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ARTS AND CULTURE

Gospel bit players
- Philip Harvey
- 21 April 2011
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The conventional homily on the miracle of the lame man focuses on his faith and hope. But Irish poet Seamus Heaney draws attention to the faith, hope and charity of the man's friends, who will go to any trouble to help their mate in his hour of need.
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ECONOMICS

Social inclusion in ailing Ireland
- Gerry O'Hanlon
- 02 December 2010
7 Comments
A hopeful sign has been the emergence of commentators, mainly secular, advocating the transformation of the economy to a model based on values like the common good, solidarity, environmental concern, equality, active and inclusive citizenship.
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Mixed marriage of Indigenous and Christian spirituality
- Peter Kirkwood
- 27 August 2010
With an Aboriginal mother and Irish American Catholic father, Joan Hendriks is a bridge figure between the Indigenous and Catholic worlds. Her life's goal is to bring these two realms into productive engagement. By Peter Kirkwood
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ARTS AND CULTURE

She who must be obeyed
- Victoria Beaumont
- 01 June 2010
2 Comments
all who grow up free to choose .. Find they serve you.
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RELIGION

Empathy for Irish priests
- Frank O'Shea
- 17 March 2010
26 Comments
In Ireland, the attitude of locals to the Murphy and Ryan reports into child abuse in Catholic institutions is commonly anger at the apparent obfuscation by Church leaders. This St Patrick's Day, spare a thought for the ordinary priest in modern Dublin.
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MEDIA

Catholic dogs and the new sectarianism
- Tim Kroenert
- 08 October 2009
13 Comments
Marrying Out recalls the vicious sectarian divide between Catholics and Protestants in Australia during much of the 20th century. Blame is allocated to neither Protestants nor Catholics, but to the human propensity for distrust and hatred.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Irish radical Jesuit's life down under
- Val Noone
- 04 September 2009
7 Comments
At the height of Willam Hackett's republican involvements, the Jesuit provincial offered him a choice of silence or appointment to Australia. Through a combination of personal memoir and public history, Brenda Niall unravels the riddles of Hackett's life.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

How Ted Kennedy changed the world
- Michael Sean Winters
- 28 August 2009
1 Comment
The final gift of Ted Kennedy to the nation was to pass the torch of liberalism to Barack Obama. It was breathtaking to see this Irish Catholic embrace a black man as his political heir.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Darkened Irish church
- Libby Hart
- 21 July 2009
6 Comments
Inside this darkened church there are whispers ... a clutter of saints who cross themselves in stony silence .. Time and time again, Christ's palms do not heal.
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AUSTRALIA

Irish and Indigenous gathering places
- Shane Howard with Regina Lane
- 02 July 2009
15 Comments
Five generations ago, rural Irish migrants built and paid for St Brigid's church at Crossley in south-west Victoria. Today, the people of Crossley and Killarney are fighting to save the gathering place from private ownership.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Two poems about women
- Medbh McGuckian
- 02 June 2009
It is as impossible .. To dive into the heart of a woman as to run .. Your head, body and all into her fundament.
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AUSTRALIA

Lessons from Ireland's sex abuse shock
- Michael Mullins
- 25 May 2009
15 Comments
News of the Irish child abuse report prompted a call for scrutiny of Irish priests now based in Australia. A more far-reaching implication is the need to look at the state of regulations governing care in our entire not-for-profit sector.
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