Tag: love
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Sixty Years Since Vatican II
Happy Birthday Vatican II. Sixty years old and you don’t look a day over 500. For those of you who are a bit confused, ‘II’ is the roman numeral for ‘2’, and this milestone doesn’t mean that a new improved version of the Vatican was birthed 60-years ago. It’s merely the 60th anniversary of the…
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The Australian Christian Lobby. Who do they really represent?
I was prompted to ask myself this question after receiving an unsolicited pamphlet from the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), in my mailbox which posed the question: ‘Do you really know what your child is learning at school.’ Now it has only been a short while since my children were at school, and I think they…
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A reflection on the life of Guiseppi D’Agata, 100-years after his birth
Today, March 2nd, 2024, makes the 100th anniversary of the birth of my father, Guiseppi D’Agata. Sadly, he only lived 53 of those years. So, in deciding to compose this brief reflection on his life, I must come to terms with the fact that, as important as this man was to my existence, I didn’t…
Stephen D'Agata 