Kiwicath News and Notes

Sunday, August 21, 2005

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

Media Releases
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php
Catholic Diocese opposes NZ National Front party logo application (16 Aug
2005)
The Catholic Church in Dunedin has written to the Electoral Commission,
objecting to the proposed logo of the NZ National Front political party...

Global Catholic News (plus links to sound files from Vatican Radio)
http://www.cathcom.org.nz
Jewish leader asks Pope to open Vatican archives
Pope expresses joy at return to Germany
Pope makes spectacular homecoming
Take up John Paul's legacy and commit yourselves to serve Christ
Pope visits synagogue, warns of new anti-Semitism
Pope Sued, Accused Of Sex Coverup
Pope Arrives in Germany for Youth Day
Australian PM tells youth next WYD will be in Australia

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

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Day-to-day reports from Zenit Catholic news agency:
http://zenit.org/english/

WYD News from the international media:

Google News (includes a lot of repetitions of the same reports in different
newspapers)
http://tinyurl.com/cb8ay

World News Network (more selective than Google News)
http://tinyurl.com/9774f

WYD news in English from the German press
http://www.pulitzer.de

Other WYD links:

Pictures of the day:
http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=1378&si=1

WYD live Webcams (remember, day here is night there!):
http://www.wjt2005.de/index.php?id=1368&si=1

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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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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The St Joseph's Orphanage Case

Nun denies hitting child at orphanage
http://tinyurl.com/8ancl
Wellington: A nun has denied damaging the eardrum of a child in her care
more than 30 years ago by slapping the side of her head. The assault claim
is one of the allegations a 45-year-old woman, whose name is suppressed, has
made against nuns of the Sisters of Mercy in the High Court at Wellington.
After three weeks of hearings, the case was adjourned yesterday until
September 5...

Damage awards not like Lotto says nuns' lawyer
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3381994a6479,00.html
Court-awarded damages should not be like Lotto, a lawyer for Wellington nuns
being sued for $550,000 has said. Imposing damages on Sisters of Mercy would
be like making parents pay damages for how a child was raised....

Rape claims `beyond belief'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3380838a6479,00.html
One of the men accused of sexually abusing a woman who was in Catholic care
in the 1970s has said the allegation is "absolute rubbish"...

Abuse claimant was 'demanding'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3379687a6479,00.html
A teenager who had spent years in institutional care did not always
understand "boundaries" that family life required, a former foster father
says...

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Funds tap closes for sex-abuse victims
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3383357a6009,00.html
The Catholic order at the centre of sex-abuse scandal is closing the funding
tap for five New Zealand victims and told them "fair's fair". In 2003, St
John of God paid $4 million compensation to 56 complainants claiming they
were sexually abused as boys at its former Marylands residential school in
Christchurch....

The Bible: what our children don't Noah
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3383286a6000,00.html
A University of Exeter study has compared New Zealand and British children's
understanding of the Bible and found that Kiwi children have a lot to learn
when it comes to Christianity. Most did not even realise that the Easter and
Christmas stories can be found in the Bible....

Peter Cullinane: Time to exercise the conscience vote
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10341242
[This is an edited version of the bishops' pastoral letter 'Thinking about
the election' (12 August 2005), full text:
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php ]

City man seeking money for Zambia project
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3378160a6579,00.html
A Dutchman who now calls Hamilton home is raising funds for an ambitious
building project in Zambia. Nick Bouma, who has lived in New Zealand for
more than 25 years, is travelling to the southern African country next year,
meeting up with three of his brothers from the Netherlands and helping build
a multi-purpose community centre. The four decided to undertake the project
for another brother, John, a Catholic priest who has worked in Africa for
more than 30 years....

Catholic school gets ministry consent; building starts end of month
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3377393a6568,00.html
The new Holy Family School in Wanaka would open in February, people were
told at the Catholic mass in the town yesterday...

Together 'forever' becoming 'for a while' in wedding vows
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3377165a11,00.html
Couples are avoiding making "till death do us part" wedding vows in favour
of more cautious promises such as staying together for "as long as love
shall last"...

Cross in National Front logo offends Catholics (photos)
http://tinyurl.com/8uupd
The Dunedin Roman Catholic diocese has asked the Electoral Commission to
decline registering the logo of the New Zealand National Front political
party, because it includes a cross. Electoral Commission senior legal
adviser Geoff Barnett said one other complaint had been received but the
logo would not appear on the upcoming general election ballot papers as it
had not been registered with the commission in time....

Pope shocked at slaying of Taizé´s Brother Roger
http://www.cathnews.com/news/508/106.php
Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday that he is shocked and saddened at the
slaying of Brother Roger Schutz, founder of the Taize community and one of
the world's leading ecumenical figures....

