Sunday, June 5, 2005

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'NZ CATHOLIC '

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

No. 214, June 4-18, 2005

Full text ...

Matata's church and school survive flooding
With devastation and destruction around them, Matata's Catholic church and
school survived the worst of last month's flooding in the Bay of Plenty town
unscathed.....

TV satire on Vatican to be screened here
A cartoon satirising life at the Vatican -- which the BBC commissioned but
chose not to air -- will make its world premiere on a New Zealand television
channel on June 8....

Mixed reaction to Budget 2005
The 2005 Budget received praise and criticism from all corners. In many
instances, both reactions came from the same corner....

Also In Issue 214:

NATIONAL
Church has role in social change ... College celebrates teacher's 30 years
... Parents choosy on schools ... 280 at Dove weekend ... Mothers' Prayers
founder coming ... ERO File

FEATURES
Cardinal Williams on the Church, change and the conclave ... Priest dies
going home to Holland ... Values education is seen as vital ... Storytelling
ministry shares faith in Manawatu ... Akld schola aware its role is to
enhance the liturgy ... Irish teacher proposes film on Gov. Hobson ... Abbey
lifestyle experience changed five mens' lives ... Supporting the grieving
has been her ministry ... Southern faith celebrated along with basilica ...
Service offers women healing from post-abortion grief ... Conversion story:
Buddhist's interest began at school ... Govt accused of failing to police
prostitution ... CWL hears about work in islands ... CEO executive meets
politicians ... Ex-pat brings choir from Notre Dame

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The Jesus Code - unravelling the secret ... Bev McDonald:
Questioning the notion of a lay-led church ... Others Say ... Editorial: A
Budget that failed to deliver ... Good Evans, Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Abortion-cancer cover-up alleged ... While priests decline, seminarians
double over 25 years ... The Pope: "divine plan" of papal sequence ...
Bishops in court battle ... Experienced US theologian for doctrinal
congregation ... Schiavo's parents see Pope ... Molokai sister beatified ...
CELAM's 50 years are celebrated ... Bostonians struggle in parish closures
... They kept faith for 70 years with no priest ... Beijing "supports
abortion" ... Pastoral care job not for atheist ... Eucharist helps unity of
Church ... Anglican-RC group reaches accord on Mary ... Catholics helped
Blair win ... In Brief

REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Clips, Tape Deck, Scripture, The
Doolans, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio.
Diary, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Hundreds farewell murdered woman
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=51573
Hundreds of mourners have filled Feilding's St Bridgett's Catholic church
for the funeral of slain local woman Margaret Waldin...

Church yet to judge cartoon
http://www.odt.co.nz/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=T0RULzIwMDUvMDYvMDQjQXIwMzkwMA==&Mode\
=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

Wellington: The Catholic Church says a new C4 television cartoon, Popetown,
seems offensive on the face of it but it will be watching the show carefully
before deciding whether to lay a complaint...

Jumping up and down over pogo pope
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10329080

Open Letter To C4 Regarding Screening Popetown
Press Release: Family Life International Thursday June 2, 2005
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0506/S00024.htm

St Marys signs agreement for roll increase
http://www.odt.co.nz/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=T0RULzIwMDUvMDUvMzAjQXIwMTEwMw==&Mode\
=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

St Marys School in Milton can now enrol up to 20 more pupils. Bishop Colin
Campbell last week signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education which
will allow the integrated school's roll to grow from 69 to 90...

Catholics won't rubber stamp safer sex campaign
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3637698&thesection=l\
ocalnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=

Wanganui's Catholic Church has poured cold water on the return of the "No
Rubba No Hubba" safer sex campaign...

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[The following article is not available on a free Website. It can be read
via the 'Newstext' service provided to borrowers by many public libraries]

Building a symbol of hope for education
By Catherine Gick
Stuff - Manukau Courier - Local News - 2 Jun 2005
The name of McAuley High School's new English and technology block has a
rich history. The Callahan Block, completed this year at a cost of $2
million, is named after the family that adopted the school's namesake
Catherine McAuley...

*****************************

Pope pledges to mend Orthodox rift
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/05/29/nation/doc429a21b5efe1c502313083.\
txt

Bari, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI made his first trip outside Rome since his
election as head of the world's 1.1 million Roman Catholics and took the
opportunity Sunday to emphasize two issues he has already made clear will be
fundamental to his mission: Christian unity and resistance to materialism
and increasing secularism...

Full text of Pope Benedict's address at Bari:
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3399

*******************************************************************

FROM THE OVERSERAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES

World Priest Day focus on friendship with Christ
http://www.cathnews.com/news/506/19.php
In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests,
the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy has proposed that priests rediscover
that friendship with Christ which led them to embrace their vocation in the
first place. "The secret or key of priestly life is the passionate love of
Christ, which brings with it Christ's passionate announcement," says a
document issued by the Congregation for Clergy for the World Day of
Prayer...

Africa's Latin champion. The Tablet Interview Cardinal Rodríguez
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01037
Given that Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of
Tegucigalpa, comes from one of Central America's poorest nations, you might
think he has more than enough to keep him busy in Honduras without
concerning himself with poverty in Africa. But he was in London last week to
lobby the British Government on the need to support Make Poverty History,
the campaign to improve aid to the continent and alleviate the staggering
debts of the African countries...

Non-stop praying for Clementina Cantoni
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3408
Kabul (AsiaNews) - "The ex-pat community is constantly praying for
Clementina's release," says Fr Giuseppe Moretti, priest of the only Catholic
church in Afghanistan, which the young Italian aid worker used to attend
before she was abducted on May 16 by armed men...

