gaenswein said. "The fact he doesn't give up despite his illness makes him even more credible ... When he is no longer allowed to travel, then dear God will come for him." Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn of Vienna, one of Europe's most respected cardinals, added his voice to the negative reports on the Pope's health by suggesting that Pope John Paul II is nearing "the last days and months of his life". "The entire world is experiencing a Pope who is sick, who is disabled and who is dying, - I don't know how near death he is - who is approaching the last days and months of his life," Schoenborn told the Austrian state broadcaster ORF. Schoenborn is considered a possible candidate for the papacy. His spokesman, Erich Leitenberger, later said that the comments were "to be interpreted philosophically".
'How to get ready for Mass ' http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/tct/oct0303/100303larue.html The Catholic Telegraph (Archdiocese of Cincinnati) Sometimes you get some advice that changes your life. For me, that advice took the form of a simple suggestion to read the Sunday readings before going to Mass. A good friend of mine has done so for years, and she said to me, "It will change the way you experience Mass." And she was right. It really has....
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'The Far East' (St Columban's Mission Society September 2003 http://www.columban.org.au/tfe/tfe_current.htm
Full text online articles ...
Editorial: "Footprints on the heart" A quote from an unknown source: Some people come into our lives and quickly go, Some stay for a while, Leave footprints on our hearts, And we are never, never the same again...
From the Director: How are we to be partners? Recently I have been talking about how the Church in Australia and New Zealand can be in partnership with the Catholic Church in other parts of the world. The Pope has been saying for some time that the Church exists for the sake of the Kingdom of God. God wishes to change our world, to bring about God’s rule. Imagine what that would be like!...
In search of a better life, by Mervyn Hannifin Our struggling marginal parish in Alto Hospicio, Sagrado Corazon (Sacred Heart) is located on the edge the Atacama Desert in the far north of Chile. We live on a mountain of rock and sand, 600m above sea-level in the driest region in the world....
Built by the people, by Leo Donnelly Rain in Lima is an event. If it is real rain it is a devastating event. Fortunately it rarely rains to that extent. This means we can build our chapels of estera. Estera is a sheet two by three metres of hand woven bamboo....
Life on the border, by Kevin Mullins A few years ago, while on my way back to Chile after working in Britain, Columbans Arturo Aguilar and Bill Morton invited me to visit their parishes of El Paso/Juarez on the US/Mexican border. I accepted their invitation and was given a tour of Anapra, one of our areas just over the border in Mexico where Fr Bill Morton lives and works with the people. I thought to myself, ‘This is the worst place I have ever seen.’....
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Pope warns of new 'difficulties' in talks with Anglican leader http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-10-04-catholic-anglican_x.htm Vatican City (AP) — In a meeting clouded by deepening divisions over homosexuality, Pope John Paul II warned the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that "new and serious difficulties have arisen" in efforts to unify the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches....
Williams seeks to enhance warm ties with the Vatican The Financial Times October 4 2003 http://tinyurl.com/pq1n A meeting today at the Vatican between Pope John Paul and the Archbishop of Canterbury will resonate with symbolism but is at risk of being overshadowed by more mundane realities....
Ghostbusting clergy on the case NZ Herald 30.09.2003 http://tinyurl.com/poal A packaging firm has called in spiritual help to bless its premises because of staff fears that the factory might be haunted. The Auckland company Rapak Asia Pacific has asked five ministers from different denominations to solve its problem....
It's culture not prayers The Dominion Post 01 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2676540a11,00.html Conflicting reasons have emerged for starting Maori prayer sessions for parliamentary workers....
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NEW WEB SITE: CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Catholic Communications is the news media service of the NZ Catholic bishops conferecne, and provides many other services to the Church. In its new website, Cathcomm introduyces iutself, puvlusehs media reelases and news of the Catholic bishiops, plus a round up of local and overseas Catholic news links.
a good deal of the news and newsletters have already appeared in News and notes, so in writing up new cotnetns on the site i plan to mention in detial just the overseass news items on the sites with a biref reference to the other items. ML
International News links ...
