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Search for in author OR full textWord matches: theology: 733 1 - Feb 2016 - Books: THE SHADOW OF HIS WINGS by Fr Gereon Goldmann, Chris Rule(Subscribers only - please login to view) Because he had not studied theology he had to obtain a dispensation from the pope Pius XII to be ordained. 2 - Dec 2015 - China: New clampdown on believers in China, Bernardo Cervellera He proposed a curriculum in seminaries that integrated theology with traditional culture. 3 - Dec 2015 - Religious freedom: Catholic bishops face more than prosecution over marriage leaflet, Pat Byrne Bishops priests nuns brothers and laity could face many more prosecutions for teaching Catholic moral theology of the body and marriage which runs counter to the SOGI agenda. 4 - Oct 2015 - Call to action: Call for urgent action on Religious Education The Archbishop in the Catholic Weekly article referred to above described a conversation with a prominent non-practising Jewish friend who once taught trainee teachers with him:He told me he was mystified that children at Jewish schools emerged well-versed in the theology and traditions customs and heroes of the Jewish religion whether or not they believed or practised Judaism but that so many of the Catholic school graduates we were then preparing to be teachers knew so little about their tradition and Catholic leaders and systems seemed resigned to that. 5 - Sep 2015 - Reflection: The proper celebration of the Mass, Cardinal Robert Sarah Similarly it would be a mistake to consider the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite as coming from some other theology which is not that of the reformed liturgy. 6 - Sep 2015 - The Americas: Cuba: new centre for evangelisation, AD2000 Report The isolation of the Catholic Church on the island led to its isolation in the Americas remaining sheltered from the ground-breaking reforms of Vatican II and the revolutionary insights of liberation theology. 7 - Sep 2015 - The Americas: Pope Francis’ challenge to American Catholics, AD2000 Report He decided to become a Franciscan and took out a doctorate in theology and became a professor of philosophy at a local university. 8 - Aug 2015 - Marriage: We must stand up for marriage and the family: Archbishop Fisher, Archbishop Anthony Fisher Without the experience of genuine opposite-sex marriage however imperfect it always is the analogy would make no sense; if both Christ and the Church aspired to be the bridegroom or if both were brides the theology would be unintelligible. 9 - Aug 2015 - Pope Francis’ rallying call for the poor Despite some reports which claimed that Pope Francis was putting forward a socialist manifesto his own life in Argentina before becoming pope where he supported social justice and rejected the ideology of radical liberation theology shows this interpretation is wildly misconceived. 10 - Jul 2015 - Turin and Manoppello: “He has risen as he said ...”, Paul Badde For we are at the end of that process by which the more enlightened Western theology argues that the empty tomb of Christ in reality never existed; It is at this moment in time that the two ancient sudariums (which come from this tomb) are reunited suddenly in a unity that has no precedent in history and which now together start talking. 11 - May 2015 - Books: RESURGENCE: Revitalising Western Catholicism, by Fr James Grant, Peter Westmore After serving in the Commonwealth Police he studied theology at Melbourne University and was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church. 12 - Apr 2015 - Books: MARY: A CATHOLIC-EVANGELICAL DEBATE, Dwight Longenecker & David Gustafson, Michael E Daniel Whilst both scholars have an in-depth knowledge of theology and scripture the contents of the book are accessible to the average Christian who has a competent understanding of Christian belief and practice. 13 - Apr 2015 - Today's prophets: where are they?, Anne Lastman As he looked back over the previous 50 years he saw the change in how the body was/is perceived and wrote magnificent works like Love and Responsibility Veritatis Splendour Theology of the Body Dives Misericordia Ecclesia de Eucharestia Fides et Ratio Redemptoris Hominis Pastores Dabo Vobus Dominus Iesus Familiaris Consortio Letter to Families Letter to Women Mulieris Dignitatem and list continues a mile long. 14 - Apr 2015 - Vocations: Australia's seminaries flourishing in 2015, Br Barry Coldrey The Magisterium the teaching of the Church guides the courses of philosophy and theology. 15 - Mar 2015 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 Beauty Spirit Matter Aidan Hart This volume concentrates on the broader implications of the icons theology for our lives in the 21st century exploring the insight that icons give to such contemporary issues as ecology the nature of beauty and much more. 16 - Mar 2015 - Letters: Synod of Bishops, John R. Barich The Synod also almost totally ignored St John Paul IIs teaching on The Theology of the Body which the sex-besotted world so desperately needs to enable mankind to escape the scourge of divorce promiscuity and restore chastity. 17 - Mar 2015 - Challenging radical Islam, John A. Azumah The four schools of law have clear rulings that on no account should an individual or group of Muslims attempt to change the government of an Islamic state through the use of arms and violence because to allow such a possibility invites civil strife private wars and the abuse of Islam by factions who use theology to justify their self-interested rebellions and usurpations. 18 - Feb 2015 - The Eighteen Benedictions of Judaism ... and Christianity, Andrew Sholl (Matthew 27:25) If these Christians had thought it through they would have realised that the Jews who said such a thing were actually calling down on themselves a blessing not a curse because according to Christian theology it is the blood of Jesus and not the Paschal sacrifices that take away the sins of all mankind both Jewish and Gentile. 19 - Feb 2015 - Vatican report lays bare problems in US religious life, AD2000 Report This arose from statements made by the Leadership Conference about womens ordination the theology of religious pluralism and the morality of homosexuality and abortion. 20 - Dec 2014 - Obituary: Fr Benedict Groeschel, aged 81, dies in New Jersey, Peter Westmore He also taught at various times at Iona College Fordham University and the Maryknoll School of Theology. 21 - Dec 2014 - Dissent: New controversy erupts in Toowoomba, Peter Westmore For example A number of men previously ordained as priests have a degree in theology and considerable pastoral experience. 22 - Nov 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Gods Holy Fire: A Theology of the Icon Lawrence Cross An in-depth study of the icon tradition not only from a theologically interpretive viewpoint but also from an artistic perspective. 23 - Nov 2014 - Books: EASTERN CHRISTIANITY: The Byzantine Tradition, by Laurence Cross, Paul Simmons 95 ISBN: 978-0-97756-998-4) Dr Laurence Cross born in Sydney in 1943 studied at Sydney University and read history at St Johns College Oxford before completing a Doctorate of Theology at the Melbourne College of Divinity. 24 - Nov 2014 - Letters: Suicide prevention, Murray Cook One reason why many Catholics seemingly have no sins to confess could be a false sense of security induced by this faulty theology. 25 - Nov 2014 - Youth: Ignite Conference fires up 1,200 young Catholics in Brisbane, Br Barry Coldrey Among the speakers were Archbishop Mark Coleridge Fr Rob Galea founder of Stronger Youth Fr Chris Ryan of the Missionaries of Gods Love Pat Langrell founder of Theology on Tap Paul Ninnes Director of Real Talk Roby Curtis of Blind Eye Ministries Carrie McCormack of Mother Effect and Shayne Bennett Moderator of the Emmanuel Community. 26 - Oct 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Gods Holy Fire: A Theology of the Icon Lawrence Cross An in-depth study of the icon tradition not only from a theologically interpretive viewpoint but also from an artistic perspective. 27 - Oct 2014 - Books: PRAYER FOR BEGINNERS, Peter Kreeft - WAYS OF PRAYING, John Edwards SJ, Br Barry Coldrey He is a vigorous author of numerous books as well as a popular writer of Catholic philosophy theology and apologetics especially the last. 28 - Oct 2014 - Books: INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIANITY, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Helena Pasztetnik In this way it is comparable to Aquinas thirteenth-century theological masterpiece the Summa Theologica which was intended to be a summary introduction to theology for Dominican novices but which nonetheless assumed a rigorous foundation in studies of Sacred Scripture philosophy and logic. 29 - Oct 2014 - The implications of Anglican women bishops, Fr Dwight Longenecker This is the position not only of strident feminist theology students. 30 - Sep 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Gods Holy Fire: A Theology of the Icon Lawrence Cross An in-depth study of the icon tradition not only from a theologically interpretive viewpoint but also from an artistic perspective. 31 - Sep 2014 - Letters: Sola Scriptura, Cedric Wright At times he seems to be engaging in theological battle with the Protestant Reformers and - like the post-Vatican II Church - to be drowning in theology as it were. 32 - Aug 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Gods Holy Fire: A Theology of the Icon Lawrence Cross An in-depth study of the icon tradition not only from a theologically interpretive viewpoint but also from an artistic perspective. 33 - Aug 2014 - Books: NEW OUTPOURINGS OF THE SPIRIT, by Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Br Barry Coldrey In fact this is the then Cardinal Ratzingers talk entitled Church Movements and their Place in Theology which he gave at the beginning of the World Congress of the Ecclesial Movements in Rome in May 1998. 34 - Aug 2014 - Factors in the success of Australia's young adult ministry, Br Barry Coldrey Topics included Jesus True God and True Man the Magisterium of the Church versus Scripture Alone The Eucharist Theology of the Body Vatican II When? 35 - Jul 2014 - Reflection: The Pope meets ICEL: a bishop's reflection on Vatican II, Bishop Arthur Serratelli It was a great time for a young seminarian to study theology. 36 - Jul 2014 - Summorum Pontificum: Growth of Latin Mass parishes and chaplaincies in Australia, Michael E. Daniel There has also been a steady stream of men testing their vocations with the Fraternity of St Peter at Ezechiel House a place for discernment in Sydney before they go abroad to study philosophy and theology. 37 - Jul 2014 - News: The Church Around the World Zenit News Service Liberation theology archaic While in Rome the president of the Latin American Bishops Council said at a news conference that the Church in the region has fortunately moved beyond liberation theology. 38 - Jun 2014 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au The author guides the newcomers to Julian to understand both her theology and meaning. 39 - Jun 2014 - Religious freedom and same-sex 'marriage', Fr John FLynn LC Sister Dominic Laurel has a doctorate in theology and regularly lectures about the theology of the body. 40 - Jun 2014 - Fr Des Byrne: priest and catechist extraordinary, Bishop Peter J. Elliott His clear and systematic catechesis extended to apologetics especially a vigorous critique of fundamentalism explanations of heresies and how Catholic scholars responded in terms of theology and philosophy. 41 - Jun 2014 - UK Bishop speaks out on secularism's debt to Christianity, CNA REPORT The most important aspect of the new evangelisation will be to identify retrieve and promote Britains Christian patrimony its history art and architecture its music and literature its liturgy theology and ethics. 42 - Jun 2014 - Frassati Australia: dedicated young adult ministry, Br Barry Coldrey By 2011 Nathan was back in Brisbane as Campus Minister at St Columbans College Caboolture and helped to pioneer Frassati Australia as an engaging ministry for young men focusing primarily on their masculine identity and sexuality in the light of Pope John Paul IIs Theology of the Body. 43 - Jun 2014 - News: The Church Around the World It is hard to see how our differences in moral theology and ecclesiology will be resolved and it is not clear to many whether they should be the authors of the statement said in their conclusion. 44 - May 2014 - Books: SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION IN THE CHURCH, by Patrick Madrid, Carmel Westmore Yves Congars theology of revelation and critique of Sola Scriptura SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION IN THE CHURCH by Patrick Madrid (Freedom Publishing 2014 hardback 145pp. 45 - May 2014 - Priestly Fraternity of St Peter: progress report, Fr Damonn Sypher, FSSP Upon completing the novitiate year these seminarians continue their studies of philosophy and theology in either America or Bavaria. 46 - May 2014 - US bishop discusses his new pastoral letter on contraception, Kathleen Nabb (It is not for example an in-depth treatment of theology of the body). 47 - May 2014 - Editorial: April 27: Canonisation of two great popes, Peter Westmore He commenced the World Youth Days addressed millions of people on visits to over 120 countries including Australia East Timor Papua New Guinea and New Zealand ended the doctrinal and liturgical confusion which followed Vatican II helped bring about the collapse of Soviet communism through his visits to his homeland after being elected pope and formulated the Theology of the Body a meditation on human sexuality. 48 - Apr 2014 - Books: Jorge Mario Bergoglio: Francis, Pope of a New World, by Andrea Tornielli, Br Barry Coldrey The two major controversies which have circulated around Cardinal Bergoglio are mentioned but are not explored in detail: his stance towards liberation theology and his relations with the military dictatorship in his country. 49 - Apr 2014 - Books: Pope Francis, Our Brother, Our Friend, by Alejandro Bermudez (Editor), Br Barry Coldrey Liberation Theology They always praise his deep concern for people especially the poor but some hint that while Jorge was always theologically orthodox some felt his thinking was not adventurous enough. 50 - Apr 2014 - Communicating the Faith with C.S. Lewis, Fr. D. Longenecker Pure and simple Lewis observes elsewhere that it is comparatively easy to study a bit and learn the insider jargon and have discussions at an academic level about theology liturgy spirituality and church life. 51 - Apr 2014 - Vocations: Australia's flourishing seminaries 2014, Br Barry Coldrey The Churchs official teachings would guide the courses of philosophy and theology. 52 - Apr 2014 - News: The Church Around the World Benedictus is a university-college that Dr Hornsby co-founded in 2010 and is modelled on the Catholic liberal arts colleges in the US giving special emphasis to the learning of philosophy and theology with the aid of the fine arts. 53 - Mar 2014 - Books: THE WORLD OF ST PAUL, by Joseph M. Callewaert, Michael Daniel Although the work makes some reference to St Pauls theology a detailed analysis of it is not attempted. 54 - Mar 2014 - Catholic Schools Youth Ministry Association: a new force for good, Br Barry Coldrey The quickening of young adult Catholic life over recent years with Theology-on-Tap SIX30 Holy Hours and the massive young adult conferences retreats and festivals. 55 - Mar 2014 - Pope Francis puts indelible mark on College of Cardinals, Peter Westmore Cardinal Mller has an outstanding academic reputation as a theologian was a proteg of Joseph Ratzinger and has been outspoken on contentious issues including the divisions between traditionalists and progressives and liberation theology. 56 - Feb 2014 - Letters: Climate propaganda It is bad enough that in some Catholic secondary schools a form of environmental religion (Eco-Theology) is being fed to students but particularly disturbing that young Catholic children are effectively being inducted into the green movement. 57 - Feb 2014 - The Holy Spirit: "Lord and Giver of Life", Anne Lastman The language that their body speaks is one of love and the word spoken by the body is enfleshing (Theology of the Body John Paul II). 58 - Dec 2013 - Letters: Right of conscience, Marian Grima his Theology of the Body) Christopher West Fr Percy and Dr Foong. 59 - Dec 2013 - Benedict XVI corresponds with an atheist mathematician, Joseph Trabbic That book is a commentary written in the form of an open letter on Joseph Ratzingers book Introduction to Christianity an elucidation of the Apostles Creed published in 1968 when Fr Ratzinger was still a professor of dogmatic theology at the University of Tubingen in Germany. 60 - Dec 2013 - Obituary: Cardinal Pell's tribute to Bishop William Brennan, Cardinal George Pell He was sent to study theology at Propaganda Fide College in Rome where he revelled in the international missionary flavour of the College; most students were Africans and Asians. 61 - Oct 2013 - Books: THE FREEDOM OF LOVE, by Rafael de Santiago, Br Barry Coldrey This is an attractive presentation which radiates the teaching of Pope John Pauls Theology of the Body. 62 - Oct 2013 - Books: ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE TIBER, by Fr Gerald O'Collins SJ, Frank Mobbs There we left him as he was about to go to Rome following his appointment as Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Gregorian University. 63 - Oct 2013 - Letters: Exaggeration?, Noel Keith Roberts John Paul IIs monumental work The Theology of the Body highlights the prophetic nature of Paul VIs encyclical letter and encourages married couples to live up to its teaching. 64 - Oct 2013 - Interview: Why science needs faith, Professor Dominique Lambert But in the Catholic Church we have a theology of creation whose point of view respects evolution and so on completely but gives to evolution an additional meaning which is not directly present in the scientific research but that scientific research is coherent with this point of view . 65 - Sep 2013 - Letters: Contraception is harmful, Anne Lastman I maintain that rejection of Humanae Vitae by much of the Catholic population the failure of the hierarchy and priests to teach on it and the false theology and reason behind this failure have led to the sexual chaos we are witnessing today. 66 - Sep 2013 - The Church's crises old and new, Bishop James D. Conley Christian theology and the pastoral work it informed was increasingly embracing the dangerous creeds of individualism materialism and relativism. 67 - Aug 2013 - Books: FROM BROTHERHOOD TO PRIESTHOOD: Memoirs of Msgr William A. Mullins, Michael Gilchrist Later still he lectured in the Theology and Religious Sciences department at St Francis Xavier Seminary in Adelaide. 68 - Aug 2013 - University: In the lions' den: Catholic ministry on secular campuses, Br Barry Coldrey These include the SIX 30 Holy Hours Theology-on-Tap (and interstate equivalents) and well-attended retreat-conferences and festivals such as one due in Melbourne from 5-7 December this year. 69 - Aug 2013 - News: The Church Around the World Fr Ryan received his licentiate and doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University in Rome and holds numerous degrees in English divinity philosophy and political science from colleges and universities in the US and Canada. 70 - Jul 2013 - Letters: Vision of Heaven?, Peter Harris Winsome I too would need a Diploma in Theology to understand your vision of Heaven: . 71 - Jul 2013 - Cardinal Ouellet's Australian lecture: rediscover human nature, Owen Vyner He had taught at the Roman session of the Institute at the Pontifical Lateran University (1996-2002) where he held the chair of dogmatic theology. 72 - Jul 2013 - Paul VI: Humanae Vitae: still prophetic after 45 years, Anne Lastman Humanae Vitae Donum Vitae Casti Connubii Veritatis Splendor Evangelium Vitae and Theology of the Body are all magnificent gifts from the Holy Spirit for our edification and understanding of Gods plan for love and life. 73 - Jun 2013 - Reflection: Marriage: a reflection of Christ's love for us, Fr Paul Chandler In his huge and momentous catechesis Theology of the Body Bl John Paul II taught that marriage is the foundation of the whole sacramental order. 74 - Jun 2013 - The Boston bombings: facing the reality of evil in the world, Bishop Arthur Serratelli Philosophy and theology can provide an answer. 75 - Jun 2013 - Youth: Melbourne to host Australian Catholic Youth Festival, Br Barry Coldrey A group of young Melbourne Catholics also inaugurated Theology in the Pub an American concept in 2009. 76 - Jun 2013 - News: The Church Around the World He said it was a topic that concerns not only the individual believer but the whole Church because the life and mission of the Church are founded on the Word of God which is the soul of theology and at the same time the inspiration of all Christian existence. 77 - May 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au South Vietnamese-born priest Fr Peter Hung Manh Tran provides an analysis of the contemporary debates and a response from Catholic moral theology. 78 - May 2013 - Letters: What is Heaven?, Winsome De Jong Although I have completed a Diploma in Theology I was not aware of this. 79 - May 2013 - Ancient Greek contributions to Western Church music, Christopher Warner Warner a former Marine Corps officer is a graduate student of Orthodox theology at the Antiochian House of Studies. 80 - May 2013 - Youth: Reasons for Hope retreat for young adult Catholics, Barry Coldrey Among the young Catholic leaders from many parts of NSW were Jerome Smith son of NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith and Paul Clipsham who led a group from the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese comprising young men and women who are revitalising young adult Catholic life in that diocese (via Theology-on-Tap and the Holy Hour). 81 - May 2013 - Editorial: AD2000: looking towards the future, Damian Wyld They are the generation of social media like Facebook and Twitter but (despite what some might say) are not adverse to meetings and gatherings of orthodox Catholics as any regular at Faith on Tap or Pub Theology will attest. 82 - Apr 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au South Vietnamese-born priest Fr Peter Hung Manh Tran provides an analysis of the contemporary debates and a response from Catholic moral theology. 83 - Apr 2013 - Pilgrimage: A Holy Land pilgrimage with Scott and Kimberly Hahn, Wanda Skowronska Currently professor of Biblical Theology at Franciscan University in Steubenville Ohio Scott Hahn was very much at home at the pilgrimage sites as was Kimberly and both gave inspiring lectures. 84 - Apr 2013 - News: The Church Around the World EWTN News Hopeful signs for Church in China Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples since 2010 and formerly a professor of Theology at the Holy Spirit Seminary in Hong Kong told an interviewer in Rome on 7 February that he saw many reasons for hope for the Church in China. 85 - Mar 2013 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au South Vietnamese-born priest Fr Peter Hung Manh Tran provides an analysis of the contemporary debates and a response from Catholic moral theology. 86 - Mar 2013 - Books: HOLY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND BEYOND, by Pope Benedict XVI, Michael Daniel St Bonaventure while recognising the importance of reason in theology stressed the primacy of love: for him a human beings ultimate end is to encounter God in love. 87 - Mar 2013 - Priestly celibacy: being one with Christ and His mission, Father John O'Neill PP The sheer wonder of the priesthood is that by the miracle of his ordination the priest is made into a nother Christ and thereby continues the holiest and highest thing that was ever on the earth: God the Sons sacrificial love for God the Father and this truly awesome reality is what is protected by celibacy A man does not become a priest because he has some talent or other or because he likes liturgy or because he wants to study the Scriptures or win a doctorate in theology or any other reason: he becomes a priest because he cannot resist the Person Jesus Christ and losing himself in Him. 88 - Mar 2013 - True reform in the Church: Yves Congar's golden mean, Andrew Kania Lauded by Cardinal Avery Dulles as being one of the great classics of 20th century Catholic theology Yves Congars True and False Reform (1950) originally found itself on that dubious shelf of works which the Vatican officially discouraged people from reading. 89 - Mar 2013 - Women priests and bishops: Anglicanism's crisis of identity, David Wetherell In the sacrament of the Mass or Eucharist and the ordination of its male clergy (to which women priests are claimed to be successors) the mother Church of England during the Reformation drew on the Calvinist and Lutheran thinking imported from the Continent which was uppermost in the theology of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer author of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) (1549) and the more overtly Protestant Ordinal (Ordination Service) of 1550 and revised BCP of 1552. 90 - Mar 2013 - News: The Church Around The World Theology philosophy history literature science and math - these are the subjects that equip young people to understand the world and their place in it. 91 - Feb 2013 - News: The Church Around the World In 2006 Bishop Morlino took action against a number of priests who were contradicting Catholic teaching on life and family issues and in 2009 he dismissed a pastoral associate who advocated dissident liberation and feminist theology after she refused to recant her positions. 