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John Henry Newman - a man for our time |
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 Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 17
At 10am on Sunday 19 September 2010, John Henry Cardinal Newman will be beatified. He will be declared ‘blessed’ at a Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI during the papal visit to Great Britain.
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Prayer is the light of the soul |
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Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 16
St John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, died in the early 5th century and was one of the greatest fathers, doctors, and preachers of the Early Church.
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How India remembers Mother Teresa |
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 Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 15
On 26 August 1910, a baby girl named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born. The little girl would grow up to be hailed as one of the most influential women of the 20th century: Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
Though born in what is today Macedonia, Mother Teresa’s influence is perhaps most notable in the land where she founded her Missionaries of Charity, India.
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The Assumption of Our Lady 1950 - 2010 |
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Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 14
The Holy Year 1950 was celebrated in a world scarred by the greatest war in human history. A conflict marked by genocide, nuclear horror and the massive destruction of cities was followed by the displacement of peoples, mass emigration and the rise of communism in an expanded Soviet empire and China.
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Blessed Andre Bessette |
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Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 12
In response to a suggestion from a Kairos reader, we begin a series of articles about the saints to be canonised with Mary MacKillop.
Unlike Australia, Canada already has 10 canonised saints. On 17 October, the same day that Blessed Mary MacKillop will become our first Australian saint, Canada’s number will rise to 11 with the canonisation of Blessed Brother Andre Bessette.
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The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist in the Early Church |
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 Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 09
St Cyril of Jerusalem, Early Church Father and Doctor of the Church
This reading on the Real Presence of Christ’s body and blood in the Eucharist as it was taught in the early Church is used in the Roman Office of Readings on the Saturday in the Octave of Eastertide (Cat. 22 Mystagogica 4, 3-6 PG 33. 1098-1106).
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Chrism Mass |
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 Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 05
Each year the Mass of Chrism, or Mass of the Holy Oils, is celebrated in St Patrick’s Cathedral during Holy Week. This year it was celebrated on Tuesday 30 March.
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The Nazis knew Pope Pius XII well, which is why they feared him |
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Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 04
Bernard-Henri Lévy’s article – written after Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the Jewish community of Rome and in which he juxtaposes as scapegoats the figures of Pope Ratzinger and Pope Pacelli – has fuelled a debate.
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How to be a winner |
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 Kairos: Volume 21, Issue 04
In any sport, winning a grand final is the ultimate experience. You see it in the faces of the players of the winning team: the huge smiles of satisfaction, the wide eyes of sheer joy.
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