e-BULLETIN INDEX 2011
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December 2011 |
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31 Dec 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 9c "God, Our Universe & Ourselves" |
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30 Dec 2011 |
Editorial: Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God! |
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29 Dec 2011 |
Fr John McSweeney: Why is this convoluted translation only foisted on English-speaking Catholics? |
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28 Dec 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Have you used your life well? |
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27 Dec 2011 |
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No email or lead commentary published today |
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26 Dec 2011 |
Michael Morwood: Rescuing Jesus from Traditional and Progressive Theologies |
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25 Dec 2011 |
John Chuchman: Ponderings of a fellow traveler on Life's Journey 2 : A Self-Transcending Child of a Self-Giving God |
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24 Dec 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 9b "God, Our Universe & Ourselves" |
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23 Dec 2011 |
Christmas Blessings from all of us at Catholica |
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22 Dec 2011 |
Ottaviani, the organ grinder's monkey: a fable by Pewter |
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21 Dec 2011 |
Tom McMahon: The Liberation of the Laity... |
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20 Dec 2011 |
A tribute to some departed members of our cyber community... |
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19 Dec 2011 |
Two priests, Eugene Ahern and Daniel Donovan, critique the George Weigel panegyric to George Pell... |
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18 Dec 2011 |
John Chuchman: Ponderings of a fellow traveler on Life's Journey 1 : My True Self (and my Creator) Revealed in Action |
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17 Dec 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 9a "God, Our Universe & Ourselves" |
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16 Dec 2011 |
George Weigel's panegyric to George Pell |
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15 Dec 2011 |
RTE Documentary on the Church in Ireland and comment on Robert Manne's Quarterly Essay on the misdeeds of the Murdoch empire in Australia |
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14 Dec 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Priestliness: what does it mean today? |
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13 Dec 2011 |
Brian Coyne: A second look at a valuable insight into where Catholicism is heading — a second review of Tom Robert's book "The Emerging Catholic Church" |
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12 Dec 2011 |
John Chuchman-Robert Blair Kaiser: The impact of Vatican II. |
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11 Dec 2011 |
Catholica Community Conversation on sex with particular reference to the recent agenda item on the ACBC November Plenary of the problem posed by internet pornography sites to celibate priests. |
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10 Dec 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 8b "The God of Our Universe" |
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09 Dec 2011 |
Dr Gabe Lomas: Thoughts at Christmastide on who and what was Christ? |
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08 Dec 2011 |
Dr Brian Gleeson CP: The Resurrection: an examination of the evidence today : Part 5 |
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07 Dec 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Finding the Divine in the splendor of God's Creation... |
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06 Dec 2011 |
Emmy Silvius reports on the First Eucharist for a new group in Melbourne called Inclusive Catholics |
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05 Dec 2011 |
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No email or lead commentary published today |
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04 Dec 2011 |
John Chuchman: Transforming My Anger |
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03 Dec 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 8a "The God of Our Universe" |
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02 Dec 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: What are the Cardinal's Plans for Catholic Higher Education in Australia? |
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01 Dec 2011 |
Dr Brian Gleeson CP: The Resurrection: an examination of the evidence today : Part 4 |
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November 2011 |
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30 Nov 2011 |
Tom McMahon: The awesomeness of God's Creation |
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29 Nov 2011 |
Fr Eric Hodgens: Episcopal Trust? |
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28 Nov 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 11 |
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27 Nov 2011 |
John Chuchman: The Roman Missal – A Crisis? |
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26 Nov 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 7b "Our Universe" |
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25 Nov 2011 |
Brian Coyne: Who controls the Catholic church's agenda? A Case Study from Australia... |
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24 Nov 2011 |
Dr Brian Gleeson CP: The Resurrection: an examination of the evidence today : Part 3 |
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22 Nov 2011 |
Tom McMahon: A follow-up to Enda's essay: "John Vianney was plain wrong!" |