Martyrs of Peace: Christian de Chergé, drafted halfway through his seminary studies, was a peacekeeper in Algeria in 1959. A Muslim friend who saved his life was killed for his courageous act. Almost forty years later, de Chergé made a similar sacrifice, dying at the hands of men who did not understand his love for the Muslim people...
Salvation by media: The media has beaten down morale among priests to an all-time low. Depression or hypersensitivity are natural responses, but it can also help us to a clearer discovery of our true purpose and mission, to a kind of spiritual liberation from public opinion...
6 month sentence for Bosnian's email threats to Pope...
Church incense sparks Irish health alert: Dr Jim McDaid, medical doctor and junior minister in the Irish Government, has warned that the health of altar boys and girls is being put at risk from the use of burning incense, particularly at funeral services....
Prosecutors probe sex abuse priest's jail death: Prosecutors were yesterday investigating how an anti-gay convicted murderer managed to strangle fellow inmate pedophile priest John Geoghan inside one of Massachusetts' most secure prisons...
Also on this site: Caritas Aotearoa Newsletter ... Education Review Office report on Catholic schools ... Nathaniel Bioethics Centre Newsletter ... 'NZ Catholic' newspaper ... Sacred Heart College fetes its heroes of sport ... 'Wel-com' newspaper.
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CATHOLICTV.NET (Wellington Archdiocesan Media Office)
http://www.catholictv.net
Louise's summary of the site (which starts automatically when you open the home page) includes a short clip from one of Fr Timothy Radcliffe's talks to the National Assembly of Priests, this time on the crisis in preaching.
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MEDJUGORJE NEWS
Issue 31 September 2003 http://www.homebusinesslink.com/issue31.html Introduction ... The Medjugorje Story ... Our Lady's Messages ... From the Editor ... Excerpts from Press Bulletins ... News from Medjugorje (Children of Medjugorje) ... ..The Eucharist ... .Another Miraculous Healing ... ..Extraordinary Circumstances ... From the Mouth of Babes... .Another Proof of the Real Presence ... .Questions and Answers with Ivan ... One Solitary Life ... .Eucharistic Convention will Continue ... The Pope and the Beggar ... My Miracle at Medjugorje ... Fears and Tears... Bishop Komarica on Medjugorje ... An Interview with Anna and Steve Shawl ... The One with Wings ... I Couldn't Kneel ... Heart of Mary ... Interesting Story of Pope John Paul 11's Visit ... Islam Sees Mary as a Model for all Believers ... Mary & the Dialogue with Judaism ... Pray for the Priests ... Troubled Rwanda Has a New Marian Shrine ... God Has not Abandoned Me ... The Secret of the Rosary
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FROM THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Aubert, Mary Joseph 1835 - 1926 Catholic nun, nurse, herbalist, teacher, social worker, writer http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=2A18
Marie Henriette Suzanne Aubert (known first as Suzanne Aubert and later in religion as Mary Joseph Aubert) was born at Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, Loire, France, on 19 June 1835. She was the daughter of Henriette Catherine Clarice Périer and her husband, Louis Aubert, a bailiff....
