6 july 2008

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WEL-COM - The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington and the Diocese of
Palmerston North

http://www.welcom.org.nz

News
The Monsignor Moore education trust ... Sue Devereux and Mary-Ann Greaney to
advise pastoral areas ... Nathaniel Centre cautions on pre-birth testing

World News
Caritas helps 60,000 cyclone survivors in Myanmar ... Caritas warns of
genocide in Zimbabwe calls for arms ban ... Death of Sri Lanka church worker
in bomb blast

Columns
Archbishop's column: From Paul to the Wellingtonians ... Kieran Fenn FMS.
Paul: Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end ... Cecily McNeill. A
'Treelords' take on collaboration

Schools
Masterton principal sixth in the world ... Silverstream Vinnies ... Taranaki
school mines history for class names

Features
Four million dreams to transform the country ... A lesson in social analysis
for corporates ... Social analysis brings power to the people

Wellington
The cathedral 160 years ago ... Sister John Bosco Fraser RSM RIP ... Sr
Jean-Marie McErlane RIP

Palmerston North
Hato Paora retreat for Sydney ... The RNZAF drops by St Peters ... St Peters
third in O'Shea

Reflect
Vigil of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul ... Veronica Lawson RSM. John
21:15-19

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

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World Youth Day
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Religious and community leaders say “God Speed�
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0807/S00042.htm
Church leaders and mayors have joined politicians in wishing young Kiwi
Catholic pilgrims “God Speed� as they prepare to leave the country for World
Youth Day in Sydney, forming the largest single group ever to leave New
Zealand for a non-sporting event. The messages, which can be viewed on
YouTube, included words from The Very Rev Ross Bay, Dean of Holy Trinity
Cathedral, Auckland, who said: “From Anglicans around the country, we wish
you well on this great pilgrimage … There will be lots of serious things to
do; let’s hope you’ll also be building great friendships and having great
fun!� ...

Prime Minister wishes 4000 pilgrims "the experience of a lifetime"
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00048.htm
Leading New Zealand polititians, including Prime Minister Helen Clark,
assure the 4000 youngKiwi pilgrims that they're right behind them on their
pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Sydney...

Volunteers to help clean city parks & reserves
Press Release: North Shore City 02-07 17:17-2008
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0807/S00030.htm
World Youth Day (WYD) pilgrims from Canada, the United States, Argentina and
India will volunteer their time in North Shore City next Thursday (July 10)
before crossing the ditch to Sydney where the WYD event is to be held...

Trio on a mission to Sydney
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/4606423a6497.html
Around 170 west Auckland youths will soon be in the presence of the Pope...

Waikato group to attend youth day (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/waikatotimes/4607519a6579.html
Nearly 500 Waikato people will join the hundreds of thousands of other young
Catholics flocking to Sydney this month to celebrate World Youth Day with
Pope Benedict XVI...

Seeing the pope (photo)
Hamilton Press
http://tinyurl.com/59y2mr
After a year of raffles, garage sales and church functions, 32 Hamilton
teenagers are about to make a pilgrimage to see the Pope ...

Papal pilgrim prays for poise (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4604111a11.html
She has an audience with the Pope, but Josie Leota admits the prospect has
left her lost for words. "I've no idea what I'll say ... I'll probably say
something about Wellington and New Zealand and that I'm Samoan" ...

Christchurch woman to lunch with Pope
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4602617a11.html
A Christchurch woman has been selected to lunch with Pope Benedict during
the World Youth Day in Sydney next month. Clare Dooley, director of Catholic
Youth Ministry in Christchurch, one of 4000 other young New Zealand pilgrims
heading to Sydney, was "very surprised and honoured to be chosen" ...

Pupils off on papal pilgrimage
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4606785a6010.html
Around 40 South Cantabrians are going on an adventure to meet the Pope as
part of World Youth Day being held in Sydney later this month...

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[From an article in NZ newspapers on forthcoming New Zealand films ...]
Producer Tim Sanders (Whale Rider and Perfect Creature) earlier this year
said he was working on six potential projects, including a US$100 million
sci-fi film and a $20 million feature on the life of Jean Baptiste
Pompallier, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland.

Fond farewell to Lorraine (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dailynews/4608121a6554.html
Twelve years after being appointed principal at St Pius X, Lorraine Gordon
has mixed feelings about leaving the New Plymouth primary school...

Catholic led fight to save schools’ character (obituary)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4605780a24437.html
Pat Hoult of Lower Hutt was an influential figure in the prolonged and very
public struggle over schools' integration. As executive director of the
Catholic Education Office in Wellington for 11 years from 1976, he had to
oversee the marriage of Catholic schools with the state system...

