e-BULLETIN INDEX 2010
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December 2010 |
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25 Dec 2010 |
A seasonal commentary from Dr Andrew Thomas Kania |
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24 Dec 2010 |
1601 |
No commentary or email as editor takes annual leave |
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23 Dec 2010 |
1600 |
No commentary or email as editor takes annual leave |
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22 Dec 2010 |
1599 |
No commentary or email as editor takes annual leave |
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21 Dec 2010 |
1598 |
No commentary or email as editor takes annual leave |
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20 Dec 2010 |
1597 |
No commentary or email as editor takes annual leave |
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19 Dec 2010 |
John Chuchman: "Seeds of Love". |
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18 Dec 2010 |
Bill Farrelly: "Thanks Anyway, I Prefer The Mystery", and sharing our stories — what Catholica is all about... |
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17 Dec 2010 |
1594 |
No commentary or email as editor takes a break |
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16 Dec 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson CP: Dining With Jesus: Celebrating his Active Presence at the Eucharist |
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15 Dec 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Strange bedfellows: Homosexuality-Homophobia-Church |
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14 Dec 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: Sheep and Goats ... Part 2 The Goats! |
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13 Dec 2010 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the Doctrine of the Virgin Birth Part 6: Examining the Gospel of Luke III |
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12 Dec 2010 |
John Chuchman: I Seek... |
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11 Dec 2010 |
1588 |
No commentary or email as editor takes a break |
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10 Dec 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: The Puzzles about Mary |
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09 Dec 2010 |
Video Commentary from Brian Coyne: The cultural crisis facing the Church |
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08 Dec 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Institutionalised Homophobia |
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07 Dec 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: The Iron Horse (cf.Luke 12:4) |
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06 Dec 2010 |
Bill Farrelly: The Trouble with Women! |
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05 Dec 2010 |
John Chuchman: Lessons on a Spiritual Journey |
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04 Dec 2010 |
Edgar Davie: Is Mandatory Celibacy actually a heresy? Part 2 |
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03 Dec 2010 |
Edgar Davie: Is Mandatory Celibacy actually a heresy? Part 1 |
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02 Dec 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem? |
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01 Dec 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The Trentan Priesthood cannot reform itself! |
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November 2010 |
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30 Nov 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: On Sacrament and Commitment |
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29 Nov 2010 |
"Bill Nelson": Address at the launch of Chrissie Foster's book |
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28 Nov 2010 |
John Chuchman: Beauty is a Divine Language! |
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27 Nov 2010 |
Bill Farrelly: Excuse Me God, Can We Talk About My Libido? |
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26 Nov 2010 |
1573 |
Technical Outage |
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25 Nov 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Do you believe in an afterlife and resurrection? |
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24 Nov 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Sex: the "elephant in the room called Church" |
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23 Nov 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania and Brian Coyne on "Heaven" |
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22 Nov 2010 |
1569 |
Technical Outage |
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21 Nov 2010 |
Pope Benedict's new view on condoms |
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20 Nov 2010 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: An Open Letter to the Cardinal? |
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19 Nov 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Where did our ideas of the physical church come from? |
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18 Nov 2010 |
1565 |
Technical Outage |
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17 Nov 2010 |
Tom McMahon: A Dysfunctional System... |
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16 Nov 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: So a Man Walks into a Pub (cf. Matthew 9: 11-13) |
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15 Nov 2010 |
Conference Report: Australasian Clergy Abuse, Reparation & Prevention Conference held in Sydney last Friday, 12th November 2010 |
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14 Nov 2010 |
John Churchman: What does Communion call us to do? |
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13 Nov 2010 |
A New Direction... |
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12 Nov 2010 |
1559 |
Technical Outage |
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11 Nov 2010 |
Catholica—a conversation about life! |
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10 Nov 2010 |
1557 |
Technical Outage |
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09 Nov 2010 |
1556 |
Technical Outage |
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08 Nov 2010 |
Technical Outage |
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07 Nov 2010 |
1554 |
No email or commentary today due to technical difficulties |
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06 Nov 2010 |
A Pep Talk from the Publisher |
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05 Nov 2010 |
Joe Rigert & Richard Sipe: Call for the Pope to resign |
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04 Nov 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: What standard of behaviour are we called to as Christians? |