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EMPLOYMENT
(Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Director of Education for Pastoral Ministry, Catholic Diocese of Dunedin Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23 and from: Bishops's Secretary, Private Bag 1941, Dunedin. Applications close 17 October 2003
Adult Education Tutor/Distance Learning Coordinator, Wellington Catholic Education Centre. Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23, and from Peter Bray, e-mail: p.bray@wcec.org.nz Applications close 17 October 2003
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THE NEW CARDINALS
All the voting members of the College of Cardinals (i.e. those under 80) are listed here: http;//www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc2.html
The morning after being named a cardinal, Archbishop George Pell of Sydney gave a press conference. The Archdiocese of Sydney published this transcript of the conference: http://tinyurl.com/poah
Catholic News Service published this analysis of the geographical distribution of the College of Cardinals after the new appointments: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/20030929.htm
News reports, mainly in the secular press, have further information about the new cardinals: http://tinyurl.com/poai
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FROM THE CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
Cardinal's secretary backs Ratzinger "bad way" assessment CathNews (full text) Following Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's widely reported comment that Pope John Paul II is "in a bad way", the Cardinal's private secretary Georg Gaenswein said yesterday that [the Pope] could not walk or stand. "He is a hero for the faithful," Mr Gaenswein said. "The fact he doesn't give up despite his illness makes him even more credible ... When he is no longer allowed to travel, then dear God will come for him." Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn of Vienna, one of Europe's most respected cardinals, added his voice to the negative reports on the Pope's health by suggesting that Pope John Paul II is nearing "the last days and months of his life". "The entire world is experiencing a Pope who is sick, who is disabled and who is dying, - I don't know how near death he is - who is approaching the last days and months of his life," Schoenborn told the Austrian state broadcaster ORF. Schoenborn is considered a possible candidate for the papacy. His spokesman, Erich Leitenberger, later said that the comments were "to be interpreted philosophically".
'How to get ready for Mass ' http://www.catholiccincinnati.org/tct/oct0303/100303larue.html The Catholic Telegraph (Archdiocese of Cincinnati) Sometimes you get some advice that changes your life. For me, that advice took the form of a simple suggestion to read the Sunday readings before going to Mass. A good friend of mine has done so for years, and she said to me, "It will change the way you experience Mass." And she was right. It really has....
******************************
'The Far East' (St Columban's Mission Society September 2003 http://www.columban.org.au/tfe/tfe_current.htm
Full text online articles ...
Editorial: "Footprints on the heart" A quote from an unknown source: Some people come into our lives and quickly go, Some stay for a while, Leave footprints on our hearts, And we are never, never the same again...
From the Director: How are we to be partners? Recently I have been talking about how the Church in Australia and New Zealand can be in partnership with the Catholic Church in other parts of the world. The Pope has been saying for some time that the Church exists for the sake of the Kingdom of God. God wishes to change our world, to bring about God’s rule. Imagine what that would be like!...
In search of a better life, by Mervyn Hannifin Our struggling marginal parish in Alto Hospicio, Sagrado Corazon (Sacred Heart) is located on the edge the Atacama Desert in the far north of Chile. We live on a mountain of rock and sand, 600m above sea-level in the driest region in the world....
Built by the people, by Leo Donnelly Rain in Lima is an event. If it is real rain it is a devastating event. Fortunately it rarely rains to that extent. This means we can build our chapels of estera. Estera is a sheet two by three metres of hand woven bamboo....
Life on the border, by Kevin Mullins A few years ago, while on my way back to Chile after working in Britain, Columbans Arturo Aguilar and Bill Morton invited me to visit their parishes of El Paso/Juarez on the US/Mexican border. I accepted their invitation and was given a tour of Anapra, one of our areas just over the border in Mexico where Fr Bill Morton lives and works with the people. I thought to myself, ‘This is the worst place I have ever seen.’....
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Pope warns of new 'difficulties' in talks with Anglican leader http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-10-04-catholic-anglican_x.htm Vatican City (AP) — In a meeting clouded by deepening divisions over homosexuality, Pope John Paul II warned the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that "new and serious difficulties have arisen" in efforts to unify the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches....
Williams seeks to enhance warm ties with the Vatican The Financial Times October 4 2003 http://tinyurl.com/pq1n A meeting today at the Vatican between Pope John Paul and the Archbishop of Canterbury will resonate with symbolism but is at risk of being overshadowed by more mundane realities....
Ghostbusting clergy on the case NZ Herald 30.09.2003 http://tinyurl.com/poal A packaging firm has called in spiritual help to bless its premises because of staff fears that the factory might be haunted. The Auckland company Rapak Asia Pacific has asked five ministers from different denominations to solve its problem....
It's culture not prayers The Dominion Post 01 October 2003 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2676540a11,00.html Conflicting reasons have emerged for starting Maori prayer sessions for parliamentary workers....
