18 june 2006

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SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST - 18 JUNE 2006

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'NZ CATHOLIC' no. 242 June 18 - July 1 2006

Issue 242, June 18-July 1, 2006

In this issue (full text) ...

Voice for Life advertisement ruled out
Wellington â€" A Voice for Life newspaper advertisement warning women about
the link between abortion and breast cancer breached advertising codes, the
Advertising Standards Complaints Board has ruled...

Full contents summary ...

NATIONAL
Church active in bringing peace in Timor ... Community work honour for
Compassion Sister ... Voice for Life ad is ruled out ... Doctors establish
support network ... EWTN easier to receive ... Samoans focus on youth at
community Mass ... China performances for college group ... Broadcast
students named as scholars ... Christian left to meet ... Fr M Armstrong
dies in Hamilton ... Website to support pregnant women ... Pro-life advocate
dies ... Former Massey priest dies ... Colleges tie for shield ... St
Bernard's to mark its 60th anniversary ... Win to St Kevin's ... John Paul's
roll to increase ... Irish trip for St Mary's head girl ... Promoting
preparedness

FEATURES
Salt and light at archdiocesan synod ... Bursars to meet ... Retirement
village chapel dedicated to bishop ... Like teacher, like pupil ... Fourfold
celebration for faithful couple

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: The mystery of presence and absence in love ... Bill
Moore: Let's be a bit more Catholic ... Bob McCoskrie: Young people deserve
to know the facts ... Editorial: Contraception teaching has been inflated
... Malcolm Evans ... Letters ... Vatican Letter: Quality, not quantity, key
to religious life

INTERNATIONAL
New hope in Iraq ... New groups called to obedience, communion ...
Translation work proceeds ... Pope gives St Peter as example of trust ...
Amnesty International close to pro-abortion line ... Political action is
defended ... "Young need love" ... Catholic media encouraged ... New
document on family ... In Brief ... Government disciplines Patriotic
Association ... Efforts against Aids in Zambia yield positive results ...
Morals "friends" of business ... Templar letter is false ... Church grows
most in Africa ... The Pope: Benedict condemns Holocaust hatred ... Mary
leads to Jesus ... Family breakups spark violence

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

ADVERTISING FEATURE
Priestly and religious vocations

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Woman honoured in home ceremony
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3701394a6579,00.html
A Hamilton woman, too sick to travel to Wellington, received her Queen's
Birthday honour at her home yesterday. Janette Pratt, who has cancer, was
awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for her contribution to education...

Father Mullins looks back on 50 years of ministry (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3700450a6497,00.htm/
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Father David Mullins will celebrate 50 years as a Catholic priest next
month. The parish priest at Our Lady of Lourdes in Glen Eden spent 35 years
in Tonga where his work in the community stretched well beyond the pulpit.

Church work brings on search for the holy nail (full text)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=00091F1C-83A9-148E-A0E783027A\
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The country's largest builder is in the midst of a series of church jobs.
Fletcher Construction is part-way through the $12 million renovation of St
Patrick's Cathedral on Wyndham St in Auckland. Across at Ponsonby, it has
started work on the St Joseph's Mercy Hospice, the conversion of a building
which housed nuns but more recently boarders at St Mary's School. The 1950s
building in the school grounds is being converted into a hospice. Fletcher's
is gutting, refurbishing and re-roofing the house. It is extending the
building and installing elevators. Fletcher's South Pacific division has
built a string of Latter Day Saints churches in the past 30 years. And the
coincidence of working on so many church buildings has not been lost on the
builder, which says it is "going in pursuit of the holy nail".

On track: Balance of head and heart
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000C1500-457E-148E-A4A283027A\
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It's difficult to avoid Robert King and his King's Consort when it comes to
Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, and, despite his busy concert schedule,
this Englishman doesn't spend all his time in the choir stalls. Keen eyes
may have noticed him in the interminable credits for The Da Vinci Code,
listed as "choir contractor". King's latest instalment of Monteverdi's
choral music offers the much-recorded Vespers in its 1610 edition - a
sumptuous two-CD package, including two settings of the Magnificat and the
shorter Missa in illo tempore...

Peace, justice, reconciliation, charity on workshop's agenda
http://www.stuff.co.nz/northland/0,2106,3699352a1927,00.html
Teaching about peace, justice, reconciliation and charity is the aim of a
workshop this Saturday. The workshop is organised by Pax Christi, the peace
and justice group of St Francis Xavier parish, Whangarei...

Politicians descend on Winton to farewell Norah English
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3697230a6568,00.html
Almost certainly the largest number of political figures in the history of
Winton gathered for the funeral of Mrs Norah English, 82, the mother of MP
Bill English, in the church of St Thomas Aquinas on Saturday...

One way to reach a Mass market
The Press - News - 14 June 2006 Page 3
[This article is not available on the newspaper's free Website]
An infomercial for the Catholic Church is succeeding in reaching the masses.
The Church has been hitting the airwaves in a bid to get its message across.
This week it launched its latest infomercial on high rating television
breakfast show Good Morning...

