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When the well is nearly dry

Terry Fewtrell is a resident of Canberra and active in Concerned Catholics Canberra Goulburn. He is a retired public servant and consultant and the author of George, Elise and a Mandarin – Identity in early Australia, highly commended in the 2018 ACT Literary and Publishing Awards.

Afghanistan needs nuns

Frank O'Shea currently lives in retirement at Point Cook, Victoria and adds, for the record, his teaching career (mathematics, mainly) was in a DLS school (Waterford) for five years, CB Chatswood, Sydney for three years, and Marists (Dublin and Canberra) 32 years. He would like to think he was part of a worthy endeavour.

Clericalism and Laicism: Culture and Lifestyle

After a career working with refugees and migrants, Kevin Liston completed a Master of Theological Studies at ACU and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology at Monash University. His interests now are in renewal in the Catholic Church and in a contemporary Catholic spirituality that addresses the needs and cultures of our times.

Opus Dei: A Catholic Sect

Paul Collins is an historian, broadcaster and writer. A priest for thirty-three years, he resigned from the active ministry in 2001 following a dispute with the Vatican over his book Papal Power (1997). He is the author of 17 books, the most recent is Recovering the ‘True Church’ (2022) A former head of the religion […]

Catholic Seminaries in Australia: 1835-2023

Dr Peter Wilkinson is a missiologist and former Columban missionary priest. He has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs, guest lecturer in Missiology at Yarra Theological Union, and consultant to the Australian and New Zealand Royal Commissions into child sexual abuse. He is the current president of Catholics for […]