Brother Roger Schutz, Founder of the Taizé community (obituary)
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article306549.ece
Born into a Swiss Protestant family in 1915, he grew up in Geneva, one of
two boys with seven sisters. He studied to be a pastor but, as he was to
write later, "was astonished to see Christians who, talking about a God of
love, wasted so much energy in justifying division". In 1940 he set off for
France by bicycle, seeking a house where he could pray and welcome others.
Three others of like mind were soon to join him in the quiet rural village
of Taizé with its tiny medieval church...

PM´s message advances WYD Australia rumours
http://www.cathnews.com/news/508/107.php
Following a service at the Cologne Exhibition Centre attended by 1600 young
Australians, organisers screened a videotaped message from Prime Minister
John Howard, expressing his pleasure that the next World Youth Day "will be
in Australia". Pope Benedict XVI is yet to confirm the news. He is expected
to announce the location of the next WYD at the final mass on Sunday.....

When the German Pope Returns Home, He'll Find an Un-Christian Land (2 pages)
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,370072,00.html
When Pope Benedict XVI lands in Cologne for World Youth Day, he will be
arriving in a country that has become foreign to him. The churches are
empty, the politicians are non-believers and the people in the east are
complete strangers to God. And now organizers of the biggest religious
festival of the post-war era plan to turn it into a launching pad for a new
religious awareness....

Outraged Sister stages Da Vinci demo
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/170/170142
A Roman Catholic nun has staged a 12-hour protest against the filming of
controversial best seller The Da Vinci Code at Lincoln Cathedral. Sister
Mary Michael, 61, knelt in prayer outside the building where scenes for the
blockbuster starring Tom Hanks are being shot. Asked if she thought the
people making the film would care about her protest, she said: "I don't
suppose they do, but that doesn't matter tuppence to me. It matters to me
what God thinks...

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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS

http://www.tuimotu.org

From the August 2005 issue ...

Full text: Hiroshima 2005 (editorial)

Also in this issue:
Hiroshima and 7/7 London - Editorial plus 5 articles
False gods: The body beautiful - Jacquie Lambert
Interview with Colin Durning - Mike Riddell
Pakeha and the Treaty - review: Tom Cloher
Loving and grieving over our kids - Paul Andrews

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NZ CATHOLIC EDUCATION OFFICE

'Lighting New Fires' Newsletter and Catholic schools' Supplement. Issue
four - July 2005

http://www.nzceo.catholic.org.nz/lightingnewfires.shtml

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Newsletter ........
Editorial by Brother Pat Lynch: Adolescents and alienation .... Elections
for Representation on the New Zealand Teachers Council .... Electronic
Enrolment Management System for Intermediate and Secondary Schools ....
Funding Announced for Student Administration Systems .... Crackdown on
Copyright in Schools .... Changes in Work Policy for International Students
.... Getting Your Successes into Lighting New Fires .... Congratulations:
Achievements of integrated schools throughout New Zealand ... Co-ed Schools
and Single Sex Schools .... SPANZ Executive Benefits from Skills of
Integrated School Principals ... A Really Good Idea: Stella Maris School's
friendship bus stop .... A useful Website on depression, youth suicide
prevention, and bullying ... University of Otago Theology and Religious
Studies ... Boys who leave school early do better than girls .... New
Zealand Council for Educational Research New Resources .... ASG National
Excellence in Teaching Awards ... New Zealand Secondary Schools Climate
Change Competition .... NCEA Statistics .... Tips for Motivating Staff ....
Did You Know? New Zealand's spending on state schooling; worldwide youth
employment

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Catholic Schools' Supplement .........
Editorial: The importance of faith and the deeping of faith values in our
Catholic schools .... Recovery in Matata ... New Zealand Tour of the Relics
of St Therese of Lisieux .... Care in the Wording of Advertisements ...
Primary School Principals' Sabbaticals and Scholarships .... Numbers of
Copies of 'Lighting New Fires' Sent to Schools ... Catholic Religious
Education Unit Standards ... Congratulations ... "What Makes My Catholic
School So Special" ... News From Australia: survey on religion in schools
... Publications from the Irish Association of Pastoral Care in Education
... The Power of Branding.

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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 ...
NCR Rome correspondent John L. Allen Jr. is in Cologne, Germany.
NCRonline.org will post daily reports from World Youth Day through Aug. 21.
Bookmark this page or check back with NCRonline.org to read more coverage of
this international Catholic event.

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ST THERESE OF LISIEUX: 2005 NEW ZEALAND PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE
19 September - 16 October 2005

http://www.theresepilgrimage.org.nz

The Pilgrimage of Grace of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux commences in
Auckland on Monday the 19th of September 2005. The special reliquary housing
the relics will be flown from the Carmelite monastery in Lisieux, north of
Paris, where St Thérèse lived her vocation as a Carmelite nun until her
death in 1897 at the age of 24. In September and October, her relics will be
brought to Catholic churches in cities and towns throughout New Zealand for
public veneration.