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03 Nov 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The two worlds that confronts modern humankind... |
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02 Nov 2010 |
Two Visions: where do you line up in this race? |
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01 Nov 2010 |
Papers from the Inaugural Symposium of the Australian Ecumenical Council for Spiritual Direction |
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October 2010 |
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31 Oct 2010 |
John Chuchman: Love does not triumph over all? |
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30 Oct 2010 |
Brian Coyne: Paradigm Shift Part II |
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29 Oct 2010 |
Brian Coyne: Paradigm Shift Part I |
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28 Oct 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Do we yearn to become like God? |
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27 Oct 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The Collapse of the Seminary System... |
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26 Oct 2010 |
Brian Coyne: Mass-communicating the Jesus Message... |
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25 Oct 2010 |
Brian Coyne/James/Slavoj Zizek: Taming the Reptile part of our brains. |
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24 Oct 2010 |
John Chuchman: The quest "to become like God". |
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23 Oct 2010 |
Pope Benedict XVI's Letter to Seminarians |
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22 Oct 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages #50: Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer? |
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21 Oct 2010 |
Highlights from the As One Voice National Christian Music Conference Concert |
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20 Oct 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Changing Perceptions of Priesthood... |
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19 Oct 2010 |
A.W. Richard Sipe: Richard Sipe argues a turning point has been reached... |
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18 Oct 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: Mary MacKillop was not the first Aussie saint! |
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17 Oct 2010 |
The Canonisation of St Mary Mac. A commentary on True Compassion from John Chuchman |
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16 Oct 2010 |
Vinnie Nauheimer: What are the causes of the Unfathomable Clerical Silence on Clergy Sexual Abuse? |
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15 Oct 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: The meaning of miracles |
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14 Oct 2010 |
1530 |
No commentary or email today — Editor taking a short break |
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13 Oct 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Revisiting old clerical colleagues... |
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12 Oct 2010 |
Tuesday's Email: "Had It" Catholics and Miracles... |
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11 Oct 2010 |
Catholica Community: Sharing Our Stories how we overcome pain and anxiety |
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10 Oct 2010 |
John Chuchman: I know that my True Self is found only in God. |
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08-09 Oct 2010 |
Brian Coyne: Review of the Universal Pictures docu-drama on Mary MacKillop: "Blessed Mary: A Saint for All Australians" |
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07 Oct 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Was Jesus a wowser? |
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06 Oct 2010 |
Tom MacMahon: Has the mindset behind Catholic seminaries let us down? |
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05 Oct 2010 |
John Chuchman: A Simple Liturgy... |
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04 Oct 2010 |
Brian Coyne: Can Mary MacKillop re-vitalise the Church? |
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03 Oct 2010 |
1519 |
No lead commentary or email today |
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02 Oct 2010 |
1518 |
No lead commentary or email today |
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01 Oct 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson CP: Revisiting the Story of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31) |
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September 2010 |
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30 Sep 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Does God change? |
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29 Sep 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Do we need to re-think priesthood from the ground up? |
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28 Sep 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: How do we access the goodness of God? |
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27 Sep 2010 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the Virgin Birth Part 5: Examining the Gospel of Luke II |
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26 Sep 2010 |
1512 |
No commentary or email today (AOVNCM Conference) |
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25 Sep 2010 |
1511 |
No commentary or email today (AOVNCM Conference) |
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24 Sep 2010 |
Vince Exley: What is God? |
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23 Sep 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Perhaps our best commentary yet: What was the first Sin? |
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22 Sep 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Clericalism — what an ugly scar it has left? |
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21 Sep 2010 |
Dr Andrew Thomas Kania: Dr Andrew Kania explores the insights of Czech novelist Milan Kudera. |
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20 Sep 2010 |
Brian Coyne: A commentary on the message from Bishop David Walker on the looming lack of parish priests. |
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19 Sep 2010 |
John Chuchman: Be the God you want to see in the world! |
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18 Sep 2010 |
Australian Catholics Bishops' 2010 Social Justice Sunday Statement |
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17 Sep 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Adam's Rib |
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16 Sep 2010 |
