Tag: History
Anthony Cleary: The cost of historical amnesia
Learn from the past to stop anti-semitism and hate
As a teacher of history, I often reminded my students of the adage, “those who forget...
Dr Kevin Donnelly: Teach students history in all its richness
The recent release of the revised Australian national history and civics syllabuses, once again, has ignited the debate surrounding the place of Western civilisation...
St Therese Mascot: Celebrating 80 years
NEW HISTORY PICTURE BOOK DISCOVERING OUR PAST TELLS THE STORY OF ST THERESE CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL MASCOT IN ITS 80TH YEAR.
Historical records show the blessing of the infants’...
Andrew West: Leave Humanities to the pseuds … count the cost
I present a modest little program on ABC Radio National about faith in public life.
We do something rather unique, covering the places where politics...
Vatican history and art all now online
As museums and historical sites in Italy slowly begin opening their doors after several months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, technology may...
Bringing the past to life
What started out as a history lesson has resulted in a group of Year 10 students restoring the dignity and memory of some of...
Global help for the Holy Land
The Catholic Church has two religious orders of knighthood – the Order of Malta and the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
The...
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St Vincent’s Hospital, Lismore, celebrates 100 years of care
Country's only diocesan-owned hospital is unique
One winter’s day in 1921 four Sisters of Charity boarded a stream train at Sydney’s dusty Central Station for...
