News - National
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21-Jan-2011
The urgency for aged-care reform will not be reduced by the challenge of flood recovery, said the chief executives of Catholic Health Australia and the Council on the Ageing in The Australian.
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20-Jan-2011
The signing of an agreement between Australia and Afghanistan allowing the deportation of Afghan asylum-seekers will send people back into situations of danger, said Phil Glendenning, director of the Edmund Rice Centre, according to a media release.
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19-Jan-2011
The Australian Catholic University, is continuing to lead the charge on aggressive growth, enrolling for a second successive year 30 per cent over its government allocation, reports The Australian.
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19-Jan-2011
Queensland Vinnies president Brian Moore has urged all Australians to continue donating money and good quality items as the Society braces itself for the "massive task" of helping rebuild in the aftermath of the floods, reports the Catholic Weekly.
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18-Jan-2011
Pope Benedict XVI has recalled in prayer the victims of floods in countries including Australia, reports Zenit. In Australia, Toowoomba priest Fr James Byrne said clergy and parishioners across all denominations have answered the call to help flood victims, the Toowomba Chronicle reports.
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18-Jan-2011
The Federal Government has announced that older Australians will gain more than 12,000 new residential aged care places, worth more than $450 million a year in the 2009–10 Aged Care Approvals Round, reports the Catholic Weekly.
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17-Jan-2011
Catholic schools operate with far fewer resources than other non-government schools, despite teaching more students with high educational needs, the federal government's review of school funding heard, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
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17-Jan-2011
The Sisters of St Joseph wore corsages of frangipani and yellow roses in a reunion to mark 50 years of service held earlier this month, according to a report in the Catholic Weekly.
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17-Jan-2011
A special public mass was held in Rome yesterday (9pm AEDT) to pray for flood victims across Australia, said Tim Fischer, the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, Sky News reports.
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20-Jan-2011
A statement by the Australian Education Union on school funding was deliberately misleading, and ignores the reality of how schools are funded, said Dr Dan White, the executive director of Catholic Schools in Sydney, according to a media release.
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18-Jan-2011
A Sydney Catholic Education Office official is attending an international program aiming to develop greater understanding of the Holocaust, reports the Catholic Weekly.
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24-Dec-2010
The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle has announced that it will enter into exclusive negotiations with Little Company of Mary Health Care for the transfer of CatholicCare's residential and community aged care services, said a media release.
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20-Jan-2011
Archbishop of Brisbane John Bathersby has expressed his sympathy and support for the Queensland flood victims and their loved ones, stressing that the Church is "determined to do everything we can to assist", reports the Catholic Leader.
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19-Jan-2011
The Queensland Catholic Education Commission has called on the Federal Schools Minister, Peter Garrett, to provide short-term assistance to support schools, as flood-affected families struggle to pay school fees, said a media release.
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17-Jan-2011
The floods in Brisbane appear to have caused limited physical damage to Catholic schools, said Brisbane Catholic Education. It says the aim is to open the schools as scheduled on January 25 for Term 1.
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21-Jan-2011
A Federal Greens bill to restore the ACT's right to make euthanasia laws looks set to fail, according to Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, reports The ABC.
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News - International
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20-Jan-2011
The president of the Vatican's investment agency will lead a new watchdog agency to monitor all Vatican financial operations, reports the Catholic News Service.
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19-Jan-2011
American pop star Katy Perry, known for her racy performances, has slammed fellow artiste Madonna for her use of religious iconography in her songs, videos and performances, reports Take40.com.
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18-Jan-2011
Pope Benedict has picked a Protestant molecular biologist, a Nobel Prize winner for Medicine, to head the Vatican's Academy of Science, reports the Canadian Press.
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17-Jan-2011
The late Pope John Paul II is set to be beatified on May 1, with a decree from Pope Benedict recognising a miracle attributed to the previous pontiff, said a report from The Times published in The Australian.
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24-Dec-2010
The Vatican-related leaked documents on WikiLeaks underscore the importance placed by the US on the Holy See, reports the Catholic News Service.
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24-Dec-2010
A Vatican official said the Holy See should pursue a "strategy of reconciliation" with US religious currently undergoing a visitation, according to a report on LifeSiteNews, based on an interview in the National Catholic Reporter.
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20-Jan-2011
The Vatican says a 1997 letter it sent to Irish bishops about handling cases of clerical sex abuse did not tell them to keep the cases secret from the police. Rather, it was warning against bringing about a situation in which an abuser could continue in his position, reports the Catholic News Service.
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20-Jan-2011
Religious, political and business leaders in Italy have united against the prostitution scandal involving Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Senior bishops used a Vatican paper, Avvenire to decry "even the notion" that a national leader might be involved in prostitution, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
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19-Jan-2011
A newly-revealed 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland's Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police, and to defer to requirements that abuse allegations and punishments must be handled within the church, said an AP report on Google News.
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18-Jan-2011
A vial containing blood from Pope John Paul II, drawn shortly before he died, will be installed as a relic in a Polish church after his beatification, Sky News reports.
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17-Jan-2011
Three former Anglican bishops have been ordained to the Catholic priesthood, as founding members of the world's first ordinariate for groups of ex-Anglicans, reports the UK Catholic Herald.
