Catalyst for Renewal Presents:
A Day of Reflection with Bishop Geoffrey Robinson
Saturday 23rd August 2008
The Centre for Theology and Ministry of the Uniting Church
Melbourne University

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Displaying Today's Top 9 Headlines from Cath News:

Churches pray for Murray-Darling

Churches on the New South Wales South Coast have launched a week of prayers for the well being of communities along the Murray-Darling river system.

Notre Dame vice-chancellor inaugurated

Professor Celia Hammond has been inaugurated as the third vice-chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia.

Newcastle to hold solidarity service for abuse victims

Abuse victims have welcomed a Maitland-Newcastle diocese service of solidarity to be held tonight.

Brisbane girls in betting school storm

Students at a Brisbane Catholic college are learning about risk and return by placing imaginary bets on Doomben horse races.

Fiji seeks to end coup culture

The National Council for Building a Better Fiji co-chaired by Suva Archbishop Peter Mataca and coup leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama has endorsed a People's Charter for Change seeking an end to the country's "coup culture".

Feature - Words like weapons

It’s possible to argue that the greatest advance in civilisation is the change from fighting with weapons to fighting with words, and the most important of those word battles is in formulating our collective values, our "shared ethics". - Margaret Somerville, MercatorNet

Featured Website - GetReligion.org

GetReligion.org was established in 2004 as a blog site by veteran religion journalists Douglas LeBlanc and Terry Mattingly frustrated by the lack of coverage matters of faith get in the mainstream media. As the site says "the press...just don't get religion".

Radio - Encounter: Bells and Whistles

Sport and spirituality is the focus of this edition of Encounter. The question is asked what religion has got to do with sport? In addition the program explores where sport and religion have common ground and where they clash.

Opinion - All one in the eyes of God

We are all made in the image and likeness of God, and in the heart of God there is a unity that deepens and goes beyond how we have divided ourselves. It doesn’t matter whether we are black or white or brown or olive. It doesn’t matter if we are powerbrokers, it doesn’t matter what money we have, it doesn’t matter what authority we have. - Bishop Greg O'Kelly, The Southern Cross