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Media release: "Right to Life" organisation expresses alarm at NZ Government
funding for organisations that promote contraception, sterilisation and
abortion (15 Jun 2006)

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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: The expansion of Catholicism in the world's South; Ambassadors
discuss Vatican diplomacy; Benedict XVI intends to visit Israel in 2007;
More on Jewish relations; U.S. court OKs legal action against the Holy See.

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EVENTS

New Zealand Catholic Education Convention 2006
Wellington Convention Centre, 31 August - 2 September 2006

http://www.conference.co.nz/cathed06

Theme: Radiating hope, challenging our times

Full details on the Website.

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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 ]

Journalist, 'NZ Catholic' newspaper
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' June 18-July 1 2006 p. 27, and from Gavin Abraham,
PO Box 147-000 Ponsonby, Auckland 1034; e-mail: editor@nzcatholic.org.nz

11 june 2006

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TRINITY SUNDAY JUNE 2006

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Irish to the bone (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/0,2106,3695469a6578,00.html
Over a glass of Guinness, Kate Monahan learns what it means to be Irish in
Hamilton, and what the odds might be for tonight's rugby clash.

Helping families find Kiwi peace (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3695410a6497,00.htm/
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Helping families from war-torn Lebanon settle in New Zealand is just one way
Henriette Nakhle has assisted people over the past two decades. Mrs Nakhle,
from Manurewa, has been recognised with a Queen's Service Medal for
Community Service in the Queen's Birthday honours list.

Da Vinci Code: statement from the Anglican Bishops
Press Release: Anglican Church in Aotearoa
June 6, 2006
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0606/S00050.htm
The Da Vinci Code: A statement from the Anglican Bishops
“Some of us have been approached about our views on The Da Vinci Code novel
and movie in recent weeks. We are also aware that a number of people believe
that The Da Vinci Code story is real and that its description of Christian
history is true...

St Patrick's workmanship on show (full text)
New Zealand Herald Jun 6 2006
http://tinyurl.com/gb87k
An open day at St Patrick's Cathedral in central Auckland attracted about
2000 people yesterday to see progress on the $12 million conservation and
restoration project. Among the attractions was Bishop George Lenihan's tomb
and part of the eastern wall of the original 1848 stone church. Cathedral
administrator Father Bernard Kiely said the church still needed to raise $3
million.

Historic Futuna chapel sold to supporters
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200606061541/2b48d889
Supporters of a chapel in Wellington considered a masterwork of New Zealand
architecture, have secured its future by buying the building...

Kiwis get top honours (includes video report)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/740968
The Queen's Birthday honours list has recognised New Zealanders ranging from
All Black great Tana Umaga to a nun who worked for decades helping the poor.

Helping the down-and-outs
The Dominion Post â€" News â€" 5 Jun 2006 â€" Page 5
[not available on the newspaper's free Website]
When she first heard her name had been put forward for an honour, Sister
Margaret Anne Mills thought it was a case of mistaken identity. "We've got
another Sister Margaret in the soup kitchen and I thought it must be her,"
said the modest second-in-charge of the New Zealand Sisters of Compassion...

Devotion to community earns couple QSM (photo)
Bay of Plenty Times
http://tinyurl.com/hx4ct
It is the people they love and their deep faith that makes Kihi and Maria
Ngatai community saints. Both are recipients of a Queen's Service Medal for
Public Services.

Celebrations, but they still made it to church (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3690193a6010,00.html
When it came to the Celtic Rugby Club centennial reunion over the weekend,
church was the winner on the day. More than 400 reunion attendees made their
way to the Sacred Heart Basilica yesterday morning, despite celebrations the
night before.

Mum's Choir at SkyCity Theatre (photo)
NZ Herald
http://tinyurl.com/fbdwn
A grand piano, a large Catholic family, a dollop of Kiwiana and a corpse are
the essential ingredients for Alison Quigan's nostalgic tribute to the
redemptive power of group singing...

Bill English's mum dies, 83 (full text)
The Southland Times News 8 Jun 2006 Page 2
National Party stalwart and the mother of Clutha-Southland National MP Bill
English, Norah English, died yesterday morning. She was 83. Mr English said
his mother was involved in the National Party for many years representing
the south in the era of Brian Talboys and while she was never an MP, "she
certainly could've been" . Mrs English also had a keen interest in
education, working throughout the 1970s on various national education
bodies. Mrs English's funeral will be held on Saturday at St Thomas' Church
in Winton.

*** Sister Marie's story ***
[A few days ago, the Otago Daily times published three articles telling the
story of Sister Marie of the Little Sisters of the Poor - now in retirement
in Dunedin - who joined her Order just before World War II and was sent to
China, which was already at war with Japan. She was expelled from Shanghai
after the Japanese occupied the city and was sent to France, arriving in
1940, shortly before the German invasion. The second and third articles
(linked below) describe what happened when the Germans took over.]

Germans thought NZ nun a spy (photo)(2)
Otago Daily Times, Monday, 5th June 2006
http://tinyurl.com/zff59
The first few months after arriving at the Mother House in Brittany in May,
1940, were both exciting and frightening for the young New Zealand nun. She
was away from the horrors and responsibilities of Shanghai: she was back
safely among the religious of her Order but the threats once posed by the
Japanese were now assumed by the all-conquering Germans. France had become
an occupied country and Sister Marie had been pushed, in effect, from frying
pan to fire...