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22 Nov 2011 |
Conference Report and Discussion on Church Music Copyright Part 2 |
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21 Nov 2011 |
Conference Report and Discussion on Church Music Copyright Part 1 |
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20 Nov 2011 |
Catholica Community Conversation: The best commentary you're likely to read on what is wrong with sex (or more correctly the official Catholic take on sex)... |
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19 Nov 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 7a "Our Universe" |
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18 Nov 2011 |
Dr Brian Gleeson CP: The Resurrection: an examination of the evidence today : Part 2 |
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17 Nov 2011 |
A video tribute to "Good Pope John" |
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16 Nov 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Is sport the new religion in society? |
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15 Nov 2011 |
Exit Stories: The gradual disillusion of a Catholic lad from Sydney... |
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14 Nov 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: The pastoral care of priests and their communities... |
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13 Nov 2011 |
John Chuchman: An alternative Advent ritual... |
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12 Nov 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 6f "Religion & Literalism" |
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11 Nov 2011 |
The Murdoch Saga: So what's the difference in the corporate behaviour? |
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10 Nov 2011 |
Dr Brian Gleeson CP: The Resurrection: an examination of the evidence today : Part 1 |
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09 Nov 2011 |
Tom McMahon: A Creator intimately in all creation... |
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08 Nov 2011 |
Australian Pastoral Musicians' Network: Church Musicians: shouldn't they do their work for free? |
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07 Nov 2011 |
1919 |
No email or lead commentary today |
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06 Nov 2011 |
John Chuchman: God is... |
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05 Nov 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 6e "Religion & Literalism" |
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04 Nov 2011 |
Amanda (Milly) McKenna: Review of Tom Roberts' new book "The Emerging Catholic Church" |
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03 Nov 2011 |
Dr Graham English: Am I still a Catholic? |
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02 Nov 2011 |
Tom McMahon: A Halloween commentary with good news... |
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01 Nov 2011 |
Exit Stories: Two perspectives from different sides of the Pacific. |
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October 2011 |
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31 Oct 2011 |
Monday's email: Discussion on +Pat Power's letter of support to +Bill Morris. |
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30 Oct 2011 |
John Chuchman: A call for unity (again) |
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29 Oct 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 6d "Religion & Literalism" |
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28 Oct 2011 |
A quick pep talk: "Not a place for Apologetics or Venting but rather a place for Intelligent Conversation" |
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27 Oct 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Grandma is dead! |
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26 Oct 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: Dealing with the problem of priestly stress and alcoholism |
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25 Oct 2011 |
Exit Stories: Contribution V: Ministry OUTSIDE the Box; LIFE Outside the BOX! (by John Chuchman) |
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24 Oct 2011 |
Tom Roberts/Noel Debien: Discussion on ABC Radio about Tom Roberts' book, "The Emerging Catholic Church" |
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23 Oct 2011 |
John Chuchman: What is This All About? |
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22 Oct 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 6c "Religion & Literalism" |
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21 Oct 2011 |
1902 |
No email or lead commentary today because of technical difficulties |
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20 Oct 2011 |
Editorial: Is the Vatican engaged in a game of Orwellian 'Newspeak' or is it seriously wanting to evangelize the world to the 'Good News' of Jesus Christ? |
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19 Oct 2011 |
Tom McMahon: A church in need of a little family therapy! |
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18 Oct 2011 |
Tuesday's Email: Taking a short break |
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17 Oct 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 9; and a discussion on the ultimate purpose in being a Catholic or a Christian. |
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16 Oct 2011 |
John Chuchman: A call for unity! |
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15 Oct 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 6b "Religion & Literalism" |
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14 Oct 2011 |
Brian Coyne: The new confidence in the voice of mainstream Catholic priests |
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13 Oct 2011 |
Catholica Community Discussion: Does Prayer Work? |
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12 Oct 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Quo vadis, Domine? |
