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e-BULLETIN INDEX 2009
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e-Bulletin Indexes: 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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December 2009
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25 Dec 2009
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1237
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Tom McMahon: A Christmas Reflection...
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24 Dec 2009
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1236
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Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages "Wise Men and Humble Shepherds!"
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23 Dec 2009
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1235
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Can any war be classed as "holy"?
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22 Dec 2009
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1234
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Dr Andrew Kania: Peace of Faith Part 2 & Worst Christmas Cards ever...
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21 Dec 2009
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1233
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Tom Lee: The Council of Chalcedon
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20 Dec 2009
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1232
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Francis Brown: The last chapter from his book — aspects of life!
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19 Dec 2009
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1231
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Sr Joan Chittister, Fr Richard Neuhaus and Cardinals Mahony and McCarrick meet on the Bill Moyers show.
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18 Dec 2009
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1230
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Christmas-January Publishing Schedule
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17 Dec 2009
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1229
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Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages — the Nativity Narratives
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16 Dec 2009
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1228
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Robert Blair Kaiser continues his examination of the Crusades. Today the 4th and 5th Crusades and the Children's Crusade
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15 Dec 2009
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1227
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Dr Andrew Kania’s thought-provoking lecture at Oxford on 4 Dec Part 1 of 2
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14 Dec 2009
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1226
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Tom Lee: The lead-up to the Council of Chalcedon
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13 Dec 2009
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1225
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Francis Brown: Part one of a reflection on ten aspects of life
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12 Dec 2009
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1224
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Cardinal Grandeur joins the Cardinal Mahony story!
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11 Dec 2009
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1223
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Fr Dan Donovan: Thank God for the Women Religious who embraced Vatican II!
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10 Dec 2009
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1222
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Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages #21: "The Virgin Will Conceive" (Matthew 1:23)
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09 Dec 2009
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1221
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Part 3 of his look at the Crusades — Are we Christians, or Catholics, proud of the Crusades?
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08 Dec 2009
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1220
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Dr Andrew Kania: Part 2 of his address to the Oxbridge Students at Eton College last week on Faith-Based Diplomacy.
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07 Dec 2009
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1219
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Tom Lee: Leo the Great asserts the Primacy of Rome
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06 Dec 2009
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1218
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Francis Brown: A meditation on Jesus of Nazareth
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05 Dec 2009
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1217
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Who said religion and politics don't mix?
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04 Dec 2009
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1216
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George Ripon: The Reminiscences of Pope John XXIV
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03 Dec 2009
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1215
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Dr Ian Elmer: Did God support war and genocide against the Canaanites?
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02 Dec 2009
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1214
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Robert Blair Kaiser: La crociata, non si fa piu—No more Crusades!
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01 Dec 2009
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1213
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Like two freight-trains colliding: Dr Andrew Kania's address for Eton College and the Dublin Report!
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November 2009
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30 Nov 2009
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1212
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Tom Lee: What are Catholic Christians to do if part of the Church goes wrong?
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29 Nov 2009
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1211
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Francis Brown: Innocence, Forgiveness and discerning Goodness and Evil
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28 Nov 2009
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1210
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Chapter 14 from "Cardinal Mahony" — Autochthony
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27 Nov 2009
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1209
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Fr Daniel Donovan: The Cadaver Trial of Pope Formosus. Is it a metaphor for the Church today?
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26 Nov 2009
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1208
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Dr Ian Elmer: Whatever happened to those 'strange Gods'?
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25 Nov 2009
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1207
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Holy Words Holy Wars!
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24 Nov 2009
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1206
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Dr Anrew Thomas Kania: Light from Light (cf. Luke 3: 21 - 22) — In response to the maxim: "Jesus is God; but God is not Jesus."
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23 Nov 2009
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1205
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Tom Lee: The origins of Mariology in the East and the influence of St Patrick in Ireland
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22 Nov 2009
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1204
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Francis Brown: Worth and Humility
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21 Nov 2009
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1203s
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Robert Blair Kaiser's novel introduces the idea of 'autochthony' into the discussion...
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20 Nov 2009
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1202
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Andrew McAlister: Urging our support for The Charter for Compassion.
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19 Nov 2009
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1201
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Dr Ian Elmer asks provocatively: Did God have a wife?
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18 Nov 2009
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1200
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EDITION 1200: Tom McMahon provides a surprising assessment of the Council of Trent.
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17 Nov 2009
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1199
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Two commentaries today: Tom Lee on the conflict between Cyril and Nestorius and Alan Gill provides an addendum to the National Apology.
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16 Nov 2009
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1198
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Follow up to the Intelligence Squared debate on UK Television: Is Catholicism a force for good in the world ... or should it be perceived as such?
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15 Nov 2009
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1197
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Francis Brown: Faith, Love and Kingdom.
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14 Nov 2009
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1196
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Who are the cardinals and bishops responsible to? Robert Kaiser's novel today cuts to the heart of that question.
