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Greg Jenks Homilist May 28-29 2011

Web Team » 31 May 2011 » In Uncategorized » 1 Comment

Gregory C. Jenks St Mary’s in Exile • 28/29 May 2011

Academic Dean, St Francis Theological College, Brisbane
Adjunct Lecturer, School of Theology, Charles Sturt University
gjenks@csu.edu.au
www.onceandfuturebible.com

This year—2011—marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Authorized
Version of the English Bible, better known as the “King James Bible.” In reflecting on that milestone we are separated from James by much more than the passing years.
We find ourselves in a faraway Antipodean land not even imagined by James and his Puritan advisors. Can the English Bible they produced in 1611 still speak to Australians in 2011? How do we take the Bible seriously without taking it literally?
The accession of James VI of Scotland to rule as James I of England marked the beginning of the Stuart dynasty, with its difficult relations between Puritans and the traditional establishment of church and court.

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St Mary’s Matters

marg » 30 May 2011 » In St Mary's Matters » No Comments

To download a PDF of the latest copy of St Mary’s Matters please click on the link below.

St Mary’s Matters

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The Trouble with St Mary’s

John » 29 May 2011 » In Uncategorized » 31 Comments


If you wish to buy a DVD of the film (Feature version and other DVD extras) please go to www.thetroublewithstmarys.com

Following on from the ABC Compass program, The Trouble with St Mary’s, May 29- 2011,  many comments have been sent. Please  provide your comment here. Thank you.

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Sacked Toowoomba bishop discovers Rome’s word still law

marg » 26 May 2011 » In Uncategorized » 5 Comments

Read this article here

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/sacked-toowoomba-bishop-discovers-romes-word-still-law/story-e6frg6zo-1226059618972

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Late Night Live with Phillip Adams in conversation with Frank Brennan sj and Eric Hodgens (Monday 9 May)

Web Team » 17 May 2011 » In Uncategorized » 2 Comments

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http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2011/05/lnl_20110509_2220.mp3

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Sunday Nights with John Cleary in conversation with Bishop Bill Morris, Tom Roberts (NCR), Paul Collins and Hal Ranger (Sunday 8 May)

Web Team » 17 May 2011 » In Uncategorized » 1 Comment

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http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/local/sundaynights/201105/r764420_6453392.mp3

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Common Ground Forum

Web Team » 16 May 2011 » In Uncategorized » 2 Comments

You are invited to the
Brisbane Common Ground
Community Forum
Tomorrow Evening

Tuesday 17 May 6pm – 8pm William Jolly Room, Riverside Hotel 20 Montague Rd, South Brisbane

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John Fitz-Walter Homilist May 14-15, 2011

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‘I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full’, is a resounding message of leadership, of being fully committed to the sharing of oneself with others, to be non-egotistical or not to consider yourself to be beyond others.

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Temple police get their man

Web Team » 14 May 2011 » In Uncategorized » 7 Comments

Michael McKenna From: The Australian May 07, 2011 12:00AM

BISHOP William Morris’s fall from grace began when he ditched the Roman collar and put on a tie.

It was an early break from tradition in 1993 for the then newly ordained bishop, and a symbol of the progressive style he brought from his former Gold Coast parish to ultra-conservative Toowoomba.

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Australian bishops respond to removal of Bishop Morris

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May 13, 2011

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=10316

Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, expressed “sadness” at the recent removal of Bishop William Morris while “gratefully acknowledg[ing] Pope Benedict’s faithfulness to the Petrine ministry, even when it involves very difficult decisions.”

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