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11 Oct 2011 |
The St John Bosco Catholic Community, Kenilworth, Queensland: Building a community in the absence of a regular priest... |
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10 Oct 2011 |
Two commentaries ultimately about leadership: Terry Fewtrell on the ad limina visits and Eric Hodgens on the diabolical state of vocations |
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09 Oct 2011 |
John Chuchman: Thoughts on the Roman Missal and Mass/Liturgy Changes |
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08 Oct 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 6a "Religion & Literalism" |
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07 Oct 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: Some thoughts on the Aus Bishops Ad Limina visits to Rome |
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06 Oct 2011 |
Fr Mike Fallon: The New Translation: Divine inspiration or grubby ecclesial politics? |
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05 Oct 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Seeking what it is to be a Jesus person... |
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04 Oct 2011 |
Exit Stories: Contribution IV: A couple of submissions remote from our usual readership... |
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02 Oct 2011 |
Frank Purcell: The Best of Australian Values: An Integral part of Australian Catholicism |
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02 Oct 2011 |
John Chuchman: God as a verb! |
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01 Oct 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 5b "Jesus the Avatar" |
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September 2011 |
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30 Sep 2011 |
Edgar Davie: A layman challenges the argument about infallibility Part 3 |
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29 Sep 2011 |
The Australian Catholic Bishops' Social Justice Statement on "Prisons and the Justice System" |
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28 Sep 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Seeking an intelligent, grounded basis for religious faith |
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27 Sep 2011 |
Exit Stories: Contribution III: A couple of male confessions... |
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26 Sep 2011 |
Emmy Silvius: Why stay in a Church that discrimates against women? |
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25 Sep 2011 |
John Chuchman: Where have all the Young People Gone? |
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24 Sep 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 5a "Jesus the Avatar" |
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23 Sep 2011 |
Edgar Davie: A layman challenges the argument about infallibility Part 2 |
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22 Sep 2011 |
Dom Giovanni Franzoni OSB: Vatican II: Lost and betrayed and Brian Coyne "Time for Qavah" |
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21 Sep 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Cogito Ergo Sum and the Future of Catholicism |
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20 Sep 2011 |
Exit Stories: Contribution II: Life is now filled with possibility! |
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19 Sep 2011 |
Dr H Don Kreilkamp: Remembering Bishop Robinson's Dream. |
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18 Sep 2011 |
Dr Anthony Padovano and the Catholica community: What is the Spiritual Goal of Christianity? |
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17 Sep 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 4b "God and Jesus" |
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16 Sep 2011 |
Edgar Davie: A layman challenges the argument about infallibility Part 1 |
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15 Sep 2011 |
Thursday's Email: A Quicky and more on the Hepworth controversy. |
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14 Sep 2011 |
Tom McMahon: The Future of Humankind |
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13 Sep 2011 |
Exit Stories: Contribution I: Should I Stay or Should I Go? |
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12 Sep 2011 |
Editorial: It's time for courageous political leadership! |
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11 Sep 2011 |
John Chuchman: Real Transformation: Learning from the Gesthemane events in our lives... |
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10 Sep 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 4a "God and Jesus" |
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09 Sep 2011 |
1860 |
No email or lead commentary today. |
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08 Sep 2011 |
Brian Coyne: The Paradox of Christ viewed as a response to The Paradox of Life! |
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07 Sep 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Watching and Listening for Jesus' fire around the Globe. |
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06 Sep 2011 |
Amanda McKenna: Why Catholics are heading for the exits. |
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05 Sep 2011 |
Reaction to the Vatican's Response to the Cloyne Report and Irish PM, Enda Kenny |
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04 Sep 2011 |
John Chuchman: Love is Our Essence |
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03 Sep 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 3b "Who or What is God?" |
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02 Sep 2011 |
Paschal Kearney CSSp: Some thoughts on the upcoming 2012 Synod for New Evangelisation |
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01 Sep 2011 |
Dr Michael Furtado: A Te Deum for William Morris |