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13 Nov 2009
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1195
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Dr Andrew Kania: A history of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia plus we republish a commentary from Fr Tom Doyle to draw attention to Child Abuse Prevention Week which begins today.
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12 Nov 2009
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1194
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Dr Ian Elmer: Now here's an interesting question ... How important were women in the early formation of the Church?
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11 Nov 2009
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1193
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Tom McMahon: Fascinating history and a fascinating commentary...
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10 Nov 2009
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1192
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Brian Coyne: Review of Dan Brown's latest thriller – The Lost Symbol
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05 Nov 2009
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1189
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Chapter Eleven "Keys" (Published a day early this week as the editor is taking the weekend off.)
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05 Nov 2009
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1187
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Dr Ian Elmer: Heaven — is it something to come or something now?
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04 Nov 2009
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1186
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e_Conference on St Luke and Tom McMahon's commentary today asks "Where do we find today the humble preacher from Nazareth, teaching the crowds the value of the beatitudes?"
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03 Nov 2009
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1185
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Melbourne Cup Day in Australia!
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02 Nov 2009
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1184
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Tom Lee: Anything you can do I can do sillier!
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01 Nov 2009
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1183
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Francis Brown: Continuing the search for "True Self"...
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October 2009
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31 Oct 2009
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1182
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Kaiser's novel introduce "Sister Phoebe"; The Apology to Women Petition; and an Update on the Catholic Spiritual Marketplace.
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30 Oct 2009
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1181
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Daniel Gullotta: On the problems of factionalism.
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29 Oct 2009
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1180
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Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages — Who was Theophilus?
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28 Oct 2009
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1179
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Very interesting day up here & Tom McMahon hits the ton!
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27 Oct 2009
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1178
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We quietly launch the Catholica Spirituality Marketplace and Dan Donvan reviews Bishop Julian Porteous' book on priesthood.
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26 Oct 2009
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1177
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Tom Lee: Augustine and Pelagius and their conflict over Original Sin
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25 Oct 2009
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1176
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Francis Brown: In search opf True Self...
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24 Oct 2009
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1175
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Chapter 9 from Kaiser's novel is all about the Cardinal's 'resurrection'
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23 Oct 2009
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1174
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Friday's Email: It beats building cathedrals that no one will ever use!
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22 Oct 2009
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1173
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Dr Ian Elmer: Is the Acts of the Apostles Historically Reliable?
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21 Oct 2009
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1172
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Tom McMahon: The young priest's search for his sexual identity and an understanding of the sexual dimension of life.
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20 Oct 2009
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1171
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George Ripon: The Mass — if it ain't broke, why fix it?
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19 Oct 2009
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1170
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Tom Lee: The excommunication and reinstatement of Chrysostom and the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths
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18 Oct 2009
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1169
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Francis Brown: A pensive reflection in verse accompanied with a Violin Concert by Mendelssohn.
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17 Oct 2009
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1168
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Chapter 8 from Kaiser's novel introduces Sunnyhill — a "teacher of Church history at the Gregorian"
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16 Oct 2009
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1167
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Guest Commentator – Janice Kennedy: Enough is Enough!
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15 Oct 2009
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1166
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Dr Ian Elmer: What Record was Luke Setting Straight?
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14 Oct 2009
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1165
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Tom McMahon: Gettin' "down and dirty"...
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13 Oct 2009
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1164
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Daniel Gullotta: An Essay examining the strengths and weaknesses of Ferdinand Christian Baur's 'Two-Missions Thesis'.
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12 Oct 2009
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1163
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Tom Lee: We begin Chapter 23 of his exploration of the First 500 Years of Christianity...
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11 Oct 2009
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1162
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Francis Brown: A very different view of priesthood and spirituality...
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10 Oct 2009
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1161
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Robert Blair Kaiser: A great line from his novel "Cardinal Mahony": "John XXIII Catholics trying to survive in a John Paul II world!"
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09 Oct 2009
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1160
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Fr Kevin Murphy: A reflection on the nature of (church) community...
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08 Oct 2009
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1159
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Much to Report Today: Lead commentary by Dr Ian Elmer on how many Gospels preceded Luke?; News Report from the organisers of the Vaticanum II Petition; Caritas Special Appeal; and the upcoming e-Conference on St Luke.
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07 Oct 2009
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1158
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Tom McMahon: Is the psyche of today's priest is modelled on the psyche of Jesus — or perhaps some other psyche that developed at a later point in history?
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06 Oct 2009
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1157
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No lead commentary or email published today.
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05 Oct 2009
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1156
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Tom Lee: See where it all started: Original Sin, Limbo, Purgatory, Sex & Celibacy...
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04 Oct 2009
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1155
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Francis Brown: By the Waters of Babylon I Wept... — and "The birds of Catholica"!
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03 Oct 2009
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1154
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Chapter 6 from "Cardinal Mahony – a novel" Remembering
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02 Oct 2009
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1153
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Herbie: The Curious character of the Curia's take on Priesthood…
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01 Oct 2009
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1152
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Dr Ian Elmer: Did Jesus and His Disciples Oppose the Temple?
