Keywords: Catholic Church In Australia
-
AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 11 October 2010
5 Comments
Sexual abuse was part of the mix of challenges facing Mary MacKillop and her sisters, but it was only one of many elements of disfunction within the Church and society of the time. Historian Father Ed Campion has described MacKillop as 'a heroine to modern Australian feminists'.
READ MORE 
-
AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 18 August 2010
11 Comments
This election we consider a PM who is doubted because of her
atheism, an Opposition Leader who is doubted for being too 'Catholic', and the Greens who are
doubted as being anti-Christian. Church social agencies have been involved in important issues with each of these groups.
READ MORE
-
ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 03 June 2010
23 Comments
The Nigerian priests are disturbed that many Australian Catholic parents send their children to Catholic school but not to Mass. The structured religious lives of children in Nigeria mean that one seminary has had to restrict its intake numbers to 90 per year.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 09 February 2010
'Tonight I want to reflect in light of the National Human Rights
Consultation how we as Church can do better in promoting justice for
all in our land. Full text from Frank Brennan's 2010 McCosker Oration, 'The Church as Advocate in the Public Square: Lessons from the National Human Rights Consultation'.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Neil Ormerod
- 25 September 2009
3 Comments
When the Hawke-Keating Government cut back funding for overseas aid, churches said nothing. Last week, 260 Christian young people set out to lobby politicians about Australia's failure to meet its obligations to developing nations.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Steven Douglas
- 05 March 2009
9 Comments
Catholic and Anglican Churches are relatively recent converts to religious environmentalism. The rhetoric of the Catholic Church on Creation-care remains
largely an optional extra for its organisations; economic and
institutional gains take precedence.
READ MORE
-
AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 16 February 2009
41 Comments
At a time of falling and ageing church congregations, St Mary's is one
of Australia's most vibrant and deeply engaged Catholic parishes. It is a haven for many who do
not feel welcome in other Catholic congregations. Sadly it is positioning itself outside of communion with the Catholic Church.
READ MORE
-
EDUCATION
- Neil Ormerod
- 26 November 2008
6 Comments
Theological colleges increasingly need to turn to churches for underwriting, yet church congregations are dwindling, which affects them financially as well. Something has to give ... and in Brisbane, it already has.
READ MORE
-
RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 29 May 2008
31 Comments
The Australian Catholic Bishops argue that Bishop Geoffrey Robinson's book on sexual abuse questions the authority of the Church to teach definitively. But Bishop Robinson is right when he calls for reflection on the factors within Catholic culture that foster abuse.
READ MORE
-
ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 10 April 2008
1 Comment
The Australian Catholic Church and public life are the poorer for the passing of John Button and Archbishop Frank Little earlier this week. They both knew much about winning, but more about losing, and treated all they met with great respect.
READ MORE
-
CONTRIBUTORS
- Frank Quinlan
- 17 May 2007
Frank Quinlan is the Director of Catholic Social Services Australia, the Canberra-based umbrella organisation representing social welfare works of the Catholic Church.
READ MORE
-
CONTRIBUTORS
Beth Doherty currently works for Caritas Australia, the international aid and development agency of the Catholic Church. She has worked in Cambodia with the Jesuit Refugee Service, is a freelance writer for Jesuit Communications, and a former assistant editor of Eureka Street.
READ MORE