Germans treated nun as spy (photo)(3)
Otago Daily Times Monday, 5th June 2006
http://tinyurl.com/kpc5x
Sister Marie, shaking with fear, fatigue and cold, boarded the tram,
proffering her sole 100 franc note to the conductress. That kind lady, she
said, had the decency to decline it, surely feeling sorry for the sad,
bedraggled figure before her...

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TUI MOTU INTERISLANDS

http://www.tuimotu.org

In the May 2006 issue ...

Editorial: Sanctuary (full text)
Language wells up from the deepest part of human consciousness. Sometimes a
word can have meaning in both the sacred and secular spheres, but when we
reflect carefully we can see how one meaning illuminates the other...

Also in this issue ...

Sanctuary: where the heart is â€" Ron Sharp

Dominican study and education â€" Carmel Walsh, OP and Jenny Collins

Learning through experience â€" Stuart Sellar

Dreaming the land â€" Mary Eastham

Eucharist at the heart of our lives â€" Daniel O'Leary

Lust â€" Paul Andrews, SJ

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SOCIETY OF EUCHARISTIC ADORATION - Newsletter

http://eucharist.wellington.net.nz/newsletters.html

In Issue 27, April-June 2006 ...

Joy, the Gift of the Eucharist, by Fr John T Catoir

'We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you', by Bill Steltemeier in EWTN
Family Newesletter

How good it is for us to be here! (Mt 17:1-4), from 'Church of the Eucharist
New Evangelisation'

Leading children to God's mystery, by Monica Brown

The Eucharist: God is near us... Pope Benedict XVI

Can you not watch an hour with Me? (Mark 14: 37)

Pope Benedict Answers Children's Questions

'Stay With Us Lord': A new DVD on The Mass, The Eucharist, Sunday, The Lord
s Day.

'A Heart Beloved', from 'Experiencing Mass with Heart and Mind', by Daniel H
qiuinn

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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: For Benedict XVI, less is more; Wednesday reflections on the
church; The Auschwitz visit; The next battle in the war on relativism; The
World Cup and prostitution; The struggle against corruption.

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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 ]

Events Co-ordinator, Diocesan Youth Team, Christchurch Diocese
http://www.cyt.org.nz
Further details in 'NZ Catholic' June 4 - June 17 p.23, on the Website, and
from Clare Dooley, Director, Catholic Youth Team, PO Box 4544, Christchurch.
Tel. (03) 366 9869; fax: (03) 379 8724; e-mail: cdooley@chch.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 16 June 2006.

4 june 2006

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

From issue 241, June 4 - June 17 2006 ...

Easter trading bill passes first hurdle
Wellington â€" A bill that would allow shops in tourist hotspots to open on
Good Friday and Easter Sunday has been sent to Parliament’s commerce select
committee...

Villa Maria student in softball coup
Christchurch â€" Carmelle Sorensen, a year-12 Villa Maria student, is excited
to be the youngest member of the New Zealand White Sox softball team.
Playing as a catcher, she has this year scored a double coup...

Full contents summary ...

NATIONAL
Budget seen as miserly on overseas aid ... Bill to allow gay adoption called
"outrageous" ... "Ecclesial women" plan gets NZ interest ... Rest home
funding may not be enough ... 300 Chinese at opening of new centre ...
Parish for Maori set up in Auckland ... Easter trading bill passes first
hurdle ... Former Christchurch hospital is being demolished ... Howlett is
Marist player of the year ... Violence is lecture theme ... Gains for
schools from the Budget ... Villa Maria student in softball coup ... Four
teachers given awards ... Parents' wishes "on the sidelines" ... Gisborne
school to be moved ... ERO File

FEATURES
Bishop Pat Dunn: Priesthood still fascinates, inspires me after 30 years ...
The Da Vinci Code movie: Glossy, well acted, but historically and
theologically it's dishonest ... Auckland CWL celebrates 75 years of service
... Paintings promote respect for life ... Blessed years ... Choir launches
feast of fun and frivolity

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Dealing with hurt and disappointment ... Brendan Malone:
Of condoms and Aids, and love and life ... Parish Diary: Standing and
kneeling ... Others Say ... Editorial: Church must continue to use media ...
Malcolm Evans ... Letters ... Vatican Letter: Vatican focuses on Middle East

INTERNATIONAL
Caritas aid staff pull out of East Timor violence ... Combined action to
reconvert Europe? ... School study of religion has benefits ... Washington
gets new archbishop ... The Pope: Mutual respect asked of Islam ... Church
teaching is not "opinion" ... State-sponsored bishop hopes for Vatican
approval ... Anglicans reject Marian dogmas ... Benedict exhorts Poles to
keep faith ... Secularism seen as threat to religious life ... Augustinians
regret Eucharist breach ... New Mass translation proposed in the US ...
Churches care for victims of quake ... Assisted suicide blocked ... Pope
prods Australia ... In Brief

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

FEATURES
Catholic Caring Foundation grants ... E-mail ansd Website directory

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

Doors open on St Pat's revamp (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3686912a6016,00.htm/
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An $11 million project to restore St Patrick's Cathedral aims to give it a
new lease of life for the next century. The 100-year-old Wyndham St church
opens on Monday to allow people to view the progress of restoration work
started last October...