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

GLOBAL CATHOLIC NEWS

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

* Under stern official gaze, Vietnam's Catholic stronghold dares to hope
* Westminster Abbey counters Da Vinci Code
* Forum gathers 600 to discuss future of religious life
* Pope John Paul's "shadow" named Krakow archbishop
* Examining the first 45 days of Pope Benedict
* (Charlotte) Church disagrees with Pope
* Pope highlights human dignity from from conception until natural death
* Benedict prefers to write own speeches

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CATHOLICTV.NET

Wellington Archdiocesan Media Centre

http://www.catholictv.net

Current videos:

Kitty McKinley, leader of Challenge 2000, a Wellington youth and family
outreach, on the meaning of life

Simply meditating: Fr Laurence Freeman OSB on the way of Christian
meditation

Fr Peter Roe SM on the benefits of mentoring

Celebrating with Cardinal Williams: scenes from the Mass of Thanksgiving for
Cardinal Williams service to the Archdiocese of Wellington, and the homily
by Bishop Dew

The life of Mary Potter and the impact of imminent death: the first in a
series by a Sister of the Little Company of Mary

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MARIST BROTHERS' NEWSLETTERS

**************************
'Champagnat Newsletter' Volume 9 Number 1 April 2005
A newsletter for Boards of Trustees and Staff of Marist Schools and Schools
with Marist traditions in New Zealand.

http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/CNApril20051.htm

Marcellin Champagnat and Education in Faith ... Brother Joachim Dwyer RIP
... Refreshing our understanding of Charism: Marist educational philosophy
in the present day ... Welcome and farewell: new teachers and other staff
members .... Seeds of Consolation (poem) ... Excerpts from "Encountering
Marcellin Champagnat" - Teacher's Kit ... Marist Brothers' Vocation Year ...
St Paul's College 50th Jubilee .... Visits to Schools and Colleges

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'Marist Family News' March 2005

http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm

From our Provincial: the December Chapter and the Marist Lay Partnership ...
St Paul's College 1955 - 2005 ... Chapter elects new Provincial Council ...
People here and there: Brother Fabian; Mark Wylie; Tom Cresswell; Brother
Anthony Walker; Brother Stephen Filipo ... Recent Deaths: Father Bill Wood;
Mrs Elizabeth May Parker ... Year Of Vocations ... Life Goes On: Marist
Bothers world-wide ... Sister Catherine Lawson Sm and the Marist Learning
Centre ... Marist Alternative Education Centre, Glenfield ... A Mystical
Heart (poem) ...

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"THE WORD FROM ROME"

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/

A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent
in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.

This week ...
Benedict the teacher; The five 'big ideas' of the Ratzinger pontificate;
Benedict the governor; Benedict the collegial pope; Benedict the sanctifier

****************************************************

WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY
16-21 August 2005

Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne
http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz
En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St
Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey,
as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne,
Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -
hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming
together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God,
assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the
NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58
Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz

"Under-construction, help us build a world of greater justice!": for the
first time World Youth Day preparation includes social programmes of
solidarity "to build a civilisation of love and justice"
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0505/28_5006.html

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Other WYD links:

The official international WYD Site:
http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1

The Vatican's WYD Website:
http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html

*************************************************************

EVENTS

Palmerston North Diocese: Jubilee Celebration of the Consecration of the
Diocese 7 May - 26 June 2005
Details on http://www.pndiocese.org.nz

"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition)
From 13 May 2005 "for a limited time"
Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand
Full description on:
http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm

[If you can't make it to the exhibition, you will find many of the
photographs from it at your public library in: 'The Turin shroud : the
illustrated evidence', by Ian Wilson and Barrie Schwortz, Publisher Michael
O'Mara, 2000 (232.966 WIL), or you can request it via Interloan. ML]

*********************************************************

EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in
the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]

[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]

Prison chaplain, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch.
Further details in 'NZ Catholic', June 5-18 2005, p.22 and from Paddy Beban,
Diocesan Financial Administrator, PO Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel: (03)
366-9869; e-mail: pbeban@chch.catholic.org.nz Applications close 10 June
2005

Accountant - Financial controiller
NZ Catholic Education Office, Wellington
http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz
Further details in 'NZ Catholic', June 5-18 2005, p.22 and from Maureen
Condliffe, Operations Manager,, tel: (04) 496 1739; fax: (04) 496 1734;
e-mail: m.condliffe@nzceo.catholic.org.nz Applications close 14 June 2005

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Saturday, June 4, 2005

June 2005

**********************************************

'NZ CATHOLIC '

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/

No. 214, June 4-18, 2005

Full text ...

Matata's church and school survive flooding
With devastation and destruction around them, Matata's Catholic church and
school survived the worst of last month's flooding in the Bay of Plenty town
unscathed.....

TV satire on Vatican to be screened here
A cartoon satirising life at the Vatican -- which the BBC commissioned but
chose not to air -- will make its world premiere on a New Zealand television
channel on June 8....

Mixed reaction to Budget 2005
The 2005 Budget received praise and criticism from all corners. In many
instances, both reactions came from the same corner....

Also In Issue 214:

NATIONAL
Church has role in social change ... College celebrates teacher's 30 years
... Parents choosy on schools ... 280 at Dove weekend ... Mothers' Prayers
founder coming ... ERO File

FEATURES
Cardinal Williams on the Church, change and the conclave ... Priest dies
going home to Holland ... Values education is seen as vital ... Storytelling
ministry shares faith in Manawatu ... Akld schola aware its role is to
enhance the liturgy ... Irish teacher proposes film on Gov. Hobson ... Abbey
lifestyle experience changed five mens' lives ... Supporting the grieving
has been her ministry ... Southern faith celebrated along with basilica ...
Service offers women healing from post-abortion grief ... Conversion story:
Buddhist's interest began at school ... Govt accused of failing to police
prostitution ... CWL hears about work in islands ... CEO executive meets
politicians ... Ex-pat brings choir from Notre Dame

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The Jesus Code - unravelling the secret ... Bev McDonald:
Questioning the notion of a lay-led church ... Others Say ... Editorial: A
Budget that failed to deliver ... Good Evans, Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Abortion-cancer cover-up alleged ... While priests decline, seminarians
double over 25 years ... The Pope: "divine plan" of papal sequence ...
Bishops in court battle ... Experienced US theologian for doctrinal
congregation ... Schiavo's parents see Pope ... Molokai sister beatified ...
CELAM's 50 years are celebrated ... Bostonians struggle in parish closures
... They kept faith for 70 years with no priest ... Beijing "supports
abortion" ... Pastoral care job not for atheist ... Eucharist helps unity of
Church ... Anglican-RC group reaches accord on Mary ... Catholics helped
Blair win ... In Brief

REGULAR FEATURES
Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Clips, Tape Deck, Scripture, The
Doolans, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio.
Diary, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.

