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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Latin bruise and purgatory itch

    • Jennifer Harrison
    • 27 October 2009
    1 Comment

    on my way to the gospel gig, I watch .. the bible buskers Trucking for Jesus on Sackville Street ... Once, I heard a priest say, perhaps in a dream, .. It's useless to nail oneself to the wall.

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  • RELIGION

    St Mary's quite contrary

    • Neil Ormerod
    • 25 March 2009
    44 Comments

    The parish acts as a beacon in social justice and inclusion. It is hard to see why they can't do this without breaking the Church's rules. Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker Movement managed to marry social activism with a conservative religious life.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Towards a carbon dictatorship

    • Michael Mullins
    • 16 March 2009
    17 Comments

    A business-friendly carbon emissions reduction scheme is an oxymoron. The draconian action which the Government must take will lead to further unemployment and short-term damage to the fabric of society. But there is no choice.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    The sweet, potent scent of bacon

    • Thom Sullivan
    • 13 May 2008
    3 Comments

    Cattle and kangaroos graze icy grass.. and a grey sky winces.. And in a further window.. a light snaps on to the slow sounds.. of life stirring within.

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  • INFORMATION

    Letters to Eureka Street

    • Christine Bacon, Chris Curtis
    • 18 May 2007

    Letters from Christine Bacon, Chris Curtis

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    There's no bacon in Adjumani

    • Bryan Pipins
    • 23 December 2006

    An Australian aid worker escapes the Sharia prohibition of pork and wine when he moves from Darfur to Northern Uganda. But his arrival coincides with the outbreak of swine fever and the drying up of the bacon supply.

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  • RELIGION

    The service of the word

    • Andrew Hamilton
    • 14 May 2006

    In the Catholic funeral liturgy, we hear that ‘Life is changed, not ended’. These words, laconic and simple, have stayed with me recently.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Looking through the cracks

    • Juliette Hughes
    • 14 May 2006

    When men are cooked for, the call is for lots of fried red meat and spuds, with bacon featuring everywhere. But when they take to the stove, it’s a different story.

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