Catholic school cans Da Vinci night (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3685096a6568,00.html
The film version of The Da Vinci Code has been deemed too hot to handle by
one Invercargill Catholic school. A Verdon College fundraising film evening
scheduled for last Sunday was canned after organisers got cold feet about
the themes of the film...

State of Futuna Chapel lamented
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200605311337/5491705
Concern is mounting over the condition of an icon of New Zealand
architecture. The Futuna Chapel in the Wellington suburb Karori is a
category 1 historic building and lauded by heritage experts as one of the
country's finest buildings...

Further funds required
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/timaruherald/0,2106,3684994a6571,00.html
Fund-raising has started for the second stage of the St Patrick's Church
(Timaru) restoration project...

Kiwi aid starts to trickle in to quake area
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3684036a11,00.html
New Zealand aid agencies are in action, helping an estimated 100,000 people
made homeless in central Java, Indonesia, after Saturday's earthquake...

Caritas NZ to give $20,000 to Indonesia Earthquake Relief
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0605/S00316.htm
Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand pledged an initial $20,000 to assist with the
humanitarian response following the Indonesian earthquake. The 6.3 magnitude
quake has claimed the lives of more than 5,000 and left hundreds of
thousands homeless...

Caritas Providing Assistance to Earthquake Victims
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0605/S00284.htm
Caritas confederation members are coordinating a joint effort in response to
the 6.2 magnitude quake that struck the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta
yesterday. The quake has so far killed more than 3000 and many thousands
more homeless.

Kick in the teeth for trust (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3683901a6016,00.htm/
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A South Auckland emergency housing provider could face a huge rates bill
under Manukau City Council's planned rates changes. And the Monte Cecilia
Housing Trust, which operates a centre in Mangere, isn't sure how it would
come up with the extra money...

[The following article is not available on the newspaper's free Website]

Champion of secular education (obituary)
The Dominion Post, 1 Jun 2006, Edition 2, Page 6.
Jack Mulheron was a thorny critic of state aid for private schools and of
religious instruction in state schools. An agile thinker and compulsive
campaigner, his views were rooted in the tenets of state education -- that
it be free, compulsory and secular...

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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: Cardinal Pell on Islam and on translations; The pope's freedom
and his Achille's heel; Jerzy Kluger, Wojtyla's boyhood friend; The congress
for new movements.

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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 ]

Events Co-ordinator, Diocesan Youth Team, Christchurch Diocese
http://www.cyt.org.nz
Further details in 'NZ Catholic' June 4 - June 17 p.23, on the Website, and
from Clare Dooley, Director, Catholic Youth Team, PO Box 4544, Christchurch.
Tel. (03) 366 9869; fax: (03) 379 8724; e-mail: cdooley@chch.catholic.org.nz
Applications close 16 June 2006.

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'WEL-COM'

The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of Palmerston
North

http://www.welcom.org.nz

Archbishop Dew's column:
Synod 2006 salt and light together

A clean start for cleaners
The plight of some of the lowest paid workers, cleaners, and the country’s
reliance on them in the event of an epidemic was highlighted last month when
the CleanStart campaign was launched in 10 cities across New Zealand and
Australia...

Cleaners and God a theological reflection
The first theological questions asked by Catholic social teaching (CST) are:
What is the situation of commercial cleaners? What is their reality? ...

NZ co-hosts in 2008 World Youth Day
New Zealand young people have won the right to be official co-hosts for the
2008 World Youth Day in Sydney...

CEC nets calls in record numbers
The Catholic Enquiry Centre made the highest number of enrolments in its
course for at least 20 years last year...

New cathedral organist
Sacred Heart Cathedral has a new organist, at last. Michael Stewart has an
extensive curriculum vitae for his 28 years. He already has one CD to his
credit and another on the way....

Social justice in the parishes
We are now post-Lent and into Eastertide! In the gospels and in the Acts of
the Apostles during these weeks we share the enthusiasm of the disciples as
they come alive with the new life of the risen Jesus. The new life affected
whole communities, as they energetically set about living out their new
insights and strengths!...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

GAYNZ.com article is factually incorrect
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0605/S00250.htm
Yesterday (24.05.06) the GAYNZ.com website posted an article about a press
release issued by Family Life International in response to Green MP Metiria
Turei's call for legalised homosexual adoptions in New Zealand. The
GAYNZ.com article contains factual errors and shallow rhetoric that ignores
research and represents only one side of this important debate...

Catholic secondary school proposal due back in court
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3677351a13415,00.ht/
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The Catholic Diocese of Auckland is still fighting for consent to build a
Catholic secondary school on the 25 hectares of land they own on Burtt Rd in
Drury...

New Zealand Church life is an example of cultural integration
http://www.theindiancatholic.com/news_read.asp?nid=1756
Churches have a significant role in the settlement outcomes of migrant
women, argues Ruth DeSouza, a migrant Goan settled in New Zealand. She also
suggests in the following article that women who are members of mainstream
churches can advance the integration process...