Jesus the Christ e-Conference Day! |
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15 Sep 2010 |
Tom McMahon: A reflection on the funeral ritual by Tom McMahon |
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14 Sep 2010 |
Brian Coyne, Jeremy Rifkin: Future Church: The Changing Face of Religious Belief and Practise |
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13 Sep 2010 |
Vynette Holliday: Querying the Doctrine of the Virgin Birth Part 4 – Luke's Gospel I |
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11 Sep 2010 |
Book Review: Hell on the Way to Heaven by Chrissie Foster with Paul Kennedy reviewed by Brian Coyne |
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10 Sep 2010 |
Search the world of books and movies from Catholica... |
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09 Sep 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Was Christos the surname of Jesus? |
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08 Sep 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Updating the insights of Jesus to speak to the challenges of today |
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07 Sep 2010 |
Brian Coyne: Chrissie Foster's book "Hell on the Way to Heaven" |
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06 Sep 2010 |
1492 |
No email or lead commentary |
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05 Sep 2010 |
John Chuchman: How different the world might be if God were a woman? |
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04 Sep 2010 |
Br Shane Wood cfc: Some criticisms of the University of Notre Dame Australia |
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03 Sep 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Why Did Jesus Call Fisherfolk to be Disciples? |
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02 Sep 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Sex! Sex! Sex! |
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01 Sep 2010 |
Welcome to our 'down under' spring... |
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August 2010 |
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31 Aug 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson: Dining with Jesus: his ministry of meals... |
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30 Aug 2010 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the Doctrine of the Virgin Birth: Part 3 |
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29 Aug 2010 |
John Chuchman: Out from Under the Bushel (Learning to love, and be loved...) |
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28 Aug 2010 |
Fr Kevin Murphy: Affirming our faith in uncertain times... |
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27 Aug 2010 |
What will the new liturgical translations achieve? Two article from NCR & The Tablet |
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26 Aug 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages #41: The Legend of Gog and Magog (Revelation 20:7-8) |
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25 Aug 2010 |
Tom McMahon: "reform" is generational, ongoing! |
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24 Aug 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson: Do we start with Jesus as God or Jesus the man? |
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23 Aug 2010 |
Kagefumi Ueno: "Contemporary Japanese Civilization — A Story of Encounter Between Japanese 'Kamigani' (Gods) and Western Divinity." |
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22 Aug 2010 |
George Ripon: Ut Unum Sint: what happened? (Part 2 of 2) |
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21 Aug 2010 |
George Ripon: Ut Unum Sint: what happened? (Part 1 of 2) |
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20 Aug 2010 |
Robert Blair Kaiser: The struggle for freedom not from the British but from Rome... |
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19 Aug 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: The Book of Revelation: Fact or Fiction? |
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18 Aug 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The Potential of the Laity |
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17 Aug 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson: Putting our hope in the person of Jesus: Part 2 |
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16 Aug 2010 |
Vynette Holliday: "Making sense of the Assumption of Mary", and John Chuchman: "Questioning the Virgin Birth Part 2" |
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15 Aug 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson: "Making sense of the Assumption of Mary", and John Chuchman: "Search for the Divine Feminine" |
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14 Aug 2010 |
Dr Graham English: "Climbing out of yesterday with sticky little feet: some things I do and some I do not believe." |
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13 Aug 2010 |
Tom McMahon: A critique and praise for Catholica. |
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12 Aug 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages #40 – What can we learn from "Doubting Thomas"? |
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11 Aug 2010 |
Dr John-Erik Stig Hansen: The Miracles that do really matter |
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10 Aug 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson: Putting our hope in the person of Jesus: Part 1 |
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09 Aug 2010 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the Doctrine of the Virgin Birth: Part 1 |
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08 Aug 2010 |
1463 |
No email or lead commentary today. |
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07 Aug 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: The genius of Jesus as a communicator and teacher. |
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06 Aug 2010 |
Join our caption competition (No lead commentary today) |
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05 Aug 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages – What does Jesus scribbling in the sand have to do with the search for the 'real Jesus'? |
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04 Aug 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The connection between priests and laity |
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03 Aug 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson: The Jewish World of Jesus Part 3 |
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02 Aug 2010 |
Fr Dan Donovan: Church Authority and Conscience |
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01 Aug 2010 |
Prof Allan Patience: Archbishop Hickey and Julia Gillard; John Chuchman: "Bishops' Prayer" |