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August 2011 |
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31 Aug 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Conclusions about the American Catholic Council and Brian Coyne asks if we need a new means of measuring the "success" of Catholicism? |
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30 Aug 2011 |
Book Review: "A Modern Credo" by Kevin Treston reviewed by Brian Coyne |
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29 Aug 2011 |
Depressing: Cardinal Pell on "Authentic Catholicism vs Cafeteria Catholicism", and a new review of Chrissie Foster's book... |
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28 Aug 2011 |
John Chuchman: What is My Divine Destiny? What I should do? |
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27 Aug 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 3a "Who or What is God?" |
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26 Aug 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: The importance of the Assembly, Part II. |
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25 Aug 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: The importance of the Assembly, Part I. |
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24 Aug 2011 |
Tom McMahon: The American Catholic Council in retrospect Part 3 |
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23 Aug 2011 |
Guest Commentator: Religious addiction and codependency... |
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22 Aug 2011 |
Brian Coyne: Making sense of religious belief |
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21 Aug 2011 |
John Chuchman: A reflection on Freedom as part of his series on our Divine Destiny |
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20 Aug 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 2 "Orthodoxy" |
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19 Aug 2011 |
Joe Rigert: The Tragedy of Irish Catholicism |
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18 Aug 2011 |
1838 |
No commentary or email today. |
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17 Aug 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Assessing the value of the recent American Catholic Council. Part 2 |
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16 Aug 2011 |
Dr Graham English: A cure for religious addiction: "Hair of the Dogma"! Part 2 |
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15 Aug 2011 |
Dr Graham English: A cure for religious addiction: "Hair of the Dogma"! |
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14 Aug 2011 |
John Chuchman: Authority in Community |
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13 Aug 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Chapter 1 "The Thinking of Pooh" |
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12 Aug 2011 |
Daniel Donovan: Is Jansenism being revived? Part II |
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11 Aug 2011 |
Daniel Donovan: Is Jansenism being revived? Part II |
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10 Aug 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Assessing the value of the recent American Catholic Council. |
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09 Aug 2011 |
Andrew McAlister: The Charter for Compassion: A new approach to spirituality and religion? |
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08 Aug 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 9 |
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07 Aug 2011 |
John Churchman: The Authority of Conscience. |
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06 Aug 2011 |
Fr Peter Dresser: God is Big ..... Real BIG! A theology for the New Millennium. Part 1 |
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05 Aug 2011 |
Dr Gabe Lomas: Looking at the question of creeds again... |
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04 Aug 2011 |
Tom McMahon: an epistle to a bishop mate |
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03 Aug 2011 |
Community conversation: what, precisely, is theology? |
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02 Aug 2011 |
A very "catholic" reading of life's meaning: Rachael Kohn's conversation with Una and Denis Glennon |
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01 Aug 2011 |
On lecturing hierarchs about "Gospel values" |
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July 2011 |
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31 Jul 2011 |
John Chuchman: What is our sense of conscience today? |
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30 Jul 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: The significance of Enda Kenny's statement to the Irish Parliament. |
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29 Jul 2011 |
Fr Charles Rue's discussion paper: an Australian Catholic response to Climate Change. |
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28 Jul 2011 |
Brian Coyne: In praise of our public broadcasters… |
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27 Jul 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Some questions that need answers… |
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26 Jul 2011 |
1815 |
Programming Day: No email or commentary today... |
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25 Jul 2011 |
Bishop Tom Gumbleton in NCR: How to make the reign of God a reality... |
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24 Jul 2011 |
John Chuchman: What is our sense of church today? |
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23 Jul 2011 |
Tom McMahon: A sympathetic look at the life of a bishop: Part 3 |
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22 Jul 2011 |
Speech of the Irish PM, Enda Kenny, to the Irish Parliament condemning the arrogance of the Vatican and the leadership of the Catholic Church. |
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21 Jul 2011 |