Gospel according to Dan Brown?
http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/2006/05/art100011586.php
As The Da Vinci Code film opens in theatres, local church representatives
are advising film patrons not to take its plot as gospel...

Cracking the publishing code, by Finlay Macdonald
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3675299a1860,00.html

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ - MEDIA RELEASE

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

“Pope’s Organist� impostor plans concerts in New Zealand (23 May 2006)
An Italian man claiming to be the official organist to the Vatican, and to
have been appointed to this position by Pope Benedict XVI, is planning a
series of concerts in New Zealand, according to Catholic News Service...

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CARITAS AOTEAROA NZ

New Zealand "simply not doing enough" for overseas aid - Caritas
http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/viewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=682
Wellington â€" Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand has compared Finance Minister
Michael Cullen to Scrooge following a Budget that failed to increase New
Zealand’s commitment to overseas..

The Church and Caritas Helping in Timor Leste (25 May 2006)
http://www.caritas.org.nz
As rebel soldiers and gangs of youths in Timor Leste (East Timor) continue
to cause violence in and around the country’s capital, Dili, the Catholic
Church, Caritas agencies and other NGO’s are working to assist those who
have fled from their homes due to the unrest...

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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: The Pope in Poland

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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 ]

Edmund Rice Network, National Co-ordinator
http://www.edmundrice.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 7-20 2006 p. 23, and from The Associate
Principal. St Peter's College, Mountain Rd, Auckland 1003; tel: (09)
524-8108 ext. 7313 Applications close 1 June 2006.

Lay Pastoral Leader, St Bernadette's Parish, Naenae, Lower Hutt
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/naenae.html
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 21 - June 2 p.22, and from The General Manager,
Wellington Archdiocese, Catholic Centre, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015.
Applications close 2 June 2006

Fix-it/groundsperson, Mt Tabor Community, Auckland
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 21 - June 2 p.22, and from Lorraine tel (09)
420-6184; Mike tel (09) 420 9701; or Irene tel (027) 471 5295.

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'THE DA VINCI CODE'

What’s wrong with The Da Vinci Code? (The facts behind the fiction), by
Lyndsay Freer
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

'The Real Da Vinci Code', presented by Tony Robinson. Part Two of two.
Prime TV, Sunday 14 May 2006, 8:35 PM
Review at Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/zmb34

TV One. Close Up. 'Da Vinci Code' (video)
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tvone_minisite_story_skin/716577%3fformat=html
Bishop Pat Dunn answers the controversial claims in Dan Brown's book.

TV 3. Da Vinci K.O'd (video)
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/tabid/67/articleID/8113/Default.aspx
Catholic Communications' Director Lyndsay Freer went to see the film. Family
Life International's Brendan Malone also comments.

Da Vinci Code errors addressed by New Zealand Catholic organisation
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0605/S00141.htm
Catholic organisation; Family Life International, is offering New Zealanders
a free thirty minute MP3 presentation that addresses the many factual and
historical errors found in the Da Vinci Code. The presentation titled; “The
Da Vinci Code - Fact or Fantasy?� has been posted for free download on the
Family Life International website to coincide with tomorrow’s New Zealand
release of the Da Vinci Code movie.

Film a blessing in disguise (photos)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3671286a6000,00.html
Silas, The Da Vinci Code's villain, is a murderous albino monk from a
shadowy Catholic organisation called Opus Dei. Parehuia Tutua-Nathan, a
mother of five from Johnsonville, is one of about 40 New Zealand members of
the real Opus Dei...

Controversial tale casts aspersions on Harvard
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/manawatustandard/0,2106,3671018a6003,00.html
Harvard University is more sinned against than the church in Dan Brown's The
Da Vinci Code, says a Palmerston North religious studies expert on the eve
of the controversial film opening in the city...

Fiery opening for controversial movie (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=18&objectid=10382378
The year's most hotly anticipated movie - The Da Vinci Code - premiered in
Auckland last night to a cast of torch-bearing monks, fireballs and eager
fans shaking off poor reviews and boycott calls...

'The Da Vinci Code', reviewed by Russell Baillie
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10382381

Garth George: Unholy row over fiction just a storm in a chalice
NZ Herald
http://tinyurl.com/kk77g

Kiwis Slam Da Vinci Code
http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-5790294,00.html

Code gets thumbs-up in Nelson
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/nelsonmail/0,2106,3673395a6510,00.html

Frances Grant: Holy Grail of TV docos (a review of the TV documentary 'The
Real Da Vinci Code')
NZ Herald
http://tinyurl.com/hh34t
[The reviewer appears to have seen the whole documentary, even though the
second half won't be broadcast by Prime until tonight. ML]

Baigent undaunted after losing court case (photo)
Otago Daily Times
http://tinyurl.com/hsy7h

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Father Gray back on his feet in his beloved parish (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/0,2106,3673431a13415,00.ht/
ml
Much-loved priest of Pukekohe's St Patrick's Catholic Church, Father Peter
Gray is back on his feet again after recovering from injuries he suffered
when his car collided

Spirited singing marks close of church
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3668904a6568,00.html
In a colourful ceremony tinged with sadness, St Matthew's Catholic Church at
Tokanui was closed on Sunday...