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July 2010 |
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31 Jul 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer's 150th Commentary for Catholica: Why Abraham is such a central figure in the three great religions of the book? |
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30 Jul 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The Document on the Laity and a link to Fr Borys Gudziak's lecture in Perth |
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29 Jul 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson CP: The Jewish World of Jesus Part 2 |
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28 Jul 2010 |
Vynette Holliday: Jesus the Jew |
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27 Jul 2010 |
Brian Coyne: We are a Church in search of a re-vitalised leadership! |
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26 Jul 2010 |
1450 |
No email or commentary today |
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25 Jul 2010 |
1449 |
No email or commentary today |
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24 Jul 2010 |
1448 |
No email or commentary today |
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23 Jul 2010 |
Dawn Bowie: Exploring the Abuse Scandal through the eyes of a Convert |
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22 Jul 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Confusing aspects in the story of the conversion of the first Gentile to Christianity... |
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21 Jul 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Vatican II and the empowerment of the Laity... |
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20 Jul 2010 |
Dr Brian Gleeson: The Jewish World of Jesus Part 1 |
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19 Jul 2010 |
Vynette Holliday: The New Testment: was it framed in a Jewish or Greek mindset? |
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18 Jul 2010 |
John Chuchman: The search for the Divine Feminine |
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17 Jul 2010 |
Vince Exley: Can Catholicism become a force in society again? |
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16 Jul 2010 |
1440 |
Editor having a break: no email or lead commentary published |
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15 Jul 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: What sets Christians apart from the rest of Society? |
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14 Jul 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The positive orientation of the insights of Vatican II |
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13 Jul 2010 |
Pewter: Pewter wonders about these things called 'performance reviews'? |
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12 Jul 2010 |
Tom Lee: His final essay looking towards the future of Christianity. |
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11 Jul 2010 |
Tom McMahon: How can the world solve inter-racial conflict? |
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10 Jul 2010 |
Prof Allan Patience: Apologies for Sexual Abuse are now "Too Little, Too Late" |
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09 Jul 2010 |
Three must read commentaries from National Catholic Reporter |
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08 Jul 2010 |
Fr Dan Donovan: What would Mary make of it all? |
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07 Jul 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Four bishops who had a profound influence on my thinking. |
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06 Jul 2010 |
Vynette Holliday: How did we get from the God of the Hebrews to the Triune God of the Christians? |
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05 Jul 2010 |
Tom Lee: Essay Three on the future of Christianity and the Papacy |
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04 Jul 2010 |
Independence Day and John Chuchman reflects on the Nature of Spirituality |
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03 Jul 2010 |
Fr Dan Donovan: The Vatican in a World Order that is Changing Rapidly Part III of III |
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02 Jul 2010 |
Fr Dan Donovan: The Vatican in a World Order that is Changing Rapidly Part II of III |
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01 Jul 2010 |
Fr Dan Donovan: The Vatican in a World Order that is Changing Rapidly Part I of III |
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June 2010 |
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30 Jun 2010 |
Tom McMahon: A new series on the documents of Vatican II. |
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29 Jun 2010 |
Ken Canedo: The Folk Mass Revolution and some thoughts from the editor on the place of music and the performing arts in Catholic education. |
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28 Jun 2010 |
Tom Lee: Essay Two on the future of Christianity and the Papacy |
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27 Jun 2010 |
John Chuchman: The Church: It must die to be transformed! |
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26 Jun 2010 |
The Catholica Community: Extending yesterday discussion about how we make good moral choices when the choices before us are complex? |
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25 Jun 2010 |
Brian Coyne: How do we make the correct choice when the choices are morally difficult? |
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24 Jun 2010 |
Tom McMahon: A tribute to Jesus and his Beatitudes… |
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23 Jun 2010 |
1417 |
No email or lead commentary published today |
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22 Jun 2010 |
The Catholica Community: What is the central objective of Christian religious practice? |
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21 Jun 2010 |
Tom Lee: A series of four essays looking to the future... |
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20 Jun 2010 |
John Chuchman: The Journey |
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19 Jun 2010 |
Rev James E Connell: An Open Letter to All Catholics |
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18 Jun 2010 |
Brian Coyne: Review of Bill Bryson's book "A Short History of Nearly Everything" |
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17 Jun 2010 |
No lead commentary today following the death of Ian Elmer's mother. |
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16 Jun 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Adjusting Jesus to modernity… |
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15 Jun 2010 |
