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1. Wife's death inspires Peter's life at the altar  

   17-Aug-2012

   Eight years ago, the world of Adelaide parishioner Peter Rozitis’ came crashing down following the sudden death of his wife of 31 years, after a stroke. Anna, 54, left behind seven children, her husband and a successful dental clinic in the city after her return to work as a dentist. This month Peter, 62, will be on pastoral placement in South Australia as part of his formation program for priesthood, reports The Southern Cross.

    

   
   

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2. Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me  

   17-Aug-2012

    

   John 6:51-58

   Jesus said to the crowd: ‘I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’ ⁵²The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’

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3. Moral power the ultimate answer to violence  

   17-Aug-2012

   Nurturing private integrity connects a person to the ultimate source of all Being, the Ultimate Power, the power that Jesus called his "Father". This power, and this power alone, ultimately stands, writes Ron Rolheiser. Everything else, including the most sophisticated military hardware eventually gives way to age, rust, obsolescence, and death.

   
   

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4. Why atheists are wrong about science and religion  

   17-Aug-2012

   
   To believe Richard Dawkins, you'd think there is a deep gulf between science and religion, that the two are intractably at loggerheads and have nothing useful to say to each other. But this is at odds with what many other theologians, philosophers and scientists tell us. Chris Mulherin has a foot in both camps; an Anglican clergyman with a substantial academic background studying and lecturing in science and the philosophy of science.

   
   

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5. Catholic women under 40 making a difference  

   17-Aug-2012

   To highlight the work of young women in the church, NCR Online asked contributors and readers to nominate Catholic women in the US under the age of 40 whose work has greatly impressed them. Here are 12 women that the judges selected who are making a difference in the church by the work they are doing.

   
   

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6. Vilification laws, jubilee anniversaries, hunger for a cause  

   17-Aug-2012

   Fears that changes to the ACT vilification laws may see churches end up in court more often, NSW priests celebrate their 60th anniversary wearing the collar, and a group of Year 12 students from Gilroy Catholic College in Sydney (pictured) this weekend will go hungry to fight global poverty.

   
   

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7. Butler's gold nugget, Colombian hostages, Jesuit comedy debut  

   17-Aug-2012

   A gold nugget is found in the pope's butler's house, the church in Colombia helps negotiate the release of two hostages, Kosovo Catholics practise their faith openly, and the first Jesuit stand-up comedy show, featuring priest-in-training Jake Martin (pictured), opens at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.

   
   

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8. Talented surgeon a role model for his community  

   17-Aug-2012

   Born in outback Queensland, a boarder at both Downlands and Joey’s, this son of Lebanese migrants through sheer force of will and a keen intelligence became one of the country’s leading surgeons. Herb Coorey considered his success an indicator of a tremendous lack of racism in Australia. His life was chronicled in The Catholic Weekly.

    

   
   

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9. Nazism on the couch  

   17-Aug-2012

   There are three stories which continue to intrigue us – that of the dinosaurs, and the Pharaohs... and Nazis. The first two are ages and millennia away from us in deep pre-history and history. But the Nazis rose to power within the past 80 years, and took only 13 years to become a byword for mass murder, mindless cruelty, wrong thinking and simply incomprehensible evil. Frances Stonor Saunders in The Guardian looks at Daniel Pick’s account of efforts to psychoanalyse members of the Nazi elite – and make some sense of them and their motives.

   
   

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10. Why I have my parents to thank for my vocation  

    17-Aug-2012

    From Ireland, where he was bitten so badly by his father’s bees that he couldn’t wear a collar for Mass, to Australia, where he had the unusual opportunity to see his own coffin, Fr Micheál O’Sullivan’s path has been an adventurous one, reports The Catholic Weekly.
    
    

    
    

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