NZ allowed appeal to extradite clergy
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3671262a6009,00.html
An Australian judge has agreed to allow an appeal by New Zealand authorities
hoping to extradite two Catholic clergy facing sex-abuse charges...

Vatican official warns against peope posing as pope's organist
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0602914.htm
Vatican City (CNS) -- The archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica has issued a
warning to concert organizers about people presenting themselves as the
official organist of St. Peter's or of Pope Benedict XVI...

TVNZ. Interview with Sally Anne Upton (video)
http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_video/windows/one_news/sally_160506_128k.asx
Peter Williams interviews Australian comedienne Sally Anne Upton, presenter
of "Late Nite Catechism" at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival,
on "submarine Catholics" and how St. Joseph can help sell your house.

McGuinness is good for us
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/manawatustandard/0,2106,3668437a6503,00.html
There's an ancient Irish kingdom called Oriel, whose modern-day people are
typically described as "resilient and resourceful, up-front and honest (if
sometimes caustic)". John Myers talks with the sometimes-caustic Eliz
McGuinness.

Signs of hope amid Papua New Guinea's need, by Julie Middleton (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=00085C2D-20DC-1468-91DD83027A\
F1010E
Magalu Danagi, 28, lives at the Port Moresby City Mission New Life Farm, a
lush 16 hectares about 45 minutes of rough roads from the city. The farm
receives aid through the New Zealand High Commission, whose head, Laurie
Markes, has $150,000 a year to spend on development...

[The following three stories are not avaialable on the newspapers' free
Websites. They can be read at the public library and via the libraries' free
'Newztext' service for borrowers]

Garin tops in public speaking
The Nelson Mail â€" News â€" 20 May 2006 â€" Page 3
New Zealand's tall poppy syndrome makes it an ugly nation. That argument
earned Garin College year 10 student Megan Lewis maximum points for a speech
that helped her team to first-equal place in the O'Shea Shield, a Catholic
schools' public speaking competition...

Trio of wins for Francis Douglas
Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 2006, Edition 1, Page 4.
New Plymouth's Francis Douglas Memorial College returned from the 61st
O'Shea speech and drama competition yesterday with three winners.

Anti-brothel brigade in court protest
Waikato Times â€" News â€" 15 May 2006 â€" Page 3
Campaigners this morning staged a protest outside the High Court at Hamilton
ahead of a legal challenge to the city council's bylaw banning suburban
brothels. About 11 groups planned to take part in the protest, including the
Family First Lobby, Voice Waikato, the Catholic Diocese, Crosslight Trust,
the Salvation Army and city councillors Glenda Saunders and Roger
Hennebry...

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'NZ CATHOLIC' no. 240 May 21-June 3 2006

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

From the current issue (full text) ...

Opus Dei member breaks the stereotype
Wellington â€" If you were looking to create a mental image of an Opus Dei
member from newspaper reports, a picture of Parehuia Tutua-Nathan might not
spring to mind.

Audio recording refutes "Da Vinci Code"
Auckland â€" Brendan Malone concedes that good books have refuted claims in
The Da Vinci Code, the film version of which opened this week â€" “but a lot
of it is quite academic�.

Christchurch Catholics receptive of pastoral plan
Christchurch â€" The Christchurch diocesan pastoral plan, officially launched
earlier this year, is steadily progressing.

Full contents summary ...

NATIONAL
BSA receives 35 complaints over South Park ... Natural explanation for
"images" of Mary ... Opus Dei member breaks the stereotype ... Bishops
discuss plan for World Youth Day lead-up ... Lakan, 7, puts case on Iraq ...
"Girls" return to school for 80th birthday visit ... Bishops' Popetown
complaint fails ... Statue donated to new home ... Da Vinci Code rebuttal in
audio format ... Schools chosen in Government scheme ... Dunedin's Bishop
Campbell among diocesan jubilarians ... Sunshine for charity golfers ...
Caritas promoter appointed ... Parishes in Christchurch ready for changes
... Alternatives to jail are gaining support ... Charismatic couple will
attend meeting with Pope in Rome ... ERO File

FEATURES
Archdiocesan synod promises to be different ... Dominicans visit southern
sites ... Hosting refugees was a treat ... Empty tomb tells the story ...
Inside Opus Dei in New Zealand ... Catholic schools' goal: To form children
in the character of Christ ... Dominicans celebrate their 800th jubilee ...
Polish awards made ... College launches trust ... Key tool overdone?

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: What's worthwhile is worth waiting for ... Pat Lynch:
Graduating educators called to uplift those they teach ... Others Say ...
Editorial: Religion just another issue for BSA ... Malcolm Evans Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Civil use of nuclear energy is supported ... Inclusion advocated in shaping
society ... Archbishop hopes for film boycott ... The Pope: Loveless society
lowers birthrate ... Resurrection of Christ "the fundamental truth" ... Pope
accused of heresy ... Role seen for faiths on climate change ... Shooting
for vocations ... Chinese bishop has dual approval ... Christ's call to
vocations continues, says Pope ... Timor's Church calls for calm ...
Catholic oppressed ... German TV network to screen Popetown ... Abortion
support waning

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

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

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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 ...
Legionaries of Christ founder restricted; Benedict's concerns for Poland
trip: The European Union; The Deep Legacy of John Paul II; A German Pope
Visits Auschwitz; German-Polish Reconciliation; Liberal culture and a
Catholic worldview; Weurl's appointment

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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 ]

Co-ordinator, Continuing Faith Education, Catholic Institute of Theology,
Auckland
http://www.theology.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 7-20 2006 p. 23, and from The Registrar,
Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland
1001 Tel: 0-9-379 6424 ;
Fax: 0-9-379 6426 ; e-mail: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 26 May
2006.