John Chuchman: ...living with the Questions! |
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14 Jun 2010 |
What would Jesus do about economic growth? Queen's Birthday Holiday in most of Australia so a link to some fascinating external commentaries. |
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13 Jun 2010 |
Dr Paul Collins: further news and analysis of the rumoured decline of a Rome appointment by Cardinal Pell |
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12 Jun 2010 |
Thanks for your financial support and today's reflection from Daniel Gullotta on a "Liturgy without the 'g' word" at the Common Dreams Conference |
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11 Jun 2010 |
Editorial: The search for a Church we can believe in again... |
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10 Jun 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: "What Do We Mean by Speaking of the Mass as a Sacrifice?" and an appeal to subscribers |
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09 Jun 2010 |
Tom McMahon: a digression from the beatitudes into his family history |
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08 Jun 2010 |
Michael Morwood challenges Catholic reform groups |
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07 Jun 2010 |
Tom Lee: The Legacy of the Last Five Popes... |
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06 Jun 2010 |
John Chuchman: Metaphors for God... |
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05 Jun 2010 |
Daniel Gullotta: A Reflection on Prayer... |
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04 Jun 2010 |
Retreat Day: Discussion in the Members' Forum... |
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03 Jun 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: The Puzzle of why Christianity has always been factionalised... |
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02 Jun 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Continuing his reflection on the Beatitudes... |
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01 Jun 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: A reflection on our live journeys... |
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May 2010 |
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31 May 2010 |
Tom Lee: The Age of Reason & the increasing dogmatism of Catholicism... |
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30 May 2010 |
John Chuchman: How have your beliefs and outlook changed through life experience? |
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29 May 2010 |
Richard Sipe: Is it time for the Pope to Resign? |
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28 May 2010 |
Catholica Conversation: Finding a core set of values without getting fundamentalist about it... |
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27 May 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: UCU— The University of the Catacombs |
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26 May 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The first three Beatitudes... |
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25 May 2010 |
Tom Lee: The Reformation — beginning of the de-Christianising of European culture? |
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24 May 2010 |
Drawing attention to three interesting discussions on the forum |
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23 May 2010 |
John Chuchman: Open Awareness... (Also relaunch of the Marketplace) |
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22 May 2010 |
Brian Coyne: News "as significant as the splitting of the atom"...... |
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21 May 2010 |
Brian Coyne: Analysing some recent ideas from Pope Benedict... |
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20 May 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The Beatitudes: a way out of the Whirlpool of Religious Chaos? |
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19 May 2010 |
Dr Mary Coloe PBVM: A New Pentecost |
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18 May 2010 |
1381 |
No Email: Mary—First Disciple e-Conference |
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17 May 2010 |
Tom Lee: The disunity of Christianity and the current crisis in Catholicism |
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16 May 2010 |
John Chuchman: Defining Spiriuality—like trying to nail Jell-O to a tree! |
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15 May 2010 |
Promotional: the e-Conference on Mary this coming Tuesday... |
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14 May 2010 |
Billy: Video Reflection — All the Candles in the World |
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13 May 2010 |
Tom McMahon: A dysfunctional institutional empire in a state of collapse Part IV |
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12 May 2010 |
An update on where we're at and where we hope to go... |
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11 May 2010 |
The Catholica Community: Do we need a new way of measuring our 'success' as Catholics? |
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10 May 2010 |
Tom Lee: We begin the Epilogue to Tom's study of the first 500 years of Christianity |
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09 May 2010 |
John Chuchman: In Search of Spiritual Horizons — a reflection to complement our Brainstorm. |
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08 May 2010 |
Weekend Forum: What is the vision of a vibrant Catholicism you would like to see? |
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07 May 2010 |
Amanda McKenna: The view from my piano stool pew! |
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06 May 2010 |
Daniel Gullotta: Will I be Coming Home or Leaving Home? |
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05 May 2010 |
Tom McMahon: What do priests believe? |
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04 May 2010 |
1367 |
No lead commentary or email today |
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03 May 2010 |
Tom Lee and Robert Blair Kaiser: About Bishops being "servants of their people" |
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02 May 2010 |
John Chuchman: We ARE the Body of Christ. What are you going to do about it? |
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01 May 2010 |
George Ripon: The New Mass Translations — should we continue to protest? |
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April 2010 |
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30 Apr 2010 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: Restoring women to the place of dignity Jesus envisaged for them... |
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29 Apr 2010 |