The future of progressive, liberal or Vatican II Catholicism. Brian Coyne and Amanda McKenna in conversation with Dr Jane Anderson. |
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20 Jul 2011 |
The brilliance of the papal knight! |
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19 Jul 2011 |
Video Interview: Dr Jane Anderson and Amanda (Milly) McKenna |
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18 Jul 2011 |
Fr Dan Donovan: An Investment to Die For! |
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17 Jul 2011 |
Editorial: "It's time for the charade to end!" and John Chuchman begins a new series: "What is our Divine Destiny?" |
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16 Jul 2011 |
A special invitation to be part of a research project |
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15 Jul 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: "The meaning of the Catholic Mass" some straight talk from Fr Daniel Donovan Part 2 |
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14 Jul 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: "The meaning of the Catholic Mass" some straight talk from Fr Daniel Donovan |
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13 Jul 2011 |
Tom McMahon: A sympathetic look at the life of a bishop... |
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12 Jul 2011 |
Dr Gabe Lomas: What do we actually mean by the word "church"? |
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11 Jul 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 8 |
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10 Jul 2011 |
John Chuchman: God; for me The Universal Poet |
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09 Jul 2011 |
Dr Graham English: Lessons for the Australian Catholic Church from an unlikely source: Karl Marx! |
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08 Jul 2011 |
Emmy Silvius: Lay Ecclesial Ministry |
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07 Jul 2011 |
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No email or lead commentary today |
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06 Jul 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Another Bishop forced into early retirement (Santa Roas Bishop, Daniel Walsh) |
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05 Jul 2011 |
Joe Rigert: Clerical Abuse: How much is Celibacy to blame? |
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04 Jul 2011 |
Have the intellectuals left Catholicism? |
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03 Jul 2011 |
No email or lead commentary due to computer upgrade |
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02 Jul 2011 |
American Catholic Council report and video of James Carroll's address |
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01 Jul 2011 |
Fr Dan Donovan: Bishop Bill Morris and Fr Leonard Feeney. |
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June 2011 |
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Due to the absence of the editor in the United States during June there were only limited emails and lead commentaries. |
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29 Jun 2011 |
Jason Berry's latest book on the secrets and scandals of Church finances |
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26 Jun 2011 |
Travelling in Hughie time! |
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09 Jun 2011 |
A belated letter from America... |
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02 Jun 2011 |
An open letter of thanks to all our financial supporters... |
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May 2011 |
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31 May 2011 |
A Concert Video & A Big Question: Did Jesus offer us a Creed as the guide to life? |
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30 May 2011 |
1758 |
No email or lead commentary |
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29 May 2011 |
Brian Coyne: Can the Catholic Church re-evangelize itself? |
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28 May 2011 |
Dr Anthony Lowes: Bleak House Part 4 but with a huge does of joy and hope at the end! |
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27 May 2011 |
Tom McMahon with hopefully what will not be the last word on Bishop Bill Morris... |
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26 May 2011 |
Discerning a new direction for Catholica... |
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25 May 2011 |
Extraordinary Breaking News Story: Michael Baker's tribute to his former legal colleague Paul Brazier |
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24 May 2011 |
A Catholica Community Conversation: How do we explain religion? |
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23 May 2011 |
Vinnie Nauheimer lets fly at the John Jay Study |
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22 May 2011 |
Two cartoons from John Chuchman and great conversations... |
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21 May 2011 |
Dr Anthony Lowes: Bleak House, Part 3 |
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20 May 2011 |
Catholica Community Discussion on an editorial about +Bill Morris in The Record newspaper |
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19 May 2011 |
Dr Brian Gleeson CP: Collegiality & Communion: How should power be shared in the Church? |
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18 May 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Do you realise the key role you are invited to play? And a response from the Editor. |
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17 May 2011 |
Judith Lynch: An open letter of support to Bishop Bill Morris |
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16 May 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 7 |
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15 May 2011 |
