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RELIGION

St Patrick's Day talk
- Frank Brennan
- 17 March 2012
Text is from Fr Frank Brennan SJ's St Patrick's Day Celebration talk at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 17 March 2012.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Teachers' uprising
- Brian Matthews
- 09 December 2011
8 Comments
'Matthews!' the headmaster called. I kept walking. 'Matthews!' I walked on. 'Mister Matthews!' I turned and said, 'Yes?' 'Did you not hear me?' 'I answer to Brian or Mister Matthews, nothing in between.' We were enacting our miniscule part in a process that would grow through the decade.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

New English biblical translation
- Paul Dignam and Jonathan Hadwen
- 07 June 2011
1 Comment
Jesus said 'G'day mate, why don'tcher try a cast off the point there, I had a few bites just now, reckon you'll catch a feed, at least. I'll get the billy on ...'
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AUSTRALIA

Resist shock jock 'judge bashing'
- Fran Hogan
- 21 February 2011
3 Comments
I had anguished over a particular sentence which was the subject of days of media comment. One of my fellow judges stuck his head around the door and said, 'Neil Mitchell says you are right.' This I found unsettling. Then he added, 'But don't worry, Derryn Hinch says you are a disgrace.' Phew!
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The angel's telling smile
- Michael Healey and Grant Fraser
- 31 August 2010
He is Gabriel, delicately boned, familiar, .. he has turned towards the Virgin .. who stands in her long solemnity, .. amongst the sober prophets, .. and the proper saints.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Cat Stevens' call to prayer
- Anne Doyle
- 24 June 2010
17 Comments
In 1975, during a near death experience, Cat Stevens called out to God. 'The moment I became a Muslim I found peace,' says the man now known as Yusuf Islam. He appears, solitary at the microphone, and begins an older man's rendition of a younger man's songs.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Shane Howard's constancy in hard places
- Andrew Hamilton
- 30 April 2010
3 Comments
Most of these could be described as love songs, even when they focus on the land, on values or on people overwhelmed by misery. Although they tap deeply into the darkness of being human, they are sweet and wistful in the hope that animates them.
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RELIGION

Schooling for a more cohesive society
- Frank Brennan
- 19 March 2010
4 Comments
The challenges and opportunities are to fund equitably all networks in education and to ensure that robust morale and community engagement are hallmarks of all parts of the network, including state schools and emerging schools such as Muslim schools.
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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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AUSTRALIA

Irish and Indigenous gathering places
- Shane Howard with Regina Lane
- 02 July 2009
15 Comments
Five generations ago, rural Irish migrants built and paid for St Brigid's church at Crossley in south-west Victoria. Today, the people of Crossley and Killarney are fighting to save the gathering place from private ownership.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Life of the party
- Les Wicks
- 08 April 2008
1 Comment
My first meeting greeting is almost hummed, vestment of thongs.. rough hands shake across meeting room circles of disposable chairs.. Avocado oils, unleavened bread and cheap coffee
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Dylan writ vain but vulnerable
- Rochelle Siemienowicz
- 12 December 2007
The most recognisable Bob Dylan in this multi-Dylan film is infuriating. Hollow, vain and abusive. But also vulnerable and pitiable; an angry animal pacing his cage.
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Keywords: Folk Music