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September 2009
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30 Sep 2009
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1151
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Tom McMahon: In search of the how our ideas of priesthood developed during the Crusades and the Middle Ages.
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29 Sep 2009
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1150
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George Ripon: Lay Celebration of the Eucharist
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28 Sep 2009
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1149
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Tom Lee: The First 500 Years today looks at the conversion of Augustine
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27 Sep 2009
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1148
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Francis Brown: It's Life I Choose — Ridding our lives of disharmony
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26 Sep 2009
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1147
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Chapter 5 from "Cardinal Mahony – a novel" Verdict
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25 Sep 2009
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1146
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Tom McMahon: Trying to appreciate religion and ministry in the era of Dan Brown and the Da Vinci Code...
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24 Sep 2009
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1145
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Dr Ian Elmer: Did Jesus Ever Get Angry? (Mark 11:15-19)
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23 Sep 2009
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1144
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Brian Coyne: Review of Cliff Baxter's history of the Knights of the Southern Cross
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22 Sep 2009
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1143
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Not published
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21 Sep 2009
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1142
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Tom Lee: Chapter 22 of the First 500 Years of Christianity
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20 Sep 2009
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1141
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Francis Brown: My Love is Here — Fear is of My Making
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19 Sep 2009
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1140
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Robert Blair Kaiser: The trial of Cardinal Mahony continues...
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18 Sep 2009
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1139
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Friday's email: No lead commentary today
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17 Sep 2009
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1138
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Brian Coyne: What sort of ecclesial leadership do we need?
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16 Sep 2009
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1137
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Tom McMahon: Celibacy — the dueling show down at OK Corral circa 1123!
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15 Sep 2009
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1136
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Sr Mary Cresp rsj: A Spirituality of Humility Part 3
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14 Sep 2009
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1135
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Tom Lee: The Authorised Version of Scripture emerges under Jerome and Damasus
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13 Sep 2009
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1134
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Francis Brown: My Love is here, Now! Heaven is Now!
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12 Sep 2009
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1133s
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Robert Blair Kaiser: The trial of Cardinal Mahony begins...
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11 Sep 2009
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1132
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Tom McMahon: Apologia Pro Vita Sua Part 10: The problem with celibacy
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10 Sep 2009
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1131
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Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages from Scripture — The Ten Commandments
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09 Sep 2009
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1130
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Not published (Editor busy programming)
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08 Sep 2009
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1129
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Sr Mary Cresp rsj: A Spirituality of Humility Part 2
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07 Sep 2009
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1128
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Tom Lee: The First 500 Years — Basil, Jerome and Augustine
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06 Sep 2009
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1127
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Francis Brown: Trusting in Providence
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05 Sep 2009
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1126
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Robert Blair Kaiser: Chapter Two from his novel "Cardinal Mahony"
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04 Sep 2009
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1125
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Dr Graham English: The Good, the Bad and the Beautiful about Catholic schools and the education of the poor in Australia
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03 Sep 2009
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1124
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Dr Ian Elmer: How does God Speak to Us?
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02 Sep 2009
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1123
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Tom McMahon: A calliope of thoughts following the funeral of John Managle.
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01 Sep 2009
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1122
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Sr Mary Cresp RSJ: A reflection on humility (Part 1)
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August 2009
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31 Aug 2009
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1121
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Tom Lee: On Basil the Great, Paulinus of Nola, Gregory of Nyssa and something on the obsession with sex
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30 Aug 2009
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1120
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Francis Brown: A change of pace — Four Poems
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29 Aug 2009
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1119
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Robert Blair Kaiser: "Cardinal Mahony — A Novel" The Preface and Chapter One
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28 Aug 2009
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1118
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Editorial: The Duty of Care of the Institution to its Employees and Parishioners
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27 Aug 2009
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1117
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Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages — Why Does God Always Appear on Mountains?
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26 Aug 2009
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1116
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Tom McMahon: Tom continues with his series exploring the psychology of priesthood
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25 Aug 2009
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1115
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Exciting developments @ Catholica: Robert Blair Kaiser to join our commentary team and today's commentary from Tom Lee looks at the Barbarian Invasions
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24 Aug 2009
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1114
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Dr Andrew Kania: Moral Hemophilia: Concept and Reality (cf. Luke 10: 29-37)
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23 Aug 2009
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1113
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Francis Brown: Is it safe to judge? Anyone? Anything?
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22 Aug 2009
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1112
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Daniel Gullotta: Learning from Deuteronomy — what sort of relationship does God call us into?
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21 Aug 2009
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1111
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Brian Coyne: Review of Karen Armstrong's "The Battle for God"
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20 Aug 2009
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1110
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Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages #6 — The meaning of Biblical Numbers
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19 Aug 2009
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1109
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Tom McMahon: A tribute to two priests
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18 Aug 2009
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1108
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A big story brewing and request for feedback on design of Catholica Spiritual Marketplace page.
