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Cultivating virtues in one’s children

NZ Catholic Staff — Tue, 02 May 2017 03:23:12 +0000

by Shannon Roberts

Parenting is no easy task. Be reassured that your hidden work as a parent is life-changing and worldchanging; no matter the times you feel like it’s all too much. Parenting is as worthy of our time, effort and attention as any other profession we might work at, and holds just as much benefit for wider society.echo $variable;

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School pupils help inmates children

Michael Otto — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:11:32 +0000

by MICHAEL OTTO AUCKLAND — Christmas will have been a little brighter for children who have a parent in prison, thanks to the efforts of children from a Catholic school. Years 3 and 4 pupils at St Mary MacKillop School in Mangere, Auckland, made “bags of providence” filled with toys and, on December 11, gave

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Young Aussies to call for end to detention of children

Michael Otto — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:59:44 +0000

CANBERRA (CathNews) — A coalition of young people is banding together to call for an end to immigration detention of children.
From September 28, young people throughout Australia will be hitting their social media networks to spread the word, reports Catholic Mission Australia in a media release.
Australian Young Christian Students Movement (AYCS) networking to thousands of students, ChilOut and their Youth Ambassadors, plus Catholic School students, will join the International Detention Coalition (IDC) and church and community organisations to launch a campaign on September 28 to “End Child Detention” in Australia.
“Detention is a problem, not a solution,” said Tessa Ganley, chairwoman of AYCS. “The youth of Australia can easily identify with what it would be like to be locked up, and they know that a country like Australia should not allow this to happen.”
The focus of the campaign is a Kony-style video that will be launched in Sydney on September 28 and passed on by young people through social media networks with a call to action.
“We will be asking our friends to tell Minister Bowen that the freedoms of children, just like me, matter. All children are vulnerable and need to be protected,” Ms Ganley added.
The newly formed Australian Coalition to End Immigration Detention of Children hopes to show that there is a massive movement of young people and adults who support the Government’s 2010 decision to move children with their families into the community.
Despite early progress, the situation has now deteriorated to a point where 686 children are detained (July 2012, Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship).
Internationally, other alternatives are being pursued. Belgium, Japan and Thailand no longer detain families.

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Children disappearing in the West

Michael Otto — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:21:20 +0000

RICHMOND, Virginia (CWN) — The National Marriage Project, joined by universities in five nations, has published The Sustainable Demographic Dividend—a report that links the strength of families and the economy. “A turning point has occurred in the life of the human race,” the report found. “The sustainability of humankind’s oldest institution, the family—the fount of

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NZ bishops back prayer campaign for Kiwi kids

Michael Otto — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:00:00 +0000

WELLINGTON For the first time, New Zealands Catholic bishops have included a Day of Prayer for Children in their national calendar. The day, first reported in NZ Catholic last year, will be marked on March 1 and has seen a partnership forged between the bishops development agency, Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Open Home

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On Christmas, Pope calls for peace, help for world’s children

Vatican City (CNS) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Christmas with a call to peace and a plea on behalf of the world’s children. In the face of violent conflicts, child exploitation and economic woes, the pope said, the birth of Jesus brings a light that "breaks through the gloom" and urges a mentality of solidarity

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Caritas president urges more efforts for children with HIV

Vatican City (CNS) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Anticipating the December 1 commemoration of World Aids Day, the president of Caritas Internationalis urged greater efforts from governments and from medical experts in caring for children with HIV, the virus that causes Aids. Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, president of the international organization of national Catholic charities, issued his

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Vatican official proposes plans for reparation for priestly abuse

Vatican City (CNS) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000

VATICAN CITY (CNS) A leading Vatican official has proposed a worldwide programme of eucharistic adoration to seek spiritual reparation for the damage caused by the sexual abuse of children by priests. Cardinal Claudio Hummes, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, said the initiative would involve dioceses, parishes, monasteries, convents and seminaries in a prayer movement

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