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St Peter’s College, Palmerston North, has raised around $300 for a scheme to support young people in the Pacific who want to participate in World Youth Day next year in Sydney.

Fr Malone is an outstanding lecturer and speaker and gave two fascinating talks. Fr Malone was the Promoter of Justice at the diocesan phase of the canonisation process for Suzanne Aubert in Wellington in 2004.

The Catholic Development Fund (CDF) is to match dollar for dollar in interest earned on special accounts set up to raise money for pilgrims from the archdiocese to World Youth Day in Sydney next year. And, if the special schemes amass a million dollars, CDF which is a major supporter of World Youth Day, will further boost the schemes by putting $35,000 into the WYD common travel fund.

If you want to go to World Youth Day in July 2008 now is the time to find a group under which to register. From that group, one person will register themselves online as a group leader, indicating the best estimate of how many people will later register in their group. The latest date for group leader registration is 15 June this year. Once the group leaders are registered, people can register under a group leader as pilgrims for Sydney.

Sisters Cyprian Wilson, Anne Phibbs and Trish Hanaray are off to the Brigidine International Forum.

Caritas welcomes extra spending on overseas aid given in this year’s Budget but slams the Budget’s failure to address a growing gap between rich and poor.