The Website for the Pilgrimage includes a full itinerary, a biography of St
Therese, an article on the spiritual significance of relics, and information
on Carmelite spirituality.

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OTHER EVENTS

Family Life International. Gospel of Life Conference
23-25 September 2005 Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna
Full details: http://www.fli.org.nz/?sid=19

"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition)
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, published by
Michael O'Mara, 2000 (232.966 WIL), or you can request it via Interloan. ML]

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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 ]

Mission Co-ordinator, Mercy Hospital, Dunedin
Website: http://www.mercyhospital.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' 14-27 August 2005 p.19, and from Denise Cooney,
Executive Assistant, Mercy Hospital, Private Bag 1919, Dunedin. Tel (03) 467
6609; e-mail: denisec@mercyhospital.org.nz Applications close 31 August
2005.

"Mrs Doubtfire"
Single person or married couple required to run an active household in
Napier with four well-behaved school-aged children. Details in 'Wel-com'
August 2005, p.14, and from Kendall or Greg, tel: (06) 842 1325.

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Sunday, August 14, 2005

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

Media Releases

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

Thinking about the Election - 12 Aug 2005
They want your vote. Should they get it?
It is in the interests of political parties and candidates to know what the
public wants. So it comes back to us: we are the public. What do we want.
More importantly, what are our wants based on?

New Nuncio takes up his appointment - 12 Aug 2005
His Excellency Archbishop Charles Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and
other Pacific nations, arrived in New Zealand in late July to take up his
first appointment as Nuncio, based in the Nunciature at Lyall Bay,
Wellington.

Immigration Debate Threatens to Hijack Islamic Awareness Week - 11 Aug 2005
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, the Catholic agency for justice, peace and
development, has expressed dismay at the tone of the election immigration
debate, as refugees and migrants once again become political footballs.

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

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

No. 219, August 14-27, 2005

Young Kiwis off to World Youth Day
Auckland - A group of almost 100 New Zealanders will converge on Cologne,
Germany, on August 15 with about one million other young people for the 20th
World Youth Day....

Struggle "part of life" for blind seminarian
Auckland - The only blind seminarian to train as a priest in New Zealand,
Ken Joblin, says he does not want to be known as the blind priest but "the
priest that God wants me to be"....

Vatican envoy in first post as papal nuncio
Wellington - For New Zealand's new Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Charles
Balvo, the highlight of his diplomatic career until now was preparing the
way for Pope John Paul II's Jubilee Year visit to the Holy Land....

Also In Issue 219:

NATIONAL
Hibernian president re-elected ... Quakes precede retreat ... Passionist
dies ... ERO File ... "Discipline" bill gets support ... Abuse claim being
heard

FEATURES
Cologne has been admired since medieval times ... Announcer's Pope-death
hoax puts kicker off stride ... Kiwi organisers in Cologne touched by WYD
spirit ... Nuclear opposition reaffirmed ... Joy Cowley: The widow's
offering ... Thank-you gift ... SVP store manager showed warm spirit

OPINION
Peter Cullinane: Thinking about election issues and the society we want ...
Ronald Rolheiser: A mystical imagination ... Parish Diary: Ministers'
meetings ... Editorial: Youth at WYD will remember absent friend ... Malcolm
Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Remarried divorcees should be welcome ... Women take part in "ordinations"
... Funding Zimbabwe would be "reckless" ... The Pope: Terrorism attacks
decried ... Blast victim's parents were Catholic-Muslim ... Illicit vaccines
may be used ... Galen to be blessed ... Latins turning Pentecostal ...
389,000 Catholics involved in diocesan bankruptcy ... Family celebrates
birth and mourns mother ... East Timor bishops call for justice ... Israel
attacks two popes ... Big funeral for man police shot ... Changes begin in
Curia ... Romero supporters have canonisation hopes boosted ... IRA pledge
welcomed by Pope

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

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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The St Joseph's Orphanage Case

Life in Catholic home `tough'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3376018a6479,00.html
The brother of a woman suing Catholic authorities for abuse while in care
has hinted that nuns touched him inappropriately. The man was giving
evidence for the Catholic side of the case against his sister and he
defended Catholic Social Services' role in his upbringing...

Convicted priest denies abusing orphanage girl
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3374770a6479,00.html
A former priest with sex-crime convictions has denied sexually abusing a
girl at an Upper Hutt orphanage more than 30 years ago...

[The following stories are not available on the newspaper's free Website.
They can be read at public libraries, or via the libraries' free Newztext
service for borrowers]

Stuff - The Dominion Post - Local News - 11 Aug 2005
Mother 'refused efforts to reunite her children'
The mother of a woman accusing Catholic Social Services of negligence
rejected her own children and refused to have them reunited, a judge has
been told...