Edmund Rice Network, National Co-ordinator
http://www.edmundrice.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 7-20 2006 p. 23, and from The Associate
Principal. St Peter's College, Mountain Rd, Auckland 1003; tel: (09)
524-8108 ext. 7313 Applications close 1 June 2006.

Lay Pastoral Leader, St Bernadette's Parish, Naenae, Lower Hutt
http://www.wn.catholic.org.nz/naenae.html
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 21 - June 2 p.22, and from The General Manager,
Wellington Archdiocese, Catholic Centre, PO Box 1937, Wellington 6015.
Applications close 2 June 2006

Fix-it/groundsperson, Mt Tabor Community, Auckland
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 21 - June 2 p.22, and from Lorraine tel (09)
420-6184; Mike tel (09) 420 9701; or Irene tel (027) 471 5295.

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'THE DA VINCI CODE'

What’s wrong with The Da Vinci Code? (The facts behind the fiction), by
Lyndsay Freer
http://www.cathcom.org.nz/media.php

Da Vinci door open to Kiwi Catholics
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3665081a1860,00.html
New Zealand Catholics will not be asked to avert their eyes when The Da
Vinci Code hits cinema screens next week, despite a senior Vatican official
calling for Church members worldwide to shun the film...

Radio NZ. 'Nine to Noon' (sound file)
Kathryn Ryan interviews Michael Baigent, co-author of the 'The Holy Blood
and the Holy Grail'
http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/ninetonoon/20060509

'The Real Da Vinci Code', presented by Tony Robinson. Part One of two.
Prime TV, Sunday 14 May 2006, 8:35 PM
"The strength of this documentary is that it sticks purely to the evidence,
comparing it at every stage with the claims Dan Brown makes as part of the
allegedly 'well researched' background to his novel. In particular, Robinson
demolishes the claim made on the novel's first page (under the bold heading
'FACT') that the so-called "Priory of Sion" is a real organisation. Robinson
takes to this claim with an entertaining combination of detailed detective
work and obvious relish and lays out the real story of the 'Priory' - not a
real medieval secret society at all, but rather a clumsy modern hoax by a
French eccentric ... complete with a rather funny interview with a visibly
squirming *Holy Blood, Holy Grail* author, Michael Baigent..." Full review
at Amazon.com: http://tinyurl.com/zmb34

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

Bishop to celebrate last mass at St Matthew's
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/0,2106,3666193a6568,00.html
A slice of church history will end with the closing of St Matthew's Catholic
Church at Tokanui tomorrow afternoon...

Mother's Day after mudflat tragedy (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaynews/0,2106,3667405a15620,00.html
Brave young Motieva Ngauamo is determined to make today an extra special
Mother's Day for his grieving mum Anaseini. The 10-year-old schoolboy is the
man of the house now, after the tragic death of his dad. Kafoa-Mo drowned in
January saving Motieva who had become stuck on the mudflats at Auckland's
Manukau Harbour...

Carolyn Moynihan: Pope's blessing not a magic wand for Aids
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000BF3CE-CD4C-145E-8A3783027A\
F10257

Law and the Church Order
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/0,2106,3660536a6483,00.html
That the Crown Law Office has decided to appeal against an Australian
federal judge's decision not to extradite two Catholic clergymen to New
Zealand is very welcome. It is also the right decision, writes The Dominion
Postin an editorial...

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MARIST MESSENGER - May 2006

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

Full text ...

I have seen the Future â€" and it Works
Across the table, the cop flipped open his notebook. By my side, Kerry
stirred restlessly.
Head off with a hat ...

The Pope and I are soul mates. We like red hats. Fashions come and go but I
can’t bring myself to throw out my old red beret....

Salt of the earth
When Jesus first spoke the words to his followers â€" You are the salt of the
earth, Matthew 5:13 â€" he was paying them a compliment. It was a wonderful,
life-giving thing to say...

Focus: May Mothers
The month of May brings Mothers’ Day with its focus on Motherhood. It is a
day well worth observing, while trying to avoid over-commercialisation and
over-spiritualisation.