John Chuchman: Searching for a New Way Forward |
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14 May 2011 |
Dr Anthony Lowes: Bleak House, Part 2 |
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13 May 2011 |
Catholica Community Debate: Was the ACBC President's letter valuable? |
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12 May 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Whose side is God on? |
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11 May 2011 |
Tom Robert's commentary on NCR about Chaput destroying the evidence |
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10 May 2011 |
A Personal letter to my former boss and all bishops... |
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09 May 2011 |
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No email or lead commentary |
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08 May 2011 |
Stephen's video: A World of Their Own |
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07 May 2011 |
Regular commentaries suspended due to Bishop Morris' story continued dominance |
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06 May 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Royal Weddings, love and revolution! |
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05 May 2011 |
The Bishop Bill Morris discussion continues abd continues... |
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04 May 2011 |
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The Bishop Bill Morris discussion continues... |
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03 May 2011 |
The Bishop Bill Morris discussion continues... |
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02 May 2011 |
Editorial: Calling for moral courage from our bishops on the scale exhibited by Christ himself! |
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01 May 2011 |
Duc in Altam: putting out into the deep with Catholica & the Royal Wedding homily. |
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April 2011 |
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30 Apr 2011 |
Combined email & commentary published on 1 May 2011. |
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29 Apr 2011 |
Dr Anthony Lowes: The Church today ... a bleak house! |
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28 Apr 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Most read commentary of 2010 on Greed from the "Seven Deadlies"e series in 2006. |
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27 Apr 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Can we have a conversation with bishops? |
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26 Apr 2011 |
Brian Coyne: Building the ultimate dream catcher! |
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25 Apr 2011 |
Monday's question: How much do our theologies and creation myths have to conform to the "truths" of modern science? |
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24 Apr 2011 |
1722 |
Easter Sunday (break from normal commentaries and emails) |
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23 Apr 2011 |
1721 |
Easter Saturday (break from normal commentaries and emails) |
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22 Apr 2011 |
1722 |
Good Friday (break from normal commentaries and emails) |
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21 Apr 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: How to make the inner spiritual journey... |
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20 Apr 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Tom McMahon asks why Rome constantly reverts to medieval culture and thinking |
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19 Apr 2011 |
Dr Andrew Kania: The Whole Story (cf John 14:26) |
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18 Apr 2011 |
Fr Daniel Donovan: Is it time to rewire the brains of our heirarchs? |
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17 Apr 2011 |
John Chuchman: The "problem" of time and the "problem" with Christ... |
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16 Apr 2011 |
Peter J. Wilkinson: "Wanted – Parish Priests" |
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15 Apr 2011 |
Fr Peter Maher reviews Trish Madigan's new book: "Women and Fundamentalism in Islam and Catholicism" |
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14 Apr 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: The third most read commentary in 2010 – The Primacy Question |
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13 Apr 2011 |
The Pell-Hodgens' exchange in The Swag |
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12 Apr 2011 |
Dr Andrew Thomas Kania: Rediscovering the essential teaching style of Jesus. |
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11 Apr 2011 |
1709 |
No commentary or email today |
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10 Apr 2011 |
1708 |
No commentary or email today |
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09 Apr 2011 |
1707 |
No commentary or email today |
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08 Apr 2011 |
Joe Rigert: Is it time for a Catholic Revolution? |
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07 Apr 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Star Trek Spirituality (4th most read commentary in 2010) |
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06 Apr 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Changing the diapers of Bishops (someone had to do it once!) |
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05 Apr 2011 |
Editorial: Could this nation be a light to the world? And Dr Andrew Kania on Religious Hypocrisy. |
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04 Apr 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 6 |
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03 Apr 2011 |
John Chuchman: Morality in a Loving Relationship... |
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02 Apr 2011 |
