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Father Hesburgh’s flawed legacy
Father Hesburgh’s flawed legacy

No Catholic cleric in the 1970s could have more powerfully made the argument that the pro-life movement was the proper successor to the civil rights movement for progressives and liberals.

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Newman House ManagerMay 23, 2019Catholic Herald, Culture
Crossed Standard
Crossed Standard

Measurements need to be based on constant standards. In a world of changing standards, how do we measure the good life?

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Newman House ManagerMay 23, 2019Culture, Convivium
The U.S. has big problems, but Canada's justice system deserves criticism, too
The U.S. has big problems, but Canada's justice system deserves criticism, too

We pay attention when the accused is a senator or head of the navy; what happens when it happens to the poor and vulnerable and unknown?

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Newman House ManagerMay 22, 2019National Post, Politics
Father Hesburgh Was the Father of Notre Dame’s Honoring of Obama
Father Hesburgh Was the Father of Notre Dame’s Honoring of Obama

Under Father Hesburgh, and continued by his successors, Notre Dame was clearly pro-life but chose not to use its prestige to that end in the public square.

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Newman House ManagerMay 17, 2019National Catholic Register, Culture
By Virtue of Being Tiger
By Virtue of Being Tiger

Stories out of the Masters 2019 were rife with anecdotes about the chastened, perhaps converted man. It was not just a comeback to winning, but a comeback to decent conduct.

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Newman House ManagerMay 16, 2019Culture, Convivium
The new abuse law is the biggest reform since 2001
The new abuse law is the biggest reform since 2001

On paper, Vos estis is a revolution greater than that of Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela in 2001.

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Newman House ManagerMay 16, 2019Catholic Herald, Church Affairs
Drink a Caesar ... for national unity
Drink a Caesar ... for national unity

It is marvellous to have such a delicious drink that is distinctively Canadian, another gift of Alberta to the federation

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Newman House ManagerMay 15, 2019Culture, National Post
Re-thinking best spot for the bishop’s chair
Re-thinking best spot for the bishop’s chair

With the cathedra now in the central place, the entire architectural focus of the cathedral is on the bishop’s seat, including at the vast majority of Masses when he is not present.

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Newman House ManagerMay 13, 2019Faith, Catholic Register
Jean Vanier’s Human Communities
Jean Vanier’s Human Communities

Vanier founded a human movement, rooted in the Biblical conviction that the deepest meaning of being human is discovered in God’s revelation that we are made in His image and likeness.

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Newman House ManagerMay 10, 2019Convivium, Faith
Communion and the Church’s mess
Communion and the Church’s mess

A week after Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI released his essay on the sexual abuse crisis, the wounded Church of Santiago must set its priorities straight.

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Newman House ManagerMay 9, 2019Church Affairs, Catholic Herald
The Puzzling Pontificate of Pope Francis
The Puzzling Pontificate of Pope Francis

Pope Francis is not guilty of heresy, in part due to the fact his teaching style is not sufficiently clear as to sustain such a charge.

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Newman House ManagerMay 9, 2019Church Affairs, National Catholic Register
What Jean Vanier did for us all
What Jean Vanier did for us all

Jean Vanier is one of the great Catholic founders of our time, and those who saw in him something of Mother Teresa, now a canonized saint, were not wrong.

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Newman House ManagerMay 8, 2019Culture, National Post
Benedict’s Essay Broadens Conversation on Causes of Crisis
Benedict’s Essay Broadens Conversation on Causes of Crisis

Benedict’s essay expresses and contributes toward a new moment in the life the Church, where it is possible to speak broadly and deeply about the sexual-abuse crisis.

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Newman House ManagerMay 7, 2019Church Affairs, National Catholic Register, Benedict XVI
Alberta's Show of Hands
Alberta's Show of Hands

Premier Jason Kenney’s no-frills swearing in gives time to turn from politics to art and find beauty in the work of human hands.

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Newman House ManagerMay 3, 2019Convivium, Culture
Kenney keeps doing what can't be done, and Canada could be about to benefit
Kenney keeps doing what can't be done, and Canada could be about to benefit

What Premier Kenney has done since the early 1990s is to change the parameters of the possible in politics.

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Newman House ManagerMay 1, 2019Politics, National Post
Notre Dame as Cultural Moment
Notre Dame as Cultural Moment

The burning of Notre Dame de Paris sparked an inferno of journalistic ignorance about Christianity

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Newman House ManagerApril 25, 2019Culture, Convivium
The grim toll of Christians massacred at Easter rises again
The grim toll of Christians massacred at Easter rises again

There is no surprise that it took place on Easter Sunday. Christians are killed on Easter Sunday for being Christian. Every year.

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Newman House ManagerApril 25, 2019Culture, National Post
Why Benedict by-passed the Vatican
Why Benedict by-passed the Vatican

Why did Benedict employ the means that he did to release his essay? Because he knows that neither those in Rome nor in Germany are trustworthy.

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Newman House ManagerApril 25, 2019Church Affairs, Catholic Herald
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