March 10 to March 16, 2010


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» Church analyst: Don’t drop BEE yet
» How ’screen time’ dumbs down our kids
» Catholic link to ‘Blind Side’ movie
» An excommunicated saint
» Moerdyk goes green for a week

Catholic link to Blind Side film
The husband of the woman portrayed by Oscar winner Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side speaks about his life.

Old Aidanites meet again
Alumni from St Aidan’s College, the now closed Jesuit school in Grahamstown, gathered in numbers to celebrate their alma mater

How ‘screen time’ dumbs kids down
The time children and teenagers send in front of media devices can directly influence their school grades, studies have found.

An excommunicated saint
The Australian nun who will be canonised in October once was excommunicated and falsely accused of alcoholism.

The root of all evil
The Bible and the early Church Fathers have much to say about the evils of greed, with St Paul leading the way.

What do you think?
In their Letters to the Editor this week, readers discuss the birthday of Christ, the Divine Mercy cult, confession, Christian commitments, the word “consubstantial”, clerical celibacy, and dressing for church.

This Week’s Editorial

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