Stuff - The Dominion Post - Local News - 10 Aug 2005 P.9
Orphanage regime 'a loveless wasteland'
A Catholic orphanage in Upper Hutt in the 1960s would have done the Gestapo
proud, a High Court judge has been told.
In Wellington yesterday former orphanage girl Shirley Ford told the court
the orphanage was a loveless wasteland...

The Dominion Post, 9 Aug 2005, Edition 2, Page 5.
Orphanage put witness off kids
A woman has given evidence of five horrific years at an Upper Hutt orphanage
ruled by a tyrannical nun.
In the High Court at Wellington yesterday a woman, whose name was
suppressed, said her time at St Joseph's Orphanage convinced her not to have
children in case anything happened to her and they were put in care...

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School options unclear
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3376065a6568,00.html
The options for year 7 and 8 Catholic schooling in Invercargill next year
remained unclear yesterday after a meeting in the city. The Otago-Southland
Catholic diocese applied to Education Minister Trevor Mallard last year for
Verdon College to take on year 7 and 8 pupils so it could be in line with
state school in the city, which all run from year 7 to 13...

Don't buy it, by David Young
New Zealand Listener August 20-26 2005
http://www.listener.co.nz/default,4504.sm
When Catholic bishops called last month for a nationwide boycott of all
CanWest television and radio stations, their 500,000-strong flock didn't
seem to pay much attention. The bishops were incensed by C4's broadcast of
the cartoon series Popetown. According to the Catholic Church, the series
depicts the Pope as a "cretinous, dirty, spoilt brat". But the boycott call
was a dismal failure: there have been no obvious effects on CanWest's TV or
radio ratings. Had they looked to recent trends in the US, the bishops could
have learnt a lot about direct consumer action...

NZ Muslims told to be more open
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/604081
A steady stream of people is expected through the doors of mosques and
Islamic centres throughout the country on Saturday, as the Muslim community
tries to promote better understanding of their faith.

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

The New Zealand National Pilgrimage to WYD, Cologne
http://www.worldyouthday.org.nz

Helping hand offered to travelling teens
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3371304a6568,00.html
Three Gore teenagers are experiencing the trip of a lifetime to the Catholic
Church's world youth day as friends back home raised funds for them...

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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES

Mary MacKillop ´patron of the fair go´
http://www.cathnews.com/news/508/44.php
In a message for [last Mondays'] feast of Blessed Mary MacKillop, Josephite
Congregational Leader Sr Katrina Brill has described her as 'one of our
Australian heroes', whose life story "embodies characteristics which are
integral to the Australian identity"...

Cardinal who opened windows
Open to God, Open to the World: the last testament, by Cardinal Franz König
(book review)
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/book_review.cgi/weekly
Faith's French revolution
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01067
With the number of priests in steep decline, the laity is keeping the
Catholic church alive in rural France. It's a dramatic transformation borne
of necessity ...

The 60th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bomb attack is marked in Asia's
largest cathedral
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3883
Nagasaki (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Commemoration ceremonies to mark the 60th
anniversary of the atomic bomb attack against Nagasaki started today at dawn
in Urakami cathedral, on the outskirts of the second Japanese city to be
hit. A special mass was celebrated in the church which at the time was Asia's
largest cathedral - 500 metres away from the centre of the explosion...

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ST THERESE OF LISIEUX: 2005 NEW ZEALAND PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE
19 September - 16 October 2005

http://www.theresepilgrimage.org.nz

The Pilgrimage of Grace of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux commences in
Auckland on Monday the 19th of September 2005. The special reliquary housing
the relics will be flown from the Carmelite monastery in Lisieux, north of
Paris, where St Thérèse lived her vocation as a Carmelite nun until her
death in 1897 at the age of 24. In September and October, her relics will be
brought to Catholic churches in cities and towns throughout New Zealand for
public veneration.

The Website for the Pilgrimage includes a full itinerary, a biography of St
Therese, an article on the spiritual significance of relics, and information
on Carmelite spirituality.

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OTHER EVENTS

Family Life International. Gospel of Life Conference
23-25 September 2005 Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna
Full details: http://www.fli.org.nz/?sid=19

"The History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition)
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, published by
Michael O'Mara, 2000 (232.966 WIL), or you can request it via Interloan. ML]

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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 ]

Business Manager, Sisters of St Joseph, Kohimarama.
Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 31 - August 13 2005 p.27, on Netcheck at:
http://www.netcheck.co.nz/general/extended.asp?jobID=213886 and from David
Leach: david.leach@spencerscott.co.nz

Mission Co-ordinator, Mercy Hospital, Dunedin
Website: http://www.mercyhospital.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' 14-27 August 2005 p.19, and from Denise Cooney,
Executive Assistant, Mercy Hospital, Private Bag 1919, Dunedin. Tel (03) 467
6609; e-mail: denisec@mercyhospital.org.nz Applications close 31 August
2005.

"Mrs Doubtfire"
Single person or married couple required to run an active household in
Napier with four well-behaved school-aged children. Details in 'Wel-com'
August 2005, p.14, and from Kendall or Greg, tel: (06) 842 1325.

