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1. Need for 1700 more schools, says report  

   03-Sep-2012

   Almost 700,000 students will enrol in Australia in the next eight years, resulting in an additional 1700 schools being built.

   
   

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2. No place like home  

   03-Sep-2012

   Gathering around a table to enjoy a meal as family ticks all the boxes for building relationships, effective communication, good nutrition, and staying in touch amid busy lives.

   
   

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3. Would I lie to you?  

   03-Sep-2012

   Not lying is good practice, writes Phil Fox Rose. It’s a key principle in many religions. One of the five Buddhist precepts is to “refrain from false speech.” Ephesians 4:15 counsels us to speak “the truth in love.”

   
   

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4. Teachers a great strength of Catholic schools  

   03-Sep-2012

   Teachers in Catholic schools are committed not only to the highest academic standards for students, but also to the development of the whole person, within the Catholic faith framework.

   
   

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5. Teaching religion to children  

   03-Sep-2012

   
   The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a Christian formation process for children aged 3 to 12 years, in which they experience and form an authentic, faithful relationship with God.

   
   

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6. Moonrise Kingdom  

   03-Sep-2012

   This film is about a relationship between two young children that takes place on a fictional New England Island called “New Penzance. As a whole, it is not believable, but it is one of those films that give the viewer a lot to believe in, writes Peter W. Sheehan.

   
   

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7. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak  

   03-Sep-2012

   They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue.

   
   

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8. The touch of Jesus  

   03-Sep-2012

   I am thinking about my lameness, the way I hobble along weighed down by my useless baggage: the memory of hurt, those I still blame, those I shut out from my love, writes Sr Hildegard Ryan. Jesus wants to touch me and say: “Be healed, look at the beauty around you.”

   
   

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9. Healing when we least expect it  

   03-Sep-2012

   As the movie began, I started to list all the reasons why I didn’t want to be there, writes Virginia Ryan. Then my husband lent across and gently squeezed my hand. He said nothing. I melted, took a deep breath and smiled into the darkness.

   
   

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10. Keeping our culture alive around the table  

    03-Sep-2012

    Our problem with youth – untidy, ill-mannered, untamed and uncouth – is the fact that their home life is so often unstable. And it's all for the lack of a kitchen table, writes Fr Christopher Gleeson.

    
    

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