Brian Coyne: Does Denis Edwards provide us a new way of understanding the Resurrection? |
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28 Apr 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Part II looking at the current crisis |
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27 Apr 2010 |
Two Powerful Commentaries: Dr Andrew Kania and Bishop Patrick Power |
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26 Apr 2010 |
Tom Lee: Blaming the Sodomites and reconciling the Monophysites... |
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25 Apr 2010 |
ANZAC Day 2010: Dr Andrew Kania writes an ANZAC tribute and we introduce John Chuchman |
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24 Apr 2010 |
Catholic forum members: Listening to the experiences and perceptions of former priests and seminarians |
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23 Apr 2010 |
Tom McMahon: An International Whirlpool of Religious Chaos! |
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22 Apr 2010 |
No lead commentary today due to website maintenance. |
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21 Apr 2010 |
1354 |
No email or lead commentary today due to website maintenance. |
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20 Apr 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: The meaning in the Sign of the Cross |
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17 Apr 2010 |
1352 |
No email or lead commentary today due to website maintenance. |
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18 Apr 2010 |
Brian Coyne: A radical proposal to end the present crisis in Catholicism? |
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17 Apr 2010 |
Dr Hans Küng: An Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops of the World! |
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16 Apr 2010 |
1349 |
No email or lead commentary today due to website maintenance. |
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15 Apr 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages #33: The Women who Witnessed the Resurrection |
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14 Apr 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Violence – Today and Yesterday |
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13 Apr 2010 |
News Story from NCR on the Maciel Scandal & Dr Andrew Kania on Byzantine Sacramental Practice |
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12 Apr 2010 |
James' review of "The Dawkins Delusion" and Tom Lee on the Legacy of Justinian |
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11 Apr 2010 |
A Conversation on Priesthood: Day Eight – You are the Church in the Modern World |
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10 Apr 2010 |
A Conversation on Priesthood: Day Seven – Who will be celebrants of the Mass in the future? |
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09 Apr 2010 |
A Conversation on Priesthood: Day Six – An invitation to our bishops |
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08 Apr 2010 |
A Conversation on Priesthood: Day Five – The gender issue in priesthood |
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07 Apr 2010 |
A Conversation on Priesthood: Day Four – Being overshadowed by the breaking news |
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06 Apr 2010 |
A Conversation on Priesthood: Day Three – Being patient as we allow the conversation to unfold |
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05 Apr 2010 |
A Conversation on Priesthood: Day Two – Finding our Rhythm |
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04 Apr 2010 |
A Conversation on Priesthood: Day One – Objectives and Agenda |
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03 Apr 2010 |
Brian Coyne reviews "The Dawkins Delusion" & Denis Edwards' new book "How God Acts" |
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02 Apr 2010 |
"What is 'good' about this day?" |
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01 Apr 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: "The Poor" in Jerusalem (Gal 2:10) |
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March 2010 |
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31 Mar 2010 |
Daniel Gullotta: "Why did Judas betray Jesus?" |
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30 Mar 2010 |
Des Farmer: "How I got to have a 15 minute audience with JPII without the 3,000 others" |
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29 Mar 2010 |
Tom Lee: The colourful reign of Justinian and Theodora |
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28 Mar 2010 |
Introduction to a conversation to be led by Tom McMahon looking at the future character and nature of the priesthood we want to serve us. |
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27 Mar 2010 |
George Ripon: The challenges for our bishops! |
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26 Mar 2010 |
A Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel! |
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25 Mar 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: All you ever wanted to know about the origin of Angels! |
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24 Mar 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Humankind's long infatuation with violence |
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23 Mar 2010 |
The Passion Narrative Reflection with the Aussie Bishops |
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22 Mar 2010 |
Tom Lee: The First 500 Years: End of Paganism in the Empire, a calendar centering time on the Birth of Christ and the first pope to take a new name on election. |
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21 Mar 2010 |
Editorial on the Pastoral Letter to the People of Ireland, and a commentary from Fr Eric Hodgens on the looming shortage of priests in Australia |
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20 Mar 2010 |
Saturday's email: Like and Lenten Vigil waiting on the Pope's letter! |
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19 Mar 2010 |
John Hushon: How To Destroy a Diocese! |
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18 Mar 2010 |
Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages #30: Why Do Christians No Longer Practice Circumcision? |
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17 Mar 2010 |
Tom McMahon's Apologia and CathyT presents the lead Lenten Reflection this week. |
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16 Mar 2010 |
Daniel Gullotta: A reflection on Mary Magdalene "The Gift of Love" and a winner for our caption competition. |
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15 Mar 2010 |
Tom Lee: Hormisdas finds a formula to reunite Constantinople and Rome in 1519 |
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14 Mar 2010 |