***************************************

FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Hundreds farewell murdered woman
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=51573
Hundreds of mourners have filled Feilding's St Bridgett's Catholic church
for the funeral of slain local woman Margaret Waldin...

Church yet to judge cartoon
http://www.odt.co.nz/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=T0RULzIwMDUvMDYvMDQjQXIwMzkwMA==&Mode\
=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

Wellington: The Catholic Church says a new C4 television cartoon, Popetown,
seems offensive on the face of it but it will be watching the show carefully
before deciding whether to lay a complaint...

Jumping up and down over pogo pope
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10329080

Open Letter To C4 Regarding Screening Popetown
Press Release: Family Life International Thursday June 2, 2005
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0506/S00024.htm

St Marys signs agreement for roll increase
http://www.odt.co.nz/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=T0RULzIwMDUvMDUvMzAjQXIwMTEwMw==&Mode\
=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom

St Marys School in Milton can now enrol up to 20 more pupils. Bishop Colin
Campbell last week signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education which
will allow the integrated school's roll to grow from 69 to 90...

Catholics won't rubber stamp safer sex campaign
http://www.wanganuichronicle.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3637698&thesection=l\
ocalnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=

Wanganui's Catholic Church has poured cold water on the return of the "No
Rubba No Hubba" safer sex campaign...

******************************
[The following article is not available on a free Website. It can be read
via the 'Newstext' service provided to borrowers by many public libraries]

Building a symbol of hope for education
By Catherine Gick
Stuff - Manukau Courier - Local News - 2 Jun 2005
The name of McAuley High School's new English and technology block has a
rich history. The Callahan Block, completed this year at a cost of $2
million, is named after the family that adopted the school's namesake
Catherine McAuley...

*****************************

Pope pledges to mend Orthodox rift
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/05/29/nation/doc429a21b5efe1c502313083.\
txt
Bari, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI made his first trip outside Rome since his
election as head of the world's 1.1 million Roman Catholics and took the
opportunity Sunday to emphasize two issues he has already made clear will be
fundamental to his mission: Christian unity and resistance to materialism
and increasing secularism...

Full text of Pope Benedict's address at Bari:
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3399

*******************************************************************

FROM THE OVERSERAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES

World Priest Day focus on friendship with Christ
http://www.cathnews.com/news/506/19.php
In a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests,
the Vatican's Congregation for Clergy has proposed that priests rediscover
that friendship with Christ which led them to embrace their vocation in the
first place. "The secret or key of priestly life is the passionate love of
Christ, which brings with it Christ's passionate announcement," says a
document issued by the Congregation for Clergy for the World Day of
Prayer...

Africa's Latin champion. The Tablet Interview Cardinal Rodríguez
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01037
Given that Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of
Tegucigalpa, comes from one of Central America's poorest nations, you might
think he has more than enough to keep him busy in Honduras without
concerning himself with poverty in Africa. But he was in London last week to
lobby the British Government on the need to support Make Poverty History,
the campaign to improve aid to the continent and alleviate the staggering
debts of the African countries...

Non-stop praying for Clementina Cantoni
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3408
Kabul (AsiaNews) - "The ex-pat community is constantly praying for
Clementina's release," says Fr Giuseppe Moretti, priest of the only Catholic
church in Afghanistan, which the young Italian aid worker used to attend
before she was abducted on May 16 by armed men...

***************************************************************************

CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

GLOBAL CATHOLIC NEWS

http://www.cathcom.org.nz/

* Under stern official gaze, Vietnam's Catholic stronghold dares to hope
* Westminster Abbey counters Da Vinci Code
* Forum gathers 600 to discuss future of religious life
* Pope John Paul's "shadow" named Krakow archbishop
* Examining the first 45 days of Pope Benedict
* (Charlotte) Church disagrees with Pope
* Pope highlights human dignity from from conception until natural death
* Benedict prefers to write own speeches

***************************8******************************************

CATHOLICTV.NET

Wellington Archdiocesan Media Centre

http://www.catholictv.net/

Current videos:

Kitty McKinley, leader of Challenge 2000, a Wellington youth and family
outreach, on the meaning of life

Simply meditating: Fr Laurence Freeman OSB on the way of Christian
meditation

Fr Peter Roe SM on the benefits of mentoring

Celebrating with Cardinal Williams: scenes from the Mass of Thanksgiving for
Cardinal Williams service to the Archdiocese of Wellington, and the homily
by Bishop Dew

The life of Mary Potter and the impact of imminent death: the first in a
series by a Sister of the Little Company of Mary

*******************************8****************************************

MARIST BROTHERS' NEWSLETTERS

**************************
'Champagnat Newsletter' Volume 9 Number 1 April 2005
A newsletter for Boards of Trustees and Staff of Marist Schools and Schools
with Marist traditions in New Zealand.

http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/CNApril20051.htm

Marcellin Champagnat and Education in Faith ... Brother Joachim Dwyer RIP
... Refreshing our understanding of Charism: Marist educational philosophy
in the present day ... Welcome and farewell: new teachers and other staff
members .... Seeds of Consolation (poem) ... Excerpts from "Encountering
Marcellin Champagnat" - Teacher's Kit ... Marist Brothers' Vocation Year ...
St Paul's College 50th Jubilee .... Visits to Schools and Colleges

**************************
'Marist Family News' March 2005

http://www.maristbrothers.org.nz/Marist%20Family%20News.htm

From our Provincial: the December Chapter and the Marist Lay Partnership ...
St Paul's College 1955 - 2005 ... Chapter elects new Provincial Council ...
People here and there: Brother Fabian; Mark Wylie; Tom Cresswell; Brother
Anthony Walker; Brother Stephen Filipo ... Recent Deaths: Father Bill Wood;
Mrs Elizabeth May Parker ... Year Of Vocations ... Life Goes On: Marist
Bothers world-wide ... Sister Catherine Lawson Sm and the Marist Learning
Centre ... Marist Alternative Education Centre, Glenfield ... A Mystical
Heart (poem) ...