***************************************
NEW WEB SITE: CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Catholic Communications is the news media service of the NZ Catholic bishops conferecne, and provides many other services to the Church. In its new website, Cathcomm introduyces iutself, puvlusehs media reelases and news of the Catholic bishiops, plus a round up of local and overseas Catholic news links.
a good deal of the news and newsletters have already appeared in News and notes, so in writing up new cotnetns on the site i plan to mention in detial just the overseass news items on the sites with a biref reference to the other items. ML
International News links ...
Martyrs of Peace: Christian de Chergé, drafted halfway through his seminary studies, was a peacekeeper in Algeria in 1959. A Muslim friend who saved his life was killed for his courageous act. Almost forty years later, de Chergé made a similar sacrifice, dying at the hands of men who did not understand his love for the Muslim people...
Salvation by media: The media has beaten down morale among priests to an all-time low. Depression or hypersensitivity are natural responses, but it can also help us to a clearer discovery of our true purpose and mission, to a kind of spiritual liberation from public opinion...
6 month sentence for Bosnian's email threats to Pope...
Church incense sparks Irish health alert: Dr Jim McDaid, medical doctor and junior minister in the Irish Government, has warned that the health of altar boys and girls is being put at risk from the use of burning incense, particularly at funeral services....
Prosecutors probe sex abuse priest's jail death: Prosecutors were yesterday investigating how an anti-gay convicted murderer managed to strangle fellow inmate pedophile priest John Geoghan inside one of Massachusetts' most secure prisons...
Also on this site: Caritas Aotearoa Newsletter ... Education Review Office report on Catholic schools ... Nathaniel Bioethics Centre Newsletter ... 'NZ Catholic' newspaper ... Sacred Heart College fetes its heroes of sport ... 'Wel-com' newspaper.
*********************************
CATHOLICTV.NET (Wellington Archdiocesan Media Office)
http://www.catholictv.net
Louise's summary of the site (which starts automatically when you open the home page) includes a short clip from one of Fr Timothy Radcliffe's talks to the National Assembly of Priests, this time on the crisis in preaching.
*********************************
MEDJUGORJE NEWS
Issue 31 September 2003 http://www.homebusinesslink.com/issue31.html Introduction ... The Medjugorje Story ... Our Lady's Messages ... From the Editor ... Excerpts from Press Bulletins ... News from Medjugorje (Children of Medjugorje) ... ..The Eucharist ... .Another Miraculous Healing ... ..Extraordinary Circumstances ... From the Mouth of Babes... .Another Proof of the Real Presence ... .Questions and Answers with Ivan ... One Solitary Life ... .Eucharistic Convention will Continue ... The Pope and the Beggar ... My Miracle at Medjugorje ... Fears and Tears... Bishop Komarica on Medjugorje ... An Interview with Anna and Steve Shawl ... The One with Wings ... I Couldn't Kneel ... Heart of Mary ... Interesting Story of Pope John Paul 11's Visit ... Islam Sees Mary as a Model for all Believers ... Mary & the Dialogue with Judaism ... Pray for the Priests ... Troubled Rwanda Has a New Marian Shrine ... God Has not Abandoned Me ... The Secret of the Rosary
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FROM THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Aubert, Mary Joseph 1835 - 1926 Catholic nun, nurse, herbalist, teacher, social worker, writer http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=2A18
Marie Henriette Suzanne Aubert (known first as Suzanne Aubert and later in religion as Mary Joseph Aubert) was born at Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, Loire, France, on 19 June 1835. She was the daughter of Henriette Catherine Clarice Périer and her husband, Louis Aubert, a bailiff....
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EMPLOYMENT
(Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies )
Director of Education for Pastoral Ministry, Catholic Diocese of Dunedin Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23 and from: Bishops's Secretary, Private Bag 1941, Dunedin. Applications close 17 October 2003
Adult Education Tutor/Distance Learning Coordinator, Wellington Catholic Education Centre. Details in 'NZ Catholic' October 5-18 2003 p. 23, and from Peter Bray, e-mail: p.bray@wcec.org.nz Applications close 17 October 2003
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