Censor's Ban on "Cradle of Filth" T-shirt
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0807/S00009.htm
John Mills, President of the Society for Promotion of Community Standards
Inc, (SPCS) has hailed as "bold, morally courageous and legally sound", the
classification decision issued to him today by the Chief Censor's Office,
that permanently bans a T-shirt he argued was "grossly objectionable due to
its obscene content" and "completely vilifies the central figure of
Christianity"...

Unsung heroes: A lifetime devoted to volunteering (photo)
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10519442
John McArthur has devoted his life to volunteering. "I've always had this
feeling that if you enjoy doing something, you've got an obligation to share
it," says the 72-year-old...

On Line Exhibition Tells Untold Tales of Missionaries Inspiring Lives
Multi talented photographer Sally Bierman, who spent weeks documenting the
extraordinary lives of the De La Salle Brothers and the daily obstacles they
face living their mission, will have her images displayed in a unique
on-line photographic exhibition from July 2, 2008, at
http://www.delasallebrothers.com/showgallery.asp
. Auckland’s urban cityscape of Manukau and De La Salle College, Mangere
East is the traveller’s final destination. New Zealand’s Prime Minister
Helen Clarke recently praised the school for what it had achieved
educationally and held it up as a model of what schools could achieve...

St John of God Brothers Statement
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0806/S00384.htm
Following the verdict in the Christchurch High Court last week, concerning a
member of the St John of God Brother, Rodger Moloney, the head of the St
John of God Brothers in the Australia-Pacific region, Br Timothy Graham,
said that justice in this matter had been done ...

Haka and tributes to farewell workers (photo)
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/06/30/13058_gold-coast-news.html
More than 2000 mourners gathered at separate services on Saturday to
remember two workmen who lost their lives in an industrial accident on the
Gold Coast just over a week ago...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

'Angels in the City' - http://www.inspirationaltv.net/angels-in-the-city/

Matthew 11:25-30, a reading and discussion with Gina and Fr Chris Skinner.

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...

St Paul was just like us .. well, kinda ... Guys, we’re losing our TV ... On
the death of a grandmother ... Noelle McCarthy on World Youth Day ... What
is the problem with Catholic schools? ... Confirmation ... Bibles in China

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

More on Burke’s move to Vatican court
Since news of St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke’s appointment as prefect of
the Apostolic Signatura was announced June 27, I’ve received numerous
telephone calls and e-mails, from both sides of the Atlantic, posing some
version of the following question: Was this a case of what the Italians call
promuovere per rimuovere … promoting someone in order to aget rid of him?
...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

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EMPLOYMENT

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

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

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'NZ CATHOLIC'

http://nzcatholic.org.nz

In issue 294, June 29 - July 12, 2008 ...

NATIONAL
Choosing sex of embryos condemned as unethical ... Judge doubts legality of
some abortions ... NZ abortions rise to second-highest total ... Former
diocesan manager becomes a papal knight ... Jubilarian priests mark
milestones ... Guests get free book ... Filipino man ordained for Auckland
diocese ... Bishop announces Palmerston North changes ... Original dioceses
mark 160 years ... Tertiary study help won ... Senior students ponder
bioethics ... Marist priest and teacher Fr Crombie dies, aged 90 ...
Environment day honours loved friend ... 16 days to World Youth Day 2008 ...
ERO File

FEATURES
Pilgrims help environment ... Aussies turning on a barbie for 120,000 WYD
pilgrims ... Abortion judgement riddled with flaws ... Press responds to
court ruling ... Latin Mass now offered on weekdays ... Latin parish erected
in Rome ... Woman tries to scam churches ... Young Christians awarded
broadcasting scholarships ... Rotorua CWL celebrates 75th anniversary ...
Travelling art marks Passionists' anniversary ... Marcellin College
celebrates 50th jubilee ... Auckland Catholic bowler wins 11th national
title

OPINION
Ronald Rolheiser: Chastity and the enchantment of life ... Pat O'Shea: Who
are the senseless ones? ... Pew Point: We must open our doors wider ...
Others Say: Making the ordinary special ... Editorial: Sex selection new
attempt to play God ... Malcolm Evans ... Letters