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Sunday, August 7, 2005

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

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The St Joseph's Orphanage Case

Sister tells of being force-fed tripe
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3368958a11,00.html

Abuse claimant 'caught in past'
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3367549a6479,00.html

Orphanage a place of horror, says claimant
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10338697

Orphanage woman tells of priest's sex abuse
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3364293a6479,00.html

Abuse claimant screams in court
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3365355a11,00.html

Church in $550,000 abuse case
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3362695a10,00.html

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Dunedin Catholics to German youth forum
http://tinyurl.com/bzmo7
Eleven Otago-Southland Roman Catholics, accompanied by the Bishop of
Dunedin, the Most Rev Colin Campbell, will attend World Youth Day in
Germany. The group left Dunedin for Auckland this week where they will meet
with about 80 other pilgrims from around the country...

Nun's story a cracking yarn (film review of 'Mother Teresa')
http://tinyurl.com/c3uhk
Religious-themed movies are not necessarily a turn-off for secular
audiences. I am about as secular as you can get but, on my way to see Mother
Teresa (Metro), I found myself intrigued by just how Mother Teresa got to be
the world's most famous nun. This film is a rather nice explanation of how
it came to pass...

Priests lose appeal
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3366452a6530,00.html
Former St John of God brothers fighting prosecution for child-sex abuse have
lost their Supreme Court bid to have the charges thrown out. Bernard Kevin
McGrath and another former Catholic priest with name suppression appealed to
the Supreme Court to overturn charges, alleging the evidence against them
was too old to allow them a fair trial...

8-year-olds claim ACC for work injuries
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/manawatustandard/0,2106,3368982a6407,00.html
Children as young as eight are claiming ACC for workplace injuries, as alarm
grows at the increasing number of youngsters entering the work force.
Catholic social services agency Caritas is concerned there is no minimum
working age and no minimum wage for children under 16 in New Zealand....

The cost of learning
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3368752a6578,00.html
Schools say they don't get enough government funding for everything needed
to provide quality education for students. To manage, they must fundraise,
find sponsors, and enter competitions for basics like sports equipment and
computers...

The Great Morality Debate
http://www.phoenix.co.nz/testsurvey6/sstimes.htm
The Sunday Star Times is sponsoring a survey of New Zealanders' views on
ethical and moral issues including honesty, sexual morality, drugs, the
right to life, prejudice, society and politics. Results will be published in
the Sunday Star-Times during the lead-up to the general election. Five
survey entrants will each receive $1000 to donate to the charity of their
choice.

'Da Vinci' film: What role for religion?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/08/05/news/davinci.php
On the face of it, Hollywood projects don't get much simpler than "The Da
Vinci Code," a movie being shot in Europe this summer, based on the
international publishing phenomenon by Dan Brown. But executives and others
connected with the project acknowledge that the silence surrounding the
project is also a measure of concern about the potentially incendiary nature
of the subject matter...

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

Global Catholic News
(plus links to sound files from Vatican Radio)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

Cloned dog a worry for Korean Bishops
Hiroshima nuclear bomb to be remembered
US bishops mark anniversary of atomic bombings, condemn 'total war'
Lecturer says don't confuse moral clarity with moral simplicity
No-fly zone to aid WYD papal mass security
Spanish rock band invited to perform at World Youth Day slams Pope Benedict
Blair resumes Northern Ireland diplomacy
Pope's brother in hospital, gets pacemaker
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God's chance creation, by George Coyne
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01063
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn claims random evolution is incompatible with
belief in a creator God. Here, in an exclusive rebuttal of that view, the
Vatican's chief astronomer says that science reflects God's infinite
purpose...

Related article:
Evolution dispute now set to split Catholic hierarchy
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article303775.ece

Hiroshima and Nagasaki or how to teach the young what they know not
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3867
Tokyo (AsiaNews) - There are events that the mind and words, whether those
of science, of philosophy, of the law, know not how to adequately express
without the risk of slipping into blasphemy. The bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki are such words..

Praying and fasting to counter anti-Christian violence
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3857
Bhopal (AsiaNews) - In Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, Indian states ruled
by the Hindu fundamentalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), "all Christians
from the two states came together to fast and pray as a result of the
atrocities inflicted on our community by the anti-conversion law"...

Christian detained for blasphemy in mortal danger
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3852

The Church in Iraq does not give in to terrorism
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3834

British journalist makes accusations against the Sisters of Mother Teresa
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3846

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ

http://www.caritas.org.nz

Drought and Famine in Niger (4 August 2005)
In late 2004, locust invasions and cyclical drought damaged crops and
heavily impacted on cereal production, leaving a cereal shortage of
approximately 225,000 metric tonnes. It is four months until the next
harvest and the situation is critical. Serious food shortages have left
around 3.6 million people vulnerable to malnutrition, starvation and
disease. ......

