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Friday, 20 December 2013 17:35
TIMOTHY RADCLIFFE OP ON ARCHBISHOP ROMERO
FR TIMOTHY RADCLIFFE OP ON ARCHBISHOP ROMEROWhen I accepted to give this lecture, I had no idea how challenging I would find it. If you feel yourself at all put on the spot by this extraordinary man, you will find me there with you. I am reminded, as often before,…
Wednesday, 18 December 2013 18:57
AN ERSKINEVILLE CHRISTMAS
AN ERSKINEVILLE CHRISTMAS An Erskineville couple whose immigration-themed Christmas display lit up social media say they are just trying to win the local decoration contest. Carolyn and Robert Woodhead said that they are not an especially political couple but when the idea came to them to invoke Christmas Island in…
Tuesday, 17 December 2013 08:11
CLAUDE MOSTOWIK, EDMUND RICE AWARD 2013
CLAUDE MOSTOWIK MSC, EDMUND RICE AWARD 2013
Friday, 13 December 2013 11:40
ASYLUM SEEKERS, MALCOLM FYFE MSC
A PLEA FOR A MORE CONSIDERED TREATMENT FOR VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS CURRENTLY IN AUSTRALIAN DETENTION CENTRES. WHAT'S HAPPENING IN VIETNAM – WHY ARE THEY FLEEING?Many Catholics in Vietnam are being persecuted simply because they practise their faith. Most Vietnamese asylum seekers arriving in Australia now are Catholics, fleeing persecution in…
Thursday, 12 December 2013 16:39
NELSON MANDELA 1918-2013
Nelson Mandela's story, if told as a novel, would not be deemed possible in real life. Worse, we don't tell such stories in many of our novels. A violent young rebel is imprisoned for decades but turns that imprisonment into the training he needs. He turns to negotiation, diplomacy, reconciliation.…
Monday, 25 November 2013 15:47
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR
Love Your Neighbor Rev. Peter Sawtell Eco-Justice Ministries A few weeks ago, a newspaper reported asked me a familiar, but always challenging, question. What Bible texts do I look to as a basis for Christian environmentalism? What passages are most important in seeing the need to care for all…
Tuesday, 12 November 2013 00:04
LITANY OF THANKSGIVING
Litany of Thanksgiving to those who affirm our universal human dignity Response to each part of the litany can be a simple ‘pray for us’’ or ‘Grant us peace and justice’ One can also add local people in this litany. Mother Theresa of Calcutta, who worked with the poorest…