92 - Nov 2012 - Books: A MIDLIFE JOURNEY, by Gerald O'Collins SJ, Frank Mobbs This is the autobiography of the renowned Scripture scholar and Australian Jesuit Fr Gerald OCollins for the period from his birth in 1931 to 1974 when he was about to leave Melbourne for Rome where he was to spend 32 years as Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Gregorian University. 93 - Nov 2012 - Books: CATHOLICISM: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith, by Fr Robert Barron, Michael Gilchrist In such situations when endeavouring to explain Catholicism (to both Catholics and non-Catholics) one would focus on its distinctive features such as the Mass the sacraments Mary the priesthood the bishops and popes as underpinned by the Churchs intellectual armoury of apologetics theology and philosophy. 94 - Nov 2012 - Significance of the Higgs boson 'God particle' for believers, David Forster It has been said if you want to find an atheist dont go to the physics department go to the theology department. 95 - Oct 2012 - Letters: Christian unity, Andrew Sholl One of the most significant contributions of Aquinas to Catholic theology was I believe his formulation of the term transubstantiation by which he meant the process of the change of mere bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus during the Consecration of every Mass following the command of Jesus at the Last Supper known as Holy Thursday the day before Good Friday when he suffered his Passion and death on the Cross. 96 - Oct 2012 - The new evangelisation and the culture of life, Anne Lastman There are definitive moments and words in time which bring to mind without effort the author of those words words such as Theology of the Body Culture of Death and New Evangelisation. 97 - Oct 2012 - News: The Church Around the World Carroll of Oxford Universitys theology faculty said. 98 - Sep 2012 - Books: THROUGH SHAKESPEARE'S EYES: Seeing the Catholic presence in the plays, Pearce, Michael E. Daniel Hamlets insistence that faith alone is insufficient reflects the Catholic response to Protestant theology regarding salvation. 99 - Sep 2012 - Letters: Archbishop Chaput: how to meet the challenges to religious freedom, Archbishop Charles Chaput OFM Were becoming a nation where as Ross Douthat describes it a growing number of us are inventing our own versions of what Christianity means abandoning the nuances of traditional theology in favour of religions that stroke our egos and indulge or even celebrate our own worst impulses. 100 - Aug 2012 - Books: LESSONS IN A ROSE-GARDEN: Reviving the Doctrinal Rosary, by Aidan Nichols O.P., Peter Westmore Rediscovering the Rosary from Scripture and theology LESSONS IN A ROSE-GARDEN: Reviving the Doctrinal Rosary by Aidan Nichols O. 101 - Aug 2012 - Letters: Women priests, Francis Vrizmoed Such a situation is shocking given that the question of women priests concerns sacramental theology and is therefore not a matter of discipline like clerical celibacy. 102 - Jul 2012 - Books: FR ALEXANDER MEN: Martyr of Atheism, by Michel Evdokimov, Michael Daniel He then studied theology in Leningrad and Moscow was ordained a deacon in 1958 and priest in 1960. 103 - Jul 2012 - Benedict XVI calls for reform of US Catholic higher education, Hilary White That section mandates that theology professors at Catholic universities be faithful to the teaching of the Church. 104 - Jul 2012 - The climate alarmist 'religion' and Third World poverty, David Legates David Legates is a co-author of the Cornwall Alliances Renewed Call to Truth Prudence and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Examination of the Theology Science and Economics of Global Warming which forms the basis for the Evangelical Declaration on Global Warming. 105 - Jul 2012 - Religious Freedom: Prague's Cardinal Duka thanks Australians for helping religious prisoners, Peter Westmore After the communist collapse in 1989 he was able to publicly serve as a priest and also became a lecturer in the Faculty of Theology at the Palack University in Olomouc. 106 - Jun 2012 - Remembering the Catholic priests on board the 'Titanic', AD2000 Report He then took courses in philosophy and theology from 1911 to 1916. 107 - Jun 2012 - NET Ministries: Another Catholic youth ministry success story, Br Barry Coldrey In Melbourne the NET team lives in a large church-owned house in Queens Parade Clifton Hill and as time allows these trained Netters help to energise the Archdioceses young adult ministry: the SIX30 Holy Hour on Thursday evenings at St Patricks Cathedral the monthly Theology-in-the-Pub sessions at the Pump House Hotel and the Archdiocesan Breakfasts for Vocations at All Saints Parish Fitzroy. 108 - May 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-750-5 Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting Aidan Hart An icon is a visual theology the Word of God. 109 - May 2012 - Books: A COMPANION TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION, by Leonardo Franchi and Stephen McKinney (ed), Angela Schumann Theology and philosophy With these challenges in mind A Companion to Catholic Education seeks to walk teachers (and not just new teachers but any seeking professional or faith development) through the basic theology and philosophy that underpin their task. 110 - May 2012 - Books: THE GIFT OF INFALLIBILITY, by Bishop Vincent Ferrer Gasser, Michael Daniel Following his introduction Rev James Connor a former professor of theology at St Josephs Seminary New York presents a translation of Gassers relatio to which he has added valuable footnotes explaining key historical and theological information to help the reader understand the text. 111 - May 2012 - UK Catholic schools under fire for 'homophobia', Hilary White A London parish priest and professor of theology Fr Timothy Finigan said that the SORs have created an atmosphere of anxiety in Catholic schools. 112 - May 2012 - Religious Freedom: Catholics in Iraq: a struggle for survival, Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda I was in my first year of Theology and during these gatherings I got to know these young people deeper. 113 - May 2012 - Young adult ministry 2012: more reasons for hope, Br Barry Coldrey The vibrant flourishing Catholic life around Theology-on-Tap the SIX30 Holy Hour and the many retreats and conferences (ACSA Young Men of God iWitness YPAT and MAGIS) did not exist. 114 - Apr 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-450-8 Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting Aidan Hart An icon is a visual theology the Word of God. 115 - Apr 2012 - Books: LIGHT OF THE WORLD: The Pope, the Church and Signs of the Times, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput Books themes Seewald covers a lot of terrain with his questions from China to liturgy to Fatima to the theology of the End Times. 116 - Apr 2012 - Art: Icons: linking the spiritual and material, Aidan Hart Both the making and the use of icons is a graphic embodiment of the Orthodox Churchs theology of matter. 117 - Apr 2012 - Episcopacy: Perth's new Archbishop Timothy Costelloe ready for the challenges of leadership, Michael Gilchrist After three years as Religious Education Coordinator at Salesian College Chadstone he was transferred to Rome where he completed a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Salesian Pontifical University in 1991. 118 - Mar 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 ISBN 978-0-85244-450-8 Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting Aidan Hart An icon is a visual theology the Word of God. 119 - Mar 2012 - Books: The Spiritual Legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, by Rev. Charles P. Connor, Michael Daniel Here Fr Charles Connor the author of several books on theology the saints and Catholic history and a regular EWTN host has addressed this deficit in The Spiritual Legacy of Archbishop Fulton J. 120 - Mar 2012 - Missions: Bringing hope to Nigeria's abandoned children, Madonna Brosnan In 2010 he commenced doctoral research at the Australian Catholic University (Brisbane) on the topic of the theology of suffering. 121 - Mar 2012 - Campion College's Summer Program on Christian leadership, Br Barry Coldrey College experience At the debriefing session on the Friday afternoon Michael Mendieta of the Campion Marketing Team stressed three main aspects of the College experience: Academic subjects such as literature history science philosophy and theology are integrated into a broad education. 122 - Mar 2012 - Extraordinary life of new Czech Cardinal, Dominik Duka, Peter Westmore In 1979 he graduated with a Licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Theological Faculty of St John the Baptist in Warsaw Poland. 123 - Mar 2012 - Year of Grace: can Australian Catholicism recover its unity?, Michael Gilchrist CEO officials teachers parish priests liturgists theology institutes etc. 124 - Feb 2012 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Catholic Thought since the Enlightenment Aidan Nichols OP Leading British theologian Father Nichols explores the theological history of Catholicism over the past 200 years providing a perspective on the present state of the Catholic Church and its institutes of theology. 125 - Feb 2012 - Books: HOW TO GET EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL, by Ian Plimer, Michael Gilchrist In some Catholic schools visiting speakers hold forth on the wonders of pantheistic eco-theology while sustainability co-ordinators now ensure teachers toe the environmental line in their respective subjects. 126 - Feb 2012 - Census: Growth and decline in the churches: research findings, Frank Mobbs You will also be asked to follow a theology course twice a week for twenty-seven weeks. 127 - Feb 2012 - Culture Wars: Catholic universities and secularism, Achbishop Charles Chaput It gives primacy to the disciplines that guide the formation of a holistic view of reality - philosophy and theology. 128 - Feb 2012 - News: The Church Around the World He began his priestly formation at Vianney College in Wagga Wagga and completed his studies in Rome at Propaganda Fide obtaining a Licentiate in Sacred Theology. 129 - Dec 2011 - Letters: Vatican II, Peter Howard Regarding what Kathleen Donelly finds incomprehensible about Vatican II (November AD2000) knowing what the Council taught would help as Fr William Most after careful examination pointed out: It is obvious then that Vatican II did not create a revolution in theology. 130 - Nov 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Gribbin Father Gribbin examines the liturgical theology of Pope Benedict in his magisterial teachings and writings arguing that these point the way forward for the Church and that his teachings are best understood in light of his earlier theological writings. 131 - Nov 2011 - Books: STRAINED RELATIONS: The Challenge of Homosexuality, by Bill Muehlenberg, Dr Joe Santamaria with honours in philosophy and postgraduate degrees in Theology and has broadened his interests to include ethics apologetics drug addiction and other social issues that impact on family life. 132 - Nov 2011 - Letters: Planetary Spirituality, Grahame Fallon Frank Mobbs (October AD2000) noted that in the Summer 2010 edition of Compass: A Review of Topical Theology Fr Denis Edwards considered Planetary Spirituality. 133 - Nov 2011 - Letters: First Parents, Fr Brian Harrison OS He is right to distance himself from it for it has no more basis in science than in theology and is really nothing but (ahem! 134 - Nov 2011 - Society: Finding hope in the midst of secularism, Cardinal Raymond Burke Benedict described a moral relativism called proportionalism or consequentialism in contemporary moral theology which has generated profound confusion and deadly error regarding the most fundamental truths of the moral order. 135 - Oct 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Gribbin Father Gribbin examines the liturgical theology of Pope Benedict in his magisterial teachings and writings arguing that these point the way forward for the Church and that his teachings are best understood in light of his earlier theological writings. 136 - Oct 2011 - Books: ROME AND THE EASTERN CHURCHES: A Study in Schism (2nd ed), Aidan Nichols OP, Michael Daniel However some of the sections that deal with theological matters require familiarity with theology to appreciate fully some of the writers subtle distinctions. 137 - Oct 2011 - Books: BENEDICT XVI: A Guide for the Perplexed, by Tracey Rowland, Michael Daniel Cardinal Ratzinger saw a clear link between the ahistorical nature of Scholastic theology and its divorce between belief and peoples affective dimensions with its emphasis on dogma as being a set of propositions to which one had to assent. 138 - Oct 2011 - Letters: Genesis debate, Anne Lastman Further I must admit that (this time) I agree fully with John Young and his ideas on Genesis 1-3 and whilst admitting to not being a theologian I nevertheless have a Masters in Theology so have read a bit on the subject. 139 - Oct 2011 - Letters: Old or young earth?, Fr Brian Harrison OS In this article I offer a rebuttal of every objection to my position that I have so far come across based on science Scripture or theology. 140 - Oct 2011 - Catholic Schools: Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges, Wagga Wagga: progress report, Sr Mary Augustine OP During the final two years of their schooling their religious studies consisted of courses in Catholic theology philosophy and apologetics. 141 - Oct 2011 - Planetary spirituality: what next!, Frank Mobbs That old-fashioned notion of spirituality which commended itself to the primitive minds of our ancestors has been dealt it seems the coup de grce by Fr Denis Edwards a prominent Australian theologian who holds academic appointments at Adelaide College of Divinity and Flinders University and has published extensively specialising in ecological theology. 142 - Sep 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Gribbin Father Gribbin examines the liturgical theology of Pope Benedict in his magisterial teachings and writings arguing that these point the way forward for the Church and that his teachings are best understood in light of his earlier theological writings. 143 - Sep 2011 - Books: THE COUNCIL IN QUESTION: a Dialogue with Catholic Traditionalism, Fr Glen Tattersall However Doorly then goes on to allege that the new (liberal) theology adopted by Vatican II has falsified adulterated and disarmed Tradition (p. 144 - Sep 2011 - Letters: Book of Genesis, Frank Mobbs The stories in the opening chapters of Genesis are imperishable but they can not always carry the weight of theology they are asked to bear. 145 - Sep 2011 - Letters: Where is Jesus?, Michael Apthorp He alleges that This is not just a quaint misunderstanding but enshrines an unhelpful theology. 146 - Sep 2011 - Interview: Pope's brother sheds more light on Benedict's early years, Zenit News Agency But then because of his unique intellectual brilliance he was pushed to become a professor of theology and he enjoyed teaching. 147 - Aug 2011 - Young adult Catholic ministry: further progress, Br Barry Coldrey This Theology-in-the-Pub commenced in Melbourne in 2008 and over the following three years a similar event under a slightly different name has taken off in most capital cities: Pub Theology (Adelaide) Guinness and God (Canberra) Faith-on-Tap (Brisbane) Theology-on-Tap (Parramatta) and Urban Theology (Sydney). 148 - Aug 2011 - Exegesis: Genesis account of creation and fall: what does the Church teach?, John Young He has had numerous articles published on philosophy theology and economics and written several books on these topics. 149 - Aug 2011 - Bishop Conley on the new Missal translation: 'The very words of God', Bishop James Conley He has pointed out serious theological difficulties with our current translations including problems related to ecclesiology and the theology of grace. 150 - Aug 2011 - The Carbon (dioxide) Tax: a religious perspective, Peter Finlayson Sadly a number of influential clergy and religious have also lost sight of a human development imperative within a theology of the environment. 151 - Jul 2011 - Steubenville: How a university's Catholic identity was recovered, AD2000 Report Dr Alan Schreck a professor of theology at the university describes how the 79-year-old priest took a leap of faith to renew Steubenvilles Catholic identity. 152 - Jun 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-0-85244-734-5 Towards a Theology of the Environment Fr Paul Haffner Father Haffner explores the theological aspects of the natural environment including scientific biblical moral and spiritual themes as addressed by recent Church teaching on the subject. 153 - Jun 2011 - Books: MARRIAGE: The Rock on Which the Family is Built, by William E. May, Br Barry Coldrey Available from Freedom Publishing) This is an edifying book that focuses on many aspects of married love as explained by Pope John-Paul II in his Theology of the Body teachings. 154 - Jun 2011 - Books: JESUS OF NAZARETH: Holy Week, by Pope Benedict XVI, Fr Glen Tattersall FSSP Jewish history A striking feature of both volumes has been the Popes mastery of Jewish history theology and liturgy. 155 - Jun 2011 - Letters: Greens' agenda, Peter Finlayson Chapter 10 of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church referred to by Br Barry Coldrey cfc in his review of Fr Paul Haffners book Towards a Theology of the Environment (April AD2000) sets out the governing principles for balanced creation management. 156 - Jun 2011 - Cardinal Pell: 'liberalism has no young Catholic progeny', Cardinal George Pell Pope John Paul provokes a special hostility allegedly an abuser of power out of touch in scripture limited in theology a bad listener. 157 - Jun 2011 - News: The Church Around the World The book Quest for the Living God: Mapping the Frontiers of the Theology of God by Sister Elizabeth A. 158 - May 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 90 ISBN 978-0-85244-734-5 Towards a Theology of the Environment Fr Paul Haffner Father Haffner explores the theological aspects of the natural environment including scientific biblical moral and spiritual themes as addressed by recent Church teaching on the subject. 159 - May 2011 - News: The Church Around the World Rabbi Jacob Neusner Distinguished Research Professor of Religion and Theology at Bard College in New York said the Pope aimed to unify theology and critical history in response to the failure of critical scholarship during the last century. 160 - Apr 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-85244-725-3 Hell And Other Destinations Piers Paul Read Famous British novelist and playright Piers Paul Read provides lively reflections on a wide range of topics including liberation theology The Da Vinci Code sexual desire saints Pope Benedict and Christians and Jews. 161 - Apr 2011 - Books: TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, by Paul Haffner, Barry Coldrey TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF THE ENVIRONMENT Paul Haffner (Gracewing 2008 388pp $45. 162 - Mar 2011 - What are the marks of an authentically Catholic university?, Cardinal Raymond Burke Religious illiteracy Given the importance of the teaching of Sacred Theology at the Catholic university whether it be through a faculty or chair or designated course of studies special care should be given to the curriculum and the hiring of professors prepared to lead students in the study of the Scriptures and the Tradition especially the study of the Fathers of the Church and the approved theologians above all Saint Thomas Aquinas. 163 - Mar 2011 - Faith and reason at Notre Dame, Sydney, Fr Richard Umbers He has also been involved with Theology-On-Tap in Sydney. 164 - Mar 2011 - iWitness 2010: an unforgettable retreat for young Catholics, Br Barry Coldrey World Youth Day In 2008 World Youth Day in Sydney energised young Australian Catholics and in the wake of Pope Benedict XVIs visit the President of the Thomas More Society at Notre Dame University Pat Langrell and his executive initiated Theology-on-Tap at P. 165 - Dec 2010 - Catholic origins: Psychology and Christianity: need they be at odds?, Wanda Skowronska Cardinal Dsir Mercier (1851-1926) was born in Belgium and held doctorates in theology and philosophy also having expertise in chemistry neurology mathematics and physics. 166 - Dec 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Last year 1443 men were in college seminaries in the US and 3483 in pretheology or theology according to Georgetown Universitys Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. 167 - Nov 2010 - Ukrainian Catholics: Ukraine's University of the Catacombs, Andrew Kania Sheptytskyi himself was a man of great education having earned three doctorates in philosophy theology and law and being also fluent in a dozen European languages as well as Hebrew. 168 - Nov 2010 - Saints: Blessed John Henry Newman: why he is worthy of canonisation, Frank Mobbs He gradually became one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement which successfully promoted the adoption of both parts of Catholic theology and also Catholic practices amongst Anglicans. 169 - Nov 2010 - Vocations: Priestly and religious vocations upsurge in the US, Tim Drake Explosion Meanwhile the Sacred Heart School of Theology - a seminary for men over the age of 30 - in Franklin Wisconsin has accepted their largest enrolment class in 20 years. 170 - Nov 2010 - Homosexuality: Courage and EnCourage Chicago Conference: holiness the key, Marie Mason Melbourne experience The speakers covered the psychological and theological perspectives about how SSA develops and from the theology of the body about the single life. 171 - Oct 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 95 ISBN 978-0-85244-729-1 The Boundless God Adrienne von Speyr A 20th century Swiss convert Adrienne von Speyr has written around 70 books on spirituality and theology under the influence of Hans Urs von Balthasar. 172 - Oct 2010 - Books: THE PATH TO ROME: Modern Journeys to the Catholic Church, Bishop David Robarts He goes on to assert that Anglo-Catholics and Evangelicals on this basis readily tolerate one another and that for Anglicans there is no objective theology. 173 - Oct 2010 - Letters: Little Angels, Fr M. Shadbolt When working there in the seventies I had the impression that the poor loved their traditional Catholic Faith and were suspicious of liberation theology priests who hardly ever spoke of God. 174 - Oct 2010 - Good priests: the Church's essential foot soldiers, Cardinal George Pell One of the consequences of seven years of seminary formation is that the graduating priests always believe they are much better informed about the nature of the Church about theology and what has to be done than the seminary staff. 175 - Oct 2010 - New Missal: Why we need the new translation of the Mass, Bishop Peter J. Elliott Since then Pope John Pauls theology of the body has deepened our understanding of the unity of the person in body and soul. 176 - Oct 2010 - Youth: Young adult Catholic ministry: hopeful signs continue, Br Barry Coldrey Then in 2008 Theology-in-the-Pub was established for young adult Catholics and was immediately successful in Sydney and Melbourne. 177 - Sep 2010 - Formation: MacKillop College: Wagga's educational showcase, Joanne Andrews Students in both of these streams will attend regular classes in the school and sit for exams in Catholic Moral and Dogmatic Theology Philosophy and Church History. 178 - Sep 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Benedict XVI: role of theologians The people of God precede theology thanks to the Holy Spirits gift that brings them to embrace the faith and which can leave theologians struggling to explain what the faithful already know. 179 - Aug 2010 - Books: DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CATHOLIC HISTORY: From the Catacombs to the Reformation, Terri Kelleher Then into the bustle of the high Middle Ages the 12th century came developments in literature art education history philosophy theology and architecture as well as large-scale building projects including castles and cathedrals. 180 - Aug 2010 - Books: JESUS CHRIST, YESTERDAY, TODAY, FOREVER, by Fr Anthony Percy, Micheal Daniel Mark was the constant companion of St Peter on his missionary journey and Marks Gospel reflects Peters straight-from-the-shoulder style and theology Peters occupation as a fisherman being not conducive to abstruse theological meanderings; nor indeed is Father Percys youthful personality. 181 - Aug 2010 - Foundations of Faith: The Sacrament of Penance: whatever happened to confession?, Br Barry Coldrey Where these young adults meet for example at conferences of the Australian Catholic Students Association at SIX30 Holy Hours at Theology-in-the-Pub (under whatever name) and in a variety of similar groups which connect with some religious orders the Sacrament of Penance is available and many go to confession. 182 - Jul 2010 - New apologetics for the new evangelisation I hope I can take for granted that it will have its scientific basis in a renewed fundamental theology where faith and reason credibility and truth are explored as necessary foundations of the Catholic Christian faith. 183 - Jul 2010 - Two views: Vatican II, infallibility and the Church today, James Bogle and John Young Every science including Sacred Theology has its own terminology and if we are not careful with the terms we are liable to misunderstand. 184 - Jul 2010 - Trends: The Church in 50 years: John Allen's predictions, Frank Mobbs It is orthodox in theology loyal to the Holy See and insists that Jesus is divine not a mere social reformer and the Catholic Church is the one true Church to which all should belong so it promotes apologetics and the conversion of outsiders. 