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17 Aug 2009
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1107
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Tom Lee: The Triumph of Christianity!
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16 Aug 2009
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1106
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Francis Brown: Losing the innocence of our childhood...
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15 Aug 2009
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1105
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A shorter update this week...
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14 Aug 2009
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1104
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Not published
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13 Aug 2009
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1103
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Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages #5 — Faith and Miracles (Mark 6:5-6)
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12 Aug 2009
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1102
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Tom McMahon: The priesthood as we’ve known it is a creation of the Council of Trent in 1542
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11 Aug 2009
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1101
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News story — Archbishop told abuse victim "Go to Hell!"
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10 Aug 2009
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1100
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EDITION 1100 — Tom Lee: Many Councils and Much Division
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09 Aug 2009
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1099
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Francis Brown: My Thoughts Expressed in Verse
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08 Aug 2009
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1098
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Doing something practical for the victims of childhood sexual abuse
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07 Aug 2009
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1097
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Daniel Gullotta: A Study and Reflection on the Quran 1:1-7
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06 Aug 2009
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1096
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Dr Ian Elmer: Puzzling Passages — The Calming of the Storm (Mark 4:35-41)
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05 Aug 2009
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1095
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Tom McMahon: Why we need to understand the psychology of priesthood...
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04 Aug 2009
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1094
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Dr Andrew Kania: The real story behind Morris West's prophecy...
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03 Aug 2009
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1093
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Tom Lee: The first hymn to Mary and the origins of Mariology.
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02 Aug 2009
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1092
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Francis Brown: Two short chapters from his book today.
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01 Aug 2009
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1091
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Daniel Gullotta: The Good, The Bad, and the REALLY BAD! – Jesus, the Church, and Christianity in Film
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July 2009
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31 Jul 2009
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1090
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Tom Lee: a tribute to a dynamic feminist duo — Barbara Angell and Pat Shaw.
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30 Jul 2009
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1089
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Seeking a priesthood we can trust again & Dr Ian Elmer looks at another 'puzzling passage' from Scripture; The Parting of the Sea story from Exodus.
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29 Jul 2009
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1088
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Tom McMahon and Brian Coyne at two very different funerals…
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28 Jul 2009
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1087
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Dr Andrew Kania: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's New Theology — A new way of interpreting the Christ message…
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27 Jul 2009
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1086
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Tom Lee: 21.1 Arian Resurgence as the Sons Inherit.…
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26 Jul 2009
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1085
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Francis Brown: A lifetime spiritual journey #4…
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25 Jul 2009
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1084
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James, Brian Coyne and ors: Where do we find hope today?
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24 Jul 2009
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1083
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George Ripon: The use of the term YHWH or Yahweh?
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23 Jul 2009
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1082
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Dr Ian Elmer: What Did Jesus Say at the Last Supper?
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22 Jul 2009
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1081
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Tom McMahon: Is the Roman Catholic Church with its manorial setting a world wide continuation of Middle Age feudalism?
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21 Jul 2009
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1080
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Dr Andrew Kania: Render unto Caesar (cf Matthew 22: 17-21) (Bonhoeffer: Traitor of Conscientious Objector?)
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20 Jul 2009
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1079
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Tom Lee: The creation of Constantinople and the legacy of Constantine
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19 Jul 2009
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1078
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Francis Brown: Chapter Two of his book "My Love is Here" – Resurrection
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18 Jul 2009
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1077
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Fr Kevin Murphy: Saint Paul and Church and Eucharist
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17 Jul 2009
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1076
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Kerry Gonzales and Brian Coyne: Spirituality in the Pub address — Do we need a new Creed?
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16 Jul 2009
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1075
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Dr Ian Elmer: A new series investigating puzzling passages in Scripture — #1 The Passover (Exodus 12:1-28)
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15 Jul 2009
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1074
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Tom McMahon: Apologia Pro Vita Sua #3 – the psychology of priesthood
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14 Jul 2009
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1073
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Dr Andrew Kania: The moral courage of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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13 Jul 2009
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1072
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Tom Lee: How the Council of Nicaea transformed the meaning of the Cross...
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12 Jul 2009
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1071
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Francis Brown: Chapter One of his book "My Love is Here" and James' review of "How God Changes Our Brain".
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11 Jul 2009
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1070
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Dr Anthony Lowe: Re-discovering the practical value in the theological concept of Trinity.
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10 Jul 2009
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1069
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Dr Anthony Lowe: Re-discovering the real depth in Catholic thought. Going right back beyond the 1950s, beyond Trent, to the genesis of some of our thoughts about the Divine ... Re-discovering the real thinking about Trinity.
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09 Jul 2009
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1068
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Dr Ian Elmer: The Legacy of St Paul...
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08 Jul 2009
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1067
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Tom McMahon: Spare a thought for the good bishops as you read this...
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07 Jul 2009
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1066
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Andrew Kania: What sort of priests do we want?
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06 Jul 2009
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1065
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Tom Lee: The Arian Heresy leads to the Council of Nicaea to resolve it.
