The Loyola Institute is a partnership between ACU and the Australian Province of the Society of Jesus. We seek to promote and support collaborative research and advocacy by Jesuit scholars and our colleagues in Australia and abroad in the areas of our apostolic priorities.
Our priorities include: the Church and human rights – including reconciliation with Indigenous Australians – disability concerns, a just refugee policy, social services, ethics and public policy, contemporary Catholic theologies, comparative theology and interreligious engagement, mission formation for Catholic institutional leadership, research and training in spiritual direction and facing the challenges of the clerical abuse crisis.
Our team of researchers have experience in a number of fields including history, the law, and theology, and collaborate with colleagues across the globe to bring their expertise to a wide variety of research projects.
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) theologians and safeguarding experts have designed a new suite of resources to support Catholic educators to plan and deliver evide...
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A chance for Year 11 and 12 students to delve into the world of literature, engage in exciting discussions and make lasting friendships with like-minded peers.
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The annual ACU Ramsay Scholars Dinner on 26 October 2026 marked six years since ACU partnered with the Ramsay Centre to launch a suite of Western Civilisation degrees.
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Australian Catholic University has conferred an honorary doctorate on social worker and family therapist, Dr Robyn Miller AM.
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Researchers from across Australian Catholic University (ACU) have been named in the top two per cent of scientists globally in the 2026 Stanford/Elsevier ‘World's Top 2...
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French American Jesuit theologian Fr Nicolas Steeves SJ will examine the relationship between imagination and effective preaching at the 2026 St John Henry Newman Sympo...
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ACU has taken out the top spot in Australia for research quality for the fourth year in a row in the Times Higher Education 2027 World University Rankings.
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Australian Catholic University will host Fulbright specialist in philosophy Professor Costica Bradatan for a month-long exploration of the public humanities.
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ACU and Catholic Theological College Melbourne are exploring a new partnership that would strengthen Catholic theological education across Victoria and Tasmania.
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Integral ecology expert Jacqui Remond has been appointed a consultor to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development by Pope Leo XIV.
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ACU has conferred an Honorary Doctorate on the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA), Professor Francis Campbell.
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ACU has launched a new Human and Digital Futures accelerator as part of a commitment to ethical technology
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Renowned philosopher and Simone Weil expert Dr Rebecca Rozelle-Stone will deliver Australian Catholic University’s 2026 Simone Weil Lecture in Human Value next month.
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Australian Catholic University will be represented by five current or alumni student athletes at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
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Do you play a role in a Christian setting? We invite you to take part in a survey about safeguarding practices, organisational culture, and beliefs related to child saf...
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Archbishop Charles Balvo, the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia since 2022, received a Doctor of the University on 17 June at ACU’s Brisbane Campus.
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Australian Catholic University’s preeminent formation program for Catholic educators and education leaders is inspiring an evangelisation renewal in schools around the ...
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Sr Nathalie Becquart xmcj, one of the most senior women in the Vatican, has accepted an Honorary Doctorate from ACU.
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Mackenzie Davis, a proud Dunghutti woman and Australian Catholic University student, has been honoured with UniSport Australia's 2025 Most Outstanding Performance by an...
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Pope Leo XIV has just declared artificial intelligence one of the defining moral challenges of our time, in his first encyclical, writes Professor Niusha Shafiabady, Pr...
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Professor Andrew O'Neil selected to lead ACU's Academic Board
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Australian Catholic University PhD candidate Andrew Murray has been awarded a prestigious international fellowship at Boston College.
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A new PhD scholarship acknowledges the enduring contribution of Professor Anthony J. Kelly – theologian, poet, artist and philosopher.
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A collaboration between Australian Catholic University and the Queensland Rugby League will be a boon for students, researchers, referees, players and coaches.
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The former Archbishop of Brisbane accepted a Doctor of the University (Honoris Causa) during an ACU Brisbane Graduation Ceremony on 5 May 2026.