INTERNATIONAL
Ethical stem-cell research progresses ... Zimbabwe police intimidation said
to be widespread ... Creative response urged to hunger for Word of God ...
The Pope: We must propose and not impose ... MPs solidly against abortion
... Jordanians say church the first ... Cardinal to defy adoption rules ...
2006 Judas series shoddy ... Church wedding denied ... Cyclone brought forth
compassion, says prelate ... United States diocese helps out with cost of
petrol ... Pioneering surgery saves unborn girl's left foot ... Faith in
Senegal amazes cardinal ... UK government partly blind ... Breast reality
advised ... In Brief ... Bishops blitz "drifters"

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

ADVERTISING FEATURE
Funerals

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CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS NZ

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

From creation to the Da Vinci Code - World Youth Day forums tackle the big
issues (27 Jun 2008)

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FROM THE SECULAR MEDIA

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World Youth Day
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Church’s biggest team gets ready for World Youth Day
http://www.theindiancatholic.com/report.asp?nid=10635
New Delhi (ICNS): Prior to the World Youth Day in Sydney, some 500 young men
and women from India will have a cultural exchange, including a social work
project experience, living with the host families in New Zealand and
Australia...

Noelle McCarthy: Pope draws well-heeled faithful
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=107&objectid=10518749
Seventeen days and counting. What will you be doing on July 15? Peripatetic
Catholics among you will have arrived in Sydney, ready to kick off a week of
religious celebration which marks the first visit of Pope Benedict XVI to
Australia for World Youth Day...

Youth set for Sydney (photo)
Northern Outlook
http://tinyurl.com/5zulpp
A group of North Canterbury young people are making final preparations to
attend World Youth Day in sydney next month ...

225,000 pilgrims to see Pope in Sydney
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4595162a12.html
The Catholic Church says it is close to achieving its pilgrims target for
World Youth Day with 197,000 local and overseas Catholic youth headed for
Sydney.

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Abortion Law Reform
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Radio New Zealand. 'Insight': Abortion
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/insight
A documentary on the history, current application and future of New
Zealand's abortion law, with contributions from - among others - Fr Michael
McCabe (NZ Catholic Bioethics Centre), Kenn Orr (Right to Life) and Gordon
Copeland (Kiwi Party).

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The conviction of Br Moloney
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Catholic brother guilty of abuse
Jun 25, 2008 8:37 PM
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/1872059
The former head of a Catholic school in Christchurch has been found guilty
on seven counts of abusing boys in the 1970's...

Convicted Catholic brother sex abuser maintains innocence
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10518457

Catholic brother convicted of abuse (photo)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4597017a11.html

Apology for abuse inflicted by Catholic clergyman
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200806261909/15bd983b

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Many mourn churchman-turned-actor
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10517520
Kenneth Prebble, a former Anglican archdeacon and father to six, including
former Cabinet minister Richard, will be farewelled today by his large and
distinguished family...

Tiffany Tiplady an inspiration to all (photo)
Taupo Times
http://tinyurl.com/6rl4dl
Tributes to "a remarkable mother, wife and friend" Tiffany Marie Tiplady,
nee Halloran, are flooding in after the well-known Taupo personality lost
her long battle with cancer on Saturday ...

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INSPIRATIONAL TV

http://www.inspirationaltv.net

[There are several new videos on the site, including the weekly gospel
reading and discussion 'Angels in the City'. Unfortunately, when I attempted
to play them, the sound was inaudible on all of them, possible due to local
technical conditions. ML]

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'BEING FRANK'

http://www.beingfrank.co.nz

Blogs about Catholic life in New Zealand, sponsored by 'NZ Catholic'
newspaper. Some recent topics ...

Sex trafficking in Australia ... After WYD, what? ... Liturgical
experimentation .... "I’m pro-choice - just not that choice!" ... A debate
between a Christian apologist and an atheist.

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EVENTS

World Youth Day
Sydney, 14-20 July 2008
http://www.wyd.org.nz

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ALL THINGS CATHOLIC
Analysis and commentary by John R. Allen

http://ncrcafe.org/node/507

Setting our ecclesial gauges' and liturgical translation update
Since Fr. Isaac Hecker founded the Paulist Fathers in 1858, they’ve been the
quintessentially “American� religious community in the Catholic church. The
Paulists’ core mission is evangelization, with special emphasis on
ecumenism, inter-faith dialogue, and outreach to the alienated and the
marginalized. They typically execute all of the above with panache, great
balance, and a keen sense of humor...

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WORLD NEWS OF THE CHURCH (Regularly updated)

http://www.cathcom.org.nz

http://www.nzcatholic.org.nz

http://www.romereports.com (video)

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EMPLOYMENT

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

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