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05 Jul 2009
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1064
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Francis Brown: My Love is Here Part 1
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04 Jul 2009
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1063
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Dr Patrick Collins: Wither Liturgical Reform and Renewal in 2009? Part 2
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03 Jul 2009
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1062
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Dr Patrick Collins: Wither Liturgical Reform and Renewal in 2009? Part 1
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02 Jul 2009
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1061
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Dr Andrew Kania: Questioning the direction in which our leaders are taking us...
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01 Jul 2009
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1060
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Tom McMahon: Tom's Apologia Pro Vita Sua – psychology and priesthood
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June 2009
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30 Jun 2009
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1059
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National E-Conference on St Paul...
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29 Jun 2009
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1058
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Tom Lee: Cementing the Power in Rome
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28 Jun 2009
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1057
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Sunday Forum: What's it all about, Alfie? (Mk 1057)
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27 Jun 2009
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1056
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Brian Coyne: Two diocesan initiatives that are worth following — a Good News commentary
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26 Jun 2009
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1055
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Absolute Truth: Review of the Television series published in The Tablet...
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25 Jun 2009
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1054
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Dr Ian Elmer: The Death and Preservation of Paul...
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24 Jun 2009
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1053
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Tom McMahon: At the meeting point of two oceans...
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23 Jun 2009
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1052
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Dr Andrew Kania: A powerful commentary explaining our disunity...
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22 Jun 2009
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1051
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Tom Lee: The First 500 years — Consolidation of Church and State.
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21 Jun 2009
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1050
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Sunday Forum: Following up the conversation started in Melbourne...
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20 Jun 2009
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1049
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Pewter: Will the changes to the liturgy "bring 'em back" or "drive 'em away"?
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19 Jun 2009
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1048
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Fr Kevin Murphy: Vision and Mission.
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18 Jun 2009
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1047
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Dr Ian Elmer: The Failure of Paul!
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17 Jun 2009
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1046
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Discussion: What measurement yardstick should we use for the success of Catholicism or Christianity? And Tom McMahon: #3 Report on his Aussie Pilgrimage
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16 Jun 2009
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1045
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Dr Andrew Kania: Can any of us live a lie?
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15 Jun 2009
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1044
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Tom Lee: The conversion and endorsement of Constantine
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14 Jun 2009
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1043
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Sunday Forum: How will our generation be remembered?
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13 Jun 2009
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1042
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Pewter: Pray-up or Pay-up!
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12 Jun 2009
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1041
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Daniel Gullotta: "Made in the Image of God".
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11 Jun 2009
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1040
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What I'd really like — what we'd all really like, and, Dr Ian Elmer on Paul's Last Will and Testament.
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10 Jun 2009
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1039
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Tom McMahon: Tom's critique of us Aussies and Brian Coyne critique of Tom!
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09 Jun 2009
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1038
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Dr Andrew Kania: Opening up the discussion on ecumenism...
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08 Jun 2009
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1037
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Tom Lee: How Christianity emerged from persecution to a religion of state...
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07 Jun 2009
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1036
|
Thomas Merton on Priesthood by Rev. Patrick W. Collins, Ph. D.
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06 Jun 2009
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1035
|
Two lead commentaries today: Pewter reflects on why the minority are always favoured and Daniel Gullotta writes a critique of Bishop John Shelby Spong.
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05 Jun 2009
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1034
|
No email or lead commentary today because of technical problems on our new server
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04 Jun 2009
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1033
|
Dr Ian Elmer: Who wrote Romans?
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03 Jun 2009
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1032
|
Tom McMahon reports on his Aussie Odyssey...
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02 Jun 2009
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1031
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Dr Andre Kania revs up an important discussion on the infallibility of the institution...
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01 Jun 2009
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1030
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Film Review: Angels and Demons...
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May 2009
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31 May 2009
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1029
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Welcome to our new domain where Kerry Gonzales writes on the difficult journey out of active participation.
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30 May 2009
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1028
|
PUMPKIN TIME! Pewter delivers the last post on our old web server.
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29 May 2009
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1027
|
No email or commentary today as we prepare for the changeover to a new server.
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|
28 May 2009
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1026
|
Dr Ian Elmer: St Paul — Reporting to Rome!
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27 May 2009
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1025
|
Tom McMahon: How do we reclaim Jesus out of all the scandal?
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|
26 May 2009
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1024
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Dr Andrew Kania: Pysanky – Eggs that seek to penetrate the Mystery of the Cosmos.
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25 May 2009
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1023
|
Tom Lee: Borrowing from the other great religious systems of thought.
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24 May 2009
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1022
|
PeterR: Eucharist is a verb, not a noun!
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23 May 2009
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1021
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Pewter: A bit of Sush before Mass, eh! (And some more stats on Catholica's growth.)
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22 May 2009
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1020
|
Check out the New Catholica Forum!
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|
21 May 2009
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1019
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Dr Ian Elmer: Ecclesial politics: not much change since the time of St Paul...