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Australian Catholic University researchers are attempting to find out just how much social media is still being used among teens by surveying their parents.
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ACU will launch a new PhD scholarship program to support the next generation of pioneering researchers in human flourishing and bioethics.
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Entries are now open for Australian Catholic University’s annual Prize for Poetry, one of the nation’s richest awards for a single poem.
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ACU mourns the passing of Professor Ray L. Hart, a philosopher, scholar and visionary philanthropist whose generosity will leave a lasting impact.
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The ACU Centre for Liturgy’s postgraduate scholarship has been awarded to former religion teacher Jonathan McCallum from the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
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A Department of Veterans’ Affairs grant will further empower Australian Catholic University’s commitment to prepare serving and ex-Defence personnel for future success.
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The Faulty of Theology and Philosophy have revitalised the Core Curriculum providing students have greater flexibility and choice in shaping their learning journey thro...
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Australian Catholic University’s winter Olympians said ‘ciao’ to Italy after ending their campaigns on a high at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
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Associate Professor Michael Hanaghan has received a prestigious research fellowship to KU Leuven’s LECTIO Institute.
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ACU held its ninth annual Federal Parliamentary Interfaith Breakfast co-hosted by Australian Catholic University and Speaker of the House of Representatives Milton Dick...
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A dozen students from all corners of Australian Catholic University have the golden chance to add international silverware to their packed trophy cabinet against the be...
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Australian Catholic University academics Professor Matthew Crawford and Professor Debjani Ganguly have been elected fellows of the Australian Academy of Humanities.
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ACU has been named as Australia’s leading research institution in educational psychology and counselling by The Australian 2026 Research magazine.
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A former corporate law lecturer has taken out the 2025 ACU Prize for Poetry.
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New St Kilda teammates Tom De Koning and Mason Wood were among the high achievers honoured at the 2025 Australian Catholic University Sport and Performer Awards.
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Australian Catholic University has celebrated its fifth year hosting the unique Western Civilisation program of undergraduate and postgraduate liberal arts degrees.
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) has reestablished the Fethullah Gülen Chair in the Study of Islam and Muslim–Catholic Relations to mark the 60th anniversary of Pop...
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Respected scholar and educator Brother Michael Green fms has received Australian Catholic University’s highest honour
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ACU has taken out the top spot in Australia for research quality in the Times Higher Education 2026 World University Rankings.
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Generations of students will benefit from the legacy left by the 2025 cohort of Australian Catholic University Student Veteran Impact Award recipients.
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ACU has received its largest ever pledged bequest for theology and philosophy, an extraordinary gift worth more than USD$10 million.
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) has ranked number one in Australia for employer satisfaction, according to the latest QILT Employer Satisfaction Survey (ESS).
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Problem solving and coding fluency alone won’t be enough to cement long term employment according to information technology heavyweights speaking at an Australian Catho...
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A frank, youth-led discussion about perceptions of military service will form part of an Australian Catholic University study into young people's understanding of the A...
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A raft of new scholarships is making international study more accessible, helping students from developing countries achieve their dream of study abroad and attracting ...
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Australia’s only dictionary dedicated to preserving the stories of Catholic educators since Australian colonial settlement has launched its first public lecture.
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Australian Catholic University’s Banyo Campus will be home to a new chapter of the St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland Banyo Conference as part of a newly signed agre...
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ACU’s annual Mission Week in August is a celebration of the university’s unique Catholic heritage and deep commitment to educational excellence.
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Student-inspired entrepreneurship will benefit from Australian Catholic University landing a $252,000 grant from Victorian startup agency LaunchVic.
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Resilience, athleticism, teamwork, humour and pride combined to propel Australian Catholic University to another successful performance at the Indigenous Nationals in P...
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Australian Catholic University has hosted a groundbreaking conference to explore the participation of disabled people in the Catholic Church.