****************************************************************************

"THE WORD FROM ROME"

http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/

A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent
in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.

This week ...
Benedict the teacher; The five 'big ideas' of the Ratzinger pontificate;
Benedict the governor; Benedict the collegial pope; Benedict the sanctifier

****************************************************

WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY
16-21 August 2005

Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne
http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz/
En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St
Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey,
as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne,
Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -
hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming
together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God,
assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the
NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58
Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz

"Under-construction, help us build a world of greater justice!": for the
first time World Youth Day preparation includes social programmes of
solidarity "to build a civilisation of love and justice"
http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0505/28_5006.html

*********************************************************

Other WYD links:

The official international WYD Site:
http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1

The Vatican's WYD Website:
http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html

*************************************************************

EVENTS

Palmerston North Diocese: Jubilee Celebration of the Consecration of the
Diocese 7 May - 26 June 2005
Details on http://www.pndiocese.org.nz/

"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition)
From 13 May 2005 "for a limited time"
Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand
Full description on:
http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm

[If you can't make it to the exhibition, you will find many of the
photographs from it at your public library in: 'The Turin shroud : the
illustrated evidence', by Ian Wilson and Barrie Schwortz, Publisher Michael
O'Mara, 2000 (232.966 WIL), or you can request it via Interloan. ML]

*********************************************************

EMPLOYMENT

[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in
the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]

[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of
the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz/ ]

Prison chaplain, Catholic Diocese of Christchurch.
Further details in 'NZ Catholic', June 5-18 2005, p.22 and from Paddy Beban,
Diocesan Financial Administrator, PO Box 4544, Christchurch. Tel: (03)
366-9869; e-mail: pbeban@chch.catholic.org.nz Applications close 10 June
2005

Accountant - Financial controiller
NZ Catholic Education Office, Wellington
http://nzceo.catholic.org.nz/
Further details in 'NZ Catholic', June 5-18 2005, p.22 and from Maureen
Condliffe, Operations Manager,, tel: (04) 496 1739
begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (04) 496 1739
end_of_the_skype_highlighting; fax: (04) 496 1734;
e-mail: m.condliffe@nzceo.catholic.org.nz Applications close 14 June 2005