Also in this issue ...
* The Easter Tree * Kiwi Nurse in Calcutta * Dorothy Day: Fighter for the
Poor * The way to holiness is Prayer * Mothers' Day Gift - a Miracle Baby *
May Saints * Can You Bear it * A Minute or Two * Children's Corner *
Crossword by Appo * Remembering our Dead

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EDMUND RICE NETWORK, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

March-April 2006 Newsletter

http://www.edmundrice.org.nz/pages/newsletter/april%202006/index.htm

Christian Brothers: Br. Rardy Mills ... ER Schools: ER Leadership Programme;
ER Justice Group ... ERN New Zealand Conference ... ERN Network General-
Edmund Rice Feast Day ... ERN Schools Document ... Oceania Region News ...
International News ... Surfing The Net ... Visit Online ... Upcoming Dates

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

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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 ...
The Heritage of John Paul II on marriage and the family; Revised norms for
clergy sex abuse; Sex abuse in Italy; Ware on 'cardiac anthropology';
Scorecard for the Da Vinci Code; a comment on the Church's communications
capacity; A Radcliffe clarification

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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 ]

Co-ordinator, Continuing Faith Education, Catholic Institute of Theology,
Auckland
http://www.theology.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 7-20 2006 p. 23, and from The Registrar,
Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland
1001 Tel: 0-9-379 6424 ;
Fax: 0-9-379 6426 ; e-mail: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 26 May
2006.

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

From No.239 - May 7-20 2006 ...

Oceania faces massive Aids problem
Wellington â€" The Aids crisis is far closer than New Zealanders might
realise, the national Catholic bioethics centre has outlined in its April
report...

Barrister disputes extradition concerns
Auckland â€" A Catholic MP and barrister believes the New Zealand justice
system is equipped to handle historical sex abuse allegations, despite
concerns from an Australian judge...

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FROM THE SECULAR PRESS

BSA dismisses bishops' complaints about Popetown
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3658836a11,00.html
The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has dismissed complaints made by
the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference about the comedy TV programme
Popetown.

Australian criticism of NZ sex cases "justified"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3656250a12855,00.html
While a recent Federal Court of Australia decision to block the extradition
of two Catholic clergymen to New Zealand to face trial for alleged
historical sex crimes has sparked outcry from defenders of local criminal
law and procedure, other commentators have concluded that the decision is
sadly justified...

NZ to appeal clergy ruling
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3656686a12855,00.html
New Zealand authorities have decided to pursue the extradition of two
Catholic clergymen facing historic sexual-abuse charges. An appeal is about
to be lodged against an Australian Federal Court decision overturning an
extradition order for the two St John of God Order members, Brother Rodger
Moloney, 71, and Father Raymond Garchow, 58...

New Family Court Judge appointed
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0605/S00067.htm
Hamilton lawyer Lex de Jong has been appointed a Family Court Judge,
Attorney-General Michael Cullen announced today. Mr de Jong will be sworn in
on 18 May and will sit in Auckland...

Campbell live: Does the Pill cause cancer? (video report)
http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/tabid/67/articleID/7244/Default.aspx
The World Health Organisation says The Pill causes cancer. Some Catholic
doctors have stopped prescribing it. So are they helping women? Or just
following a religious decree? Melanie Reid asks one of these Catholic
doctors...

Contraception already a ritual
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/search/story.cfm?storyid=000F3988-FF1E-145A-B0ED83027A\
F1010F
Some local agencies supporting people with HIV-Aids are rejoicing at news
from Rome this week that Pope Benedict XVI may be about to let married
couples use condoms where one spouse has Aids...

Chapel a labour of love (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/0,2106,3653394a6554,00.html
Nearly eight months ago, a Presbyterian church with a Methodist history was
moved to a Catholic school. Yesterday, after a lot of hard work by many
people, Mary's Chapel at Sacred Heart Girls' College was formally opened.

Coalition for Prison Reform on the Cards
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0605/S00002.htm
“A Coalition for Prison Reform is likely to be established within the next
few months� in the view of Kim Workman, National Director, Prison Fellowship
New Zealand...

Catholic priesthood in decline
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/catholic-priesthood-in-decline/2006/05/01/11\
46335644310.html
The number of priests worldwide has decreased by 3.5 per cent in the past
quarter of a century, the Vatican said, noting that the overall figure was
affected by a sharp decrease in Europe despite a rise of vocations in
Africa. In its latest figures on the status of the Catholic church
worldwide, released yesterday, the Vatican examined changes between 1978 and
2004...

Young men shun priesthood
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3657762a11,00.html
A lack of young men entering the clergy may be the reason behind a decline
in the number of Catholic priests in New Zealand...

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

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

What's wrong with 'The Da Vinci Code'? The facts behind the fiction, by
Lyndsay Freer
It is clearly stated on the publication page that The Da Vinci Code is a
work of fiction. Despite this, many have been taken in by the
pseudo-historical manner in which the absurd claims about Jesus Christ, the
birth of Christianity and its development are presented. These are said by
Brown to be “the real truth� which the Catholic Church is portrayed as
having ruthlessly suppressed...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

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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 ...
Catholic approaches to Islam: hawks and doves; Faith, morals and economics;
The Vatican and China; "Active participation" in the liturgy.

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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 ]

Co-ordinator, Continuing Faith Education, Catholic Institute of Theology,
Auckland
http://www.theology.org.nz
Details in 'NZ Catholic' May 7-20 2006 p. 23, and from The Registrar,
Catholic Institute of Theology, Newman Hall, 16 Waterloo Quadrant, Auckland
1001 Tel: 0-9-379 6424 ;
Fax: 0-9-379 6426 ; e-mail: cit@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 26 May
2006.