185 - Jul 2010 - Archbishop Chaput defends the Pope and the Vatican over abuse lawsuits They go to the heart of how the Catholic community understands and organises herself and more importantly how the Church actually conducts herself guided by her own theology and canon law. 186 - Jun 2010 - Pysanky: Paschal traditions: symbolism in popular Ukrainian Christianity, Andrew Kania Yet pysanky are a powerful sign and symbol pointing toward a rich tapestry of Eastern theology and mystery; and the skill of writing a pysanky is inextricably linked with Christian life in Ukraine. 187 - Jun 2010 - American survey of young Catholics confirms Benedict's agenda, Carl Anderson This is the reason that the work on the marriage document being prepared by the Pontifical Council on the Family - which can now benefit from the theology and pastoral approach of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI - is so important. 188 - Jun 2010 - News: The Church Around the World The Statistical Yearbook of the Church also includes information on the number of students of philosophy and theology in diocesan and religious seminaries. 189 - Jun 2010 - Missal: New Mass translation: Archbishop Hart interview, Archbishop Denis Hart In 2001 also an instruction Liturgiam Authenticam was issued giving the principles for accurate translation so that the concepts contained in the prayers eucharistic prayers blessings prefaces might be accurately expressed in a manner which was consistent with the theology of the Church. 190 - May 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Dr Leiva-Merikakis is a Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of San Francisco. 191 - May 2010 - Books: BE TO ME A FATHER AND A PRIEST, by Fr Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Michael Daniel During his seminary formation which commenced in 1968 a month after the promulgation of Humanae Vitae the eclectic to bizarre ideas regarding the priesthood gained currency and students such as himself who adhered to the Churchs theology of the priesthood and received understanding of the role of the priest were increasingly marginalised. 192 - Apr 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Dr Leiva-Merikakis is a Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of San Francisco. 193 - Apr 2010 - Books: FROM HERMES TO BENEDICT XVI: Faith and Reason in Modern Catholic Thought, Tracey Rowland He is arguably the most prolific writer of orthodox Catholic theology in the UK and someone who is as much at home in the world of Continental thought as he is with Anglo-American scholarship. 194 - Apr 2010 - Irish child abuse scandal and cover-ups: bishops meet with Pope, Michael Gilchrist He stressed the need for a deeper theological reflection on the whole issue in particular remarking that Vatican IIs Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes had been totally misrepresented in some of the moral teaching and attitudes that came into theology. 195 - Mar 2010 - Reflection: Mary in medieval art: an expression of the Church's faith, Bishop Arthur Serratelli It was a tender representation of Mary and the Child but with a distinct emphasis on theology. 196 - Mar 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Dr Leiva-Merikakis is a Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of San Francisco. 197 - Mar 2010 - Books: THE GOD WHO LOVES YOU, by Peter Kreeft, Br Barry Coldrey In this book Peter Kreeft explores the love of God from a variety of angles: The History of Gods Love Scripture as Love Story and Gods Love in Political Theology: Why Gods Love is neither Right nor Left! 198 - Mar 2010 - Conversion: Paul Fitzgerald: my spiritual journey, Paul Fitzgerald By taking arguments from history theology philosophy and science without bringing in religion but by employing the atheists own method of arguing DSouza clearly demonstrates the truth of Gods existence and that He was the creator of the world and life on it. 199 - Mar 2010 - Foundations of Faith: What the Second Vatican Council really said, John Young A little further on the Decree says that students for the priesthood should study theology under the guidance of St Thomas (n. 200 - Mar 2010 - Courage: A Catholic psychologist exposes 'gay' myths, Marie Mason In conjunction with the Theology in the Pub crew led by Penny Badwal (Marriage Family and Life Office Melbourne) Marie and Alan Mason and the members of Courage and EnCourage Melbourne hosted a public talk late last year by US Catholic psychologist Dr Timothy Lock at the Cardinal Knox Centre and Campion House Kew. 201 - Feb 2010 - News: The Church Around the World Canadian News Benedict XVI: liberation theology warning In a meeting with a group of Brazilian bishops on 5 December Benedict XVI warned of the dangers of Marxist liberation theology and noted its grave consequences for ecclesial communities. 202 - Dec 2009 - Books: IMAGES OF HOPE, EUROPE TODAY AND TOMORROW, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Br Barry Coldrey Joseph had proved an increasingly brilliant student and was awarded his Doctorate in Theology from the University of Munich in 1953. 203 - Dec 2009 - How to get Vatican II back on track: a bishop's prescription, Bishop R. Walker Nickless (Sioux City, Iowa) On the one hand there is an interpretation that I would call a hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture which has frequently availed itself of the sympathies of the mass media and also one trend of modern theology. 204 - Nov 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books 95 ISBN 0-89870-843-5 Theology of the Church Cardinal Charles Journet First published before the Second Vatican Council this book remains an authoritative presentation of Catholic ecclesiology. 205 - Nov 2009 - Books: CHRISTIANITY AND THE CRISIS OF CULTURES, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Br Barry Coldrey It presumes a reasonable knowledge of philosophy theology and the public debate in the West on religious and moral issues. 206 - Nov 2009 - Books: THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD: Essays Catholic and Contemporary, by John Haldane, Tracey Rowland Haldane has also lectured at the prestigious Thomistic Institute at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and edited the Journal of Medieval Philosophy and Theology as well as acting as the editor of the six-volume Modern Writings on Thomism. 207 - Nov 2009 - Foundations of Faith: 'O happy fault': the Christian doctrine of original sin, Noel Roberts Matthew Fox (1940-) a Dominican priest was forbidden to teach theology by Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) in 1988 because of his denial of original sin. 208 - Nov 2009 - The work of Courage and EnCourage supported by Melbourne priests, Marie Mason It is a movement which is supportive and faithful to the teaching of Christ and his Church regarding sexual activity outside of marriage whilst at the same time employing the insights of experience and spiritual theology to support homosexual people in their human need for friendship and understanding . 209 - Nov 2009 - News: The Church Around the World Fr Spitzer is the past president of Gonzaga University and a well- known philosopher and physicist who is involved in bringing science and theology together. 210 - Nov 2009 - Climate change alarmism: a new 'religion' for Christians?, John Morrissey It also displayed how the language of theology can be misappropriated to serve the ends of a new green religion. 211 - Oct 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books 95 ISBN 0-89870-843-5 Theology of the Church Cardinal Charles Journet First published before the Second Vatican Council this book remains an authoritative presentation of Catholic ecclesiology. 212 - Oct 2009 - Books: THE CASE FOR CHRISTIANITY: St Justin Martyr on Religious Liberty, Robert Haddad, Br Michael McMurray CCS Robert Haddad is well credentialled to handle this subject with qualifications in law theology and religious education and is author of the Christ the Teacher and Lord of History series. 213 - Oct 2009 - Youth: RISE: restoring integrity and sexual ethics to Australia's secular culture, Br Barry Coldrey Pat was a dynamic Catholic leader studying Theology and Philosophy at Notre Dame University (Sydney) and President of its Thomas More Society. 214 - Oct 2009 - Community Life: 'Progressive' leadership and the demise of religious life, Br Paul Macrossan Excessive pushing of eco-theology (tree hugging) Celtic spirituality (much of it pre-Christian) assorted relaxation techniques spiritual dancing and the rest do not seem in general to have made their devotees any more contented with their lot as children of God. 215 - Oct 2009 - Priestly Identity: Renewing the priesthood in the Year for Priests, Fr Anthony Denton There is ample evidence of a systematic and deliberate move to change the Churchs theology of priesthood. 216 - Sep 2009 - Reflection: The centrality of the tabernacle, Bishop John M. D'Arcy Therefore parishes and all communities of the faithful are encouraged to study the tabernacle and its theology as well as the totality of sacred art and architecture regardless of whether any physical modifications are imminent within their places of sacred worship. 217 - Sep 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books 95 ISBN 0-89870-843-5 Theology of the Church Cardinal Charles Journet First published before the Second Vatican Council this book remains an authoritative presentation of Catholic ecclesiology. 218 - Sep 2009 - Books: DEIFICATION AND GRACE, by Daniel Keating, Br Barry Coldrey The author Daniel Keating is Professor of Theology at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit. 219 - Sep 2009 - Liturgical Books: The case for a new Missal translation, Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli Wisely therefore the Church does not leave the words used in the liturgy to the theology or pastoral sensitivity of any individual celebrant. 220 - Aug 2009 - Books: This month's selection from AD Books 00 Theology of the Church Cardinal Charles Journet First published before the Second Vatican Council this book remains an authoritative presentation of Catholic ecclesiology. 221 - Aug 2009 - Books: ... AND YOU ARE CHRIST'S':The Charism of Virginity and the Celibate Life, Dubay, Br Barry Coldrey Available from Freedom Publishing) Father Thomas Dubay is an American Marist priest whose ministry has focused primarily on teaching Philosophy and Theology to students in seminaries and universities throughout the United States. 222 - Aug 2009 - Books: BECAUSE GOD IS REAL: Sixteen Questions, One Answer, by Peter Kreeft, Br Barry Coldrey In this book Kreeft has distilled decades of wisdom about Thomistic theology and Catholic apologetics into a wonderful explanation of the Faith for young readers. 223 - Aug 2009 - God's Messengers: Angels: what Scripture and Tradition reveal, Susan McKinley In Miltons Paradise Lost this theology is ignored and the angel Raphael enjoys a hearty lunch when he comes to visit Adam and Eve in Eden. 224 - Aug 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone): a recipe for doctrinal chaos, Dr Frank Mobbs In a previous series of articles I summarised the history and theology of six different Christian Churches. 225 - Jul 2009 - Books: Books available from AD Books and Freedom Publishing 95 The Inner Goddess Josephine Robinson This books sub-title is Feminist Theology in the Light of Catholic Teaching so despite the off-putting cover the book is in fact English Catholic writer Josephine Robinsons interesting and readable theological rebuttal of feminist ideas indicating where they contradict Christianity. 226 - Jul 2009 - Books: The Catholic Church and the Bible, by Peter Stravinskas, Br Barry Coldrey In his words lunacy gripped the Theology Department in Seton Hall Seminary and many students found themselves using apologetics against their professors to defend the Catholic Faith! 227 - Jul 2009 - Books: GOD'S WORD: Scripture, Tradition, Office, by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Br Barry Coldrey The theme of joy pervades his theology: that the Christian faith the Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a terrible imposition but truly glad tidings for mankind the key to true and lasting joy and a hope that lives in the middle of lifes anxieties difficulties and struggles. 228 - Jun 2009 - Letters: Prayers after Mass, Ken Bayliss The Vatican approval of a part correction of the English translation of the Novus Ordo after 40 years of error in translation and theology of the liturgy wont shore up the 95 per cent exodus of young adults. 229 - May 2009 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: The Crusades: the truth behind the myths, Frank Mobbs Dr Frank Mobbs is a former lecturer in philosophy and theology at various universities and seminaries and is the author of several books and numerous articles on religious themes. 230 - May 2009 - US Catholics leaving the Church in droves: what can be done?, Fr Joseph A. Sirba Bishops and donors must apply pressure to our Catholic colleges and universities to reform their theology and philosophy departments. 231 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Love and truth, Frank Mobbs In two further articles I summarised the history distinctive theology and organisation of six Protestant groupings of Churches. 232 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Dissent, Peter D. Howard The Catholic Leader (8 February 2009) informs us that the ACU is now the primary higher education body for teaching theology for the Catholic Church in Queensland and that the new rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary Monsignor Tony Randazzo also hailed the change for allowing cross-pollination of ideas between the seminarians and the broader public . 233 - Apr 2009 - US Catholic universities: how not to observe Lent Students who are required to take two courses in Theology are rarely if ever introduced to something like Pope John Paul IIs Theology of the Body. 234 - Mar 2009 - Reflection: Benedict XVI: why kneeling is central to Christian worship, Benedict XVI For me the most important passage for the theology of kneeling will always be the great hymn of Christ in Philippians 2:6-11. 235 - Mar 2009 - Obituary: Fr Richard Neuhaus (1936-2009): bringing the Gospel to public life, Fr Raymond J. De Souza Read by religious leaders both Catholic Protestant and Jewish influential figures in theology law and politics and bright students in universities all over First Things made widely available the thought of its editor in chief but also a whole cadre of established Catholic thinkers: Avery Dulles George Weigel Mary Ann Glendon Russell Hittinger as well as new voices such as the current editor Jody Bottum. 236 - Mar 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Protestant Churches: origins and beliefs (2), Frank Mobbs Dr Mobbs is a former lecturer in philosophy and theology at various universities and seminaries and the author of several books and numerous articles. 237 - Mar 2009 - American seminaries mostly 'healthy', but many problems remain The report criticises wide- spread weaknesses in the study of Mariology patristics and Latin and deplores the fact that even in the best seminaries some faculty members dissent from Catholic teaching on moral theology and the ordination of women. 238 - Mar 2009 - News: The Church Around the World The Congregation said that Father Haight a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America should be barred from teaching Catholic theology. 239 - Feb 2009 - Foundations of Faith: Protestant Reformation: origins and beliefs, Frank Mobbs His theses dealt with minor matters but in debate with Catholic theologians he was forced to make known the fundamentals of his theology which he had developed in lecturing on the letters of St Paul: (1) salvation by faith alone (sola fide) and (2) Scripture alone (sola scriptura). 240 - Feb 2009 - Vibrant retreat: Young adult ministry builds on WYD: iWitness Conference in Sydney, Br Barry Coldrey After lunch Father Tony Percy the new Director of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Homebush addressed sexual morality taking Pope John Paul IIs Theology of the Body as his guide. 241 - Dec 2008 - 'Catholic literature': what does this mean?, David Birch Tolkien a devout Catholic all his life we may not be reading explicit Catholic dogma and theology but when read through a Catholic lens a work like The Lord of the Rings becomes as Tolkien himself said in 1953 in a letter to Fr Robert Murray SJ a fundamentally religious and Catholic work. 242 - Dec 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: Which Church did Jesus establish with his authority?, Frank Mobbs Dr Frank Mobbs is a former seminary and university lecturer in philosophy and theology with many publications to his name. 243 - Dec 2008 - The decline of British Catholicism: the future?, John Haldane Catholic moral theology was once celebrated for its argumentative rigour which was then communicated to homiletic and pastoral contexts by a clergy trained in its methods. 244 - Dec 2008 - Bishops' Synod on Bible concludes: Pope working on Apostolic Exhortation, AD2000 Report Interpretation At the start of the synod Cardinal Marc Ouellet Archbishop of Quebec relator-general of the synod observed that theology faculties and Biblical scholars (exegetes) do not always conform with the Magisteriums vision of the Bible. 245 - Dec 2008 - Pub life: Young adult Catholic ministry: ingredients for success, Br Barry Coldrey It is usually not a smart idea to mix food alcohol and religion but recently the Australian Catholic Students Association and its state affiliates have initiated successful ventures in Melbourne (Theology-in-the-Pub) Sydney (Theology-on-Tap) and Brisbane (Faith-on-Tap) to hold religious gatherings for young adults in hotel function rooms. 246 - Dec 2008 - News: The Church Around the World Fr Dresser said he found his own rural flock very conservative and admitted that many of them found his theology difficult to accept. 247 - Dec 2008 - Novus Ordo: Vatican approves new Missal translation, Michael Gilchrist This underlines the concern for accuracy (both in language and theology) in the new translation. 248 - Nov 2008 - Foundations of Faith: God's gift of sex: building a civilisation of life and love, Catherine Sheehan Theology of the Body This theme is elaborated on beautifully in Pope John Paul IIs collection of addresses titled The Theology of the Body. 249 - Nov 2008 - Anima Women's Network: giving 'heart' to women of faith, Anna Krohn Anima Conferences have addressed issues such as the relationship of women and children St Theacute;rse and her experience of depression the theology of the body the destructive reality of trafficking and prostitution positive strategies for stress the vital role of women in building a Culture of Life Mary and the Eucharist the healing touch of Christ and women and the question of authentic feminine beauty. 250 - Nov 2008 - History: Cardinal Stafford on Humanae Vitae: how dissenters tore the Church apart, Cardinal Francis Stafford Curran instructor of moral theology of The Catholic University of America flew back to Washington from the West where he had been staying. 251 - Nov 2008 - News: The Church Around the World Other consultants include Fr Mauro Gagliardi an expert in dogmatic theology and professor at the Legionaries of Christs Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum; Opus Dei Spanish priest Juan Joseacute; Silvestre Valor professor at the Pontifical University of Santa Croce in Rome; and Fr Uwe Michael Lang CO an official of the Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and author of the book Turning Towards the Lord which argues the historical basis for Mass celebrated ad orientem (with priest and congregation facing in the same direction during the Liturgy of the Eucharist). 252 - Oct 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books 95 Inside the Bible Fr Kenneth Baker SJ Fr Baker provides a concise introduction to each of the 73 books of the Bible including the time frame and author the theme and theology a summary of contents and some comments on the context in which each book was written. 253 - Oct 2008 - WYDSYD08: Thomas More Centre Youth follow up World Youth Day, Bridget Spinks Whether it be by helping the poor becoming a catechist or attending the local Theology on Tap a new generation of young Catholics is weaving its own social fabric of support with others who believe in the same ideals and way of life. 254 - Oct 2008 - Eugenio Pacelli: The enduring legacy of Pope Pius XII: a 50th anniversary tribute, Fr John Walshe The particular genius of the encyclical is that it affords the Church a true and beautiful theology rather than a rationalistic or purely sociological understanding. 255 - Sep 2008 - WYD08: Theology on Tap: young Catholics' response to relativism, Patrick Langrell Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver spoke to a crowd of over 950 young people at a Theology on Tap session as part of the World Youth Day Youth Festival Events. 256 - Sep 2008 - WYD08: World Youth Day 2008: what the media missed, Deborah Baker One of many highlights for me was attending along with 3000 others the Christopher West presentations on Pope John Paul IIs Theology of the Body. 257 - Aug 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books 95 Ratzingers Faith Tracey Rowland Dr Tracey Rowland provides a concise illuminating overview of the theology of Benedict XVI one of the most intellectual popes in history. 258 - Aug 2008 - Books: MYSTERY OF CREATION by Paul Haffner, Michael Daniel These beliefs about creation are for Haffner not merely curios in the history of religious thought since one of his interests in this book is the interplay between science and theology. 259 - Aug 2008 - Foundations of Faith: How much history do the Scriptures contain?, Frank Mobbs Dr Frank Mobbs is a former seminary and university lecturer in philosophy and theology with many publications to his name. 260 - Jul 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books 00 Ratzingers Faith Tracey Rowland Dr Tracey Rowland provides a concise illuminating overview of the theology of Benedict XVI one of the most intellectual popes in history. 261 - Jul 2008 - Books: TURMOIL AND TRUTH, by Philip Trower, Tim Cannon Here the author examines the infiltration of Catholic theology by subjectivism and a growing emphasis on the primacy of personal religious experience and feelings rather than on objective reality. 262 - Jul 2008 - WORLD YOUTH DAY 2008: Juventutem Australia: young people devoted to the traditional liturgy, Alice Woolven ) Those familiar with the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Mass know the value of Gregorian chant Latin the prayers and ceremonies which articulate a rich theology of the Mass and a deep sense of the sacred and the importance of continuity in the life of the Church. 263 - Jun 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books 90 The Evidential Power of Beauty Thomas Dubay SM Fr Dubay provides an account for the non-specialist reader of the theology of beauty uniting modern science Christian theology and daily experience. 264 - Jun 2008 - Books: RATZINGER'S FAITH: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI, by Tracey Rowland, Michael E. Daniel Ratzingers Faith: an excellent introduction to Benedict XVs thought and writings RATZINGERS FAITH: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI by Tracey Rowland (Oxford University Press hardback 2008 214pp $39. 265 - Jun 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: Reasons for believing in God, Frank Mobbs Theology (study of God) begins with wondering - wondering why there is a universe of physical things why its parts behave regularly why there exists one tiny speck of the universe on which humans can live and flourish and even wonder why there is a universe and why throughout the centuries humans have had the apparent experience of being in touch with and guided by God (religious experience) and many other things. 266 - Jun 2008 - Christianity 'lite' with all the hard parts unmentioned: a spiritual dead-end, Alan Roebuck In a typical Sunday morning worship service at a typical seeker- sensitive church attendees experience the following: Professionally-produced praise music that expresses emotions but contains little theology that is little articulation of sometimes-difficult religious truths. 267 - May 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books 90 The Evidential Power of Beauty Thomas Dubay SM Fr Dubay provides an account for the non-specialist reader of the theology of beauty uniting modern science Christian theology and daily experience. 268 - May 2008 - Magisterium: When is it infallible?, John Young Suppose further that the first group tend to be better theologians while the others may be good administrators but with their theology often leaving a lot to be desired. 269 - May 2008 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: What are the basics of Catholic belief and practice?, Lucy Tucker It is along with theology a way to love the Lord with our whole mind as well our whole heart. 270 - Apr 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books 95 The Evidential Power of Beauty Thomas Dubay SM Fr Dubay provides an account for the non-specialist reader of the theology of beauty uniting modern science Christian theology and daily experience. 271 - Apr 2008 - Books: THE ENEMY WITHIN: Radical Feminism in the Christian Churches, Catherine Sheehan Feminist ideology within the church demands a new women- centred theology which in effect means that the religion ceases to be Christian and inevitably leads to the call for women priests. 272 - Apr 2008 - Adult education: Sydney's Centre for Thomistic Studies, Donald G. Boland Cardinal George Pell has described the Centre for Thomistic Studies as a superb example of the initiative of laymen and women in promoting the study and understanding of philosophy and theology under the wise guidance of St Thomas Aquinas adding that it made a valuable contribution to the life of the Church in this city and that he was happy to be known as a supporter of the Centre. 