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Preliminary research into governance in the Catholic Church has found more than 100 religious institutes worldwide have transferred their ministries to canonical bodies...
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Australian Catholic University’s Institute of Religion and Critical Inquiry together with The Loyola Institute will host Idol Talk? In the Image of the Disabled God: Di...
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The death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday marked an historic moment for the Catholic Church and the world. ACU experts in theology, history, liturgy and Catholicism pa...
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ACU scholars joined international experts on the historic Council of Nicaea for a conference in Rome to mark the event's 1700th anniversary.
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A seminar hosted by the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Sick and the World of Healthcare shines the light on ...
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Young researchers from Catholic universities around the world have called on healthcare institutions to recognise vulnerability as an essential part of the human experi...
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Students at Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) Strathfield, North Sydney and Blacktown Campuses will put theory into meaningful practice thanks to a renewed partner...
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Wollongong mum and former teacher Lisa de Paiva will use a liturgical studies scholarship from the ACU Centre for Liturgy to empower the next generation of Catholics in...
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Entries are now open for Australia's richest prize for a single poem, the ACU Prize for Poetry.
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ACU has welcomed 36 new Ramsay Scholars into the Western Civilisation program for 2025, celebrating the high-achieving students at a special reception event yesterday.
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) has achieved its highest-ever global ranking for theology in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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ACU’s Western Civilisation program hosted another successful Summer School for Australian high school students.
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Early modern literature scholar Associate Professor Johanna Harris has been awarded the S. Ernest Sprott Fellowship to conduct research overseas.
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Australian Catholic University has announced the appointment of Professor Peter Anstey as Director of ACU’s renowned Western Civilisation Program.
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The Very Reverend Dr Gerald Gleeson has been appointed as ACU's Senior Advisor, Catholic Identity and Mission.
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Award-winning journalist Dr Rachael Kohn told guests at the annual Federal Parliamentary Interfaith Breakfast that true democracy needed all Australians, regardless of ...
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ACU has awarded an Honorary Doctorate to the Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, His Most Eminent Highness Fra' John T. Dunlap, in recognition of his...
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Meet an engineer and a former investment banker who are exploring the intellectual tradition of Western civilisation at ACU.
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Professor Tania Broadley has been appointed as Australian Catholic University’s new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education).
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Professor Richard Colledge has been appointed Executive Dean of Theology and Philosophy at Australian Catholic University.
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Poet and author Christine Paice has won $10,000 in the ACU Prize for Poetry for a poem about the death of her mother.
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Evolutionary biology could help biblical scholars reconstruct the early form of the Bible's text, according to the winner of Australian Catholic University's Three Minu...
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ACU students and alumni have returned from successful campaigns at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.
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Australian Catholic University has launched twin apps to help veterans harness their strengths and thrive through higher education.
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The growing community of ACU Ramsay Scholars has been celebrated at a special event in Sydney.
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) theologians will team up with one of the country's leading governance experts to contribute to the ongoing studies into lay leaders...
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Vincentian priest and respected Catholic higher education leader Fr Dennis Holtschneider CM has accepted an Honorary Doctorate from Australian Catholic University (ACU)...
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) will welcome over 200 Catholic higher education leaders and students from institutions across Asia and Australia for the 30th ASEAC...
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Future students and their families can get a taste of life on campus at Australian Catholic University’s Open Days.
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Pope Francis hosted a virtual dialogue with university students from the Asia-Pacific region, including Australian Catholic University, on June 20.
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ACU PhD candidate Dr Farjana Mahbuba has won a prestigious ABC Top 5 Media Residency.
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Australian Catholic University announces Zane Ratcliff and Ryan St John as the 2024 Francis Xavier Conaci Scholars.
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Professor James Franklin will explore how we can use abstract principles to navigate policy, law and ethics in this year's PM Glynn Lecture.
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Dr Rachael Kohn AO, one of the most recognised voices on ABC Radio is now the recipient of an honorary degree from ACU.