Sunday Forum: What Is Wrong with the Catholic Church? |
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13 Mar 2010 |
Video Interview with Dr Maureen Cleary |
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12 Mar 2010 |
Saving us from slithering snakes, slithy toads ... and the devil! |
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11 Mar 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: What is the name of God? |
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10 Mar 2010 |
Dr Paul Collins: The Prodigal Son, and Tom McMahon on the quest for human peace II |
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09 Mar 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: The nature of Epiphany II |
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08 Mar 2010 |
So much food for thought and discussion... |
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07 Mar 2010 |
Brian Clery: The Saga of Munglanup (A Ballad) |
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06 Mar 2010 |
Bishop Anthony Fisher's homily and a Catholica editorial on the challenges faced by the institutional leaders. |
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05 Mar 2010 |
Satire with Fr Donal Hartigan: The Cecil B. de Pell Production Company pulls off another extravaganza |
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04 Mar 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: The Age-old problem of Authority and Dissent |
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03 Mar 2010 |
Bishops's Lenten Reflection and Tom McMahon |
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02 Mar 2010 |
Dr Andrew Kania: A reflection on the nature of Epiphany... |
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01 Mar 2010 |
Tom Lee: The First 500 Years Benedict and Scholastica and their positive contribution... |
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February 2010 |
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28 Feb 2010 |
Sunday Forum: The question or problem of Authority... |
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27 Feb 2010 |
George Ripon: The New Mass Translation — should we protest a little more forcefully? |
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26 Feb 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Why was Circumcision the Sign of the Covenant? (Gen 17:11) |
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25 Feb 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: A discussion about the foundations of faith and belief... |
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24 Feb 2010 |
Tom McMahon: The Four Great Freedoms... |
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23 Feb 2010 |
PeterR: The Lenten reflections with the Aus bishops II... |
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22 Feb 2010 |
Tom Lee: The first schism between East and West |
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21 Feb 2010 |
Sunday Forum: A Meditation from John Henry Newman |
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20 Feb 2010 |
Mary Mackillop named Australia's first saint Editorial Commentary by Andrew Kania on the abuse of minors and the cover-up |
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19 Feb 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Finding Jesus outside the wafer host... |
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18 Feb 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Were We Too Quick to Deify Jesus? |
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17 Feb 2010 |
A response to the Bishops' Lenten Reflection |
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16 Feb 2010 |
A good news story about Church leadership the Bishops' Lenten Reflections & Andrew Kania takes a look at the power, and limitations, of language. |
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15 Feb 2010 |
We have a crisis in leadership, not a crisis in faith. Tom Lee: The End of the Western Roman Empire |
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14 Feb 2010 |
Sunday Forum: An invitation to join a special Lenten journey... |
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13 Feb 2010 |
Robert Blair Kaiser: The Final Chapter of "Cardinal Mahony a novel"... |
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12 Feb 2010 |
News Story: The problems faced by parish musicians, composers, publishers and copyright agencies... |
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11 Feb 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Why is God always judging people in the Old Testament? |
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10 Feb 2010 |
Tom McMahon: Renaissance Part I of III |
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09 Feb 2010 |
Professor Hans Kung: The Global Ethic on ABC Radio National. (Alternative commentary today.) |
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08 Feb 2010 |
Tom Lee: The First 500 Years of Christianity the confrontation between Attila and Leo over Rome |
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07 Feb 2010 |
Sunday Forum: Building more harmonious families, and communities... |
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06 Feb 2010 |
Heart palpitations for two Cardinals including Chapter 23 from Robert Blair Kaiser's novel, "Cardinal Mahony" |
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05 Feb 2010 |
George Ripon: The Parish of Tomorrow... |
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04 Feb 2010 |
Dr Ian Elmer: on "Eunuchs, celibacy and marriage" and Joan Chittister on the meaning of suffering... |
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03 Feb 2010 |
Tom McMahon: 30 Million ex-Catholics reaching out to the Lapsi... |
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02 Feb 2010 |
A.W. Richard Sipe: Yes, celibacy is a problem for lay people as well... |
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01 Feb 2010 |
Brian Coyne: How do you communicate 'the Good News' in a digital and three-sentence attention span age? |
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January 2010 |
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31 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 1 6,695 reads originally published 01 Jan 2007, Dr Armen Gakavian's perspective on youth spirituality. |
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30 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 2 4,615 reads originally published 17 Nov 2007, Dr Ian Elmer on the re-introduction of the Latn Mass. Also published Chapter 22 from Robert Blair Kaiser's novel, "Cardinal Mahony" |
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29 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 3 4,231 reads originally published 17 Oct 2007, Part II of Peregrinus' series looking at Religion and Art. Part III of his series is also listed in the Top 25 of 2009 at Number 9. |