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20 May 2009
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1018
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Tom McMahon: Letters to my Children #4 – Rusty Russian Submarines and Roman Catholicism
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19 May 2009
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1017
|
Dr Andrew Kania: The Witness – Part 2
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18 May 2009
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1016
|
Update on Bishop Chris Toohey and much more: video from Stephen for the Bishops and Tom Lee on the origins of Christmas...
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|
17 May 2009
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1015
|
Sunday Forum: Spiritual ways of dealing with pain!
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|
16 May 2009
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1014
|
A new series of Saturday commentaries: From the Pewside!
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|
15 May 2009
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1013
|
Daniel Gullotta takes a look at Genesis
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|
14 May 2009
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1012
|
Ian Elmer: The Year of St Paul – The Example of Christ
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|
13 May 2009
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1011
|
Tom McMahon: Letters to my Children #3
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|
12 May 2009
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1010
|
Editorial: Going out on a limb in search of the Divine and Dr Andrew Kania's commentary: "The Witness"
|
|
11 May 2009
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1009
|
Tom Lee: Forty Years of Peace for the Roman Christians
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|
10 May 2009
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1008
|
No email or lead commentary today
|
|
09 May 2009
|
1007
|
Brian Coyne: Living out of our anger!
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|
08 May 2009
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1006
|
Two video commentaries from Dr Ian Elmer and Tom McMahon
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|
07 May 2009
|
1005
|
No email today
|
|
06 May 2009
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1004
|
Tom McMahon: Women — a high priority sacrament!
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|
05 May 2009
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1003
|
Dr Andrew Kania: The Challenges facing the Church in Australia
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|
04 May 2009
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1002
|
Party Day at Carcoar for Us! and Tom Lee: Two Asps in One Basket (Part 2)
|
|
03 May 2009
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1001
|
Sunday Forum: What are the most memorable liturgies you've been part of?
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|
02 May 2009
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1000
|
Editorial Commentary: We've made it to edition 1000. Thank you!
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|
01 May 2009
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999
|
Daniel Gullotta: A theology student gazes into Hell!
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|
April 2009
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|
30 Apr 2009
|
998
|
Dr Ian Elmer: A commentary about Conflict Resolution. And in the forum a discussion on how we pray.
|
|
29 Apr 2009
|
997
|
Tom McMahon: Continuing his mini-series on Marriage: Learning from past mistakes.
|
|
28 Apr 2009
|
996
|
Dr Andrew Kania: A Hymn to Her and a challenge from the editor.
|
|
27 Apr 2009
|
995
|
Tom Lee: Two Asps in One Basket – Novatus and Novatian
|
|
26 Apr 2009
|
994
|
Sunday Forum: Continuation of the discussion on Truth Conquers!
|
|
25 Apr 2009
|
993
|
Brian Coyne: Veritas Vincit — Truth Conquers!
|
|
24 Apr 2009
|
992
|
No email or lead commentary published today.
|
|
23 Apr 2009
|
991
|
Dr Ian Elmer: Marriage — To Philippi with Love...
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|
22 Apr 2009
|
990
|
Tom McMahon: Marriage — Camelot and the revolt against Victoria...
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|
21 Apr 2009
|
989
|
Dr Andrew Kania: Jesus Wept
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|
20 Apr 2009
|
988
|
Tom Lee: Poking out our tongues. (No lead commentary today.)
|
|
19 Apr 2009
|
987
|
Sunday Forum: Does God need, or answer, our prayers?
|
|
18 Apr 2009
|
986
|
Daniel Gullotta: The morality in the world of Batman, Robin, The Joker and the citizens of Gotham city.
|
|
17 Apr 2009
|
985
|
George Ripon: Planning for Priestless Parishes...
|
|
16 Apr 2009
|
984
|
Dr Ian Elmer: Building a congregation (or readership)...
|
|
15 Apr 2009
|
983
|
Tom McMahon: Our changing perceptions of what marriage is about — same-sex marriage
|
|
14 Apr 2009
|
982
|
Dr Andrew Kania: a post-Easter reflection
|
|
13 Apr 2009
|
981
|
Great commentaries for Easter Monday including Tom Lee on the Pagan Mystery cults
|
|
12 Apr 2009
|
980
|
Easter Sunday Message 2009!