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Professor Dermot Moran will examine empathy and human connection through the lens of two extraordinary female philosophers.
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Students from ACU’s Western Civilisation program undertook a unique study tour in Rome, exploring the literature inspired by and written in the Eternal City.
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Prominent Australian governance and Church leader Susan Pascoe AM has accepted an Honorary Doctorate from Australian Catholic University (ACU).
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ACU theology lecturer Jacqui Remond has presented at a new global online course on Integral Ecology inspired by Pope Francis' Laudato Si' and Laudate Deum.
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Since 2010, a vibrant partnership between ACU and Christ University (Deemed to be University) in India has been delivering a wealth of cross-cultural research, teaching...
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) pays tribute to Associate Professor Peter Howard, who died last month after more than 33 years of service to the university in both...
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Liturgy experts from Australian Catholic University (ACU) have concluded the first online training program offered exclusively to Catholics in Nigeria.
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ACU has welcomed Dr Emma Knowles and Dr Talia Morag to the Western Civilisation program faculty.
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ACU will partner with the Australian Province of the Society of Jesus to launch a new national research institute in Melbourne.
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ACU calls for research project proposals that could make a positive social impact to people facing disadvantage or marginalisation.
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Knights Hospitaller were among the most revered Christian warriors in the Middle Ages. For a group of Australians, the call to knighthood – and the service it entails –...
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) has become one of the first Australian higher education institutions to receive the new Carnegie Community Engagement Classificatio...
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Australia's political and religious leaders broke bread inside Parliament House for the seventh ACU Interfaith Parliamentary Breakfast.
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ACU recently hosted His Excellency Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Secretary for the Relations with States and International Organizations for the Holy See, for a lecture on...
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The highest achievers from the pool, football field, hockey pitch, athletics track and film stage were among a distinguished student cohort honoured at the 2023 Austral...
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ACU theologian Emmanuel Nathan is bringing faith leaders to campus to speak to students against the backdrop of conflict in the Middle East.
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) experts will undertake new research through the Stakeholder Engaged Scholarship Unit (SESU) to support the health needs of newborns...
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Australian Catholic University has awarded two Australian women, Natalie Mary Paton AM and Geraldine Doogue, with honorary doctorates.
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Sydney poet Judith Beveridge has won Australia Catholic University’s Prize for Poetry for a poem dedicated to her husband, fellow poet Stephen Edgar.
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Dr Miles Pattenden has won the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS) 2023 Publication Prize.
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Last week our community came together for ACU Mission Week. Here’s some of the highlights and the inspiring keynote address from Young Australian of the Year 2022 Dr Da...
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Creating, not just a pathway, but a home for ADF personnel at Australian Catholic University is the calling for Aaron Cornwall, who has won Veteran Employee of the Year...
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Bendigo organist Dr Paul Taylor will bring his longstanding reputation as a musician and liturgist to the ACU Centre for Liturgy as the new Assistant Director.
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Internationally respected Catholic educator Professor Br David Hall fms has been awarded the prestigious Dr Paul Brock Memorial Medal by the NSW Australian Council for ...
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ACU has launched a Master of Liberal Arts (Western Civilisation) in partnership with the Ramsay Centre.
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Mary Eberstadt, one of America's foremost Catholic public intellectuals and a Distinguished Fellow of the PM Glynn Institute, visited Australia in October 2022 to deliv...
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It is commonly assumed that teaching about religion in government schools in Australia is not permitted. In fact, religion has an important part to play in the school c...
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) has welcomed the release of the Universities Accord Panel’s interim report today.
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Rev. Assoc. Prof. Orm Rush and Dr Sandra Cornish are among five experts and facilitators from the Oceania region chosen to be part of the global assemblies at the Vatic...
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A $4.5 million-dollar global project dedicated to studying ancient religious manuscripts has been announced, featuring researchers from ACU's Institute for Religion and...