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MARIST MESSENGER

August 2005

http://www.maristmessenger.co.nz/index.php

Full text ...

A Wisp of Smoke
A small school is bringing the spirit of St Marcellin to the big city. There
is an old saying that I like to apply when I think of the experience we have
at the Marist Alternative Education Centre. The saying is this, "A wisp of
smoke can hide Mt. Taranaki." This we know is so true - how often,
annoyingly, something drifts across our vision, hiding what we are trying to
see, veiling the long range view...

The AMSA Ikon
A Modern ikon artist explains the ikon on the cover of the August Messenger

FOCUS
The Editor reflects on the practice of Annulment of Marriage in the Church.

Also in this month's Marist Messenger ...

* Pope Benedict speaks
* Tolkien's Catholic Inspiration
* My Annulment
* God's Beauty Secrets Part 3
* My Favourite Prayer
* Reflections before the Blessed Sacrament
* And my Soul will live for him
* Readers' Survey Report

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THE NATHANIEL REPORT

Nathaniel Centre. NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre

Issue 15, 2005

http://www.nathaniel.org.nz/?sid=5

Editorial: Beyond Slogans (full text)
In a world of ever increasing complexity there is a tendency to try and
grasp bioethical principles and ethical solutions in simple one-liners. Yet
the very truth being sought is often a casualty of such an approach. The
Catholic moral tradition offers a framework to address complex situations in
a way that is both theologically sound and pastorally sensitive...

Also in this issue ...

Xenotransplantation - A Spiritual Perspective
The New Zealand Bioethics Council is seeking feedback from all New
Zealanders on the cultural, ethical and spiritual issues that pertain to
xenotransplantation. Taking as its starting point the sacredness of all
creation, this article explores the meaning of being human by way of a
theological reflection on the relationship between human kind and the rest
of creation.

Guidelines for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in New Zealand
Based upon a submission made by The Nathaniel Centre to the Proposed
Guidelines for Preimplantation Diagnosis in New Zealand, this article argues
that the availability and practice of PGD poses very real societal risks
with potentially serious consequences. "The good of our fellow human beings
will at times pose limits to the exercising of personal autonomy."

With gratitude .
A tribute by staff of The Nathaniel Centre to past benefactors including the
recently deceased Father Warren Fowler and Mrs Marilyn Pryor.

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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 ...
Follow up news: Schönborn and evolution, Vatican-Israeli diplomacy; Diverse
views of Benedict's first 100 days; Lessons in leadership from 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

Sunday, July 31, 2005

31 JULY 2005

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

MEDIA RELEASES

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

Catholic Church supports Marriage Amendment Bill (26 Jul 2005)
The Catholic Church in New Zealand upholds the intention of the Marriage (Gender
Clarification) Amendment Bill, since it clarifies the distinction between
marriage and civil union...

GLOBAL CATHOLIC NEWS
(plus links to sound files from Vatican Radio)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

Thousands mourn Brazilian killed in London ... Vatican Denounces Some Israeli
Retaliation ... Aboriginal schools look to "expel" Church ... China, Vatican
agree on new bishop, priest arrested ... Bishops to investigate fall in Sunday
worship ... Irish Bishop's optimism at IRA ceasefire move ... Vatican Denounces
Some Israel Retaliation ... Pope expresses 'profound solidarity and concern for
monsoon victims in India

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

No. 218, July 31-August 13, 2005

Full text ...

Patriarch opens first Chaldean church in NZ
The Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon, His Beatitude Mar Emmanuel III Delly, has
urged Chaldean Catholics to pray for peace especially in Middle East countries
"which desperately need it"....

Opposition to Popetown cartoon provokes hate mail
The Church's public opposition to an animated cartoon series satirising life at
the Vatican has prompted several angry phone calls and letters....

NZ Christians and Muslims come together
When vandals struck several Auckland mosques and Islamic prayer centres in the
wake of the terror attacks in London, Bishop Pat Dunn of Auckland reached out to
the Muslim community....

Also in this issue ...

NATIONAL
NZ funds East Timor orphanage ... NZ's WYD pilgrims getting ready to leave ...
Importance of archives stressed ... Church complains again to CanWest over
Popetown ... Restoration gets under way at Jerusalem ... Bills on marriage and
smacking before Parliament ... Election guidance issued ... NZMA may reconsider
its euthanasia stance ... 45 locations for St Therésè pilgrimage ... People have
been the highlights for retiring school principal ... Compassionate priest was
former monk ... ERO File ... Lay chaplains make impact

FEATURES
Children's Liturgy of the Word: The facts and the fallacies ... Faces on the
floor gave college a head start ... At 100 and 97, these sisters know the secret
to long life ... Tsunami contributions are being well spent ... Joy Cowley: The
true vine ... Charismatic Renewal led to conversion ... Old gold rush town to
celebrate statue ... Study of Marists leads to award of medal