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Sunday, May 29, 2005

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'NZ CATHOLIC'
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
From issue No. 213, May 22-June 4, 2005 ....
Catholic rest homes face crisis Wellington - Rising costs, low wages, high staff turnover, poor funding and failed Government policy. Add those together and you can see why Catholic rest homes in New Zealand are closing their doors or being sold to private companies.....
Petition calls for more development aid Wellington - A petition calling for New Zealand to increase its overseas aid has had a supportive reception from politicians of several parties....
Abortion law change mooted Wellington - New Zealand's high abortion rate has prompted United Future MP Gordon Copeland to draft a bill to change the process for authorising abortions....
Also In Issue 213 ...
NATIONAL PM's proposal contradicted ... Concert work was based on Christ's last words... 125 years' service marked ... ERO File ... Dunedin considers future structure ... Tireless worker dies ... Four-point plan to reduce abortions
FEATURES Special day for schools ... An All Black mystery: Whatever became of "Paddy" Long? ... Today's youth face powerful pressures ... Priest found Passion filming was a spiritual experience ... Miracles testify to truth of the Eucharist ... Doctrinal decisions of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ... Family encounters with the new Pope ... Conversion story: Vision included "clip over ear" ... "Milestones" marked by cathedral choir... Crucial issues chosen by Voice for Life
OPINION Ronald Rolheiser: Midwives of hope ... Keith Suter: Creative thinking may revive voluntary service ... Parish Diary: Communal silence ... Others Say... Editorial: Govt ignores plight of rest homes ... Good Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL Renewal spreading in Latin America ... Preaching called top priority for priests ... The Pope: Benedict upholds workers' rights ... Schiavo was "killed" ... IVF baby to be donor for brother ... Bishop won't back down ... MP drops a papal clanger ... Protecting faith is Pope's duty ... Editor resigns after pressure ... "Miracle" speech after 10 years ... Radio guilty of pollution ... Abuse claims force diocese to sell up ... One (careful) driver ... Protests over "weeping" statue ... Cabinet position for priest... Papal peak ... Scottish ban ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES Young Adults, Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Clips, Tape Deck, Scripture, The Doolans, Family Talk, God in the Garden, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Kit's Corner, Wit's End.
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'WEL-COM'
Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston North
http://www.welcom.org.nz
(full text)
Archbishop John Dew installed as administrator of the archdiocese About 500 invited guests including Archbishop Dew's sisters were present at the festive occasion in Sacred Heart Cathedral...
A pope of surprises: Cardinal Williams Returns The new Holy Father, Benedict XVI, will be 'a pope of surprises', Cardinal Williams said as he returned from Rome and his first conclave. The Cardinal also said that Pope Benedict will be a man of peace, reconciliation, warmth and compassion and endeavour to build closer relationships with other Churches...
Paul VI evangelisation call 30 years old this year a passion for good news-ing This December is the 30th anniversary of Paul VI's groundbreaking encyclical Evangelii Nuntiandi. Ruth Smithies takes a fresh look at this papal letter in today's context....
Knights devise contest to spark vocations The Porirua Branch of the Knights of the Southern Cross has organised a writing competition to encourage young people to consider a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. The topic is: 'vocations to the Priesthood or to Religious Orders are very important in New Zealand Today'....
The future of the papacy While the cardinals were in conclave electing a new pope, the Wellington Catholic Education Centre held a forum to discuss how the papacy could look. Here Catholic laywoman, Anna Thompson, and former Anglican Church Canon, Peter Stuart, give their views....
Vocations - called to put out into the deep In his message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations celebrated recently, John Paul II reflected on the call to all of us to follow Christ and, in particular, to consider the call to Religious Life and Priesthood. This is very relevant today when permanent personal commitment is not as common as it once was. Here Sr Mary Hepburn rsm, Br Kieran Fenn fms and Fr Alan Roberts reflect on their lives as religious and priests in today's world....
"Committed to Escape: a NZ soldier's story" A book review by Fr Julian Wagg, Armed Forces' Chaplain This story chronicles Daniel Riddford's escape as a prisoner of war during the second World War. Riddiford was a member of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force at the invasion of Libya in November 1941. His high hopes of adventure ended with capture....
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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS
http://www.tuimotu.org/
From the May 2005 issue ...
Editorial: Changing the pilot A Pope has died; another Pope is elected. It seemed as if the whole world stood still and watched. The unprecedented world interest can clearly be attributed to the eminence of John Paul II...
Also in this issue ... False Gods: Law becomes an idol - Sandra Winton Church in the 21st Century - Anna Holmes Interview with Laurence Freeman, OSB - John Main and Christian meditation Oscar Romero: Bishop of the poor - Christopher Carey
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Catholics disagree with stem cell breakthrough http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10126804 Two massive breakthroughs in stem cell research are being described locally as morally repugnant. Researchers in the UK have created the first human embryo clone and Korean scientists have successfully created eleven batches of embryonic stem cells which genetically match sick patients...
Catholic diocese to look to future (photo) http://tinyurl.com/dggya The Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Rev Colin Campbell, has called for consultation into the future of parishes in the Otago-Southland diocese. With falling numbers of priests, it was time to look at the future of the 136-year-old diocese, he said when contacted...
Celtic centennial research unearths interesting fact http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3293791a6434,00.html In research for their centennial publication, Timaru's Celtic Rugby Club have discovered they are the oldest affiliated Catholic club in New Zealand...
Catholic Church in NZ says process to canonise the late Pope John Paul has come as a brilliant surprise http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=50606 The late Pope might be the quickest man to become a saint. His successor Pope Benedict has already started Pope John Paul on his way to canonisation. New Zealand Catholic Church spokeswoman Lyndsay Freer says it has come as a brilliant surprise...
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Anonymous pamphlet drop angers ministers Stuff - South Waikato News - Greater Waikato - 26 May 2005 [Summary: Pamphlets that include messages such as "Going to Church won't save you", which have been distributed locally, have drawn opposition from several church ministers in the South Waikato. Several ministers spoken to by the South Waikato News said the flyers lacked credibility because they did not contain a name or contact for those behind them.]
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Catholic leader says British Church is 'in crisis', by Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent of The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1627510,00.html People in Europe are filled with angst and the Roman Catholic Church is in crisis, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, said tonight. In a lecture at Westminster Cathedral, the spiritual leader of more than four million Roman Catholics in England and Wales said the Church in Europe, and in particular in Britain, was in a time of crisis and of "dying and rising"...
The Rt Rev Roderick Wright (obituary) http://tinyurl.com/arnsw Summary: The Right Reverend Roderick Wright, the former Roman Catholic Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, who died of cancer in New Zealand on Tuesday aged 64, scandalised the Church in 1996 when he ran off with his housekeeper, Kathleen MacPhee, a divorced mother of three children; it later emerged that he was also the father of a son by another parishioner.]
Government should help Christians detained in Saudi Arabia, says Bishop of Lahore http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3309 Pakistani immigrants arrested because they were celebrating mass in a Riyadh home. Pakistan should treat the case without any religious discrimination; they are citizens like everybody else, say Mgr Saldanha...
Mgr Moretti: "The international community is praying for Clementina" http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3304 The parish priest of Kabul turns to the family of the Italian hostage Clementina Cantoni: "We are close to you, a light burns day and night before the statue of Our Lady". The girl is one of the "rare" practicing Catholics in the country. Local and Afghan press say the kidnapping is an offence against all the population...
Priests on the frontline http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/register.cgi/tablet-01025 The number of clergy attacked and robbed in their own homes [in the UK] is increasing, particularly in the inner cities. Can they continue their ministry without turning their presbyteries into fortresses? ....
Benedict XVI As Known by Co-worker Interview with Father Augustine Di Noia http://zenit.org/english/show_10.php Rome, May 15, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is a person of great inner tranquility, intensely dedicated to his work for the Church, and very "tradition-minded," said a close collaborator. So as to get to know the reality of the man behind the image portrayed at times by the media, Zenit interviewed Father Augustine Di Noia, undersecretary for the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith, who worked with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger when the latter was prefect of the congregation...
Cracks in Anglican dissent over Mary http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1615534,00.html Members of the Anglican Church are being asked to accept that controversial Roman Catholic teachings regarding the Virgin Mary are "authentic expressions of Christian belief"...
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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & AGENCIES
Tonga bishop leads people´s power protest against King http://www.cathnews.com/news/505/159.php Bishop Soane Foliaki of Tonga took a leading role in yesterday´s mass protest against the country´s royal family, according to New Zealand´s One News...
Filipino bishops blog the Gospel http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3362 Manila (AsiaNews) - Filipino bishops are using every tool at their disposal to reach the faithful, including the internet and blogs. From the website of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), internet users can access three blogs managed by three prelates who talk about a variety of issues such as catechesis, today's society and Christian life. Each blog is different but all are regularly updated ....
Pope commends 'beauty' of Sunday http://www.cathnews.com/news/505/130.php Pope Benedict XVI has stressed the importance of Sunday Mass, letting it be known that "every parish is called to rediscover the beauty of Sunday, the Lord's day"...
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz
NEWSROOM Budget 2005: Hits and Misses 19 May 2005: The commitments outlined in today's Budget, which focused on savings and significant increases in portfolios such as health and education also provided benefits to areas such as housing, child advocacy and mental health, and this has been welcomed by Caritas, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and development ...