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18-Jan-2011
Members of a radical Islamic group in the south Indian state of Kerala has been charged over chopping the hand of a Catholic professor, following allegations that he insulted their religion, reports ucanews.com.
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21-Jan-2011
A Congolese nun and nurse has been shot dead by rebels, said a Missionary News Service report on the Independent Catholic News.
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19-Jan-2011
Church and ecumenical groups in Brazil are working side by side to help thousands affected by devastating floods and mudslides near Rio de Janeiro, according to a report by ENI on Insights.
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Regulars
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21-Jan-2011
When Joe Senkalski was a Student Co-ordinator at San Clemente High School, in the Hunter region of NSW, interviewing prospective students, parents would often ask “Are you the Joe Senkalski who played for Sydney Olympic, for KB United, for Australia…?” He was happy to admit to a very rewarding career, reports Aurora.
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20-Jan-2011
A French film about the haunting tale of seven Trappist monks murdered in Algeria has become a surprise hit and possible Academy Award submission. The Catholic Herald talks to the man who wrote the film.
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19-Jan-2011
Hollywood superstar Mark Wahlberg opens up about his family, his faith, and being sent to jail as a teenager, reports The Catholic Herald in England.
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18-Jan-2011
For families of Year 6 students, the summer holidays can seem like a long run-up to that great mountain of mystery and fear that is big school. Moving up to Year 7 is a big step, reports The Guardian, which has ten tips for making the transition.
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17-Jan-2011
In 2007 McKinseys management consultants published a study of the world's best school systems. It concluded that high-performing systems such as Finland, Japan, Singapore and Korea had one thing in common - they all made the quality of teaching their top priority.
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21-Jan-2011
The University of Notre Dame, with campuses in Fremantle, Sydney and Broome, follows the tradition and practices of Catholic higher education. The website has extensive details of courses on offer for 2011 and information about pastoral care and support.
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20-Jan-2011
The Australian Catholic University has campuses in three states, and the ACT, and combines the pursuit of academic excellence with a commitment to Christian values. The ACU website carries a detailed range of its key values, mission and educational opportunities for students.
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19-Jan-2011
World Teachers’ Day has been held annually in October since 1994. The website for this event carries a rich mix of stories, photos and information about the lives and contributions of teachers around the world.
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18-Jan-2011
The Catholic Education Office (CEO) Sydney has responsibility for more than 63,000 students in the Archdiocese of Sydney. This site contains a wealth of important information and resources, including online teaching tools and a calendar with key dates in the 2011 Catholic school year.
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17-Jan-2011
The Catholic Education Office Melbourne oversees approximately 143,000 students, supported by more than 11,800 teaching staff. Its site has, among other resources and tools, details about Catholic Education Week, and downloadable handbooks for parents.
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20-Jan-2011
Although they have been around for under two hundred years, trains exercise a frequently mesmerising fascination for so many people. Once the adrenalin starts to kick in for the audience, the impact of this thriller is unstoppable.
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19-Jan-2011
When you can advertise "From the writer of The Devil Wears Prada and the director of Notting Hill", you have a guaranteed audience. With the attractive Rachel McAdams, plus Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton and Jeff Goldblum, then more audiences will turn up. And enjoy Morning Glory.
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18-Jan-2011
Tangled is an animated Disney take on the old Rapunzel tale, with Mandy Moore voicing the role of Rapunzel, trapped in the tower by her controlling mother. As the film goes on, it becomes more and more enjoyable, even with some romantic, some comic and some schmaltzy songs.
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21-Jan-2011
This brief but brilliant collection of five lectures on Catholic faith and life addresses the big questions, writes John Battle in Thinking Faith. They include the following: what do Catholics believe about the Bible?, what is prayer?, and what does the Church say about morality?
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17-Jan-2011
As Austen Ivereigh's book, Faithful Citizens: A Practical Guide to Catholic Social Teaching and Community Organising, points out in its opening chapter, Catholic Social Teaching remains "outside the mainstream of ordinary parish life, writes Fr Michael Campbell-Johnston SJ, in Thinking Faith.
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21-Jan-2011
Pope Benedict's attempt to rebuild the Legionaries of Christ is a calculated risk. How the story evolves and who controls the narrative could greatly influence Pope John Paul II's legacy, writes Jason Berry in
NCR Online.
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20-Jan-2011
The academic who inspired the film Slumdog Millionnaire believes all pupils should be given time in groups with a computer to teach themselves, reports the Guardian.
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19-Jan-2011
English is under threat from ignorance, inverted snobbery and deliberate 'dumbing down'. But far from being outmoded, the teaching and correct use of our language is more important than ever, argues Bernard Lamb in the Independent.
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18-Jan-2011
When the former CEO of a leading American corporation raised the question of conducting interviews with lapsed Catholics, I devoted a column to the idea and was inundated with responses. Many readers said they had been waiting to be asked,writes William Byron in America magazine.
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17-Jan-2011
Universities must present a united front so the true social value of their work can be more widely accepted, writes Peter Quiddington in the Australian.
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