OPINION
Christine and Kerry Ryan: Marriage under threat is a risk to Church and society
Ronald Rolheiser: Our struggle to make sense of suicide
Others Say: The stages of grief in parish restructuring
Editorial: We have a lot in common with Muslims
Malcolm Evans, Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Rabbi a papal knight ... Evidence for design in nature "is real" ... Sex
"clients" need help ... Concerns voiced over texts ... The Pope: Benedict
beginning his first encyclical ... Holy See speaks out on weapons trade ... UN
lobbies exclude pro-life groups ... Farmers accused ... Holy See returns surplus
... The Pope and Harry Potter - what really happened ... Religious freedom is
often violated ... Catholic in line for Supreme Court ... Ireland needs new
pastoral structure ... Too tired for Mass ... Catholic MPs sanctioned for
same-sex bill votes ... Not to be baptised ... NFP course compulsory ... In
brief

REGULAR FEATURES
Think Page, Books, Monitor, Net Scene, Tape Deck, Clips, Cryptic Crossword, Who
Said? 22, 40 Years Ago, Caption Contest, Dio. Diary, The Doolans, Scripture,
Feasts, Kit's Corner 25, Holy Lives, That Word!, Photo Prayer, Wit's End.

ADVERTISING FEATURES
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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Catholic priest marks milestone
Otago Daily Times link, with photo (requires registration):
http://tinyurl.com/7kjtn
Link without photo (no registration required):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/otago/0,2106,3360986a3845,00.html
Father John Stone has enjoyed a week of reflection as he marks 50 years in the
priesthood. Based at the Blessed Mary MacKillop Catholic Church in Balclutha, Fr
Stone (74) has already marked the occasion with family in Invercargill. A
celebratory Mass will be held in Balclutha on Sunday...

Priest who came in from the cold (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10338239
Dennis Horton had to choose between his wife and his church. It is a choice he
believes no one should have to make. A distinguished Catholic priest in Auckland
for 31 years, Mr Horton left the clergy in 1996 so he could marry. As a result
he lost contact with people close to him and was shunned by the community that
once embraced him...

Dennis Horton: In his own words
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10338237Pupils

Pupils

planning Indian trip (photo)
Otago Daily Times (registration required)
http://tinyurl.com/a94hq
Christmas for five St Kevins College pupils this year will be spent in a soup
kitchen in India. Catholic schools were invited to apply to go to Calcutta to do
missionary work with Mother Teresa's order, leaving on December 6 and returning
on January 6...

Dioceses plan for shortage of priests
Otago Daily Times (registration required)
http://tinyurl.com/a94hq
Dunedin's Roman Catholic diocese, like its Christchurch counterpart, has been
looking to restructure its parishes to cope with a looming shortage of
priests...

Doubts voiced on Destiny vote
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,3358261a6554,00.html
New Zealand's first Christian political party is unfazed by the introduction of
an outspoken rival for the religious vote this election. Christian Heritage New
Zealand's (CHNZ) leader Ewen McQueen said yesterday he doubted Destiny New
Zealand would take a big chunk of the Christian vote...

Wait for it, wait for it - the Pope's not dead
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3356944a6000,00.html
It was every Catholic's worst nightmare - and a hardy Wairarapa footy player's:
the Pope's death announced as the kicker prepared his run-up in the last minutes
of a semifinal...

Pope prays for God to stop terrorists
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/12212988.htm
Les Combes, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI prayed Sunday for God to stop the
"murderous hand" of terrorists, stepping up his condemnation of the recent
attacks in Europe and the Middle East blamed on Islamic extremists. At the same
time, Benedict's spokesman said the pope was placing immense importance on a
scheduled meeting in Cologne, Germany, next month with members of Germany's
Muslim community...

Evangelicals and Catholics: The old edginess fading
http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=112762
Evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics -- the nation's two largest
religious blocs -- have a relationship that's been marked in the past by
hostility and tension. But now, almost 500 years after Martin Luther, one of the
top U.S. evangelical thinkers has co-authored a book - "Is the Reformation Over?
An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism" - that finds an
increasingly warm relationship between Catholics and evangelicals...

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FROM THE OVERSEAS CATHOLIC PRESS & NEWS AGENCIES

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Cardinal Ratzinger On Europe's Crisis of Culture
Subiaco, Italy, July 26, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the lecture
given in Italian by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Benedict XIV, in the convent
of Saint Scholastica in Subiaco, Italy, on April 1, the day before Pope John
Paul II died.