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|
11 Apr 2009
|
979
|
Brian Coyne: Concluding the series on the future character of the Church
|
|
10 Apr 2009
|
978
|
Good Friday Audio-visual Reflections from YouTube
|
|
09 Apr 2009
|
977
|
Ian Elmer: St Paul in Chains — an Easter Reflection
|
|
08 Apr 2009
|
976
|
Tom McMahon: Marriage – In the Middle Ages did the Church bless same-sex unions?
|
|
07 Apr 2009
|
975
|
Andrew Kania: Lenten Reflection 5 on Jesus' questioning of Peter but also a wider discussion raised by a letter to the editor on the work of Bart D Ehrman in his studies of Jesus.
|
|
06 Apr 2009
|
974
|
Tom Lee: The Pagan Mystery Religions that posed a threat to Christianity in the 3rd Century.
|
|
05 Apr 2009
|
973
|
Holy Week Reflection: An invitation to join an active Holy Week Reflection led by Fr Andrew Gentry FCSF.
|
|
04 Apr 2009
|
972
|
Brian Coyne: Part 4 of a series looking at the future character of the Church. Invitation to Carcoar.
|
|
03 Apr 2009
|
971
|
No lead commentary today. Email reports on blow out of Perth Cathedral costs.
|
|
02 Apr 2009
|
970
|
Dr Ian Elmer: Was Paul a Radical Libertarian?
|
|
01 Apr 2009
|
969
|
Tom McMahon: Marriage in the Middle Ages
|
|
March 2009
|
|
31 Mar 2009
|
968
|
Dr Andrew Kania: How do we rid ourselves of religious hypocrisy?
|
|
30 Mar 2009
|
967
|
Tom Lee: Christianity in the Third Century – Origen, Tertullian, Hippolytus...
|
|
29 Mar 2009
|
966
|
Catalyst for Renewal Forum: Video reports from the Catalyst Forum on Bishop Robinson's book...
|
|
28 Mar 2009
|
965
|
Brian Coyne: Some thoughts on the future character of our church...
|
|
27 Mar 2009
|
964
|
Daniel Gullotta: A reflective essay on the call to priesthood
|
|
26 Mar 2009
|
963
|
Dr Ian Elmer: The ultimate success enjoyed by St Paul
|
|
25 Mar 2009
|
962
|
2009 Support Appeal Launch and Tom McMahon's third commentary on marriage: Who sold St Joseph the lillies?
|
|
24 Mar 2009
|
961
|
Dr Andrew Kania: Tunnel Vision (cf.Mark 15: 20) On bearing false witness!
|
|
23 Mar 2009
|
960
|
Tom Lee: Do you know where the term "pope" came from?
|
|
22 Mar 2009
|
959
|
Sunday Forum: How do we provide moral support to our Bishops? (Some ideas from Paul Collins)
|
|
21 Mar 2009
|
958
|
Weekly email — no lead commentary today (editor ill)
|
|
20 Mar 2009
|
957
|
Tom McMahon: Proceeding cautiously with Part 2 of his series on marriage
|
|
19 Mar 2009
|
956
|
Dr Ian Elmer: Cutting to the heart of Paul's theology
|
|
18 Mar 2009
|
955
|
Dr Andrew Kania: Lenten Reflection #2 on the Denials of Peter
|
|
17 Mar 2009
|
954
|
News Story: Australian Eastern Bishops protest at the treatment of Eastern Rite children in Australian Catholic schools...
|
|
16 Mar 2009
|
953
|
Tom Lee: The Third Century of Christianity opens with a controversy over the nature of the Trinity...
|
|
15 Mar 2009
|
952
|
Sunday Forum: Getting people back to taking Catholicism seriously...
|
|
14 Mar 2009
|
951
|
Two important matters: our first social meeting at Carcoar &: today's commentary looks at the welfare of former nuns
|
|
13 Mar 2009
|
950
|
Change of pace – some satire – Sr Feralia returns to provide meaning on the Great White in God's great Economy of Salvation + Tribute to Bishop Pat Power
|
|
12 Mar 2009
|
949
|
Ian Elmer: Was St Paul a Misogynist?
|
|
11 Mar 2009
|
948
|
Tom McMahon: Introduction and Part I to a new mini-series on Marriage
|
|
10 Mar 2009
|
947
|
Andrew Kania: A mind-churning Lenten reflection...
|
|
09 Mar 2009
|
946
|
Tom Lee: Commodus, Victor I and Irenaeus.
|
|
08 Mar 2009
|
945
|
Ray Otto: Sunday Forum – International Women's Day
|
|
07 Mar 2009
|
944
|
George Ripon: the role of bishops – should we elect them?
|
|
06 Mar 2009
|
943
|
Editorial and Dr Dan Donovan on Catholic Tertiary Education in Australia.
|
|
05 Mar 2009
|
942
|
Dr Ian Elmer: the implications of the "Conflict at Corinth" for Catholicism today.
|
|
04 Mar 2009
|
941
|
Floating some ideas and Tom McMahon shares the second in his "Letters to My Children" series.
|
|
03 Mar 2009
|
940
|
Dr Andrew Kania: The Cosmic Mystery of Christ – Part II
|
|
02 Mar 2009
|
939
|
Tom Lee: Persecution and Heresy Reign Part 12.1
|
|
01 Mar 2009
|
938
|
Kerry Gonzales: Who's "in communion" and who's "out"? Why? AND "The Theology of Changing Railway Ballast!"
