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This information is correct as at 27 December 2016, but changes can occur.
Sydney Meetings
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| February 19 | Was the Reformation providential? [2017 is the 500th anniversary of the formal beginning of the Reformation.] | Emeritus Professor Garry Trompf. Department of Studies in Religion University of Sydney |
| March 19 | The origins of a Christian tradition of misogyny | Dr Christopher Geraghty (Sydney). Author and retired NSW Judge. |
| April 23 | Arthur Calwell and Archbishop Justin Simonds: two parallel careers tragically unfulfilled. | Dr Patrick Morgan, Historian and author (Victoria). |
| May 21 1:30 pm start for this meeting | 1:30pm Annual General Meeting 2:00pm Presentation: Questions of identity in 21st century Australia: growing up tribal, moving beyond and then re-considering. | Presentation Ms Geraldine Doogue. Journalist and ABC presenter |
| June 18 | The meaning of “reform”: the contest of Erasmus and Luther on free will. | Dr Damian Grace. Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney |
| July 16 | The field of bioethics: one insider’s take! | Dr Bernadette Tobin. Director: Plunkett Centre Australian Catholic University and St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney |
| August 20 | Where is their sanctuary? | Mgr John Usher. Former Director of Centacare and Archdiocesan Chancellor |
| September 17 | The story of the Church in a vanishing land. | Sr Helen Simpson OLSH. ACHS Chaplain |
| October 15 | Gods of the State: Religion, politics and dissent. | Dr Peter Slezak. School of Humanities & Languages, University of NSW |
| November 19 | “The Show”: Another Side of Santamaria’s Movement | Mr Mark Aarons. Author, former ABC investigative Reporter and NSW ministerial advisor with Mr John Grenville Former Federal Secretary of the Federated Clerks’ Union |
| December 2 (Saturday) | 12:00pm Annual Mass and Christmas Lunch Mass: 12:00pm. Lunch: 12:30pm | MacKillop Centre North Sydney. Cost, booking details and speaker to be advised. |
Location, time and contact: Sunday afternoons at 2.00pm (unless otherwise stated) in the Crypt of St Patrick’s at Church Hill [Grosvenor Street], The Rocks. Admission is free and does not require membership of ACHS, but a donation is welcome. Enquiries to: Dr John Carmody, President ACHS
Melbourne Meetings
March 6, 2:00pm: Matthew Beckman. Provisional title: The Turning Point That Did Not Turn: The Parisian Ban of 1277 on the ‘New Thinking’.
June 5, 2:00pm. Val Noone will address the significant influence of Dorothy Day (the founder of The Catholic Worker Movement in the United States) on Australian Catholicism, especially the impact of her three-week visit to Australia in August 1970.
September 4, 2:00pm. Speaker: Paul Rule. Topic: The Chinese Rites Controversy.
November 13, 2:00pm. Speaker: Donna Dening will be the presenter. Topic to be finalised.
Location: Seminar Room at Dorish Maru College, Yarra Theological Union, 100 Albion Road, Box Hill.