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.
This week ... Chronology of the latest news about Maciel; Peace, justice and the liturgy; Benedict's first major public events; Kasper on Eucharistic unity
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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY 16-21 August 2005
Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey, as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne, Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God, assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58 Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz
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Other WYD links:
The official international WYD Site: http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1
The Vatican's WYD Website: http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html
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EVENTS
Palmerston North Diocese: Jubilee Celebration of the Consecration of the Diocese 7 May - 26 June 2005 Details on http://www.pndiocese.org.nz
"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition) From 13 May 2005 "for a limited time" Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand Full description on: http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
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'NZ CATHOLIC'
No. 212, May 8-21, 2005
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Full text ...
Diocese gathers to mark 25 years PALMERSTON NORTH - Bishops, priests, religious, laity and representatives from other denominations gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Palmerston North to celebrate the creation of the diocese and the anniversary of the episcopal ordination of Bishop Peter Cullinane as its first bishop.....
Discipleship College is on the way CHRISTCHURCH - A New Zealand Catholic Discipleship College is a vision on the move....
"The most controversial relic in the world" AUCKLAND - Is it the burial sheet of Christ...or an ingenious forgery by Leonardo da Vinci?....
Also in this issue ...
NATIONAL Technology centre bears the name of late John Paul II ... Times change, but not the need to help pregnant women ... An afternoon to celebrate in Manawatu ... Conference date changed ... Church bioethicists criticise Government decision on PGD ... A big farewell for a big man
FEATURES Priest from Lourdes discovers its world-wide fame ... US priest lectures seminarians about the mission of marriage ... Tributes given to Sr Barbara... Marist rugby enjoys resurgence ... Two plaques honour Pompallier ... Father and daughter promote Hibernians ... Environment award won by teacher
OPINION Ronald Rolheiser: Welcoming a new Pope ... Patrick Cronin: The Ascension of the Lord ... Gordon Copeland: Income splitting is good for families ... Others Say ... Editorial: A new Pope with a new image ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters
INTERNATIONAL British cardinal says Pope "open, courteous, intelligent" ... Pope admits to reluctance ... Benedict recalls Christ's charge ... Anglican archbishop attends installation ... Bush "moved" by service ... Pope to continue Jewish dialogue ... Pope Benedict reaches out ... Sodano, Arinze chosen ... Benedict foresees "flowering" of mission ... US Catholic voters desert Democrats ... Church, state at loggerheads in East Timor ... Same-sex bill decried ... Electronic giving becomes popular ... Bishops proceeding with publication ... John Paul asked to intercede ... Hospital removes Bibles as hazard to health ... Assassination bid by KGB ... In Brief
REGULAR FEATURES Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Clips, Tape Deck, Young Adults, The Doolans, Scripture, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Kit's Corner, Cryptic Crossword, Caption Contest, Who Said?, 40 Years Ago, Dio. Diary, Wit's End.
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS
Celebrating Catholic Schools Day (photo) http://www.ashburtonguardian.co.nz/index.asp?articleid=5007 The sky above St Joseph's School was a sea of balloons this morning following their release as part of Catholic Schools' Day. Principal Ann Wise, said activities planned for the day had been a co-ordinated effort with Our Lady of the Snows School in Methven...
Finding themselves in a namesake (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/0,2106,3275777a6510,00.html Putting a name to a face was no easy task for Garin College homestay coordinator Jim Davis. Mr Davis has created and gifted a likeness of the school's namesake Father Antoine Garin by carving the names of the 329 foundation staff and students into the shape of a face...
Students rejoice in being part of a big spiritual family (photo) http://www.times.co.nz/education/story_0005192.shtml It was a day of celebration last week as three Auckland schools came together for the nationwide Catholic schools day. More than 1200 students and 100 staff from Our Lady Star of the Sea and St Mark's schools gathered at Sancta Maria College for the occasion...
Boarders booted out for Lions' fans http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsfeature.asp?storyID=72337 St Bede's College has confirmed it is hoping to attract Lions' fans to stay in its boarding hostel for several days late next month...
How does your school rate Bay of Plenty Times http://tinyurl.com/d8mch Western Bay schools are celebrating the success of their students who have scored well above the national average in the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA). Aquinas College principal Brendan Schollum was "delighted" with his Year 11 results - the first national qualifications record for the school...
Results just one facet of school choice http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3279677a6579,00.html The New Zealand Qualifications Authority published its secondary school profiles on Thursday, showing the percentage of students gaining NCEA credits. In the Waikato, some of the strongest results came from Sacred Heart Girls' College, which is a decile-eight school, where 95.6 per cent of students gained level-one numeracy, and 89.6 gained level-one literacy.
Positive outlook the key to cancer sufferer's happiness (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3279727a6579,00.html When you're told you have three months to live there's nothing for it but to stay positive. At least, that's the view of cancer sufferer John Follett...
Shroud Of Turin: Holy Or Hoax? (TVNZ video report) http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-4370111-56,00.html Does the mysterious Shroud of Turin really show a true likeness of Jesus of Nazareth, or is the blood stained linen simply a mediaeval hoax?
Shroud Of Turin Replica Coming To NZ (audio report) http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-4363161-25,00.html A replica of the Shroud of Turin, the supposed burial shroud of Jesus Christ, is coming to New Zealand for public display. Documenting photographer Barrie Schwortz talks with Newstalk ZB's Paul Holmes...
Former brother pleads guilty to indecent acts on boy http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3277169a6479,00.html Andrew Cody, 67, a retired Catholic brother charged last August with indecently assaulting a school pupil at Hato Paora College 20 years ago, has pleaded guilty...
True Catholic faith rare thing (letter to the editor) Otago Daily Times http://tinyurl.com/8d6hs Columnist Ian Harris ("Honest to God", ODT, 3.5.05) makes an important observation: "A survey of children who attended Catholic schools in New South Wales showed that in the year after leaving school only 3.4% attended mass three times or more." However, he makes the serious mistake of assuming that these children have been indoctrinated in the Catholic faith...
Writer tells of her inspiration http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,3276104a6554,00.html Author Kate de Goldi was out running when she decided her Lolly Leopold story should be a picture book. De Goldi said the inspiration for the Lolly Leopold stories and especially for the teacher, Ms Love, began 40 years ago. Back then she went to a tiny Catholic school in Christchurch and for five years had a teacher called Sister Barbara...
[The following article is not available on the newspaper's free Website. It can read at the public library and via New Zealand libraries' Newztext service provided free to borrowers.]
No moral justification (opinion piece by G. A. Van Meurs, Rolleston) The Press, 9 May 2005, Edition 2, Page 10. It is to be hoped that all those millions of Catholics who paid their last respects to Paul John II and welcomed the new pontiff, Benedict XVI, will also embrace the "political" outlooks of these two men...
Vatican Radio Receives "Unjustified" Conviction Charged With Electromagnetic Contamination http://zenit.org/english/show_8.php Vatican City, May 10, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Vatican Radio expressed "distress" over a Roman court's decision to sentence directors of the broadcasting station to 10 days in prison for electromagnetic contamination....
Beatification of John Paul II begins http://www.guardian.co.uk/pope/story/0,12272,1483584,00.html Pope Benedict XVI today confirmed that he had begun the process of beatifying his predecessor, John Paul II. The pontiff said he was dispensing with rules ordering a five-year wait following the death of a candidate. The five-year rule is intended to allow time for emotions to calm after a person's death...
My Meeting with Cardinal Ratzinger, by Cathleen Kaveny http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/article.php?id_article=1230 I have met Pope Benedict XVI only once. It was seventeen years ago, when I was a graduate student at Yale... Now nearly two decades older, I am not yet entirely depleted of breezy temerity. So I would like to give the new Pope Benedict five suggestions, reminding him of what he doubtless already knows...
Vatican Beatifies Nun Who Helped Lepers http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5006228,00.html Vatican City (AP) - A German-born nun who cared for leprosy patients on a Hawaiian island and a Spanish nun who started a missionary society were beatified Saturday in St. Peter's Basilica in a ceremony led by a top Vatican cardinal representing Pope Benedict XVI.
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"THE WORD FROM ROME"
http://www.nationalcatholicreporter.org/word/
A weekly column by the National Catholic Reporter's full-time correspondent in Rome, John L. Allen Jr.
This week ... Levada to head Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Tom Reese and 'America' magazine; Benedict reaches out to China, Vietnam and Judaism; Anglican-Catholic relations; Changes in the beatification ceremony; Beatification can begin for Pope John Paul II
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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY 16-21 August 2005
Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey, as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne, Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God, assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58 Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz
In preparation for World Youth Day 3,000 young people from 20 countries will take part in an Ignatian experience to promote greater awareness of God's presence in daily life http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0504/28_4744.html
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Other WYD links:
The official international WYD Site: http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1
The Vatican's WYD Website: http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html
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EVENTS
Palmerston North Diocese: Jubilee Celebration of the Consecration of the Diocese 7 May - 26 June 2005 Details on http://www.pndiocese.org.nz
"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition) From 13 May 2005 "for a limited time" Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand Full description on: http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm and: http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/Ticketek/pipeline/ticketselect.asp?nt=THESHROUD&sc\ =THESHROUD
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
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Sunday, May 8, 2005

