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3 weeks ago | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Jessica Holloway |Australian Catholic
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has begun his election campaign with fresh criticism of schools. The Coalition has previously raised concerns the national curriculum is “unwieldy” and “infused with ideology”. On Monday night, Dutton suggested states needed new funding conditions to make sure schools were teaching appropriate content. He told Sky News federal money should be conditional to ensure schools are not “guided into some sort of an agenda that’s come out of universities”.
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1 month ago | 
tolerance.ca | Gavin Brown |Australian Catholic
By Gavin Brown, Lecturer in Religious Education, Australian Catholic University
Most people recognise organisations such as the YMCA and the Boy Scouts, or events such as the Modern Olympic Games, summer camps and wilderness retreats. Few, though, have ever heard of the movement from which they took their principal inspiration: muscular Christianity.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
dailybulletin.com.au | Australian Catholic
The Martyrs of Compiègne, a group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, were canonised by Pope Francis on December 18. Their extraordinary faith and courage in the face of death offer timeless lessons on conviction and resilience. These nuns, led by their prioress Mother Teresa of St. Augustine, embraced their fate with a profound sense of spiritual purpose, leaving an enduring legacy.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
phys.org | Australian Catholic
Teaching children how to identify and combine parts of words is an important component of a comprehensive approach to reading and spelling instruction, new ACU research shows.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
implementationscience.biomedcentral.com | Estela Sanjuan |Australian Catholic
This scoping review was conducted following the methodological framework described by Arksey and O’Malley which consists of five steps: (1) formulating the research question, (2) identifying relevant studies, (3) selecting eligible studies, (4) charting the data and (5) collating, summarising and reporting the results [30]. Reporting of the review complied with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses – Scoping Reviews (Additional file 1) [31].
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
theconversation.com | Australian Catholic
The Martyrs of Compiègne, a group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution, were canonised by Pope Francis on December 18. Their extraordinary faith and courage in the face of death offer timeless lessons on conviction and resilience. These nuns, led by their prioress Mother Teresa of St. Augustine, embraced their fate with a profound sense of spiritual purpose, leaving an enduring legacy.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
theconversation.com | Australian Catholic
Donald Trump has long been interested in Greenland becoming part of the United States. Yesterday, he told reporters he would not rule out using military force to acquire the Danish territory, saying “we need” it for the “economic security” of the United States. As he spoke, his son Donald Jr was in Greenland, on what is described as a private visit. Last week, Greenland’s prime minister Múte Egede called for independence from Denmark and for the “shackles of the colonial era” to be broken.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
thetimes.com.au | Australian Catholic
Donald Trump has long been interested in Greenland becoming part of the United States. Yesterday, he told reporters he would not rule out using military force to acquire the Danish territory, saying “we need” it for the “economic security” of the United States. As he spoke, his son Donald Jr was in Greenland, on what is described as a private visit.
Last week, Greenland’s prime minister Múte Egede called for independence from Denmark and for the “shackles of the colonial era” to be broken.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
theconversation.com | Australian Catholic
The new film Conclave is a psychological thriller looking at the selection of the new pope. But what is a conclave, and where did this ritual begin? The institution of the conclave is the formal process by which a pope is elected. As cardinals cast their secret ballots, they partake in a process that upholds the Catholic Church’s millennia-old heritage and navigates the dynamics of contemporary global power, making the conclave a powerful intersection of faith, tradition, and geopolitics.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
southfloridareporter.com | Australian Catholic
By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Australian Catholic UniversityIn a world where information flows freely, it’s easy to forget that, for centuries, knowledge was much harder to come by. Imagine living in a time when the internet didn’t exist, books were scarce, libraries were few, and most people couldn’t even read. This was the world of Isidore of Seville, a man dedicated to gathering and sharing knowledge to be passed down for generations.
