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Let’s celebrate the Church’s contribution |
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 Thursday 29 March 2012
In areas such as health, social welfare and education, the Catholic Church and related organisations provide essential services that save state and Commonwealth governments billions of dollars every year and that are crucial to the health and wellbeing of millions of Australians, writes Stephen Elder
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Feeling free to say 'Merry Christmas' |
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 Sunday, December 11 2011
By Stephen Elder
Kairos Catholic Journal
When it comes to political correctness (PC), I am sure we all have our favourite examples. Short people are now described as 'vertically challenged', manholes are 'personnel access structures' and husbands and wives are called 'partners'.
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Parents’ role in education |
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 Friday 11 November 2011
By Stephen Elder
We all know that teachers and schools are crucially important and play a central role in a child’s education. But, as noted by US President Barack Obama in a recent speech given at the White House, parents are equally important.
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Why children need a moral compass |
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 Friday 30 September 2011
By Stephen Elder
The riots in England in August and the argument that religion has no place in state schools, illustrated by the High Court challenge to the Australian Government’s school chaplaincy program, may at first appearance not have much in common. A closer examination, though, suggests there is a connection.
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Unlikely agreement over Bible stories |
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 Friday 29 April 2011
By Stephen Elder
It is not often that Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott sing from the same hymn book but, when it comes to the Bible both argue that all Australians should be familiar with the stories and lessons from Christianity’s holy text.
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Professor Gabrielle McMullen retires |
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 Kairos: Volume 22, Issue 4, 20 March 2011
By Fiona Basile
Professor Gabrielle McMullen, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at Australian Catholic University (ACU), retires this month after 16 years with ACU. Her successor is Professor Pauline Nugent, former executive dean of health sciences at ACU.
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The place of Christianity in the national curriculum |
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 Kairos: Volume 22, Issue 3
By Stephen Elder
Over the next two years Victorian schools will trial and evaluate the new national curriculum in mathematics, science, english and history (from kindergarten to Year 10) and schools will be expected to start teaching the national curriculum in 2013. What the new curriculum ends up looking like is important, as implementation is tied to funding for both government and non-government schools (drafts are to be finalised by October 2011).
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A heart for teaching |
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 Kairos: Volume 22, Issue 3
By Fiona Basile
Dennis Alberto is 27 years of age but he speaks with a maturity and wisdom that exceed his years. He has just begun his first year of teaching at Penola Catholic College in Broadmeadows, teaching science to Year 9 and 10 students, and religious education to Year 11 students.
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The spiritual and moral dimensions of education |
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 Kairos: Volume 22, Issue 2
by Stephen Elder
In an article in Kairos last year (Volume 21, No 14), I referred to a 2008 speech given by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to the US in which the Pope argued that Catholic schools, while existing within a secular society, needed to teach students about the Word of God and to recognise their role in fulfilling the Church’s mission.
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Leading debate and driving change |
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 Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 15
By Professor Greg Craven
Public policy has the ability to shape attitudes and thinking, and drive change in cultural, social, economic and political structures. Good public policy can deliver countless tangible benefits to the community, and is undoubtedly an area in which a university, and especially a Catholic one, should be actively involved.
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