Emmy Silvius: Creation Spirituality... |
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01 Apr 2011 |
Dr Judy J Johnson: The dangerous world of dogmatism... |
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March 2011 |
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31 Mar 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: His most read commentaries during 2010: Number 5; Arius and Arianism... |
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30 Mar 2011 |
1697 |
Tom McMahon: Catching up with a few seminary colleagues on St Pat's Day... |
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29 Mar 2011 |
Dr Andrew Kania: The challenge of the two natures of Christ... |
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28 Mar 2011 |
Editorial: The moral credibility and authority of bishops now on the line... |
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27 Mar 2011 |
1694 |
No lead commentary or email today |
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26 Mar 2011 |
Taking a break — two in fact... |
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25 Mar 2011 |
Brian Coyne: Where is the intellectual heart of Catholicism today? |
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24 Mar 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: 10 Most Read commentaries from 2010 – No 6 "What can we learn today from the disputes in the early Church?" |
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23 Mar 2011 |
Tom McMahon: A catch-up commentary |
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22 Mar 2011 |
Dr Andrew Kania: Let all the lights shine! |
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21 Mar 2011 |
Joe Rigert: Should John Paul II be made a saint? |
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20 Mar 2011 |
John Chuchman: A Process for Marrying |
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19 Mar 2011 |
Nick Agocs: The problem with foreign priests... |
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18 Mar 2011 |
Fr Eric Hodgens: The politics of choosing bishops... |
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17 Mar 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: His seventh most read commentary in 2010: "How does God speak to us?" |
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16 Mar 2011 |
Fr Donal Hartigan: A radical new initiative to save Catholicism in Australia & Re-evangelize the West! |
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15 Mar 2011 |
Editorial by Terry Fewtrell: People power needed now to change the church; and Daniel Donovan reviews "Our Fathers" by Chris McGillion & John O'Carroll. |
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14 Mar 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 5 |
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13 Mar 2011 |
John Chuchman: Human and Moral |
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12 Mar 2011 |
Marlene (Del) Burgess shares her story of abuse and her attempts to seek reconciliation with her church and faith |
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11 Mar 2011 |
Dr Jane Anderson: "Countering the 'racist' tag applied to those who question the wisdom of importing foreign priests" |
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10 Mar 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Who founded the Church in Rome? |
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09 Mar 2011 |
Tom McMahon: An American response to The Wilkinson Report |
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08 Mar 2011 |
Brian Coyne: A reflection on The Reflection! |
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07 Mar 2011 |
1674 |
John Chuchman: Sexual Morality Part 5 – Homophobia and Sexual Morality |
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06 Mar 2011 |
John Chuchman: Sexual Morality Part 5 – Homophobia and Sexual Morality |
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05 Mar 2011 |
George Ripon: The Move to Gay Marriage... |
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04 Mar 2011 |
Emmy Silvius: "Is Our Institutional Church Unjust?" |
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03 Mar 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Who wrote the Gospels? |
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02 Mar 2011 |
Tom McMahon: The Divine beauty of the naked female form |
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01 Mar 2011 |
Editorial: The Wilkinson Report |
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February 2011 |
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28 Feb 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 4 |
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27 Feb 2011 |
John Chuchman: Sexual Morality Part 4 – Sexual Morality (That's the commentary title this week as well as the series title) |
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26 Feb 2011 |
A.W. Richard Sipe: The Philadelphia Grand Jury Report – Cardinal Rigali Avoids Prison ... For Now! |
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25 Feb 2011 |
Emmy Silvius: Spirituality vs Religion |
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24 Feb 2011 |
Tom McMahon & Dr Ian Elmer: Two different perspectives on the sexuality discussion |
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23 Feb 2011 |
Tom McMahon comments Eric Hodgens' 50th Anniversary Ordination Essay |
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22 Feb 2011 |
Dr Andrew Kania: The Impossible Dream Part 2 — Lessons in leadership |
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21 Feb 2011 |
Forum Discussion: Can the priesthood be "fixed"? |
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20 Feb 2011 |
Zeigeist Editorial and John Chuchman: Sexual Morality Part 3 – Magisterial Approach to Human Sexuality |
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19 Feb 2011 |