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28 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 4 4,221 reads originally published 13 Oct 2007, Ian Elmer's essay exploring what we need to do in order to begin "the journey within". |
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27 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 5 3,836 reads originally published 17 Mar 2009, a news story about complaints the Eastern Bishops have raised about the education of children from Eastern Catholic families in Australian Catholic Schools. |
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26 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 6 3,754 reads originally published 09 Mar 2008, a commentary from Tom McMahon in his series on priesthood. |
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25 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 7 3,567 reads originally published 14 Jun 2008, Vince Exley takes a look at Dr Gerald May's book "Addiction and Grace". |
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24 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 8 3,561 reads originally published 18 Dec 2007, Dr Andrew Kania, "Castles in the Air". |
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23 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 9 3,417 reads originally published 24 Oct 2007, Peregrinus, "Religion and Art III". Also published Chapter 21 from Robert Blair Kaiser's novel, "Cardinal Mahony" |
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22 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 10 3,501 reads originally published 05 Dec 2006, Ian Elmer asks what we can learn from early disputes in the Church. |
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21 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 11 3,412 reads originally published 28 Oct 2008, Paul Collins' analyses the Vatican questionnaire used for the selection of Australian Bishops |
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20 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 12 3,343 reads originally published 20 Oct 2007, Ian Elmer's comparison of the spiritual quest to the television series 'Star Trek' |
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19 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 13 3,303 reads originally published 08 Jul 2008, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's report on this tour of the US |
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18 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 14 3,250 reads originally published 08 Jul 2008, Andrew Kania, "Holy Heads & Empty Hearts!" |
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17 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 15 3,167 reads originally published 12 Nov 2006, Tom Scott, "What is the alternative to 'abundance theology'" |
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16 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 16 3,120 reads originally published 15 Jul 2008, Andrew Kania, "The meaning of death". Also published Chapter 20 from Robert Blair Kaiser's novel, "Cardinal Mahony" |
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15 Jan 2010 |
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Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 17 2,829 reads originally published 26 Dec 2006, Benedict Coyne, "An insight into the spirituality of young people today" (No email published). |
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14 Jan 2010 |
1257 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 18 2,807 reads originally published 11 Feb 2008, Tom Lee, "The First 500 Years of Christianity I" (No email published). |
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13 Jan 2010 |
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Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 19 2,801 reads originally published 15 Apr 2008, Andrew Kania, "The Moving Hand" (No email published). |
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12 Jan 2010 |
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Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 20 2,366 reads originally published 24 Sep 2007, Interview with three young people, "Seeking an insight into the spirituality of young people today" (No email published). |
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11 Jan 2010 |
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Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 21 2,348 reads originally published 23 May 2007, Peregrinus, "Abortion and The Law ~ Part II" (No email published). |
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10 Jan 2010 |
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Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 22 2,256 reads originally published 31 Mar 2008, Tom Lee, "The challenges to religion..." (No email published). |
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09 Jan 2010 |
Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 23 2,220 reads originally published 23 Jun 2007, Ian Elmer, "How important is the question of who wrote the Gospels?". Also published Chapter 19 from Robert Blair Kaiser's novel, "Cardinal Mahony" |
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08 Jan 2010 |
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Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 24 2,116 reads originally published 21 Feb 2009, Daniel Gullotta, "Getting used to the idea that God created gays and they're not some kind of freaks or an aberration!" (No email published). |
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07 Jan 2010 |
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Countdown of Most Read commentaries in 2009: Number 25 2,098 reads originally published 22 Apr 2008, Andrew Kania, "Healing the divide between East and West" (No email published). |
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06 Jan 2010 |
1249 |
No email today — editor's rest |
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05 Jan 2010 |
1248 |
No email today — editor's rest |
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04 Jan 2010 |
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No email today — editor's rest |
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03 Jan 2010 |
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No email today — editor's rest |
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02 Jan 2010 |
New Year Editorial: Based on today's extract from Robert Blair Kaiser's novel "Cardinal Mahony" |
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01 Jan 2010 |
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Annual Holidays for the Editor |














