Keywords: Catholic Education
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Nadine Rabah
- 16 November 2011
30 Comments
Last year, in year ten, we had a subject called 'Religion and Society'. During a lesson on Islam one of the girls said 'I hate Muslims, the world would be better without them.' I bit my lip, turned around and said 'I'm a Muslim.' Confused, she replied, 'But you're nice.'
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AUSTRALIA
- Brian Lawrence
- 10 October 2011
12 Comments
Former federal treasurer Peter Costello has revealed his fears that Tony Abbott's education in the collectivist principles of Catholic Social Teaching will frustrate the Coalition's ambitions for free market reform of workplace laws.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 24 August 2011
10 Comments
Factors such as education, housing and connectedness have a big impact on health. There is no point telling an unemployed homeless person: 'Don't smoke, it's bad for you.' It's time the Government made a concerted effort to address the health needs of marginalised groups.
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EDUCATION
- Gregory Day
- 23 February 2011
15 Comments
In trying to convince my atheist goddaughter to embrace her Catholic schooling, I found an unlikely role model. I'd never thought of Greer as a chip off the old block of a convent education. Now I realised that that's exactly what she was.
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EDUCATION
- Stephen Elder
- 12 August 2010
26 Comments
I differ with Frank Brennan in his belief that there is no harm in voting Green. The Greens' policy on funding for Catholic schools will force closures, increase fees and change the ability of Catholic schools to be genuinely Catholic. Stephen Elder, Director of Catholic Education, Melbourne
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EDUCATION
- Fatima Measham
- 20 October 2009
7 Comments
A Queensland father removed his children from a Catholic primary school in protest against the graphic sexual education given to his children. Schools are best placed to cover sexual health because students can be
supported in developing a mature sexual ethic.
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CONTRIBUTORS
- Neil Ormerod
- 03 October 2007
Dr Neil Ormerod, Professor of Theology, is Director of the Institute of Theology, Philosophy and Religious Education at Australian Catholic University, Mount St Mary Campus.
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AUSTRALIA
- Rodrigo Acuña
- 16 April 2007
3 Comments
Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has urged the Catholic Church to take its part in building his 'Socialism for the 21st century'. In return, the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference has called for a "style of socialism that upholds free speech, tolerates opposing views and respects religious education".
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Alana Harris
- 18 June 2006
Christine Trimingham Jack’s Growing Good Catholic Girls: Education and Convent Life in Australia brings back memories for Alana Harris.
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