273 - Apr 2008 - Church law: Conciliar decrees: what authority do they have?, Frank Mobbs Dr Frank Mobbs is a former university and seminary lecturer in philosophy and theology and the author of books and numerous articles on religious issues. 274 - Apr 2008 - WYDSYD08: World Youth Day Sydney: look for the wider trend, Joanna Bogle Cliches centred on Liberation Theology which had become a staple of Western sloppy thinking as seen in Bidding Prayers at suburban Masses began to seem stale and the collapse of Communism following Pope John Pauls visit to Poland and the emergence of Solidarity was a major part of that. 275 - Mar 2008 - Books: Books available from AD2000 Books 95 The Evidential Power of Beauty Thomas Dubay SM Fr Dubay provides an account for the non-specialist reader of the theology of beauty uniting modern science Christian theology and daily experience. 276 - Mar 2008 - Books: GOD AND CAESAR: Religion, Politics, and Society, by Cardinal George Pell, Catherine Sheehan As Cardinal Pell asserts in Theology and the University the Christian faith is based on a philosophical rationality that needs to be insistently communicated to a world desperately in need of the truth. 277 - Mar 2008 - La Sapienza: Benedict XVI: the papacy and the university, Pope Benedict XVI From the point of view of the academic world this means that there is a danger that philosophy feeling incapable of fulfilling its task might degenerate into positivism a danger that theology and the message it has for reason might be confined to the private sphere of a group more or less big. 278 - Mar 2008 - Crescat amor: What is the nature and purpose of theology?, Fr John O'Neill PP The following is not intended for those theologians whose studies bring them to loving Jesus Christ which is theologys purpose: Per scientiam crescat amor (Through knowledge may love grow). 279 - Mar 2008 - 40 Years On: Vatican II at its mid-life crisis, Br Barry Coldrey Contraception Thus in 1968 Pope Paul VI against the advice of a majority of a theological commission rejected any relaxation of the Churchs ban on artificial contraception unleashing a storm not fully calmed today while in 1983 John Paul II denounced a strand in Liberation Theology as practised mainly in Latin America. 280 - Mar 2008 - News: The Church Around the World Benedict called the Society of Jesus to a renewed ascetic and apostolic impulse and in more specific terms suggested that it could prove extremely useful that the general congregation reaffirm in the spirit of St Ignatius its own total adhesion to Catholic doctrine in particular on those neuralgic points which today are strongly attacked by secular culture as for example the relationship between Christ and religions; some aspects of the theology of liberation; and various points of sexual morality especially as regards the indissolubility of marriage and the pastoral care of homosexual persons. 281 - Feb 2008 - Books: NO PLACE FOR GOD: The Denial of the Transcendent in Modern Church Architecture, Tony Evans they reflect the theology of the times. 282 - Feb 2008 - Grace under fire: ordinations, and first Holy Communion in Iraq, Babette Francis Also present were Msgr Mikha Maqdassi Bishop of Al Qosh and Msgr Sako himself who as lecturer at the local faculty of theology wanted to express his support for the seminarians. 283 - Dec 2007 - Books: Books available from AD Books 95 Mere Catholicism Ian Ker A leading authority on John Henry Newman Fr Ian Ker teaches theology at Oxford University. 284 - Dec 2007 - Books: THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD AND WOMEN by Sara Butler MSBT, Paul Woodbury Dr Butler here discusses John Paul IIs theology of the body which she says contributed to her re- thinking the issue of womens ordination. 285 - Dec 2007 - Architecture: Did Vatican II recommend the removal of altar rails?, M. Cassey Rev Michael Carey in A Theology of the Sanctuary explains that the active participation of the laity lies in the relationship between the sacrificial action of the laity and the self-sacrifice of Christ. 286 - Dec 2007 - Church History: Interesting aspects of ecumenical councils, Frank Mobbs At Constance there were 132 abbots 155 priors plus hundreds of doctors of theology and of law - plus others. 287 - Dec 2007 - News: The Church Around the World The university had invited Father Charles Curran a professor of theology and ethics at Southern Methodist University to lecture on Blessed Pope John XXIII. 288 - Nov 2007 - Books: Books available from AD Books 95 Mere Catholicism Ian Ker A leading authority on John Henry Newman Fr Ian Ker teaches theology at Oxford University. 289 - Nov 2007 - Liturgical Abuse: Trinitarian language lost in Brisbane Scriptures, Michael Apthorp Theology For example in Acts 1:1-4 the official Lectionary uses he/him/his for Jesus nine times but our revisers delete it in eight of these nine places by unidiomatically repeating the name Jesus or changing his to the or rearranging the grammar. 290 - Oct 2007 - Books: Books available from AD Books The introduction to each book includes the time frame and author theme a summary of contents and comments on the context in which it was written and its theology. 291 - Oct 2007 - Books: JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: In His Time, Tim Cannon Many of Newmans published works are celebrated as classics of Christian theology and spirituality and his conversion from the Church of England to the Church of Rome stands out in modern times as an archetype of the conversion of the intelligent man beginning with the conversion of the heart which in turn begets a conversion of the intellect leading ultimately to a conversion of the will. 292 - Oct 2007 - Truth: And the Light shines in the darkness: the meaning of true ecumenism, Andrew Kania A Ukrainian Catholic he received his doctorate in theology from the University of Uppsala. 293 - Oct 2007 - Sacred space: Sydney seminar promotes improved church architecture and art, John O'Brien The seminar was presented by the Liturgy Office of the Archdiocese of Sydney in conjunction with the Architects Association with the aim of promoting the rich tradition of Catholic ecclesiastical architecture and art through its relationship with theology and liturgy. 294 - Oct 2007 - News: The Church Around the World One of the Centers researchers Michael Lawler also co-wrote an article in the academic Heythrop Journal with the chairman of the schools theology department suggesting that some homosexual sex is actually permissible according to Catholic teaching. 295 - Oct 2007 - Catholic Life: Sydney's Pastoral Plan ready for implementation in 2008, Michael Gilchrist Its theology and religion curriculum courses will need close monitoring in light of deficiencies identified in recent years. 296 - Sep 2007 - Books: THE BEAUTY OF THY HOUSE, by Mark Alessio, Tim Cannon The benefit to the reader is that with this approach some of the more familiar aspects of Catholic theology are given a fresh perspective. 297 - Aug 2007 - Books: The World's First Love, by Fulton J. Sheen, Michael Daniel Sheen brings out his extensive knowledge of theology Scripture and philosophy throughout his reflection in such a way as to make complex ideas that theologians and thinkers have struggled with for centuries accessible to the average reader. 298 - Aug 2007 - Books: Jesus of Nazareth: Baptism to Transfiguration, by Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, Tim Cannon This is an exceedingly worthy end in its own right and particularly in this instance considering the calibre of our guide who commands a formidable academic reputation for his expertise in the theology and philosophy. 299 - Aug 2007 - Letters: Study leave, Eamonn Keane The teacher of the course will be Dr John McDargh who is a Professor of Theology at Boston College. 300 - Aug 2007 - Obituary: Death of distinguished Australian philosopher John Ziegler, John Young The Academy under Dr Woodbury who was a genius in philosophy and theology provided thorough courses based on the teaching of St Thomas Aquinas. 301 - Aug 2007 - World Congress of Families: grass roots ecumenism at work, Babette Francis He was a distinguished moral theologian specialising in the theology of marriage and family. 302 - Jul 2007 - Books: A Catholic Replies to Professor Dawkins, by Thomas Crean OP, Tim Cannon Demonstrating a mastery of traditional Catholic theology Crean tackles Dawkins head-on producing a measured and systematic analysis of his subjects thesis which is at once sophisticated eminently accessible and overall thoroughly convincing. 303 - Jul 2007 - Events: Canberra 6-8 July - Australian Catholic Students' Association 2007 Conference, Patrick Giam They will cover topics such as evangelisation and the media theology of the body liberal education liturgy and the culture of life and death. 304 - Jul 2007 - Interview: He could no longer explain why he wasn't Catholic, Tim Drake and Francis Beckwith For instance because Protestant evangelicals accept much of the Great Tradition that Catholics take for granted - such as the Catholic creeds and the inspiration of Scripture - but without recourse to the Churchs authority they have produced important and significant works in systematic theology and philosophical theology. 305 - Jul 2007 - Pastoral Plan: Cardinal Pell's blueprint for the future in the Sydney Archdiocese, Michael Gilchrist The Herald cited an obscure Australian Catholic University theology lecturer who dismissed the Plan as seriously flawed said it had shades of Opus Dei and called for a serious rewrite. 306 - Jun 2007 - Obituary: Bill Daly RIP: fearless defender of Catholic orthodoxy in Australia, Fr James Tierney We reported on defective catechetics the corrosive sex education introduced into Catholic schools in 1975 the demythyologising of the Resurrection at the seminary and the fallacious philosophy and theology courses being taught at the Teachers College at North Sydney (now a part of Australian Catholic University). 307 - Jun 2007 - The Caroline Chisholm Library: Melbourne's hidden treasure, John Young Works of history philosophy theology and literature from ancient times to the present allow us to engage with the best thought of the ages and to make it our own. 308 - Jun 2007 - New Zealand Catholic college's intellectually challenging RE program, Bernard Moran Curriculum The full curriculum covers Years 7 to 13 and includes an Introduction to Catholic Christianity Study of Scripture History of Christianity Introduction to Philosophy and Theology Ethics Spirituality and World Religions Philosophy and Theology. 309 - May 2007 - Books: Liturgy, Life of the Church; The Modern Rite; Pope and Council on Sacred Liturgy, Michael Daniel These three texts are a timely reminder of what the liturgy should be both in terms of the theology of the liturgy which should in turn set the dynamics for how it should be celebrated. 310 - May 2007 - Books: The Catholic Church and the Counter-Faith, by Philip Trower, John Morrissey Available from Freedom Publishing) To get at the roots in his latest books sub-title English author Philip Trower cuts a swathe through more than two hundred years of the philosophy theology and psychology which have emanated from the Enlightenment. 311 - May 2007 - The importance of 'holy things' for one's Christian faith, Andrew Kania Byzantine theology affirms the integration of the spiritual with the material by incorporating into the liturgical calendar such days as the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with its blessing of the flowers that the faithful later take to their homes and the Feast of the Transfiguration with the blessing of the fruit. 312 - May 2007 - News: The Church Around the World Amidst such situations the Pope promotes dialogue with the exponents of human thought in science philosophy and theology in order to discover that they are all expressions of authentic reason open to the transcendent and that they all have the task of understanding that there is one reality and that mankind is one. 313 - Apr 2007 - Belief: Christian-Muslim dialogue: major stumbling blocks, Fr Richard Umbers As for the crucifixion the Death of God theology and its theologians of the existentially authentic Jesus have themselves all long since died. 314 - Apr 2007 - St Faustina: The Divine Mercy apostolate: a spirituality to transform the world, Eva Kimnes Eva Kimnes is convenor and coordinator of AUIP and has completed a Graduate Diploma in Theology with Catholic Theological College. 315 - Apr 2007 - History: How much do Catholics know about ecumenical councils?, Frank Mobbs One had studied theology and she could name nine. 316 - Apr 2007 - Book Launch: B.A. Santamaria and Australian Catholicism: Cardinal Pell's tribute, Cardinal George Pell In 1990 he replied in a devastating riposte to Father Brian Fleming SJ then personal assistant to Archbishop Little who had accused him of politicising theology. 317 - Mar 2007 - Leadership: The scandal of Australia's anti-life Catholic politicians, Marcel White After giving a dissertation on Thomas Aquinas and moral theology Warren Snowdon declared I feel comfortable in my position as a Catholic in being able to support this legislation. 318 - Mar 2007 - Formation: Continuing growth of Sydney's Catholic Adult Education Centre, AD2000 Report The 2007 Course Handbook lists 43 different subjects including Introduction to Christology Introduction to Theology Liturgy and Life Marian Spirituality Getting More from the Mass The Human Person and The Genius of Woman. 319 - Feb 2007 - Letters: Obedience, Matthew Buckley That is true for everyone including those with a degree in theology. 320 - Feb 2007 - Letters: Truth and love, Chris Hilder In response to Alan Barrons previous letters (October and Dec- ember-January AD2000) I came across the following view from Fr Michael Himes in his book Doing the Truth in Love which is worth quoting: The separation of theology and agapic (i. 321 - Feb 2007 - Priesthood: Orthodox priests in a divided Church, Fr John Trigilio They were it complained older less educated less thoroughly schooled in theology and less likely to see its relevance to ministry. 322 - Dec 2006 - Books: New Titles from AD Books 95 Theology of the Body Explained Christopher West Love sexuality and human flourishing are inseparable. 323 - Dec 2006 - Books: SACRED PLACES, PILGRIM WAYS: Catholic Pilgrimages in France and Belgium, Michael Gilchrist The author provides a broad overview of Church history along with a presentation in laymans language of the theology and status of Christian pilgrimages over two millennia. 324 - Dec 2006 - A 'best practice' guide to priestly vocations It is crucial to form mature and balanced personalities men capable of establishing sound human and pastoral relationships knowledgeable in theology solid in the spiritual life and in love with the Church. 325 - Dec 2006 - Benedict XVI challenges 'de-Christianisation' of society, Michael Gilchrist Here he said for the future of the Church in Switzerland it is important to oversee the organisation and orientation of seminaries and of the various faculties and schools of theology . 326 - Nov 2006 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au 00 Arms of Love Carmen Marcoux Arms of Love presents the truth about Christian intimacy based on John Paul IIs Theology of the Body. 327 - Nov 2006 - Letters: Narrow, Norm Yodgee Good exegesis in the study of sacred Scripture is accepted by Catholic theology; Church doctrine is no less in need of sound critical analysis in order to avoid the narrowness I find in Mr Youngs views. 328 - Nov 2006 - Letters: Translation hang-up, Fran Swindale You may have given me a topic for my Masters in Theology. 329 - Nov 2006 - Brisbane Archdiocese: inclusive language in the liturgy continues, Michael Apthorp Damaged theology But what is happening on Sundays? 330 - Nov 2006 - News: The Church Around the World rsquo; The proper approach to theology is one of lsquo;harsh discipline in obedience to the truth. 331 - Oct 2006 - Reflection: Philosophy and theology: avoiding the pitfall of human pride, Fr John O'Neill The fields of philosophy and theology try to cover everything. 332 - Oct 2006 - Letters: Counter Reformation, Alan Barron Rather God wants all believers to live in harmony peace and goodwill working together to extend the love of Christ in the world eschewing endless debates on theology; and if possible even loving one another as He Christ has loved us. 333 - Oct 2006 - Modernism's 'second wave' continues to impact on the Church, Fr Martin Durham First wave The first wave of modernism battered the Church towards the end of the 19th century with a radically new theology of revelation. 334 - Oct 2006 - University: Campion College: a pioneer in Australian higher education, Stephen McInerny In providing a three year program in the liberal arts which includes core units in history literature philosophy and theology the Colleges curriculum draws on the great tradition of the liberal arts as handed down from antiquity and perfected in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. 335 - Oct 2006 - Spanish bishops attack false theologies, AD2000 Report In a pastoral instruction Theology and Secularisation in Spain dated 30 March 2006 Spains bishops have cited dissenting theologies as a root cause of the countrys crisis of faith. 336 - Sep 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing 95 Hell And Other Destinations Piers Paul Read This book brings together the pick of English novelist biographer and historian Piers Paul Reads writings on such varied religious topics as The Da Vinci Code feminism Hell Islam Liberation Theology and Benedict XVI. 337 - Sep 2006 - Books: Advancing the Culture of Death, by Peter Hung Manh Tran, Peter Westmore thesis in bioethics from the Alphonsian Academy a graduate university of moral theology in Rome conducted by the Redemptorists. 338 - Sep 2006 - Clergy: ACCC Annual Conference focuses on theology of Benedict XVI, AD2000 Report A number of papers were given on the theology of Pope Benedict XVI. 339 - Sep 2006 - History: The Counter Reformation and the Jesuits, John Morrissey At the common level much of the progress of the Reformation on both sides depended on symbolism rather than theology. 340 - Sep 2006 - USA: Liberal Christianity goes into meltdown, Charlotte Allen Conservative theology Still it must be galling to Episcopal liberals that many of the parishes and dioceses (including that of San Joaquin California) that want to pull out of the Episcopal Church USA are growing instead of shrinking have live people in the pews who pay for the upkeep of their churches and dont have to rely on dead rich people. 341 - Aug 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing Theology of the Body for Beginners Christopher West In his latest book Christopher West provides a short accessible summary of John Paul IIs revolutionary teaching exploring the links between sex and the deepest questions of human existence. 342 - Aug 2006 - Letters: What Is The Eucharist?, Rosanna Sherman However it was a paper given to us on the Eucharist used in an adult education program in 1997 that really spelt out the new theology for us. 343 - Aug 2006 - Scripture and Tradition: sources of divine revelation, Fr G.H. Duggan SM It is a commonplace of Catholic theology that there are two sources (fontes) of divine revelation from which we receive the truths which we have to believe and the moral laws which we have to obey if our conduct is to be pleasing to God. 344 - Aug 2006 - What makes a Catholic university 'Catholic', Father John Coughlin Sixth in line with Canon 812 theology teachers in a Catholic university must have a mandate from the local ordinary. 345 - Aug 2006 - Does Wollongong's Catholic Education Office endorse dissent?, AD2000 Report His broad knowledge of theology scripture history and anthropology were said to equip him for this task. 346 - Aug 2006 - Canberra-Goulburn: Archbishop Coleridge: Benedict's first Australian appointment, Anh Nguyen He is the Founding President of the Forum of Australian Catholic Institutes of Theology. 347 - Jul 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from Freedom Publishing Theology of the Body for Beginners Christopher West In his latest book Christopher West provides a short accessible summary of John Paul IIs revolutionary teaching exploring the links between sex and the deepest questions of human existence. 348 - Jul 2006 - Books: Theology of the Body for Beginners, by Christopher West, Jacinta Cummins THEOLOGY OF THE BODY FOR BEGINNERS by Christopher West (Ascension Press 2004 144pp $25. 349 - Jul 2006 - Books: Hell and Other Destinations, by Piers Paul Read, Francis Phillips Most obviously in the chapter on Hell but evident throughout his other pieces Read looks askance at the fallout from Vatican II and holds the whole liberal agenda from rejection of Humanae Vitae to an uncritical enthusiasm for liberation theology up to rigorous scrutiny. 350 - Jul 2006 - Evangelisation: Strong leadership: US bishop Robert Finn shows how, AD2000 Report The diocesan-sponsored masters program administered for eight years by the Aquinas Institute of Theology a Dominican college affiliated with Jesuit-run St Louis University was transferred to the Institute for Pastoral Theology at the orthodox Florida-based Ave Maria University whose chancellor is Fr Joseph Fessio SJ. 351 - Jun 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 00 Introduction to Christianity Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal Ratzinger provides an illuminating detailed explanation of the Apostles Creed as the basic summary of Christian beliefs while drawing upon Scripture and the history of theology. 352 - Jun 2006 - Books: Letters to a Young Catholic, by George Weigel, Michael Daniel Similarly Weigel introduces significant contemporary ideas within Catholic thinking such as John Paul IIs theology of the body. 353 - Jun 2006 - Letters: Pope Benedict and liberation theology, John Schmid We Are Church (May AD2000) is quoted as saying how rigid Ratzinger was for more than 23 years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith banning critical theologians condemning liberation theology . 354 - Jun 2006 - The John Paul II Institute after five years, AD2000 Report One of the most popular subjects offered by the Institute is the Theology of the Body. 355 - Jun 2006 - News: The Church Around the World In Chennai there are now more than 30 students in each year-group in the seminarys theology section double the number in the late 1980s Father Prasad said. 356 - May 2006 - Reflection: Oneness in Christ: the heart of the priesthood, Fr John W. O'Neill PP If this oneness in Christ is not seen as the heart of the priesthood then the seminarians philosophy and theology all his study of Sacred Scripture Liturgy Canon Law languages history all will be a waste of time like following old tracks that disappear into drought-stricken country leading at best only to dry old ruins the worn out faded attempts of human learning to fulfil itself without the life-giving presence of God as teacher and goal. 357 - May 2006 - Books: The Victory Of Reason, by Rodney Stark, Michael Gilchrist Christian theology says Stark is the very font of reason. 358 - May 2006 - Catholicism-lite's Church of convenience, Paul A. Wagner But Ive heard less and less theology and morality from the pulpits and more and more psychology and secular sociology. 359 - May 2006 - Benedict's first twelve months: 'We Are Church' delivers its verdict, Michael Gilchrist There was cause for worry in any case when it was recalled how rigid Ratzinger was for more than 23 years as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith banning critical theologians condemning the liberation theology formulating a rigid sexual doctrine limiting womens influence in the Church as well as the ecumenical relations with Protestant churches. 360 - May 2006 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic News Agency Fr Aidan Nichols Oxford appointment Fr Aidan Nichols OP has been appointed the John Paul II Lecturer in Theology at Oxford University. 361 - May 2006 - Papacy: Benedict completes his first twelve months as Pope, Fr Ephraem Chifley The Jesus of modern theology who was a good-natured if unlucky hippy with not much to say about the details of our lives does not threaten as much as the Son of God Incarnate who spoke with authority died for our sins and rose in the flesh. 362 - Apr 2006 - Books: Stimulating reading from AD Books 00 The Theology of the Church Cardinal Charles Journet This is a welcome reprint of the theological classic by Swiss born Cardinal Journet. 363 - Apr 2006 - Letters: Church of England, Jim Turley The rise of the so-called New Theology in the 1960s referred to by Mullen was essentially I believe an outcome of Nietzsches condemnation of Christian love as the result of mans fear of God. 364 - Apr 2006 - Letters: Religious education, Saskia Ebejer For my part I have recently completed a BA and am now doing a Dip Ed to be followed by - one hopes - some sound theology so that I can teach religion in the way it should be taught in all its fullness. 365 - Apr 2006 - Music and Culture: Benedict XVI, Mozart and the quest for beauty, Mark Freer At the 2005 international seminar in Lugano Switzerland commemorating Hans Urs von Balthasars 100th anniversary he presented a lecture and a Mozart concert accompanied by the leader of the Queensland Orchestra Warwick Adeney; his seminar paper appeared in the Spring 2005 Communio journal entitled The Triune Conversation in Mozart: Towards a Theology of Music. 