The Costs of Training our Priesthood
Recently a Southern Cross story discussed the financial cost of training priests. A group of seminarians from St Francis Xavier […]
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Editorials Editorials 2015 Pope Francis
Pope’s Green Blueprint
Like the saint of Assisi whose name he adopted upon his pontifical election in 2013, Pope Francis uses his platform
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Prayer
The Benefits of Centering Meditation
Learners are usually told to be wide awake and alert in school. PAUL FALLERÂ argues that quiet time for meditation has
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Benedict Daswa
A Martyr’s Lesson for Rural Schools
In September a South African school principal will be beatified. STUART GRAHAM looks at Benedict Daswa, the teacher. Benedict Daswa
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Church
Better way than Old-School Punishment
At a time when learners know their rights, is there an alternative to corporal punishment? ANNE?BAKER explains how discipline based
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Church
Why Catholic Schools still Need Chaplains
Even in a time when Catholic schools do not always have a majority Catholic student body, the role of the
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Church Perspectives Shackleton
Why Couldn’t Priest Hear Confession?
After Mass in a diocese in Britain I requested the celebrant to hear my confession. He replied he couldn’t, because
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Magliano Perspectives
The Green Encyclical has Arrived!
It’s courageous, it’s prophetic, it’s challenging, it’s holistic, it’s wonderful: That’s what I think of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical “Laudato
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Perspectives Sarah-Leah Pimentel Youth
Live Your Life – Today
I often think that teenagers must get frustrated with us older folk when we begin conversations with them like this:
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