Fr Dan Donovan: RITUAL is "Cool" but THEOLOGY is "Hot" Part 2 |
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18 Feb 2011 |
Fr Dan Donovan: RITUAL is "Cool" but THEOLOGY is "Hot" Part 1 |
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17 Feb 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Top 10 most read commentaries in 2010 – No. 11 on Jesus attitude towards women. |
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16 Feb 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Human Sexuality: A discussion II Women will be the ones to save us! |
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15 Feb 2011 |
Dr Andrew Kania: The Impossible Dream Part 1 |
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14 Feb 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 3 |
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13 Feb 2011 |
John Chuchman: Sexual Morality Part 2 – Paradigms of Virtue |
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12 Feb 2011 |
Bill Farrelly: Is the Eucharist Real? |
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11 Feb 2011 |
Angus MacIntyre: Fixing the problems the Church faces... |
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10 Feb 2011 |
Dr Ian Elmer: Two commentaries on the origins of the Church and the Primacy of Peter |
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09 Feb 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Human Sexuality: A discussion Part 1 |
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08 Feb 2011 |
Dr Andew Kania: What makes for good leadership? (Alfred the Great, Part 2) |
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07 Feb 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 2 |
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06 Feb 2011 |
John Chuchman: A discussion on Sexual Morality, Part 2 |
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05 Feb 2011 |
Bill Farrelly: on "God, Good and Evil" and the editor asks: "Will the extreme weather events change religious belief patterns?" |
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04 Feb 2011 |
George Ripon reviews the Pastoral Letter on Ecumenism "The Impulse of God's Love"... |
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03 Feb 2011 |
Severe air turbulence... |
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02 Feb 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Let us discuss Human Sexuality openly and honestly... |
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01 Feb 2011 |
Dr Andrew Kania: What do we learn from Alfred the Great: hagiography or leadership? |
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January 2011 |
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31 Jan 2011 |
Angus MacIntyre: A Canadian plea for greater lay involvement in Church governance... |
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30 Jan 2011 |
John Chuchman: "Spirituality-Sexuality"... |
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29 Jan 2011 |
Bill Farrelly: "The Challenge of Promiscuity"... |
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28 Jan 2011 |
Eric Hodgens in the news again: "Catholics need more than ads to come home"... |
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27 Jan 2011 |
Tom McMahon & Brian Coyne: The challenges in discussing sexuality issues... |
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26 Jan 2011 |
Australia Day Special |
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25 Jan 2011 |
Vynette Holliday: Questioning the understanding of Papal Primacy Part 1 |
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24 Jan 2011 |
How would you re-evangelise the Church? |
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23 Jan 2011 |
The controversial, Nuncio's Letter to the Irish Bishops... |
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22 Jan 2011 |
Bill Farrelly: A gentle plea amidst the hysteria of the abortion debate... |
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21 Jan 2011 |
Dan Donovan: A re-examination of the attitudes of Jesus towards leadership, authority and ministry Part 2 of 2 |
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20 Jan 2011 |
Dan Donovan: A re-examination of the attitudes of Jesus towards leadership, authority and ministry Part 1 of 2 |
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19 Jan 2011 |
Tom McMahon: Do you need to be homosexual to become a bishop? |
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18 Jan 2011 |
Dan Donovan: Bishop's Holiday Plans raise eyebrows |
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17 Jan 2011 |
Book Review: "Windknocker" by Bud Malby reviewed by Brian Coyne |
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16 Jan 2011 |
1624 |
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15 Jan 2011 |
1623 |
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14 Jan 2011 |
1622 |
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13 Jan 2011 |
1621 |
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12 Jan 2011 |
1620 |
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11 Jan 2011 |
1619 |
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10 Jan 2011 |
1618 |
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09 Jan 2011 |
1617 |
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08 Jan 2011 |
Dr Andrew Kania: Special Commentary for the Byzantine Christmas |
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07 Jan 2011 |
1615 |
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06 Jan 2011 |
Happy New Year to all of you... |
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05 Jan 2011 |
1613 |
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04 Jan 2011 |
1612 |
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03 Jan 2011 |
1611 |
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02 Jan 2011 |
1610 |
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01 Jan 2011 |
1609 |
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