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Special day for schools (photo) http://tinyurl.com/bxvfn Sacred Heart, an 80-pupil school in Northeast Valley, Dunedin, yesterday joined schools around the country in celebrating Catholic Schools Day with fun classroom activities, a prayer assembly and a community barbecue for morning tea...
Doubt about shroud turns to faith http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10124235 American photographer Barrie Schwortz brings to Auckland next week the first replica of the Shroud of Turin, a linen cloth that bears the image of a man who appears to have been crucified. Believers consider it to be Jesus' burial shroud. Sceptics dismiss it as a medieval hoax....
Spiritual journey calls for Peter (photo) http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3269334a13575,00.html Cambridge Catholic parishioner Peter O'Halloran hopes to meet the new Pope this year when he goes to Germany for a world youth gathering. A youth worker for the Waikato Diocese Peter, helps out with education, resources and running youth groups within Hamilton and surrounding areas....
Providing reference point, by Ian Harris, a journalist and commentator. Otago Daily Times http://tinyurl.com/bu4bo There is a view running through large sections of New Zealand education that children should be kept ignorant of religion. It is not usually expressed so starkly, but that is the practical effect. A British educationist not only challenges this negative orientation, but has exposed how much of value New Zealand children are missing out on - and not only in state schools....
Life and times of a lucky doctor http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/topstories/4%20may05_lifeandtimes.html Is it the luck of the Irish keeping Simon Cotton living with the "best of everything", or something special about the man himself? As one of six children in a Roman Catholic family, he has much to say about his childhood in Ireland, and has related it all in his first book, Henry's Camelot...
Group opposing "Dr Death's" registration http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsfeature.asp?storyID=71949 Australia's so-called "Dr Death" is looking at setting up in New Zealand because of a proposed law change across the Tasman. An amendment to Australia's Crimes Bill, expected to be passed this year, means it will become illegal to pass out information on assisted suicide. Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke, director of Exit International, says the new law can be circumvented by conducting operations from another country....
'Crisis of spirit' hits health of NZ men http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10124309 New Zealand men are dying because of "a crisis of the spirit" and despair at what life has to offer, a summit has heard....
Vatican to world: 25 million Dan Brown fans can be wrong. But what is the secret of The Da Vinci Code's success? (3 pages) New Zealand Listener April 30-May 6 2005 http://www.listener.co.nz/default,3890.sm And that was appointed last month as the Da Vinci Code-buster is an indication of how seriously the Vatican takes the book - Bertone, the Archbishop of Genoa, is closely affiliated with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, himself John Paul II's ideological right-hand man. "The book is everywhere," Cardinal Bertone complained to the Italian media. Indeed, in the two years since publication, only the Bible has outsold it. "There is a very real risk that many people who read it will believe that the fables it contains are true . It astonishes and worries me that so many people believe these lies"....

