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There are thousands of Australians old enough to remember: hot summers starting before Christmas and tailing off into autumn in the weeks after their return to school; the buddings and flowerings and wiltings in suburban gardens and country main streets; the first chill in the air as they unwrapped their Easter eggs ...
The Society of Jesus in Victoria, Jesuit Communications Winter Raffle 2019 was drawn on Tuesday 16 July 2019 (Permit No 10187/19). Congratulations to the winners: 1st prize: T. Downes, NSW; 2nd prize: S. Hayes, Qld; 3rd prize: M. Blair, Vic.: 4th prize: M. Saunder, Vic. All winners have been notified directly. Thank you to everyone who supported our Winter raffle.
It's all very well to remove excess furniture, but furniture is not books. How many chairs does one need? Chairs are not books. To reduce a library as a household expedience is to objectify the books. Their contents are emptied of value, their history relegated to out-of-date. They have no more meaning than books in an Ikea display room.
The sound of the didgeridoo would be heard throughout the land. On each street corners buskers would mark out their patch, playing violins, oud, piano accordion, berimbau, nyatiti, cello, mouth organ, zither, anklung or daduk singing the love songs and epic poems from the many civilisations that have enriched Australia.
The Society of Jesus in Victoria, Jesuit Communications Christmas Raffle 2018. Drawn on Thursday 6 December, 2018 (Permit No 10535/18 issued 17 September 2018). Congratulations to the winners: 1st prize: P McCorley, QLD; 2nd prize: C McCaffrey, NSW; 3rd prize: R Curnow, NSW: 4th prize: H Durick, NSW. All winners have been notified directly.
What might be effective is to strengthen support within their own and the wider community in order to help vulnerable people understand themselves and the feelings that might drive them to paranoid ideas and violent action if left unattended. If that is moral squeamishness, it at least offers some hope of effectiveness.
Those of us who write regular columns have little time for introspection. We are too busy getting up the next article. But we are frequently prompted, sometimes by our disappointed readers, to ask what we are up to. Every now and then our readers deserve a personal response.
We are thrilled to announce that Amy Thunig is the recipient of the 2018 Margaret Dooley Emerging Indigenous Writers Fellowship. Amy is a Kamilaroi woman and a researcher at the University of Newcastle. We can't wait to present her writing to you over the coming year!
In a recent article I remarked that in the Catholic Church clericalism is a pejorative term. Some readers criticised me for focusing on individuals and not the more insidious culture of clericalism. The criticism was justified, and in this article I shall reflect on the culture and its byproducts.
'Two men struggle against a determined emperor and the frailties of the human spirit in order to live out the Gospel and spread their message to the world.' Eureka Street has ten double in-season passes to give away to Paul, Apostle of Christ. Click below for details.
As America endures one of the most authoritarian and chaotic presidencies in its history, Richard Nixon has, for obvious reasons, been a recurring touchstone for many commentators. Given the clear comparisons, it's no surprise Steven Spielberg pulled out all the stops to bring The Post to the public ASAP.
The Society of Jesus in Victoria, Jesuit Communications Christmas Raffle 2017 was drawn on Thursday 7 December 2017 (Permit No 10679/17 issued 29 August 2017) Congratulations to the winners: 1st prize: N. Bangel, NSW; 2nd prize: J. Dunlop, NSW; 3rd prize: C. Townsend, VIC; 4th prize: J. Ryan, NSW. Thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas raffle.
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