366 - Apr 2006 - The Domestic Church: The Christian Family Movement: re-evangelising through families, Leslie Sammut During his 18 years of secondary teaching in Australia he gained qualifications in theology and marriage counselling. 367 - Apr 2006 - Creation: Intelligent Design and the war against God, Stephen Hitchings The proponents of ID use only scientific arguments and strive to avoid both confrontation and theology but the response has been to declare it a dangerous unscientific religious movement. 368 - Mar 2006 - Letters: Intelligent Design, Peter Barnes The attribution of such flaws to the operation of secondary causes in nature - natural selection - seems far more consonant with Gods providential and permissive role in Catholic theology than that of a direct Designer as in Intelligent Design. 369 - Mar 2006 - Modernism: 'New Church' not true Church: what modernists believe, Pastor Remotus It is obvious there are two main streams of theology in the Catholic Church today that can be summed up fairly accurately as modernist and orthodox. 370 - Mar 2006 - Liturgy: Eucharistic faith: why the Mass needs re-enchanting, Alvin F. Kimel Jr As author Madeleine LEngle avers Where language is weak theology is weakened. 371 - Mar 2006 - Archbishop Hickey: how to address the crisis of faith, Archbishop Barry Hickey Let us take biblical theology for instance. 372 - Feb 2006 - Books: The Pope Benedict Code, by Joanna Bogle, Michael Gilchrist The Cardinal himself maintained that there was a basic continuity in his theology and Bogle quotes the explanation of a former student of Professor Ratzinger in support of this: Is it too much to suggest that the changes in his thinking might best be interpreted as signs of maturity of further reflection due to changing circumstances and broader experience especially as Prefect of the Congregation? 373 - Feb 2006 - The Church of England: beyond satire?, Rev Peter Mullen First the 1960s saw the popularisation of radical theology largely through the media of paperback books and television documentary programs. 374 - Feb 2006 - New Age paganism's creeping influence within the Church, Wanda Skowronska The reading list linked to this site is even more revealing: in it are works by well-known new-agers such as Fritjof Capra Mathew Fox Joan Chittister and Paul Collins and works such as Rosemary Radford Reuthers new age eco-feminist work Gaia and God: an Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing. 375 - Feb 2006 - Catechesis: Latest research on Catholic school leavers, Michael Gilchrist Students saw their lived exper- iences as being opposed to the Catholic Churchs teaching especially in the area of moral theology. 376 - Dec 2005 - Books: Good News About Sex And Marriage, by Christopher West, Kerrie Allen It has been said that John Paul IIs Theology of the Body is like a time-bomb waiting to go off in the third millennium of the Church. 377 - Dec 2005 - Formation: St John Vianney's blueprint for the priesthood back in favour, Fr John Cihak He was previously Director of Human Formation and Assistant Professor of Theology at Mount Angel Seminary Oregon and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Fundamental Theology at the Gregorian University in Rome. 378 - Dec 2005 - News: The Church Around the World Other criticisms included the late Popes alleged ignorance of Scripture scholarship and his Theology of the Body. 379 - Nov 2005 - Books: More good reading from AD Books 00 Introduction to Christianity Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal Ratzinger provides an illuminating detailed explanation of the Apostles Creed as the basic summary of Christian beliefs while drawing upon Scripture and the history of theology. 380 - Nov 2005 - Letters: New Zealand visitor to Brisbane, Leo Leitch Their theology is pre-Vatican II he cried. 381 - Nov 2005 - Thomas More Centre: Fifty years from Shadowlands: Childhood memories of the world of C. S. Lewis, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Respect for clergy Then my father noted something that humbled him a feature of Lewiss outlook which others have observed his deep respect for the clergy and this coming from a man who could buy and sell most of them in theology and philosophy. 382 - Nov 2005 - Sister Miriam Duggan: the Church's response to AIDS, Anh Nguyen She believes John Paul IIs Theology of the Body forms a basis on which a sound sex education can be built. 383 - Oct 2005 - Books: More good reading from AD Books 95 The Nature and Mission of Theology Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Cardinal Ratzinger responds to the challenges posed by theological dissent and claims of academic freedom by examining the factors which determine the limits of an authentic Catholic theology. 384 - Oct 2005 - News: The Church Around the World The visitation will include schools of theology as well as college- level seminaries houses of formation and academic institutions that form future priests - both secular clergy and members of religious institutes and societies of apostolic life. 385 - Oct 2005 - Benedict XVI speaks out on the crisis of faith in Australia, Michael Gilchrist The Statement then spelled out the Churchs requirements in religious education theology religious life seminaries liturgy sacraments and other key areas and called on Australias bishops to address any deficiencies in these. 386 - Sep 2005 - Books: GOING AGAINST THE STREAM: Ethical Aspects of Ageing and Care, by Peter Jeffery, Kerrie Allen Available from AD Books) Father Peter Jeffrey Professor of Moral Theology at the Missionary Institute London has produced a well researched articulate and persuasive book which provides a sound framework upon which to think about and build a strong ethical medical and societal view of caring for the elderly. 387 - Sep 2005 - Events: C.S. Lewis Seminar - Sat 17 Sept 2005 2pm-9pm Topics covered will range from Lewiss fantasy fiction to his Christian apologetics and will include such subjects as the problem of pain and the theology of the body. 388 - Sep 2005 - Cinema: The Church under Nazism: a sensitive film portrayal in 'The Ninth Day', Michael E. Daniel Gebhardt a former seminarian uses his intimate knowledge of theology in his attempt to persuade Kremer. 389 - Sep 2005 - News: The Chuch Around the World A gospel that was thought to be pure theology is now shown to be grounded in history he added. 390 - Aug 2005 - Books: More Good Reading from AD Books 00 Mystery of Creation Paul Haffner In practically the only recent book in English to give a comprehensive picture of the theology of creation Father Haffner explores Gods masterpiece the spiritual and material cosmos touching on the well-worn areas of interest in Christian faith and experience. 391 - Aug 2005 - Benedict XVI's pontificate: the possibilities, Damian Thompson The latter spent most of his academic career in a Catholic ghetto; Ratzinger numbered many Lutheran and Reformed colleagues among his friends and admits that they shaped his own theology. 392 - Aug 2005 - Feminist translation: Inclusive language and the Trinity: the latest from Brisbane, Michael Apthorp The resulting version was inaccurate unhistorical unidiomatic and wooden and in subtle ways even the theology suffered. 393 - Aug 2005 - Campus Life: Cardinal Pell's program for a Catholic culture at Sydney's universities, Stephen Lawrence A six week course in the Theology of the Body of Pope John Paul II which I teach every year - the next beginning on 7 September - provides the key opportunity to deal with the two questions he poses: Who are we? 394 - Jul 2005 - Books: More Good Reading from AD Books Fr Jeffery is a Professor of Moral Theology at the Mission ary Institute London. 395 - Jul 2005 - Science: God, physics and Stephen Hawking, Fr Matthew Kirby Well for a start it makes a number of incorrect assumptions about how philosophy and theology have seen the relationship between God and the Cosmos. 396 - Jul 2005 - Evangelisation: Why many Catholics join fundamentalist sects, Frank Mobbs The study of theology was to be grounded firmly on the Bible. 397 - Jun 2005 - Books: More Good Reading from AD Books 95 Mystery of Creation Paul Haffner Paul Haffner is an English priest with a background in science philosophy and theology. 398 - Jun 2005 - Books: John Paul the Great, edited by William Oddie, John R. Barich The Church and the world are groaning under a media-driven misunderstanding of sexuality therefore the Popes Theology of the Body as suggested by Christopher West provides the answer to the main crisis of our times. 399 - Jun 2005 - Letters: Revolt manifesto, P. Gartland There is a need to reform the theology and structure of the Church. 400 - Jun 2005 - Benedict XVI and liturgical reform, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB Thus as a young priest and theologian Ratzinger saw in the Liturgy not an abstract sacramental theology but a living network of tradition which had taken concrete form which cannot be torn apart into little pieces but has to be seen and experienced as a living whole. 401 - May 2005 - Books: Sacred and Secular Scriptures / The Catholic Revival in English Literature, David Birch He explores what I have constructed here as a syllogism based on the comments by the Dominican Marie-Dominique Chenu in 1969 (who worked closely with Yves Congar at Vatican II on what eventually became Gaudium et Spes) that literature is a site of theology; the Bible is literature and so recovery of contact with the Bible will bring Catholic theology back into contact with human culture in general from which it had sadly become detached in recent centuries (Boyle p. 402 - May 2005 - Letters: Theology at ACU, Henk Verhoeven Perusing Notes from a theology unit at ACU (March AD2000) I at first assumed this referred to a summary of views espoused by I do it my way Catholics. 403 - May 2005 - St Patrick's Church, Soho Square, a spiritual oasis in London, Tess Livingstone The academic program consists of 12 to 15 hours of weekly lectures on theology and philosophy spirituality human development and related skills such as psychology counselling anger management time management and evangelisation skills. 404 - May 2005 - 'Santo Subito': the impact of John Paul II, Peter Westmore He reaffirmed the Churchs traditional teachings on the indissolubility of marriage and on sex within marriage; he opposed abortion euthanasia and human embryo experimentation reconciled Catholicism with democracy repudiated Marxist-influenced liberation theology and met the intellectual challenge of the Enlightenment by arguing that faith and reason were fully compatible. 405 - May 2005 - Editorial: Challenges facing John Paul II's successor Benedict XVI, Michael Gilchrist Relatively little of this treasure trove of inspired teachings has impacted on the Churchs grassroots - parishes schools universities theology institutes religious orders and bureaucracies. 406 - Apr 2005 - Books: Mass Without a Congregation: A Sign of Unity or Division?, Michael Gilchrist Father Szablewski was ordained in 1965 in Cracow and was awarded a Doctorate in the Theology of Liturgy in 1976. 407 - Apr 2005 - Letters: ACU, Sabina Sannen I was saddened by the article Notes from a theology unit at ACU. 408 - Apr 2005 - Exploding myths about the 'pre-Vatican II' Church, John Young We are told that the laity are better educated in their Faith now due to the opportunities open to them to advance their knowledge and even gain degrees in theology. 409 - Mar 2005 - Obituary: The passing of a holy, many-talented Jesuit - Fr Victor Ian Falconer SJ, Michael O'Callaghan He subsequently obtained degrees in Philosophy and Theology from the Gregorian University. 410 - Mar 2005 - Letters: Orthodox young priest (letter), John David During the past forty years most of the younger priests I have met have been of a trendy persuasion trained to be innovative in the liturgy and a little suspect in their theology. 411 - Mar 2005 - Adult Education: Sydney Centre for Thomistic Studies continues a great teacher's legacy, Audrey English The celebration was sponsored by the Centre of Thomistic Studies (CTS) which was established in 1985 in order to provide unbroken continuity with the philosophy and theology of St Thomas Aquinas as expounded by Dr Woodbury. 412 - Mar 2005 - Church's future lies with orthodoxy, not dissent, Fr Paul Stuart I oppose the theology and reasoning exhibited in Father Hodgens opinions expressed in the January 2005 edition of Online Catholics. 413 - Mar 2005 - Dissent: Notes from a theology unit at Australian Catholic University Overall a student who completed this theology unit at Australian Catholic University would conclude from the lectures and discussions that he was supposed to believe that: The Churchs foundations of truth ought to be avoided in the interest of modern new church beliefs. 414 - Mar 2005 - Moral divisions among the Christian Churches threaten ecumenism, Archbishop Barry Hickey Serious studies have led to a growth in mutual respect and a better understanding of the reasons that lead to differences in theology. 415 - Mar 2005 - News: The Church Around the World According to the Canadian Globe and Mail the groups findings mean that those scholars convinced that the Hebrew Old Testament is at best a compendium of revisionist fragmented history mixed with folklore and theology and at worst a piece of outright propaganda likely will have to apply the brakes to their thinking. 416 - Feb 2005 - Books: Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way, by John Paul II, Richard Egan This is Fides et Ratio the Popes document on faith and reason along with his Theology of the Body packed densely but charmingly into just one paragraph. 417 - Feb 2005 - Religious Life: Faith and Reason: for a true renewal in religious life and the Church, Sr Mary Augustine OP The content says the Church should contain an emphasis on biblical spiritual and pastoral theology the theology of consecrated life and the charism of the Order most of which was notably absent from the more hit and miss pre-Conciliar formation programs. 418 - Dec 2004 - Books: Theology of the Church, by Cardinal Charles Journet, Michael Gilchrist THEOLOGY OF THE CHURCH by Cardinal Charles Journet (Ignatius 2004 505pp Hardcover $59. 419 - Dec 2004 - Letters: Orthodoxy succeeds (letter), Fr Adrian Head It has affiliates in different parts of the world in their own languages In response to some criticisms that Radio Maria is too pietistic Fr Fanzaga points out that listeners have nominated the 30 percent of transmissions dedicated to the Rosary Mass spiritual talks catechesis Bible studies courses in theology the Angelus by the Pope etc as being their most popular programs. 420 - Nov 2004 - Liturgy: Ad-libbing in the Mass: Does it really matter?, John Young This alleged correction is a manifestation of the priests poor theology. 421 - Nov 2004 - News: The Church Around the World The New Age courses are often proving more popular than the traditional ones such as the theology of St Thomas Aquinas being offered at the Dominican-run Priory Institute in Tallaght. 422 - Oct 2004 - Books: More new titles from AD Books 95 Theology of the Church Cardinal Charles Journet First published in 1958 this classic is more relevant than ever. 423 - Oct 2004 - Books: The Two Wings Of Catholic Thought, edited by D.R. Foster, J.W. Koterski SJ, Br Christian Moe FSC Another contributor writes in this regard: The revelation of truths accessible to philosophy means that not only can faith be united with reason in theology but that theologians must be philosophers as well because a portion of what is believed can be understood philosophically (p. 424 - Oct 2004 - Society: US bishops call on Catholic institutions to oppose culture of death, Patrick Reilly Daniel Maguire a former priest and outspoken dissenter on sexual morality and abortion teaches theology and ethics at Marquette University. 425 - Sep 2004 - Reflection: Why the priesthood is absolutely necessary, Fr John O'Neill Let your first love be the divine guest in the tabernacle and relate all your theology to knowing the real Christ more intimately. 426 - Sep 2004 - Letters: NRSV Bible, Mrs M.A. Ross However there are also points from scholars more contentious than the theology of happy instead of blessed. 427 - Sep 2004 - Sydney Catholic Adult Education Centre courses prove popular, Peter Holmes Our local students have already started new courses like Sex Marriage and the Church Sharing Your Faith (without losing your friends) Introduction to Theology and Catholic Social Teaching each with the aim of learning the faith in order to put it into practice in their everyday lives. 428 - Aug 2004 - Bioethics: Embryo stem-cell research: time for a moral benchmark, Christopher Pyne MP I am a Catholic but I think all the churches share a common view of what the theology of the Incarnation has to offer on this crucial question. 429 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Catholic schools (letter), George Simpson Because theology is the study of the infinite God by finite minds it must surely be more a spiritual exercise than a mere academic pursuit. 430 - Jul 2004 - Letters: Ineffective system (letter), John Mulholland It does not matter one iota if teachers have post-graduate qualifications in theology that would swamp those of the local parish priest if they dont have the Catholic faith. 431 - Jun 2004 - Reflection: The Holy Spirit: like a bed for the weary traveller, Fr Leo Duck He has a licentiate in spiritual theology from the Angelicum University Rome. 432 - Jun 2004 - The importance of beauty in the Liturgy, Christopher Pearson Take for example Hans Urs von Balthasar the 20th centurys most notable writer on the theology of beauty. 433 - Jun 2004 - Society: Why Chesterton is needed now more than ever, Dale Ahlquist Conservatives in insisting on correct doctrine and theology have often neglected compassion and social justice which gives a lie to their theology. 434 - Jun 2004 - Theology of the Body: Why the silence on the Church's moral teachings?, Audrey Dillon But we are called upon to be salt and light and perhaps the most effective witness possible is to live the joy and freedom made possible by a full understanding of the Catholic theology of the body. 435 - May 2004 - Books: ANGLICANS AND ORTHODOX: Unity and Subversion (1559-1725), by Judith Pinnington, Tracey Rowland These so-called Caroline Divines rediscovered the Greek Fathers and this discovery had a marked impact on their way of looking at issues in Protestant theology. 436 - May 2004 - Letters: Catholic schools (letter), Elizabeth Alderton Students retreat and experience sic some of the most profound faith experiences of their lives and staffs of almost exclusively lost post-Vatican II teachers carry on the mission and vision of the Church many of them with post graduate qualifications in theology that would swamp those of the local parish priest. 437 - May 2004 - Art: Beauty is very much an attribute of God - Sister Wendy, Sarah Macdonald However when asked if beauty is the defining aspect of her theology she asserts: Jesus is the defining figure in my theology. 438 - Apr 2004 - Books: The Catholic Revival in English Literature 1845-1961, by Ian Ker, Francis Phillips Catholic artists are not trying to preach or write theology; their genius like that of any artist is peculiar to them; but because this most protean beautiful and theologically powerful faith is central to their way of refracting their experience it will necessarily infuse or inspire what they write. 439 - Apr 2004 - Theology: Fr Aidan Nichols to lecture on von Balthasar in Melbourne, Tracey Rowland Although one of the greatest names in 20th century theology von Balthasar is not well known in Australia partly because his works only began to be translated into English in the 1980s. 440 - Mar 2004 - Reflection: Scholarship, truth and Divine Revelation, Fr John O'Neill Theology is the study of all things under the light of Divine Revelation. 441 - Mar 2004 - Books: AD Books - More new titles for 2004 95 Theology at the Eucharistic Table Jeremy Driscoll OSB The present volume brings together articles published between 1994 and 2002 by Fr Jeremy Driscoll an eminent liturgist and theologian. 442 - Mar 2004 - USA: American bishops critical of their RE texts, Zenit News Service In sacramental theology our young people are sometimes being taught that the sacraments were instituted over an extended period of time with the implication that they still can be changed. 443 - Mar 2004 - Ad limina 2004: The 'Statement of Conclusions' five years on, Michael Gilchrist The Statement had asked bishops to be attentive to safeguarding the universitys Catholic identity and to evaluate the doctrinal soundness of the theological formation given either in departments of theology in Catholic universities or in other theological centres called theological faculties in Australia. 444 - Feb 2004 - Books: AD Books - Fresh book titles for the New Year 95 Theology of the Body Explained Christopher West Those who have doubted this will find Wests book a transforming experience and those who have been wounded will find in it liberation healing and peace (Archbishop George Pell). 445 - Feb 2004 - Books: Spiritual Combat Revisited, by Jonathon Robinson, Richard Egan Robinson effectively uses quotations from the classics of mystical theology including St John of the Cross St Teresa of Avila and the Cloud of Unknowing to buttress this point. 446 - Feb 2004 - Interview: Scott Hahn interviewed on Dei Verbum : What Vatican II taught about Scripture, Zenit News Service Dr Hahn is professor of Scripture and Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville and holds the Pio Cardinal Laghi Chair at the Pontifical College Josephinum. 447 - Feb 2004 - Melbourne and Sydney initiatives to educate adults in the Catholic faith, Peter Holmes The course included introductions to Philosophy Scripture the Catechism the Theology of the Body encouragement towards Christian virtue and the prayerful Christ-like leadership much needed within the Church and society today. 448 - Feb 2004 - Modern church design: 'Spank the architect!', Paul Mees I dont claim to be qualified to judge the theology of such justifications but the general tone is vintage architectural modernism-speak. 449 - Dec 2003 - Books: AD Books - A happy and a holy Christmas! Theology of the Body Explained Christopher West Those who have doubted this will find Wests book a transforming experience and those who have been wounded will find in it liberation healing and peace (Archbishop George Pell). 450 - Dec 2003 - Books: Adventures in Orthodoxy, by Dwight Longenecker, Richard Egan Occasionally Longenecker engages in some speculative theology and uses expressions which may raise an eyebrow such as his suggestion that there might be a physical dimension to God. 451 - Nov 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices! Theology of the Body Explained Christopher West Those who have doubted this will find Wests book a transforming experience and those who have been wounded will find in it liberation healing and peace (Archbishop George Pell). 452 - Nov 2003 - Tattoos and body-piercing: the moral dimension, Fr Peter Joseph Fr Peter Joseph has a doctorate in theology from the Gregorian University and is currently the Chancellor of the Maronite Diocese Sydney. 453 - Oct 2003 - Books: Great books at the best prices! Theology of the Body Explained Christopher West Those who have doubted this will find Wests book a transforming experience and those who have been wounded will find in it liberation healing and peace (Archbishop George Pell). 454 - Oct 2003 - Letters: Thomas Groome (letter), Dr Susan Moore Like his theology it is informed by a disturbing attitude towards Papal authority and Church doctrine. 455 - Oct 2003 - Orthodox US Catholic colleges and universities continue to flourish, Julia Duin The most nettlesome requirement for academics ordered theology professors to obtain a mandatum from the local bishop certifying their doctrinal purity. 456 - Oct 2003 - Why Catholic teaching on marriage is 'good news' for all humanity, Eamonn Keane Titled Theology of the Body this corpus of papal teaching shows once again how the Gospel of Christ is truly Good News for all of humanity. 457 - Oct 2003 - How fatherhood is crucial to children's faith, Fr Robbie Low The figures are of huge import to our evangelisation and its underlying theology. 458 - Oct 2003 - Youth: Thomas More Winter School in Sale Diocese has Eucharistic focus, Michael Casanova The young Dominican Fr Dominic Murphy spoke on the Popes Theology of the Body. 459 - Sep 2003 - Books: Some Fell On Rock, by Fr John O'Neill, Fr Peter Joseph Fr ONeill shows that he has not forgotten the mental training and theology of his seminary years at St Patricks College Manly where he gained his Roman bachelors degree in theology in 1960. 460 - Sep 2003 - Homosexual conduct: how Gospel teaching can be distorted, Bill Muehlenberg His reasoning is so twisted and his theology is so inadequate that one feels sorry for whomever his research is assisting. 461 - Sep 2003 - Understanding the Catholic Liturgy since Vatican II, Dom Alcuin Reid OSB The Liturgy is nothing less than a constitutive element of Tradition (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1124) a central pillar of Catholic life and theology to be treated with great respect and care. 462 - Sep 2003 - Catholic summer conferences in the United States: signs of hope, Richard Egan These included Dr Scott Hahn former Presbyterian minister now Professor of Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville; and Alex Jones former Pentecostal minister who brought 52 members of his congregation with him into the Church now associate director of Sign Me Up! 463 - Sep 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 Urging disgruntled Episcopalians to overlook their disagreements on key issues he cited a statement by the House of Bishops Theology Committee: Our present conclusion is that equally sincere Christians equally committed to an orthodox understanding of the Faith we share equally looking to Scripture for guidance on this issue are deeply divided regarding questions with respect to homosexuality. 