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The following stories are not available on the papers' free Websites. They can be read at the public library, and via the libraries' Newztext service for borrowers.
All in the name of fun (photo) The Nelson Mail, 6 May 2005, Edition 2, Page 14. St Joseph's School took their theme - Catholic school is fun - for Catholic Schools' Day yesterday, very seriously. Students watched a plastic duck race on the Maitai River, with the winning duck, representing room five and teacher Colleen Nicholson, earning them 15 minutes free time today...
Story close to the heart Central Leader - Auckland - 6 May 2005 Ross Duncan welcomed a long lost uncle who never returned from World War I when the remains of the Unknown Warrior came home to New Zealand soil on Armistice Day last year. The veteran actor is tapping into that personal identity as he plays an old soldier reluctantly recounting the tragedy of the Great War in the play Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme. Written by a Catholic, the play is a tale of eight young Protestants from Northern Ireland marching towards certain death in World War I. On the way, they become disillusioned with their hatred of Catholics, their country and religion...

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POPE BENEDICT XVI
Pope pledges to defend faith against fashion http://tinyurl.com/aqlov Rome (Reuters) - Pope Benedict pledged on Saturday to follow the strict line of his predecessor and defend traditional Catholic teachings from "fashionable" ideas that threaten to destroy the faith...
The new spirit of Germany http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01023 If Benedict XVI's nationality offers a signpost to his papacy, it points firmly down the road of ecumenism and collegiality, both part of a rich tradition lost under Bismarck and Hitler and rediscovered in his youth ....
Metamorphosis in the making (Editorial ) http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01022 Observers were a little surprised to see the emphasis the new Pope put in his first address on the importance of Christian unity. Benedict XVI, speaking to the cardinals who had just elected him in the Sistine Chapel, said the quest for full visible Christian unity was to be the "primary commitment" of his Petrine ministry....

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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES
San Francisco Archbishop tipped for Pope's old job http://www.cathnews.com/news/505/28.php Chair of the US Bishops' doctrine committee Archbishop William Levada is rumoured to be the favoured candidate to be named prefect of Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith....
The Pope was an actor all his life Damian Thompson reviews Universal Father: a Life of Pope John Paul II by Garry O'Connor. http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml?xml=/global/2005/04/24/booco24.x\ ml

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MARIST MESSENGER
The monthly magazine of the NZ Society of Mary
http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php
From the May 2005 issue (full text) ....
The Magnificat Community The Editor writes a Report on a Lay Catholic community in rural Wairarapa in New Zealand
Tribute to Pope John Paul 2 Carl Telford sm, former Messenger Editor , contributes a brief tribute to the late Pontiff. Monthly Editorial Focus
The Pentecost Event is on-going and reached New Zealand via Lyons in France
Homily for Anzac Day Fr Brian Wysocki speaks of war and forgiveness at St Mary of the Angels Church in Wellington,
Also in the May issue ... * Forty-four Hours in Lourdes * Saint Gianna Molla * The Shroud of Turin * Blessings at my Feet - poem * May Milestones
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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ
http://www.caritas.org.nz/NEWSROOM Parliament, 12 Noon: The Place to be on Thursday 12 May 6 May, 2005: The handover ceremony for the 0.7 petition which calls on the government to honour its promise to meet the United Nations target of giving 0.7% of national income in overseas aid by 2015 takes place at Parliament on 12 May....more
Fair Trade Fortnight 7 - 21 May 6 May 2005: Caritas supports Fair Trade Fortnight and we encourage Caritas supporters to as well. By supporting Fair Trade practices you are helping producers and communities in need to earn a fair price for their goods, and so giving them a sustainable future ...more
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WORLD YOUTH DAY, COLOGNE, GERMANY 16-21 August 2005
Official site of the New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz En route to World Youth Day, our representatives will follow the path of St Paul to the sites of the early Christian communities in Greece and Turkey, as well as a visit to Gallipoli and Anzac Cove. Then its off to Cologne, Germany for World Youth Day 2005, the Catholic Church's mega event -hundreds of thousands of young people from all over the world coming together, united around Pope John Paul, listening to the Word of God, assisting at celebrations and participating in a festival of joy... See the NZ World Youth Day Website for further info., or write to: Bill Dysart, C-58 Osier Road, Greenmeadows, Napier. Email: ymachb@clear.net.nz
In preparation for World Youth Day 3,000 young people from 20 countries will take part in an Ignatian experience to promote greater awareness of God's presence in daily life http://www.fides.org/eng/news/2005/0504/28_4744.html
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Other WYD links:
The official international WYD Site: http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=6&si=1
The Vatican's WYD Website: http://www.vatican.va/gmg/documents/gmg_2005_en.html
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EVENTS
Palmerston North Diocese: Jubilee Celebration of the Consecration of the Diocese 7 May - 26 June 2005 Details on http://www.pndiocese.org.nz
"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition) From 13 May 2005 "for a limited time" Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand Full description on: http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm and: http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/Ticketek/pipeline/ticketselect.asp?nt=THESHROUD&sc\ =THESHROUD
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EMPLOYMENT
[Teaching vacancies in New Zealand Catholic schools are advertised in the Education Gazette: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies ]
[Vacancies in Catholic Youth Ministry are advertised on the Job Bank page of the National Council for Young Catholics: http://ncyc.org.nz ]
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