"Excluding God From the Public Conscience" (Part 1)
http://www.blogger.com/'http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=

Confused Ideology of Freedom Leads to Dogmatism" (Part 2)
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=74789Meaning

Meaning

and Limits of the Present Rationalist Culture (Part 3)
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=74826Christianity

Christianity

: "The Religion According to Reason" (Part 4)
http://www.zenit.org/english/show_3.php**********************************************Pope

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Pope

: a West tired of God; Asia and Africa at the crossroads
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3804
Vatican City (AsiaNews) -- In a speech to the priests of the Aosta diocese on
July 25, Pope Benedict XVI analyzed the life of the Church in the world, with
its sad aspects (mainly in the West) and its hope (in Africa and Asia). The
pope spoke off the cuff and the complete transcript of his words was published
today in the Osservatore Romano. His address took place in the parish church of
the town of Introd...

Pope tells priests to welcome divorced Catholics
http://www.cathnews.com/news/507/156.php
Pope Benedict XVI has said that divorced and civilly remarried Catholics who
suffer because they cannot receive Communion must be welcomed in parishes as
Catholics who witness to the importance of the Eucharist...

Benedict's first one hundred days (Editorial)
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/cgi-bin/archive_db.cgi/tablet-01061
Pope Benedict XVI has spent the first 100 days of his pontificate modestly and
quietly, reminding those with memories long enough not of his immediate
predecessor but of Pope Paul VI (the Pope who appointed him Cardinal). He has
done almost nothing controversial, which means that those who rejoiced that the
papacy had shifted to the right with his election have nothing yet to confirm
their judgement. Nor indeed have those who feared such a shift...

Holy See to Israel: history cannot be modified over John Paul II
http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=3814
Vatican City (AsiaNews) - History cannot be modified: this is the message of a
"note" with which the Vatican recalls some of the very many statements made by
John Paul II against anti-Semitism and terrorist violence...

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

http://www.caritas.org.nz

How will your vote affect others? (19 July 2005)
Caritas, has released a brochure specifically about the 2005 General Election in
which it encourages Catholics to vote and to think not just about how political
party policies affect them personally, but about how they will affect their
fellow citizens, particularly the most vulnerable members of society.....

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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 ...
Pope Benedict and Islam; Vatican-Israeli relations boil over; World Youth Day in
Cologne . and then Sydney; The 10th anniversary of We Are Church; Feeding the
hungry; Waiting for an ambassador

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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:
mailto:ymachb@clear.net.nzOther

Other

WYD links:

The official international WYD Site:
http://www.wjt2005.deThe

The

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

Confession

at Heart of Youth Day
100 Priests Will Be Available
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=74781
Cologne, Germany, July 27, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Central to the 20th World Youth
Day in Cologne will be the sacrament of reconciliation, alongside the Eucharist
and catecheses. To help the youth prepare, a five-page reflection on the
sacrament, prepared by Father Klaus Kluger, has been included in the pilgrim's
book. Entitiled "Arise!" the document uses ten texts of the New Testament that
highlight the meaning and importance of the sacrament...

Not All Believed in World Youth Day
Interview With Author of "The John Paul II Generation"
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=74865
Vatican City, July 29, 2005 (Zenit.org).- It is no secret that John Paul II
positively influenced the lives of millions of young people, known,
consequently, as the John Paul II Generation. In this interview with ZENIT,
Vatican correspondent Mimmo Muolo, of the newspaper Avvenire, author of "The
John Paul II Generation," published in Italian by Ancora, speaks on the effect
the Polish Pope has had on the youth who were born during his papacy...

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ST THERESE OF LISIEUX: 2005 NEW ZEALAND PILGRIMAGE OF GRACE
19 September - 16 October 2005

http://www.theresepilgrimage.org.nz

The Pilgrimage of Grace of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux commences in
Auckland on Monday the 19th of September 2005. The special reliquary housing the
relics will be flown from the Carmelite monastery in Lisieux, north of Paris,
where St Thérèse lived her vocation as a Carmelite nun until her death in 1897
at the age of 24. In September and October, her relics will be brought to
Catholic churches in cities and towns throughout New Zealand for public
veneration.

The Website for the Pilgrimage includes a full itinerary, a biography of St
Therese, an article on the spiritual significance of relics, and information on
Carmelite spirituality.

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OTHER EVENTS

Family Life International. Gospel of Life Conference
23-25 September 2005 Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna
Full details: http://www.blogger.com/'http://www.fli.org.nz/?sid=

History and Science of The Shroud of Turin" (Exhibition)
Lower NZI, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE, Auckland, New Zealand
Full description on:
http://www.shroud.co.nz/Exhibition.htm[If

[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, published by Michael O'Mara, 2000
(232.966 WIL), or you can request it via Interloan. ML]

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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 ]

International Programmes Manager, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand (
http://www.caritas.org.nz ).
Details in 'NZ Catholic' July 31 - August 13 2005 p.27, and from Caritas
Aotearoa New Zealand, P.O. Box 12-193, Wellington. E-mail: claire@caritas.org.nz
Tel: (04) 496 1742 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (04) 496 1742 end_of_the_skype_highlighting Applications close 1 August 2005.

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