464 - Sep 2003 - New auxiliary bishops appointed to the Sydney Archdiocese, Michael Gilchrist In 1985 he entered the Dominican Order and studied for the priesthood in Melbourne receiving an honours degree in theology. 465 - Aug 2003 - Books: Will Catholics be Left Behind, by Carl Olson, Envoy Magazine Available from AD Books) Will Catholics be Left Behind is the most thorough and detailed Catholic examination of the Rapture and premillennial dispensationalism (the best-selling Left Behind theology) ever written. 466 - Aug 2003 - Catalyst for Renewal Address: The legacy of Vatican II, Archbishop George Pell The Bishop of Ballarat Dr James Patrick OCollins sent me to study theology in Rome in September 1963. 467 - Aug 2003 - US research survey: younger priests are generally more orthodox, AD2000 In a recent article in the American journal Culture Wars Fr Brian Harrison OS - a professor of theology at the University of Puerto Rico - analysed the findings of a comprehensive professional survey of US and Puerto Rican Catholic priests conducted between June and October 2002 by the Los Angeles Times. 468 - Jul 2003 - Books: AD2000 to distribute Ignatius Press titles in Australia from July, Peter Westmore Its book titles cover the widest range of subjects: from Church history Fathers of the Church and the lives of the saints to contemporary moral issues scripture studies theology and spirituality. 469 - Jul 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 Theresa Sanders a professor of theology at the university protested by leaving the stage where Cardinal Arinze was speaking. 470 - Jun 2003 - Books: From Physics to Metaphysics, by Fr Francis J. Selman, Michael Casanova Available from Saint Austin Press PO Box 180 Sumner Park Qld 4074 tel (07) 3279 7415) For those who admire Pope John Pauls Theology of the Body and are seeking a framework for following understanding and learning not only his own powerful teachings but also the depths of the Churchs theological and social doctrines then there is nothing for it but to begin learning Christian metaphysics. 471 - Jun 2003 - Books: Culture and the Thomist Tradition : After Vatican II, by Tracey Rowland, Fr Peter Joseph STD In the absence of any such theology of culture the Italian word aggiornamento (updating) became a slogan widely interpreted as a call to accommodate the Churchs teachings and practices to those of the modern world. 472 - Jun 2003 - Letters: Teilhard de Chardin (letter), Grahame Fallon As Ms Livingstone recalled before his ordination in Rome in 1966 Deacon Pell qualified for his Licentiate in Theology with a dissertation presenting A Birds Eye View of Teilhard de Chardin in Christology. 473 - Jun 2003 - Letters: Holy Orders (letter), Francis Vrijmoed The ordination of women touches the essence of the sacrament of Holy Orders meaning it is a matter of sacramental theology which the Church has no authority to change even if she wanted to. 474 - Jun 2003 - Those dreadful old Catholic hymns?, Fr Fabian Duggan OSB On the other hand far more numerous than the bad hymns were the good ones hymns rich in theology devotion and coupled with unforgettable melodies so unforgettable that the ones we learnt as children under the direction of good nuns (remember those days? 475 - Jun 2003 - The environment: rediscovering the balanced Catholic perspective, Michael Casanova In a must read document on environmental theology the Popes 1990 World Day of Peace message linked efforts to salvage both peace and the environment: There is an order in the universe which must be respected and that the human person endowed with the capacity of choosing freely has a grave responsibility to preserve this order. 476 - Jun 2003 - Interview: Vatican II and the liturgy, 40 years later, Zenit News Service They should not forget the other great achievements of the Council such as the universal call to holiness collegiality ecumenism the permanent diaconate and a richer theology of marriage. 477 - Jun 2003 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 The poll of 1482 priests - almost half of the priests in England and Wales - was conducted by Msgr Stephen Louden of the Liverpool Archdiocese and Leslie Francis a Professor of Pastoral Theology at the University of Wales. 478 - May 2003 - Letters: Teilhard de Chardin (letter), Stuart J. Blackwood Teilhard de Chardin was the Picasso of theology and philosophy. 479 - Apr 2003 - Education: Chavagnes International Catholic college update, Br John Moylan An accomplished linguist and steeped in the humanities theology liturgy and cultural fields generally he was very active at Edinburgh University in Catholic affairs. 480 - Apr 2003 - Ecumenism: Christian unity: major obstacles still remain, David Schutz Catholics have learned to appreciate the importance of a theology of the Word in ecclesiology and Protestants have shown a greater appreciation for sacramental and liturgical theology - but this later development has not been so well marked in evangelical Protestants as amongst their more liberal counterparts. 481 - Apr 2003 - Dr Claudio Betti's inspiring visit to Australia, Peter Westmore To know the culture the theology of Islam does not entitle us to substitute our version of it. 482 - Mar 2003 - Books: The Latest from AD Books This is essential reading for anyone interested in theology. 483 - Mar 2003 - Letters: Infallible teaching (letter), Peter Howard Quite recently Fr OShea claimed that (his) theologians could find no basis in Scripture or theology for the exclusion of women from the priesthood while lamenting that at present the leadership of the Church does not even entertain the possibility of such a change (The Catholic Leader 27 October 2002). 484 - Mar 2003 - Liturgy: The Mass is the same sacrifice as the Cross, Msgr. Peter J. Elliott The oblation theology The oblation or offering theologies of Eucharistic sacrifice were more sophisticated. 485 - Mar 2003 - Good priest, bad priest - my faith remains, Frank Mobbs Looking back over many years of sermons courses in theology seminars and considerable reading of Catholic publications I find I cannot recall anyone telling me that priests are guaranteed to be good. 486 - Feb 2003 - Letters: Thomas Groome (letter), Bishop Kevin Manning The author seeks to discredit Thomas Groomes method of shared praxis by discrediting his theology. 487 - Feb 2003 - John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne: a progress report, AD2000 Report It offers Graduate Diploma courses in Marriage and Family Studies and Bioethics Masters degrees in the same areas the Licence in Sacred Theology and doctoral programs. 488 - Feb 2003 - Vocations: Sydney seminary growth based on orthodoxy, fidelity, Fr Julian Porteous Thomas McGoverns book Priestly Identity presents a theology of priesthood centred on this question of identity. 489 - Dec 2002 - Books: Beyond the Blue Glass: Catholic Essays on Faith and Culture, Aidan Nichols OP, Tracey Rowland On the other hand he acknowledges the indispensable value of what he calls the classical ontological theology of Aquinas. 490 - Dec 2002 - Books: Eucharistic Devotion : renewing a timeless tradition / Heart of St Alphonsus, Michael Daniel The first section consists of an introduction that explores the history and theology of Eucharistic devotion; the second section contains well known and loved Eucharistic prayers and devotions. 491 - Dec 2002 - Brisbane Synod 2003: a leadership challenge, Peter D. Howard One conference in Brisbane in July 1999 saw the Statement of Conclusions dismissed as these simplistic Vatican condemnations a demand that theology must be ecology-centred and the Catechism and Code of Canon Law denigrated. 492 - Dec 2002 - Thomas Groome: his influence on religious education continues, Eamonn Keane Groome a keynote speaker at the same conference addressed by Professor McLaughlin is a laicised priest prolific author of RE books and professor of theology and religious education at Boston College. 493 - Nov 2002 - Books: A Generation Betrayed: Deconstructing Catholic Education, by Eamonn Keane, John Young Errors and distortions Thomas Groome a laicised priest is a Professor of Theology and Religious Education at Boston College. 494 - Nov 2002 - Letters: EWTN (letter), Jacqueline Donohue EWTN transmits high quality programs both content-wise and technically 24 hours a day with regular features covering evangelisation Scripture theology apologetics marriage and family Catholic writers sacred music and lives of the saints. 495 - Nov 2002 - Catholic schools: restoring a sense of sin, Br John Moylan CFC To restore a healthy sense of sin the Pope urged a sound catechetics illuminated by the biblical theology of the covenant by an attentive listening and trustful openness to the Magisterium of the Church which never ceases to enlighten consciences and by an ever more careful practice of the Sacrament of Penance. 496 - Nov 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 India leads the world with 10537 diocesan and religious students of philosophy and theology for a Catholic population less than one- third of that in the United States. 497 - Oct 2002 - Books: Godfaring: On Reason, Faith and Sacred Being, by Francis Clark, Br Christian Moe FSC Francis Clark here offers a systematic survey of Catholic theology starting from the perspective of a sympathetic consideration of natural theology and including an overview of the great historical and existing religious systems as context in which to present a confident conceptualisation of the Christian mystery. 498 - Oct 2002 - Books: The Courage to be Catholic, by George Weigel, Michael Novak What Weigel is particularly good at is making real theology accessible to the jargonless lay person. 499 - Oct 2002 - US billionaire promotes orthodox teaching, Zenit News Service With its 115-year tradition St Marys offered 16 majors with a focus on pre- medical and other pre- professional programs as well as on theology and philosophy. 500 - Oct 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 The Holy Father concluded by exhorting bishops to pay attention so that the theology classrooms are not reduced to a human vision of the Church in the midst of men. 501 - Sep 2002 - Letters: Vatican II (letter), Valentine Gallagher While professor of Theology at Tubingen University Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger published his Theological Highlights of Vatican II. 502 - Aug 2002 - Books: Abortion And Martyrdom, edited by Aidan Nichols, Tracey Rowland In relation to the first element a number of contributors acknowledge that it is a common place of Catholic theology that infants in the womb who are killed from odium fidei hatred of the faith may be regarded as having undergone a baptism of blood. 503 - Aug 2002 - News: The Church Around the World, AD2000 Archbishop-designate Dolan succeeds Rembert Weakland whose retirement was accepted after it became public that he had paid US$450000 to a former theology student to settle an accusation of sexual abuse. 504 - Jul 2002 - Books: The Greatest Marvel of All, by Pierre-Marie Emonet OP, Michael Casanova According to Cardinal Christoph Schscaron;nborn Archbishop of Vienna This series of books by Pierre-Marie Emonet is an excellent resource for it provides the essentials of the philosophical background necessary for the study of theology. 505 - Jul 2002 - Books: A Pope and a Council on the Sacred Liturgy, by Aidan Nichols OP, Msgr Peter J. Elliott The longer papal letter with much theology and instructive material is quite different from the practical conciliar document laying down principles and guidelines for liturgical reform. 506 - Jul 2002 - Vatican II, church architecture and "reform of the reform", Sidney Rofe One example of the faulty theology promoted in these reflection sheets sees the assembly cited as the primary symbol of Christs presence. 507 - Jul 2002 - Cardinal Avery Dulles: US Jesuits need 'wake-up call', Michael Gilchrist Such is life in the ideologically insulated and trendy city-states on the self-proclaimed cutting edge of theology. 508 - Jul 2002 - Chavagnes International College for boys, Paul Russell This new venture has been established by an impressive group of leading Catholics in the disciplines of art music literature and theology. 509 - Jul 2002 - Interview: George Weigel: the impact of John Paul II's pontificate, Zenit News Service At the same time profound new challenges to theology and indeed to Christian orthodoxy are emerging from the Churches of south and south-east Asia. 510 - Jun 2002 - Books: 'Socrates Meets Jesus', by Peter Kreeft, Arthur N. Ballingall Available from AD Books) Having written over sixty books on apologetics theology and philosophy Professor Peter Kreeft has steadily developed a number of these into a distinctive genre of literature one which provides his readers with a painless introduction to the critical thinking approach of the immortal Socrates. 511 - Jun 2002 - Letters: Ambiguities (letter), Valentine Gallagher In his Dissertatio ad lauream in Theology submitted to the Gregorian University Father Alberto Franzini SJ observes: The concept of Tradition in the Constitution (Dei Verbum) is understood with different meanings not always clearly specified or even intelligible thus giving rise to confusions that theological reflections based on good textual hermeneutics should attempt to eliminate . 512 - Jun 2002 - Letters: Accuracy (letter), Fr John Crothers PP While we will always struggle with our human limitations there is no excuse for sloppy theology and inaccurate terminology. 513 - Jun 2002 - How John Paul II's 'new springtime' came to an American parish, Elizabeth A. Wittman Catechist enrichment days dealt with topics from moral theology to Church history. 514 - Jun 2002 - A post-1968 Catholic's view of R.E.: 'My generation was shortchanged', Mark Power Firstly the whole top down theology was wrong. 515 - Jun 2002 - Neocatechumenal Way setting up its second Australian seminary, Richard Egan Alongside the usual studies in theology and philosophy Redemptoris Mater seminarians also learn languages - in Australia primarily English Italian and Spanish - and undergo ongoing formation in the approach of the Neocatechumenal Way to serious Christian initiation. 516 - May 2002 - Reflection: The Ascension: climax of Our Lord's life on earth, Fr Ian Falconer SJ The prologue to that Gospel shows that Luke intended to write history not symbolic mythology nor even primarily a work of theology. 517 - May 2002 - Books: Prove It! Church, by Amy Welborn, Bill Muehlenberg Bill Muehlenberg a Baptist is National Vice President of the Australian Family Association and teaches theology at several Protestant Bible colleges in Melbourne. 518 - May 2002 - Letters: Decline of the faith (letter), Brian Carter It said that even though the Vatican thunders about abortion same-sex marriage assisted suicide illicit sex consumerism smutty sex education defective theology and more yet in most parishes there is little effort made to rectify the situation. 519 - May 2002 - Catholicism in Australia: facing the challenges of Western secularism, Archbishop George Pell More importantly for our purposes his policies and writings on many aspects of modern life ranging from the nature of faith and freedom to the theology of the body from social justice to the principles of morality and bioethics have been as effective a challenge to the flabby agnosticism of the English-speaking world as they were to the atheism of the Soviet empire. 520 - Apr 2002 - Letters: Croatian appeal (letter), Fr Zeljko Rakosec SJ Our library is mainly used by students who study at either the Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy or the Institute of Theology. 521 - Apr 2002 - The Lord of The Rings, Harry Potter and Star Wars, Hal G.P. Colebatch Plainly these stories do not tackle problems of Christian theology in detail. 522 - Apr 2002 - Adelaide Thomas More Centre address: The key elements of Catholic Action today, Archbishop Philip Wilson The Churchs theology he said was designed to make us all feel uncomfortable. 523 - Apr 2002 - News: The Church Around the World Theologians and the Magisterium John Paul II addresses Pontifical Academy of Theology During a meeting with 42 academics at the Pontifical Academy of Theology last February Pope John Paul II highlighted the key principle that directs the relation between theologians and the Christian community: When it is a question of communion in the faith the principle of unity in truth imposes itself; when it is a question of differences of opinions the principle of unity in charity is applicable. 524 - Mar 2002 - Books: Faith of the Fatherless: The Psychology of Atheism, by Paul Vitz, Bill Muehlenberg Bill Muehlenberg a Baptist is National Secretary of the Australian Family Association and teaches theology at several Protestant Bible colleges in Melbourne. 525 - Mar 2002 - Letters: Teaching position, Robert Anderson I have just moved back to Melbourne from the country after some volunteer work and theology study and have had difficulty in finding any school except a state school to give me any hearing or chance. 526 - Feb 2002 - Centre for Thomistic Studies, Sydney, to offer degree courses, John Young A dilemma for people seeking a degree in theology or religious studies is to find an institute where the teaching is consistently orthodox. 527 - Feb 2002 - Books: Hogwarts or Hogwash? by Peter Furst and Craig Heilmann, Bill Muehlenberg Bill Muehlenberg a Baptist is National Secretary of the Australian Family Association and teaches theology at several Protestant Bible colleges in Melbourne. 528 - Feb 2002 - Books: 'Meaninglessness' and today's Western culture, Archbishop George Pell He has a sure touch on matters theological - Im not sure whether this has been assisted or retarded by his lack of formal training in theology - and he has travelled deep into enemy territory deep into what Pope John Paul II has called the culture of death. 529 - Feb 2002 - US Conference: 'Newman's Idea of a University', Msgr Michael J. Wrenn Speakers discussed Newmans thoughts on the place of theology in the university academic freedom and individual conscience and the universitys objective to engage culture and build a distinct campus culture. 530 - Dec 2001 - Books: The Prayer Of Jabez' by Bruce Wilkinson, Bill Muehlenberg It seems that ones theology will influence how one appraises this book. 531 - Dec 2001 - Books: De Lubac's writings in English translations, Tracey Rowland 50) This work contains extracts from the publications of three French Jesuits - De Montcheul was Professor of Theology at the Catholic Institute of Paris and was executed by the Gestapo in 1944; Charles Nicolet taught philosophy in Marseilles and was renowned for reading Durkheim Freud Nietzsche and others in the light of St John of the Cross; and Zapan worked in Eastern Europe with both Latin and Eastern Rite Catholics. 532 - Dec 2001 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News Centre for Thomistic Studies Sydney initiative Degrees to be linked with Legionaries of Christ The Centre for Thomistic Studies Inc Sydney in addition to the classes it gives on Thomistic philosophy and theology is entering an association with a religious order founded in recent times the Legionaries of Christ in whose name the Centre will be able to offer academic degrees in Theology and Religious Studies. 533 - Nov 2001 - Winter school: Evangelising in a "post-pagan" culture, Fr Anthony Mastroeni In Washington DC a group began a project called Theology on Tap. 534 - Nov 2001 - A young Catholic's views on the state of the Church in Australia, James Connolly The following are some observations about the state of the Church in Australia from a 22-year-old Catholic who has a Bachelor of Theology degree has spent time in a religious order and has been active in parish life. 535 - Nov 2001 - Tenth Synod of Bishops: Bishops called to courageous witness to the Faith, AD2000 in diocesan and parish programs for children youth and adults and for professors of theology on the university level. 536 - Nov 2001 - Editorial: Synod of Oceania document imminent - 'Ecclesia in Oceania', Peter Westmore Among issues raised were the corrosive secular culture a crisis of faith affecting both Catholic schools and universities a decline in the sense of sin stemming from the deeper reality of a crisis of faith and having grave repercussions for the sacrament of Penance abuses in parish liturgies and concerns over the doctrinal soundness of the theological formation given either in departments of theology in Catholic universities or in other theological centres. 537 - Oct 2001 - Books: 'Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine', Archbishop Sheehan, Fr Peter Joseph, Br Christian Moe FSC This book in itself if used systematically perhaps over a period of two years or more would give a broad and reliable conspectus of contemporary philosophy and theology and how both of these affect and are the context in which the faith once delivered to the saints may need to be expressed today. 538 - Oct 2001 - Can US bishops enforce Papal teaching on Catholic universities?, Zenit News Service The guidelines centre on the mandatum a licence to teach theology which the bishops call an acknowledgment by Church authority that a Catholic professor of a theological discipline is teaching within the full communion of the Catholic Church. 539 - Oct 2001 - Anglican General Synod 2001 - moves towards women bishops delayed, Nigel Zimmermann The entire debate ended up focussing a bit more on geography than on theology. 540 - Sep 2001 - Books: 'The Book of Marriage', edited by Dana Mack and David Blankenhorn, Bill Muehlenberg Bill Muehlenberg a Baptist is National Secretary of the Australian Family Association and teaches theology at several Protestant Bible colleges in Melbourne. 541 - Sep 2001 - Letters: Aquinas (letter), Michael Casanova The updated Code of Canon Law (1983) says that seminarians are to study theology with St. 542 - Sep 2001 - Letters: BECs (letter), Marie Kennedy Varying degrees of newchurch theology morality and liturgy are presented in the name of renewal and a supposed response to the call of Vatican II. 543 - Sep 2001 - Feminism's broad agenda within the Catholic Church, Donna Steichen Feminist trail-blazer Rosemary Ruether Professor of Applied Theology at Garret Evangelical Seminary in Evanston Illinois says in her book Women-Church Most Roman Catholic women neither can nor wish to be ordained in priesthood as presently defined. 544 - Sep 2001 - Ballarat Thomas More Centre Winter School report Fr Michael Shadbolt handled the topic of Faith and Commitment followed by Anna Krohn who spoke on the Theology of the Body. 545 - Sep 2001 - The John Paul II Cultural Centre opens in Washington DC, Alex Sidhu The Forum brings together some of the worlds leading scholars of theology philosophy history and related areas to study discuss write and teach about the interaction between faith and culture. 546 - Aug 2001 - Books: Genetic Turning Points, by James Peterson, Bill Muehlenberg That is where philosophy and theology come in. 547 - Aug 2001 - Australian scholarship for African priest Father Philemon Muaba Diop will be studying Marian theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross sent by Cardinal Frederic Etsou of Kinshasa. 548 - Aug 2001 - US bishops implement papal teaching on Catholic universities, Charles E. Rice It acknowledges merely that a Catholic theology professor is a teacher within the full communion of the Catholic Church. 549 - Aug 2001 - After 14 years: why does AD2000 continue?, Michael Gilchrist Indeed some forms of theology have become a means to empty the transcendental out of religion altogether. 550 - Aug 2001 - News: The Church Around the World How then will the mandatum address the needs of students who want to know whether they are enrolling in genuine Catholic theology courses? 551 - Aug 2001 - Melbourne's new Archbishop receives Pallium from John Paul II, AD2000 Report liturgy sacraments seminaries priesthood religious life theology Catholic schools and universities and teacher education. 552 - Jul 2001 - Reflection: An Australian World War II hero, Ron Cowban At that time few young Australians would have had the privilege of attending the Sorbonne - the great University of Paris where St Thomas Aquinas had taught theology back in the 13th century. 553 - Jul 2001 - The case for more Church History in Catholic schools, Michael Lynch By the time he wrote The Crisis of Western Education in 1958 he asserted that students needed to learn about Christian culture over a range of areas such as theology philosophy art literature and architecture throughout the whole period of Christian history. 554 - Jul 2001 - Basic Ecclesial Communities, Archbishop Leonard Faulkner In particular some who read the article may be left with the impression that the Vatican and even The Holy Father may have misgivings about the theology and role of Basic Ecclesial Communities in the Church. 555 - Jul 2001 - Education: National Catholic Education Conference: but who chose the guest speakers?, Michael Gilchrist While he admits such ideas fly in the face of contemporary Christian theology they are at the very core of what contemporary spirituality is seeking to unravel at this time. 556 - Jul 2001 - Thomas More Centre Winter Schools 2001 for Ballarat and Brisbane The Brisbane Winter School commences on Friday night 20 July with a presentation on the Theology of Church Architecture. 