|
|
February 2009
|
|
28 Feb 2009
|
937
|
Dawn Bowie: Lent through My Father's Eyes
|
|
27 Feb 2009
|
936
|
Dr Ian Elmer: The Universal Church
|
|
26 Feb 2009
|
935
|
No email or lead commentary today
|
|
25 Feb 2009
|
934
|
Tom McMahon: Taking a more adult approach to sin...
|
|
24 Feb 2009
|
933
|
Dr Andrew Kania: The Cosmic Mystery of Christ.
|
|
23 Feb 2009
|
932
|
Tom Lee: Recording how Western Christianity became dominant.
|
|
22 Feb 2009
|
931
|
"If we build it, they will come!" Reporting our continued growth and floating a couple of ideas.
|
|
21 Feb 2009
|
930
|
Daniel Gullotta: Getting used to the idea that God created gays and they're not some kind of freaks or an aberration!
|
|
20 Feb 2009
|
929
|
Editorial: An Open Letter to Frs Peter Kennedy and Terry Fitzpatrick and the community at St Mary's, South Brisbane
|
|
19 Feb 2009
|
928
|
Ian Elmer: The Ecclesiology in St Paul's letters to the Galatians
|
|
18 Feb 2009
|
927
|
Tom McMahon: Letters to My Children #1
|
|
17 Feb 2009
|
926
|
Andrew Kania: The search for a universal philosophy or spirituality
|
|
16 Feb 2009
|
925
|
Tom Lee: Christianty — Invention or Inspiration?
|
|
15 Feb 2009
|
924
|
Catholica Conversation: A conversation with an "and ordinary bloke" – Ted Mason
|
|
14 Feb 2009
|
923
|
Frank Purcell: Infallible does not mean Unaccountable!
|
|
13 Feb 2009
|
922
|
Dr Ian Elmer: The Christology of St Paul/Email: Do we need new artistic renditions of our scriptural stories and religious mythology?
|
|
12 Feb 2009
|
921
|
A deeply valuable essay on St Paul from Jerome Murphy-O'Connor OP
|
|
11 Feb 2009
|
920
|
An appeal to Catholic secondary school teachers… and Tom McMahon concludes his series in Penance
|
|
10 Feb 2009
|
919
|
Sombre mood in Australia in the wake of our greatest natural disaster since colonisation. Andrew Kania's commentary on Dag Hammarskjöld.
|
|
09 Feb 2009
|
918
|
Tom Lee: Roman suspicion of Christian beliefs and practices
|
|
08 Feb 2009
|
917
|
Decision Day in Brisbane and Kerry Gonzales critiques a document on Humanae Vitae put out in Sydney
|
|
07 Feb 2009
|
916
|
A wealth of reading: A Church in Meltdown!
|
|
06 Feb 2009
|
915
|
Alan Gill: Walking with the Remnant
|
|
05 Feb 2009
|
914
|
Dr Ian Elmer: The Advent of the Apostle to the Gentiles
|
|
04 Feb 2009
|
913
|
Shock-Exclusive: after 73 years Tom McMahon confesses his "first sin" publicly to this community!
|
|
03 Feb 2009
|
912
|
Dr Andrew Kania: Brain Snap — resolving illusion and fantasy in our lives
|
|
02 Feb 2009
|
911
|
Tom Lee: The Origins of Christianity – the European Dimension
|
|
01 Feb 2009
|
910
|
Sunday Forum: A discussion triggered by Clive Hamilton's book "The Freedom Paradox"
|
|
January 2009
|
|
31 Jan 2009
|
909
|
Letting the Spirit guide our endeavours...
|
|
31 Jan 2009
|
909a
|
Archive of January front page listing most read commentaries from 2008
|
|
30 Jan 2009
|
908
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
29 Jan 2009
|
907
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
28 Jan 2009
|
906
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
27 Jan 2009
|
905
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
26 Jan 2009
|
904
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
25 Jan 2009
|
903
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
24 Jan 2009
|
902
|
Editorial: Who will lead us out of the spiritual desert?
|
|
23 Jan 2009
|
901
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
22 Jan 2009
|
900
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
21 Jan 2009
|
899
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
20 Jan 2009
|
898
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
19 Jan 2009
|
897
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
18 Jan 2009
|
896
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
17 Jan 2009
|
895
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
17 Jan 2009
|
894
|
Tom McMahon: Let us be a hope-filled people II...
|
|
16 Jan 2009
|
893
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
15 Jan 2009
|
892
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
14 Jan 2009
|
891
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
13 Jan 2009
|
890
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
12 Jan 2009
|
889
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
11 Jan 2009
|
888
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
10 Jan 2009
|
887
|
Catholica Editorial to start the new publishing year: Let us be a hope-filled people...
|
|
09 Jan 2009
|
886
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
08 Jan 2009
|
885
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
07 Jan 2009
|
884
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
06 Jan 2009
|
883
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
05 Jan 2009
|
882
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
04 Jan 2009
|
881
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
|
|
03 Jan 2009
|
880
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
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|
02 Jan 2009
|
879
|
Annual Holidays for the Editor
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01 Jan 2009
|
878
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Annual Holidays for the Editor
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