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Deacon News from Australia and the World
In this section we post news about deacons and news of interest to deacons. We rely on deacons to provide us with much of this news, so if there is some news to report in your diocese in Australia or you are a deacon from elsewhere and think you may have some news worth sharing please send it to us for possible inclusion.
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Resources for the New Evangelization
The U.S. bishops have published a document outlining a series of resources for the New Evangelization.
The document is titled "Disciples Called to Witness: The New Evangelization." (17/04/2012)
Registrations Open for Proclaim 2012
Deacons are called to make a contribution to the new evangelisation. Proclaim 2012 will help to equip deacons for this ministry by examining a range of contexts for evangelisation. Registrations are now open. (16/04/2012)
Questions Without Answers in the Kingdom of Whatever
Q&A panellists have increasingly come to resemble cardboard cut-outs, caricatures of positions along the spectrum of opinion. The encounter between Richard Dawkins and George Pell was no exception. (12/04/2012)
Abortion and the selective compassion of our time
The ethics and politics of abortion continue to be neuralgic issues. It is estimated that between eighty and one hundred thousand abortion procedures take place each year. While these figures are enough to make one stop and think, it is not always clear how to articulate what one thinks, much less how to have a humane discussion of the issues. (26/03/2012)
Vatican says number of Catholics, priests, bishops worldwide increased
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The number of Catholics in the world and the number of deacons, priests and bishops all increased in 2010, while the number of women in religious orders continued to decline, according to Vatican statistics. (20/03/2012)
In search of the civilized in today's anonymous culture
Sr Chittister reflects on the lack of civility in public debate in the USA and the use of langauge in the public sphere that would not have been acceptable even a few years ago. Similar experiences have shaped public discourse in Australia too. (19/03/2012)
Vale Deacon Elliott Casalegno
Deacon Brian writes about our brother deacon who has returned to the Father. (13/03/2012)
Killing newborn a part of moral slippery slope
The irrationality of proposals to kill newborns is founded in the irrationality of the killing of the unborn, says Chris Meney, director of the Sydney archdiocese's Life, Marriage and Family Centre. (09/03/2012)
Dublin Eucharistic Congress Sets High Goals for Youth
DUBLIN, Ireland, MARCH 2, 2012 (Zenit.org).- This summer's international Eucharistic Congress in Dublin is aiming to attract youth with a program being described as "one of the most ambitious youth ministry programs ever presented in this country." (05/03/2012)
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