557 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'Blessed Columba Marmion: a Short Biography' by Mark Tierney OSB, Michael Daniel He died in 1923 and is remembered chiefly for his three great works of spiritual theology: Christ the Life of the Soul Christ in his Mysteries and Christ the Ideal of the Monk. 558 - Jun 2001 - Books: 'As One Struggling Christian to Another: Augustine's Christian Ideal for Today', Bill Muehlenberg Indeed be it history theology or philosophy Augustine is a towering figure. 559 - Jun 2001 - Anglican defence of Catholic inter-Communion ban, Fr Geoffrey Kirk Something strange is happening in Anglicanism something which is rooted in changing attitudes to sacramental theology but something which nevertheless directly affects ecumenical relations. 560 - Jun 2001 - Basic Ecclesial Communities: Adelaide's 'new model of church', Michael Gilchrist Their origin in neo-Marxist liberation theology - criticised by the Vatican - also raises misgivings. 561 - Jun 2001 - News: The Church Around the World A three-year course is being developed for applicants which would cover Theology Sacramental Spirituality Homiletics Canon Law (especially about marriage law) Pastoral Theology and Practice and other areas important for the ministry. 562 - May 2001 - Why John Henry Newman converted to Catholicism, Michael Davies In 1837 Newman delivered a series of lectures explaining the via media designed to give the Oxford Movement a coherent theology on the Church. 563 - May 2001 - US professor defends papal teaching on universities, Charles E. Rice Students at Notre Dame want and need an introductory course that shows them what we believe and why because no one has taken the time so far to give most of the students this foundation so essential to pursuing fruitful Catholic theology in the future. 564 - Apr 2001 - Review Article: A 'silly book' from ACU professor of theology, Frank Mobbs Problems associated with theology teaching at Australian Catholic University are highlighted in the latest book - Australian Theologies - by Dr Gideon Goosen a professor of theology at ACU. 565 - Apr 2001 - Letters: ACU Syllabus (letter), John Kelly In addition to the serious deficiencies of course content itemised in Mr Gilchrists article there are further issues to be addressed if ACUs offerings are to be credibly Catholic: a growing regard of theology exclusively as an academic exercise and career qualification that can be pursued independently of its genesis in faith and the practice of prayer and sacramental life; a failure to recognise the divinely given nature of revelation and faith and a misplaced emphasis on the construction rather than Apostolic derivation of theological truth and meaning; a postmodernist lack of conviction about the objectivity and knowability of truth and the ability of language to make valid affirmations about God. 566 - Apr 2001 - Thomas More Centre Summer School 2001: "Building a Culture of Life", Michael Daniel A number of small group workshops covered topics such as The Importance of Fatherhood and The Theology of the Body. 567 - Apr 2001 - US parishioners more outspoken about church "renovations", Zenit News Service They have no concept of the history of the Church the theology of space in relationship to the liturgy and rather than go through the educational process they would rather just object to everything she contended. 568 - Apr 2001 - Archbishop Curtiss on implementing the theology 'mandatum', Archbishop Elden Curtiss The mandatum indicates a commitment to the local bishop by a theologian to teach theology in line with the Catholic Faith. 569 - Apr 2001 - News: The Church Around the World Catholic World News American priest monitors theology faculties New Internet site on acceptance level of US bishops mandatum Fr John J. 570 - Apr 2001 - John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family to open in July 2001, AD2000 Report The John Paul II Institute is part of a growing Catholic theological complex in the heart of Melbourne sharing its facilities with the Catholic Pastoral Formation Centre the Catholic Theological College (where seminarians and lay people engage in undergraduate studies in philosophy and theology) and the Mannix Library (a major theological library). 571 - Mar 2001 - The surprise Cardinal: Fr Avery Dulles SJ, Zenit News Service He holds 21 honorary doctorates and many education and theology awards. 572 - Mar 2001 - How monastic life can reinvigorate the Church, Fr Peter Knowles OP On the contrary one whose daily round is intentionally interwoven with the lengthy services of the Church appreciates increasingly thereby that the liturgy is the noblest expression of the Churchs theology; he becomes more and more habituated to a divinely cast world. 573 - Mar 2001 - ACU theology: how orthodox, how accountable?, Michael Gilchrist Unit outlines and books of readings for several theology units taught to student teachers at a Sydney campus of Australian Catholic University raise questions about their orthodoxy and accountability. 574 - Mar 2001 - Seminary numbers up in orthodox US dioceses, Michael S. Rose St John Vianney Theological Seminary is decidedly rooted in the theology of Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger. 575 - Mar 2001 - Editorial: ACU theology: prompt action needed, Peter Westmore Australian Catholic University is responsible for training a large proportion of the teachers who staff Catholic primary and secondary schools around the country and therefore the theology courses provided to its students inevitably will be of general concern to the Catholic community. 576 - Feb 2001 - Books: 'The Sacred Liturgy', 'Discovering the Mass', by a Benedictine monk, Christopher Quinn The Sacred Liturgy a beautifully presented book is nothing less than a series of meditations on liturgical theology and spirituality which draw on the Fathers of the Church the texts of the liturgy itself and other sources opening the riches of liturgical spirituality to the reader. 577 - Feb 2001 - Letters: New Age spirituality (letter), Frances Grundy I enclosed an article by Father Mitchell Pacwa outlining the Enneagrams occultic roots Gnostic theology and its lack of scientific support for the psychology it promotes. 578 - Feb 2001 - Successful Thomas More Spring School in Wagga, Paul Sheehan Familiar names from past Thomas More Schools included Tracey Rowland on The Theology of Culture according to John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger and Mary-Louise Fowler on Motherhood in a Post-Feminist Society. 579 - Feb 2001 - The finest RE texts produced to date, Anthony Cappello q Anthony Cappello has a Master of Arts degree in History and a Bachelor of Theology from Yarra Theological Union. 580 - Feb 2001 - News: The Church Around the World US theology lecturers mandatum University theologians doctrinal orthodoxy to be monitored The American Catholic bishops have drafted an eight-page special commitment statement that theologians would be expected to sign to show their doctrinal loyalty. 581 - Dec 2000 - Australian Foundation to back new Pontifical University The university has four faculties: Theology Canon Law Philosophy and Institutional Social Communications which grant Bachelors Licentiate and Doctoral degrees. 582 - Dec 2000 - The 'new breed' of orthodox seminarians, Carter H. Griffin Traditional theology Additionally I do not presume to speak definitively for my seminarian contemporaries. 583 - Dec 2000 - C.S. Lewis: Christian apologist, Sarah Macdonald His capacity to argue persuasively on the central problems of Christian belief ethics and theology in a concise and readable manner coupled with the humour which permeates works such as The Screwtape Letters won him many admirers across the broad spectrum of Christian belief. 584 - Dec 2000 - ACU - when will the 'Statement of Conclusions' be implemented?, Michael Gilchrist According to The Australian a proposal by one of ACUs pro-vice-chancellors (academic) to introduce some core units that stressed ethics social justice spirituality and the more traditional areas of theology and philosophy prompted a backlash from staff concerned that the university was becoming too religious and that it would be dragged into the politicised culture war associated with Melbournes Catholic Archbishop George Pell. 585 - Nov 2000 - Science and Christianity: can they co-exist in the new millennium?, Stephen Hitchings Thus we may speak of the social sciences and the natural sciences while theology is traditionally known as the science of God. 586 - Nov 2000 - Toowoomba's 'Creating Our Future' - or a recipe for further decline?, Michael Gilchrist The newchurch thinking embodied in these writings is to be introduced to All who have leadership roles in the diocese enrolling in Beginning Theology: a Homely Affair or other appropriate courses of study. 587 - Oct 2000 - An authentic Christian spirituality grounded in objective revelation, Michael Daniel Marmion who died in 1923 is remembered chiefly for his three great works of spiritual theology: Christ the Life of the Soul Christ in his Mysteries and Christ the Ideal of the Monk. 588 - Oct 2000 - How orthodox are Australian Catholic University's professorial staff?, Eamonn Keane The Head of the School of Theology at the ACU in Sydney Dr Laurie Woods prepared a work titled The Christian Story for use in various Scripture units included in Religious Education courses since 1995. 589 - Oct 2000 - Contentious Social Justice Statement on women's participation published, Michael Gilchrist Everywhere a Catholic looks today women are visibly exercising responsibilities at all levels of the Churchs life (short of the priesthood and hierarchy): editors of Catholic papers directors of Catholic Education Offices professors at seminaries and theology institutes directors of university campuses facilitators of renewal programs - the list goes on. 590 - Oct 2000 - 'Dominus Jesus' reaffirms Catholic Church's claims to truth, AD2000 Report At a Vatican press conference on 5 September 2000 introducing the new statement Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said Dominus Jesus was a necessary response to the theology of religious pluralism which is growing not only in theological circles but also more generally in Catholic public opinion. 591 - Aug 2000 - Archbishop Hickey on Perth's priestly vocations success story, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey Base ones theology of the priesthood on papal documents not on theological speculation. 592 - Jul 2000 - Australian bishops' response to 'Woman and Man' report, Michael Gilchrist APREL is a body that represents men and women religious committed to a true theology of religious life and Catholic orthodoxy. 593 - Jul 2000 - News: The Church Around the World Zenit News Agency International ecumenical conference for Melbourne Focus on papal writings The Antiochan Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand the Melkite Greek-Catholic Eparchy of St Michael the Centre for Early Christian Studies and the Faculty of Theology of Australian Catholic University have organised an international ecumenical conference involving clergy and lay people and entitled Orientale Lumen: Australasia and Oceania. 594 - Jul 2000 - New campus of John Paul II Institute set to open in Melbourne, AD2000 Report Almost 20 years ago - in 1982 - the Holy Father founded the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family within the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome as a graduate institute of theology. 595 - Jun 2000 - News: The Church Around the World Fr Gresser was born in Narromine NSW and completed his studies in theology and philosophy at the Centre for Thomistic Studies Sydney before entering the FSSP seminary in Scranton Pennsylvania. 596 - May 2000 - Books: 'The Ever-Illuminating Wisdom of St Thomas Aquinas' by Peter Kreeft et al, Tracey Rowland George thus reiterates the classical Thomist arguments in favour of philosophy without entering into an analysis of the degree to which St Thomass philosophy is dependent upon his theology - a task she would need to undertake in order to answer the post-modern criticisms of the position she seeks to defend. 597 - May 2000 - Books: 'The Legacy of Pope John Paul II' ed. Geoffrey Gneuhs, Anthony Cappello Crosby explore in detail the Popes contribution to moral theology. 598 - May 2000 - Letters: Nothing to do? (letter), Frank Mobbs They are superiors of religious orders chief administrators of Catholic hospitals directors of Catholic Education Offices professors of theology in Catholic universities and seminaries canon lawyers chancellors of dioceses principals of some of the largest schools in the nation. 599 - May 2000 - Understanding the Incarnation, Msgr Peter J. Elliott Was he writing fanciful theology or was there real history behind his work? 600 - May 2000 - What are the foundations of a good Catholic education?, Dr. John J. Haldane It used to be the case that Catholics knew that the Church placed great emphasis on reason and that theology was closely identified with philosophy. 601 - May 2000 - Australian Catholic University student survey, Michael Gilchrist Students who entered ACU religiously impoverished in their understanding of the faith graduated three or four years later in much the same condition despite passing in the various theology and religion curriculum subjects required for employment in Catholic schools as religion teachers. 602 - May 2000 - Editorial: Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, Michael Gilchrist Commenting on the lack of Eucharistic orthodoxy among student teachers at Australian Catholic University (see page 3) Professor Denis McLaughlin quotes from Bernard Cookes The Future of the Eucharist (1997) that over the past twenty-five years Catholic theology concerning the Eucharist has offered challenging insights that are very different from previous formulations. 603 - Apr 2000 - Impressive gathering of young people attend TMC Summer School, Michael Daniel Kate Cleary of Melbournes Caroline Chisholm Library spoke about the importance of personal prayer and Bishop Denis Hart delivered a talk on the meaning and value of pilgrimages in the Jubilee Year with a focus on the spirituality and theology of a pilgrimage. 604 - Apr 2000 - John Paul II calls for recovery of the true spirit of Vatican II, AD2000 Report Auxiliary Bishop Rino Fisichella of Rome principal organiser of the congress which had been proposed by the Holy Father in preparation for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 and who until recently was a professor of Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University explained that the final judgment on the Congress is extremely positive as we have achieved the objectives posed by the Holy Father; in other words this was not about judging all the teachings of Vatican II but about concentrating on the four fundamental principles on which the Council was based: the primacy of the Word of God in the life of the Church the ecclesiology of communion liturgical renewal and the relation of the Church with the world. 605 - Apr 2000 - News: The Church Around the World While at the College he earned Masters degrees in philosophy and theology at the Gregorian University. 606 - Mar 2000 - Biography: Fulton J. Sheen: prophetic inspiration for today's new evangelisation, Archbishop Barry J. Hickey Early career After seminary studies in the United States the newly ordained Fr Fulton Sheen obtained a degree in philosophy at the famous Louvain University in Belgium and a degree in theology in Rome at the Angelicum and Gregorian Universities. 607 - Mar 2000 - Education: Religious education: putting the emphasis back on God, Br John Moylan CFC Monsignor Dennis Regan a prominent moral theologian who contributed a regular column in the American magazine Priest explained when lecturing in Moral Theology in the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education at Fordham University in 1987 the importance of evangelising before moralising in an article entitled First Things First. 608 - Mar 2000 - US Bishops favour prominence of tabernacle, AD2000 Report And if the Blessed Sacrament is nowhere to be seen in the body of the church they will be missing something very very important in their spirituality and in the theology. 609 - Mar 2000 - English language Mass translation reform: should ICEL be wound up?, Michael Gilchrist He told Britains Catholic Herald: My specific criticism was that many of the ICEL collects offertory and post- communion prayers were drastically over-simplified inadequate versions of the Latin which lost a lot of the theology. 610 - Feb 2000 - Reflection: Private revelations: "Keep to what is countenanced by the Church", Fr Peter Joseph The following section on the power of the demons is taken from Jordan Aumann OP Spiritual Theology pp. 611 - Feb 2000 - Sydney’s Centre for Thomistic Studies upholds Catholic truth, John Young In 1985 a group of people most of whom had studied philosophy and theology under the great Dr Austin Woodbury SM founded the Centre for Thomistic Studies in Sydney. 612 - Feb 2000 - Defending the faith against secularism and relativism, Bishop Kevin Manning Popular journals newspapers and media have described Pope John Paul IIs theology as disturbing old- fashioned theocratic right-wing rigid and anachronistic and question whether he is fit to lead the Church into the new Millennium. 613 - Feb 2000 - Legionaries of Christ: new order for a new millennium, Peter Westmore Their spiritual formation is strongly influenced by the philosophy and theology of St. 614 - Dec 1999 - 'Woman and Man' document poses challenges, Frank Mobbs Dr Mobbs is an author and former university lecturer in philosophy and theology. 615 - Dec 1999 - News: The Church Around the World The Cardinal explained to the interviewer who was attempting to put an inquisitorial slant to proceedings that the matter was a question of theology or morality of the Churchs teaching and the authoritative body to address these issues is the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. 616 - Nov 1999 - New international Catholic university opens Internet campus, AD2000 Report In co-operation with Holy Apostles College and Seminary and with the approval of the Connecticut State Board of Higher Education courses are now available which lead to a Master of Arts degrees in Philosophy and Theology. 617 - Oct 1999 - News: The Church Around the World He did very well in his studies in the Seminary and eventually received a doctorate in Philosophy and Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. 618 - Sep 1999 - Scripture: The call to conversion in the early Church: lessons for today, Rev Dr Peter Waters His Background to Ecumenism clearly and succinctly draws attention to a shift in the understanding and use of the term dialogue thereby creating a distorted theology of mission and an abandonment of that responsibility entrusted initially to the apostles as has been carefully demonstrated. 619 - Sep 1999 - Cardinal O'Connor's tribute to noted priest-author, Cardinal John O'Connor A member of the faculty he simultaneously founded and directed the Centre for Advanced Study of Catholic Theology. 620 - Aug 1999 - News: The Church Around the World Townsville Diocesan Winter School Sr Elaine Wainwright the featured speaker Sr Elaine Wainwright a lecturer in Biblical Studies and Feminist Theology from Brisbane and author of Shall We Look for Another? 621 - Jul 1999 - A successful French seminary that follows the Curé of Ars tradition, Francis Davidson Then follows a two-year course in philosophy and three years of theology. 622 - Jul 1999 - Catholic universities and academic freedom, Fr Daniel Callam The public profession of Catholic belief which Rome wants the bishops to receive from theology professors is a minimal requirement. 623 - Jun 1999 - The challenge for religious educators in a secular culture, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput I became a soldier of Christ in a spiritual war that has gone on throughout history on every continent in every culture and in every individual heart I suppose expressions like spiritual warfare fell out of favour in the 1960s because they had a flavour of militarism or preconciliar theology. 624 - Jun 1999 - Fr. Frank Andersen's new book on the Eucharist: how Catholic is it?, Des O'Hagan Fr Andersen here is trying to explain a mystery in words which will make it more acceptable to modern ears - ears untrained in either philosophy or theology. 625 - Jun 1999 - Sydney public forum on 'Statement of Conclusions' a non-event, Frank Mobbs Robert Fitzgerald Community Services Commissioner for NSW began by saying he did not know much of the theology of the Church and went on to prove the soundness of this assessment. 626 - May 1999 - US Dominican nun brings the 'New Cosmology' to New Zealand, Bernard Moran Fr Berry argues that traditional Catholic redemptive theology contributes to a homocentric view of the earth obscuring St Pauls idea that in Christ all things hold together. 627 - May 1999 - The 'Statement of Conclusions': how can religious education be reformed?, Michael Daniel A few trainee teachers have completed a theology degree (whose value can vary considerably) and thus have comparable academic standards to those studying other methods (e. 628 - May 1999 - News: The Church Around the World The new draft puts teeth into canon 812 which requires theological mandates from the bishops for all those teaching theology in Catholic universities and colleges. 629 - May 1999 - Vocations: Confronting today's vocations crisis, Fr Paul Stuart He has also been appointed Dean of Students at Corpus Christ Seminary after completing a Licence in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. 630 - Apr 1999 - Bishop Heaps' book: a mistaken view of the Catholic Church, Stuart Rowland Stuart Rowland is a barrister practising in Melbourne who also has degrees in theology and classics. 631 - Apr 1999 - News: The Church Around the World This was said to be a reflection on changing Catholic theology. 632 - Mar 1999 - A Polish priest's story: how I survived the Nazi occupation, Fr Marcel Pasiecznik The moral theology I had studied in the seminary had given me solid principles and a way to apply them in normal times. 633 - Mar 1999 - Charles Chaput: a remarkable American Archbishop, Louis Power Following his ordination Fr Chaput taught theology and afterwards was appointed provincial superior of the Capuchins in the newly-created western province of the Order where much of his time was given over to administration. 634 - Feb 1999 - 'Absolute Truth': another media 'job' on the Catholic Church, Michael Gilchrist However for Absolute Truth the Popes significant role in the defeat of Communism merely served to underline the contradictions in his Papacy - especially his later opposition to liberation theology in Latin America. 635 - Feb 1999 - John Paul II throws down the gauntlet to Australia's bishops, AD2000 Report This pertained especially to the orthodoxy of theology-related courses: The local ecclesiastical authority who may seek the assistance of the Holy See in the matter should follow with understanding and with active concern the question of the doctrinal soundness of the theological formation given either in departments of theology in Catholic universities or in other theological centres called theological faculties in Australia. 636 - Dec 1998 - John Paul II's new encyclical 'Faith and Reason' analysed, Hayden Ramsay The Catholic corrective to this is the Churchs account of the relation of reason and philosophy to revelation and theology: there is a profound and indissoluble unity between the knowledge of reason and the knowledge of faith . 637 - Dec 1998 - Intercommunion: why Catholics need not 'apologise', Kevin Myers Sweep all the other aspects away - liberation theology papal infallibility this liturgy or that liturgy priestly celibacy the pomps of hierarchy and the stenches of the thurible - and what remains is the key to Catholicism. 638 - Oct 1998 - Perth Archdiocese vocations: an 'optimistic picture', Archbishop Barry J. Hickey A quot;low theologyquot; of priesthood that is one which speaks of the quot;ordained ministryquot; as one ministry among many one which would eliminate all quot;call distinctionsquot; of dress title and distinctive way of life attracts very few. 639 - Oct 1998 - Pope John Paul II: the impact of his twenty-year pontificate, Peter Westmore As Pope John Paul II immediately began to take administrative control of the Church restoring priestly discipline extending an olive branch to Archbishop Lefebvre and visiting Latin America to deal with the challenges posed by the two ideological extremes of radical Liberation Theology and unbridled capitalism. 640 - Sep 1998 - Pope John Paul II's new Apostolic Letter on Bishops' Conferences, Apostolos Suos, Michael Gilchrist Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln Nebraska described this document as founded on bad advice mistaken theology erroneous science and skewed sociology (Voices Winter-Spring 1998). 641 - Aug 1998 - Cardinal John Henry Newman and the development of doctrine, Fr Peter Waters Consequently by postulating an inductive or illative sense as an instrument capable of being employed in treating these questions Newman sought to provide a new method which he believed theology needed. 642 - Aug 1998 - Decline in priests 'an opportunity for growth!' says Townsville's Bishop, Michael Gilchrist In order for each Small Christian Community to have its own celebration of Eucharist it is observed that we are being forced to explore alternatives to the present stalemate in the theology of priestly ministry. 643 - Aug 1998 - Pope's new Apostolic Letter puts theological dissenters on notice These errors have been especially prevalent over the past 30 years in many of the Churchs higher education bodies such as seminaries theology institutes and universities as well as in a host of publications. 