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1. CathNews wishes readers a happy Queen's Birthday holiday  

   10-Jun-2011

   CathNews will not be published on the Queen's Birthday holiday. We will return on Tuesday, June 14.

    

   
   

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2. Brazilian peacemaker calms the waters in Vatican hotspot  

   10-Jun-2011

   As the head of the Vatican office that oversees the world's religious orders, the Brazilian Archbishop Joao Braz de Aviz (pictured) inherited an inbox full of tensions and an assignment that in some ways resembled a battleground, reports the Catholic News Service.
   

   
   

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3. Jesus came and stood among them  

   10-Jun-2011

   John 20:19-23

   When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’

   
   

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4. Reclining on the breast of Jesus  

   10-Jun-2011

   The last supper account in John's gospel gives us a wonderful mystical image. The evangelist describes the beloved disciple as reclining on the breast of Jesus. What's contained in this image? A number of things, writes Ron Rolheiser.

   
   

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5. The myths about asylum seekers  

   10-Jun-2011

   
   Phil Glendenning, head of the Edmund Rice Centre, spoke recently about the myths surrounding asylum seekers. His speech was recorded on Youtube.

   
   

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6. Ten Catholics doing amazing things  

   10-Jun-2011

   The Catholic Herald profiles ten Catholics - from Gerry Straub, film producer who is helping expose conditions of the world's poor, to Fr Patrick Desbois (pictured), who has dedicated his life to uncovering the Soviet massacre of Jews in WWII - who are using their talents in the service of others.

    

   
   

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7. Schools opening, convent closed, notable ordinations  

   10-Jun-2011

   A week marked by beginnings and endings. A convent closed near Newcastle, a new school opened in Ballarat, a new bishop began in Melbourne, and so did a priest in Goulburn (pictured).

   
   

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8. Conflict in Syria, monks in law suit, doctors reject gay cure  

   10-Jun-2011

   

   An agenda full of dispute and conflict. Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin lamented Ireland's loss of faith, Syrian Jesuits called for dialogue amid violent protests, American monks sued over their right to build caskets, and doctors rejected an alleged homeopathic cure for homosexuality.

   
   

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9. Absent-minded Irish PM laid ground for Nth Ireland peace  

   10-Jun-2011

   Garret FitzGerald, who has died aged 85, served twice as Irish prime minister. He helped set the stage for peace in Northern Ireland and shifted the tone of Ireland's relations with the UK.

   
   

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10. Caravaggio's restless, uneasy mind  

    10-Jun-2011

    His contemporaries regarded him as deeply flawed in character and technique but 20th-century connoisseurship and scholarship turned the tables. Through papal patronage which fused the sacred and the sacrilegious, Caravaggio has become a man for our troubled times, a painter of impenetrable darkness and flashes of terrifying light.

    
    

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11. Blessed are the frugal  

    10-Jun-2011

    Paying off personal debt and living within one's means are healthy practices. As individuals become more financially secure, they will tend to spend again, stimulating demand for goods and services.

    
    

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