Sharing
my journey, May 2005 by
John Hill |
I have been
pondering as to what to share. You have stories;
you have experiences as rich as or even richer
than mine ... [more]
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“And
let not your leaven be that of the scribes and
pharisees …”,
22 Nov 2003 by
John Maguire |
The first two parts of "A Letter
to the Church in Redfern"
- Introduction -
perspective and
context (MS Word document)
- Part
1 - “the true meaning
of the Good News” …a meditation provoked
by part of Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians (MS Word
document)
- Several other parts
are still to be written.
John has asked that the date
22 Nov 2003 be attached to these documents, as "it
provides a pointer to the historical context out of
which these
pages were born and in light of which they still need
to be read and understood".
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Why?
- new internationalist, August 2004 by
Robert M. Young |
In
the 1920s the term ‘fundamentalism’ was first coined
to refer to the Protestant denominations and sects in
the US who advocated the return to what they claimed
were the ‘fundamentals’ of their faith. They believed
that the Bible should be taken literally, that it was
dictated by the hand of God, that morality was to be
strictly adhered to, and that Darwin’s theory of evolution
contradicted Holy Scripture and should never be taught
in the schools. They were profoundly conservative and
hated pluralism, materialism, relativism and libertinism
of all kinds ... [more]
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Redfern,
a Prophetic Community
by Douglas D. Akehurst
c.m. |
A view of
the St Vincent's community 15 years ago - the conclusions
from a research project towards a graduate diploma in
theology with the United Theological Institute undertaken
back in 1989 ... [more]
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The
Challenge of Redfern - written for SWAG
by Peter
Maher |
The challenge
of Redfern would fill a book. The historical situation
is that Fr Ted Kennedy sided with the Redfern Aborigines
around Mum Shirl and became a close collaborator in her
work. His genius was to privilege the excluded in such
a way that th ... ... [more]
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light
years
by Jim Considine
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ah St Mary's!
arching to-the heavens built from the meagre pennies of
migrants where mitre rules amidst candles, incense and
the ushered solemnly devour the divine while on park benches
outside, in the sub-ways Jesus sleeps, uncovered, unloved
... ... [more]
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sign
of the cross
by Jim Considine
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crossing
rail lines at Redfern past run down tenements scoured
by broken glass, beer cans, graffiti shades of Derry ,
beautiful but scarred sensing a rare spirit around St
Vincents with Ted's seeds of hope sprouting compassion,
generosity , jus ... ... [more]
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Riots
in my mind
by Deborah
Ruiz Wall |
Wherefore
art thou, the Catholic Church in Redfern if you ignore
the presence of 'the other'? "Love one another as I have
loved you" --- the practice of Jesus. If the 'Catholic
Church' in Redfern ignores the lives of the people in
'the Block' in Redf ... ... [more]
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A
Prayerful Story
by Deborah
Ruiz Wall |
Once upon
a time, there was a priest whom the people loved. In his
church, he found no need to stand on a platform. He didn’t
need to put on clerical vestments to command respect.
But he got old and sick and regretfully, he had to leave.
He was ... ... [more]
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