644 - Jun 1998 - New Texts the key to reshaping religious education, Msgr Peter J. Elliott This vision takes a more precise form because it is based on a theology that leads to a strong emphasis on cognitive learning. 645 - Apr 1998 - Holy See rejects the latest ICEL submission It appears indeed consciously or unconsciously to promote a view of sacramental and ecclesiological theology that contrasts with the intentions of the Holy See. 646 - Feb 1998 - Vatican Instruction addresses an 'inadequate theology' of priesthood, Fr Ephraem Chifley OP What the Instruction objects to is the false appeal to an emergency situation where none really exists and the motivation is rather a theology of the sacred ministry at odds with the teaching of the Second Vatican Council. 647 - Nov 1997 - A young Catholic woman's defence of Church teachings, Anna Silvas To engage in the sacred science of theology presupposes a disposition of faith humility and prayer and a deep sense of insertion into the Church. 648 - Nov 1997 - Books: 'Tomorrow's Creed' as drafted by Fr Michael Morwood, Frank Mobbs However according to Dr Frank Mobbs who formerly taught philosophy and theology at the Ballarat Campus of Australian Catholic University there is much in Fr Morwoods latest book Tomorrows Catholic: Understanding God and Jesus in a New Millennium (Spectrum Books 1997 146pp RRP $19. 649 - Sep 1997 - Editorial: Inclusive language: the Vatican sets the limits, Michael Gilchrist The theological cacophony with which this was greeted did little more than confuse the faithful and give theology a bad name. 650 - Jul 1997 - Which Catholic women will the Australian bishops listen to?, Michael Gilchrist They said that the Church had inflicted enormous psychological damage on young women and affirmative action programs were needed to encourage more women to study theology. 651 - Jul 1997 - Editorial: Unity is Strength: Division is Death These among others have the responsibility for teaching seminarians in training for the diocesan and religious priesthood; for the conduct of theology faculties in Catholic universities; and for the control of theological reviews and journals. 652 - May 1997 - Pilgrimage in search of Byzantium and early Christianity Lawrence Cross is a Senior Lecturer in Theology Australian Catholic University Christ Campus Oakleigh Victoria and a Deacon of the Melchite Greek-Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. 653 - May 1997 - Brisbane pastoral ministers guidelines: 'Zooming along' to priestless parishes?, Michael Gilchrist Commenting on the absence for 1997 of even one new seminarian for the whole of Queensland at the Pius XII Seminary Banyo its Rector had said this was not a cause for alarm suggesting that some of the more than one hundred people studying theology at the Brisbane College of Theology (part of which occupies the seminary premises) might later proceed to the priesthood. 654 - Mar 1997 - Local opposition to Corpus Christi seminary reforms Concern was expressed about the sort of Theology that might be taught at Corpus Christi and what kind of person will now want to enter the seminary? 655 - Mar 1997 - Brisbane's Banyo seminary: zero recruits is 'not a cause for alarm', Michael Gilchrist 97): The absence of first-year students at Banyo in 1997 is hardly to be met by lay people taking courses in theology. 656 - Feb 1997 - The Catholic Church in Singapore: why is it strong and healthy?, Michael Barr While this is undoubtedly true it is doubtful whether they would have responded so enthusiastically to the mish-mash of religious pop-psychology and pop-theology which has become a staple diet in many Australian parishes. 657 - Sep 1996 - Fr Joseph Fessio in Australia: Principles of genuine liturgical reform, Michael Gilchrist Fr Fessio then referred to a talk given last year by Fr Brian Harrison Dean of Theology at the Catholic University of Puerto Rico at a conference in Colorado Springs. 658 - Sep 1996 - Editorial: Archbishop Pell’s appointment to Melbourne, B.A. Santamaria An even more serious possibility than schism referred to recently by the German Protestant theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Munich is that under the general influence of the process of secularisation erstwhile Catholics will simply give up: It is no longer a matter of rejecting Christian teachings wrote Pannenberg. 659 - Jul 1996 - Books: 'Critics on Trial - An Introduction to the Catholic Modernist Crisis', O'Connell, Fr John Parsons As Alfred Loisy (1857-1940) the French secular priest and chief Modernist writer put it in 1906 two years before his excommunication and some months before he stopped saying Mass: It appears evident to me that the notion of God has never been more than a sort of ideal projection a replication of the human personality and that theology has never been nor could it ever be more than a mythology that becomes with time more and more sanitised. 660 - Jul 1996 - Father Joseph Fessio's lecture tour of Australia, Mark First Aged 55 Fr Fessio was ordained in 1972 and holds Masters Degrees in Philosophy and Theology gaining his Doctorate in Theology at Regensburg University Germany in 1975. 661 - Jun 1996 - McBrien's 'Catholicism': what the US Bishops criticised McBriens third edition of Catholicism has been severely criticised by the US National Conference of Catholic Bishops Doctrinal Committee for certain shortcomings as an introductory textbook of Catholic theology. 662 - May 1996 - Books: 'Redefining The Church: Vision and Practice', Richard Lennan ed, Fr Ephraem Chifley OP when tribute has been paid to a certain gallantry which inspired it one is tempted to paraphrase the French general who watched the Charge of the Light Brigade and murmur it is magnificent but it is not moral theology. 663 - Mar 1996 - Editorial: The problem is belief, B.A. Santamaria This is the foundation of Liberation Theology. 664 - Feb 1996 - 'Mass facing the people': did Vatican II require it?, Eamon Duffy Vatican II theology By abandoning the eastward position the Church sacrificed the heightened solemnity with which all turned in prayerful expectancy towards the altar. 665 - Oct 1995 - Books: The Battle for the American Church (Revisited), by Msgr George A. Kelly, Michael Gilchrist The theology department is bad the school of religious studies is worse the president shamelessly hires the most notorious dissenters or virulent feminists around outspoken defenders of the magisterium are denied promotion or otherwise harassed or isolated cohabitation may take place in dormitories homosexual clubs may find a home and so forth . 666 - Sep 1995 - Alexander Rzewuski (1893-1983): The Catholic Church viewed with 'fresh eyes', Fr Peter Knowles OP A Romanian nobleman and a member of the Orthodox Church he had finished the complete course of scholastic philosophy and theology at the Angelicum in Rome (where his brother Dmitri was the Romanian Ambassador) while still remaining a member of the Orthodox Church. 667 - Sep 1995 - Saints and heroes: where the difference lies, Lawrence Cross Lawrence Cross Senior Lecturer in Theology Australian Catholic University Christ Campus Oakleigh Victoria is a Deacon of the Melchite Greek-Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch. 668 - Sep 1995 - Editorial: Catholic doctrines and moral teachings: the time for enforcement is overdue, B.A. Santamaria it was theologys job to keep examining new ways of looking at things. 669 - Aug 1995 - Blessed Edith Stein (1891-1942): The most significant German woman this century, Mary O'Neill The Catholic theology of marriage was a safeguard of womans intrinsic value as a helpmate for man in an enduring indissoluble union to rear children as citizens of Gods kingdom: To win children for heaven - to awaken divine sparks in a childs heart. 670 - Aug 1995 - Fr Paul Collins: seeking a new green constituency?, Michael Gilchrist 95) Fr Collins posits a green (ecological) theology as the best hope in tackling the worlds environmental problems. 671 - Apr 1995 - New Melbourne R.E. Guidelines: an improvement on the old, Michael Gilchrist Neither is Fr Michael Morwoods God Is Near a satisfactory presentation of the faith nor Neil Ormerods Introducing Contemporary Theologies a balanced coverage of modem theology. 672 - Mar 1995 - Leonid Federov (1879-1935): Russian Catholicism - a brave vision unfulfilled, Fr Peter Knowles OP At the end of 5 years Fedorov was sent to Rome to complete Theology at the Propaganda Fide College a prospect he did not welcome wryly remarking that the change from Anagni to the somewhat stifling atmosphere of Propaganda was like moving from a university to a high school. 673 - Dec 1994 - An Open Letter to the Manly Seminary staff, Fr Brian Harrison OS a former student of the Manly Seminary who was taught by many of the contributors to the above publication now holds the chairs of theology and philosophy at the Catholic University of Puerto Rico lectures in moral theology at the National Seminary of Puerto Rico is the jail chaplain in Ponce and chaplain to Mother Teresas Missionaries of Charity in Puerto Rico. 674 - Dec 1994 - Many vocations: empty seminaries, Fr Timothy E. Deeter Australias larger seminaries are virtually empty with numbers now built up by lay theology students. 675 - Dec 1994 - Cardinal Hume: the new Catechism must be implemented, Simon Matthews Simon Matthews AD2000s British correspondent teaches Religious Education and Theology in a London Catholic High School. 676 - Oct 1994 - An Australian's impressions of an orthodox U.S. Catholic college, Renee Ryan All must study Literature Political Philosophy Theology Philosophy Latin or Creek Physics and Mathematics. 677 - Sep 1994 - New edition of Fr Richard McBrien's 'Catholicism': but dissent still remains, James Likoudis McBriens uncritical reliance on Karl Rahners evolutionary theology lies at the root of an approach which reduces magisterial doctrine to an opinion able to be explained away or rejected when not found conforming to the latest contemporary scholarship: . 678 - Aug 1994 - Bishop Spong at Australian Catholic University - Why?, Michael Gilchrist Canon Peter Jensen Principal of the Anglican Moore Theological College Sydney and a specialist in Systematic Theology commented of Spongs Resurrection: Myth or Reality? 679 - Aug 1994 - Religious orders, associations refuse to accept 'definitive' Papal teaching The first will study the precise authority of the document and its implications for theology. 680 - Jun 1994 - Fr Hubert Jedin's 1968 'Letter to the German Bishops', Fr Hubert Jedin The most passionate and most powerful champions of the Lutheran movement were the intellectuals of that time the humanists in whose eyes the current theology scholasticism was a hindrance to progress. 681 - Apr 1994 - Making sense of 'Veritatis Splendor', Bishop Kevin Manning Acknowledging that honest attempts have been made since Vatican II to renew moral theology Pope John Paul II notes that doubts and various objections about the Churchs moral teaching have arisen and there has been a general and systematic calling into question of traditional moral doctrine on the basis of anthropological and ethical concepts e. 682 - Mar 1994 - The new Catechism and Cardinal Newman, Archbishop Eric D'Arcy Principle of dogma In Protestant theology non-doctrinal and non-propositional theories of faith have been around for centuries. 683 - Mar 1994 - Books: 'Commentary on the Catechism of the Catholic Church', Michael Gilchrist Dr Lisa Sowle Cahill Professor of Theology at Boston College and Past President of the Catholic Theological Society of America judges that the Catechisms insistence that the teaching on the sacramentality of all marriages between baptised persons has been part of Christian belief from the New Testament onward and that even creation as presented in Genesis clearly requires monogamy and indissolubility is fallacious (emphasis added). 684 - Feb 1994 - The state of Catholicism after 'Veritatis Splendor', B.A. Santamaria Mascall expressed identical views in the series of works he published before he died including The Secularisation of Christianity and Theology and the Doctrine of Christ. 685 - Nov 1993 - In the aftermath of 'Veritatis Splendor', B.A. Santamaria It is in order to safeguard their faith that the Pope told the bishops - to whom the Encyclical was exclusively addressed - to do their job particularly in relation to all of those who by mandate of their legitimate Pastors teach moral theology in seminaries and faculties of theology. 686 - Nov 1993 - Editorial: The Pope: for or against him?, B.A. Santamaria As for the present Pope himself anyone who doubts either his intelligence the width of both his philosophical and theological knowledge or his independence of thought has only to refer to the role he played at the Council itself: particularly in the formulation of Lumen Gentium Gaudium et Spes the Declaration on Religious Liberty and in the development of the Councils theology of the Lay Apostolate. 687 - Jul 1993 - Why 'inclusive' language adds up to bad English, David Frost Dr Frost reported to the 10-member Liturgical Commission that the imposition of inclusive language in the prayer book would add up to bad English (and not just bad theology). 688 - May 1993 - 'The Catechism of the Catholic Church': Confronting the post-Christian world, B.A. Santamaria In many Catholic seminaries throughout the world the influence of advanced theology is widespread as it is in many universities teacher training colleges and not a few official Catholic newspapers. 689 - Mar 1993 - The Myth of Latin America's 'Basic Christian Communities', Paul Gray So it is with one of the commonest myths in the world of Western religious education - the myth of liberation theology. 690 - Feb 1993 - The dimming of the 'vision splendid': religious life in distress, Sr Mary Augustine Lane OP His is the true vision; the true theology of religious life. 691 - Nov 1992 - Editorial: Turning the Faith inside out, B.A. Santamaria It will develop its own theology and ecclesiology to provide it with a satisfying sense of purpose. 692 - Oct 1992 - Why is Archbishop Weakland invited to Australia?, AD2000 Report Archbishop Weakland has allowed ex-priest and open dissenter Professor Daniel Maguire to continue to teach moral theology at Milwaukees Marquette University in clear contravention of Canon Law: Maguire has appeared regularly on the U. 693 - Sep 1992 - Crises in the Church: Fr Hubert Jedin's warning to Rome Even those who consider the Constantinian development as a tragedy for Christianity must recognise the fact that the existence of that empire helped the spread of Christianity; and those too who date the falsification of Christianity from the time of its hellenisation must accept the fact that theology and the magisterium found in Greek thought an instrument for the formulation and exact expression of the content of the faith. 694 - Sep 1992 - 'Science can't explain Creation of the Universe' - Fr. Stanley Jaki in Australia, Peter Westmore He has doctorates in Systematic Theology and Nuclear Physics and is fluent in five languages. 695 - Sep 1992 - The Townsville experiment: next stage in the evolution of an Australian Church? In practice a specific theology of ministry holds supreme sway (p. 696 - Aug 1992 - The problem of suffering, Fr Campion Murray OFM Job had no theology no way of thinking that could explain why one life is blessed and another is cursed; why one person enjoys life and another person is tormented. 697 - Jun 1992 - Monika Hellwig visits Australia, Michael Gilchrist Dr Hellwig has been a professor of theology at Jesuit Georgetown University Washington D. 698 - May 1992 - Christianity's first three centuries - the truth behind the myth, Andrew Quinlan Dr Andrew Quinlan with a Master of Theology from the St Nicholas Ecumenical Institute and a doctorate in liturgy from the Oriental Institute in Rome argues that the Churchs structures beliefs and practices were already in place well before the advent of Constantine and that toleration of Christianity in the early 4th century did not produce any radical or unauthentic changes in the Church. 699 - Feb 1992 - The Pope's agenda - overcoming the obstacles, Michael Gilchrist The Popes writings and addresses already provide solid substance for entire theology units and Church authorities might consider introducing more of these as ingredients for current theology degrees in seminaries theology institutes and adult education centres. 700 - Dec 1991 - 'Follow your conscience': but what does that mean?, Frank Mobbs Hopefully my formation my understanding of who I am my understanding of humanity just enables that person to come to the answer themselves sic said newly-ordained Father Bill Peperkamp still fresh from the study of moral theology. 701 - Dec 1991 - New Zealand: 'transforming the Church from within', John Kennedy OBE is associate professor of New Testament and Christian Spirituality at the Jesuit School of Theology in the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley California. 702 - Oct 1991 - France and the revival of traditional Catholicism, Dr Geoffrey Hull Scholasticism was pioneered in the theological schools of the North and University of Paris and during the Counter Reformation the Jesuits were instrumental in bringing Rome to accept it as the preeminent Catholic theology. 703 - Aug 1991 - New Zealand Catholicism to put on Maori clothing?, John Kennedy OBE Even as it was being presented eight booklets and two videos on Maori theology and spirituality were in preparation. 704 - Jun 1991 - Richard John Neuhaus interviewed, Mary Arnold It seems that although he was correct in attacking abuses in the Church (such as the sale of indulgences) it is also true to say that when he produced his 95 Theses his personal theology was already way out of line with Church teaching. 705 - May 1991 - Why the 'new' catechetics is flawed, Sr Mary Augustine Lane OP Students were taught theology morality and Scripture and these were tested. 706 - Feb 1991 - Leading questions for New Zealand's Religious, Sr Micaela Dillon OP She recently completed a Bachelor of Theology Degree at the University of Otago Dunedin. 707 - Nov 1990 - Can Australia's seminaries turn the tide?, Michael Gilchrist Consequently there would be nothing to lose in trying out a more traditional approach: more emphasis on the sacredness of the priesthood the supernatural dimensions of the Mass the distinctiveness of Catholicism and more overt orthodoxy in theology and spiritual formation. 708 - Aug 1990 - Editorial: Dissent in Catholic academia is 'out' says Vatican Instruction, B.A. Santamaria Negative response That this situation had not altered since 1967 was evident in the overwhelmingly negative response of the Churchs academic establishments to the Vaticans release in February 1989 of the Profession of Faith and Oath of Fidelity to be taken by seminary rectors teachers of theology and other responsible educational figures. 709 - Jun 1990 - Books: 'Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the Twentieth Century', Fr John Parsons He has previously published edited works on Campanella Manzoni and Rosmini and is obviously well-grounded in philology and theology as well as philosophy. 710 - Apr 1990 - Architects of failure on the offensive: US theologians 'pan' new Catechism, Michael Gilchrist Reese SJ recruited fifteen scholars in Scripture catechetics and systematic moral and sacramental theology. 711 - Mar 1990 - Parish assemblies - pluralism or brainwashing?, Michael Gilchrist Of even more concern is the possible use of Parish Assemblies to introduce a new theology emphasising the personal feelings and experiences of participants rather than Scripture and the teachings of the Church. 712 - Mar 1990 - Close encounter with feminist theology, Dr Frank Mobbs There has been considerable controversy over the place of so-called feminist theology in the Catholic Church. 713 - Feb 1990 - Books: Archbishop Oscar Romero: a modern martyr - 'Romero: a Life', by James Brockman, Paul Gray theology-minded clergy in El Salvador but it is clear that his major motivation is to put on record the facts about Romeros life. 714 - Feb 1990 - A Tale of Two Universities, Dr Ralph McInerny, Dr Alan Schreck His comments on the state of theology at American Catholic universities are very revealing as is the response to Dr McInerneys article from Dr Alan Schreck Chairman of the Department of Theology/Philosophy at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. 715 - Feb 1990 - Thomas Aquinas College, California: a model of Catholic higher education, Michael Gilchrist While in the US in 1988 I was informed by local experts that barely 5 per cent of Catholic colleges and universities could be described as fully on-side with Pope John Paul II and having thoroughly orthodox theology departments - whatever the standards of their secular areas might be like. 716 - Feb 1990 - Cardinal Newman: a centenary tribute, Dr Frank Mobbs Dr Mobbs has lectured in theology and philosophy at Australian and overseas colleges and universities. 717 - Dec 1989 - Challenging the atmosphere and agenda of secularist Australia, Karl Schmude Until recent times it has expressed itself in a theology both simple and existential attuned to fundamental truths and realities and in a catechesis that dwelt on the concrete issues of spiritual life and death and steered clear of any unnecessary embellishment or elaborate speculation. 718 - Nov 1989 - Thomas More and today's crisis in faith and morals, John Finnis Theological crisis But the follies of a legalistic moral and pastoral theology which swings between presenting morality as if it were ecclesiastical law and proposing conscience as a licence to ferret out loopholes are follies quite superficial compared with other expressions and sources of todays crisis in moral theology and pastoral practice. 719 - Oct 1989 - Catholicism at the crossroads, Michael Gilchrist Reform of the defective experientialist catechetics and some theology courses at teachers colleges and seminaries or curbing rampant liturgical abuses did not merit serious attention in Perth or elsewhere for that matter. 720 - Sep 1989 - Christianity: new threats in the aftermath of the fall of Communism, Paul Johnson Throughout the West the rules - based essentially on the unique legitimacy of the monogamous union on fidelity within marriage and chastity outside it and on the notion of reciprocal duties between spouses and between parents and children - are designed to preserve the family as the ideal social unit and as such reflect basic Christian moral theology. 721 - Sep 1989 - Three problems for Catholic schools, Michael Gilchrist Those responsible for theology and religious education units at Catholic teachers colleges now Australian Catholic University along with CEO experts will need to update their thinking to bring it into line with the requirements of the forthcoming Universal Catechism. 722 - Jul 1989 - An Agnostic analyses Catholicism: interview with Leszek Kolokawski, Paul Gray The liturgy has changed the language of theology has changed in accordance with the change in cultural pattern. 723 - Jul 1989 - Making a revolution by changing the meaning of words, Frank Mobbs Professor Monika Hellwigs article is a shining example of the substitution process commonly employed in recent theology. 724 - Apr 1989 - The Catholic Church in Britain: Piers Paul Read interviewed by 'AD2000', Paul Gray PAUL GRAY: Several of your novels deal with what might be called liberation theology issues. 725 - Mar 1989 - Who do they think they are?, B.A. Santamaria In any case how can professors of theology really be ordered to teach that in which on their own statements they do not believe? 726 - Feb 1989 - The condition of Catholic teacher training in Australia, Michael Gilchrist Unfortunately the ever-present danger of secularisation of our colleges is aggravated by the pervasive influences of neo-modernism among lecturers in such departments as Scripture theology and religious education with key props of Catholicism such as Divine Revelation hierarchical authority and immutable truths tending to be de-emphasised or diluted. 727 - Dec 1988 - Books: Liberation theology and the great revolutionary fantasy, by Phillip Berryman, Paul Gray Phillip Berrymans Liberation Theology serves two important purposes. 728 - Oct 1988 - A Catholic university for Australia: surely not modelled on Notre Dame?, Michael Gilchrist Theology departments in a large number of US Catholic colleges and universities have become well-established centres of dissent characterised by constant sniping at the Pope Cardinal Ratzinger and the Vatican in general: the petulant heterodoxy that flourishes in rarified settings. 729 - Jul 1988 - Growth of a 'new church': the Dutch experiment, Michael Gilchrist The major seminaries in each diocese were consolidated into theology institutes in the five larger cities. 730 - May 1988 - Cardinal Ratzinger: defender of the Faith, Andrew Greenwich The choice of such a man was made necessary because of the growing complexity of modern theology the full import of the conclusions of which can no longer be evaluated adequately by a man of average intelligence and because of the desire of the Council that the Churchs highest doctrinal body should assume a form more disposed to dialogue. 731 - May 1988 - John Paul II's new social encyclical, Sollicitudo rei socialis, B.A. Santamaria It therefore belongs to the field not of ideology but of theology and particularly of moral theology. 732 - Apr 1988 - A kingdom divided in itself, B.A. Santamaria These are Catholic academic institutions Catholic faculties of theology at colleges and universities seminaries (primarily order rather than diocesan seminaries) renewed religious orders lay-run base communities independent study and action centres and movements concerned with social justice and the independent Catholic media. 733 - Dec 2003 - Books: AD Books - Top Ten Sellers in 2003