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Aboriginal women Raylene Pennay and Tyahn Bell are preparing to represent their mob during NAIDOC Week in Rome as recipients of the 2023 ACU Francis Xavier Scholarship.
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ACU’s Western Civilisation program is giving the country’s best and brightest students the chance to broaden their horizons and study overseas, from semesters at the Ro...
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Australian Catholic University student Bryce Kathage will make his first pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Lisbon four months after becoming Catholic.
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Leading religious education scholar Associate Professor Michael T. Buchanan says a growing number of schools across the globe are supporting the formation of their teac...
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Liturgy experts from Australian Catholic University (ACU) have launched a new podcast exploring Australian and global perspectives on liturgy, sacramental theology, lit...
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) has conferred a Doctor of the University (Honoris Causa) to Fr Gerald Arbuckle SM and Uncle James Wilson-Miller.
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ACU has appointed three new lecturers in the Western Civilisation program: Assoc. Prof. Johanna Harris, Assoc. Prof. Sarah Irving-Stonebraker, and Dr Anna Corrias.
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Dr Alda Balthrop-Lewis – a Senior Research Fellow in ACU's Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry – has been appointed this year’s Denis Edwards Visiting Fellow at...
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The Reverend Canon Dr Lizette Larson-Miller will present an online public lecture hosted by the ACU Centre for Liturgy on the topic 'I am what I ritualise: identity, th...
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The ACU Centre for Liturgy’s new four-week online training program will teach new and experienced Ministers of the Word practical skills for Proclaiming the Word in the...
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World renowned archaeologist and scholar Professor Yossi Garfinkel will visit Australia this month as the inaugural ACU Sir Asher Joel Fellow.
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ACU welcomed its third cohort of Ramsay Scholars into the Western Civilisation program - the largest to date.
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University students who complete community placements as part of their degrees develop a greater sense of empathy than those who just learn theory, new research has fou...
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The ACU Prize for Poetry, one of Australia’s richest poetry prizes, is celebrating a decade this year.
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Autistic students from Australian Catholic University have praised three educators for their ongoing commitment to making their tertiary education experience a success.
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Kangaroo Island retiree Paul Bennett has been named the 2023 ACU Centre for Liturgy Postgraduate Scholarship
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Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy has been touched by hundreds of translators, both human and artificial intelligence, but one poet and Italianist believes there is no be...
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The Vice-Chancellor of the only Catholic university in the Holy Land has accepted an honorary doctorate from Australian Catholic University (ACU).
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ACU will sponsor the mission of a not-for-profit organisation that offers free treatment and ocular rehabilitation for children with Retinoblastoma.
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A partnership between Australian Catholic University and RSL Queensland will see the lives of veterans and their families transformed through education and opportunity.
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A team of ACU students and academic staff are taking part in an archaeological dig at Tel Lachish in Israel.
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ACU papal historian Dr Miles Pattenden led media coverage of the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, reaching a global audience of almost 50 million people.
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If you have a capacity to help others find meaning and purpose in their lives, you might consider studying at ACU to become a spiritual director.
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Solving the threat of rising sea levels and deep-sea mining in Oceania will require methods that bring science and the human experience together.
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ACU has celebrated its second year of partnership with the Ramsay Centre at the Annual Ramsay Scholars dinner.
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The Covid pandemic has changed work, and people’s expectations of work have changed with it. It is more flexible for some and more insecure for others, and developments...
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Researchers from ACU have been awarded more than $1.3 million in the highly competitive Australian Research Council Discovery Projects scheme.
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Discussions about religious freedom in Australia should aim to unite the nation rather than divide it, guests at ACU's sixth Parliamentary Interfaith Breakfast have hea...
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Fr Harry Chan looks back over his eight years as chaplain of ACU Banyo.
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Two of the world’s oldest cities will become classrooms for twenty-five Australian students participating in a once-in-a-lifetime immersion program next week.
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The future of nations and people in the Oceania region will be at the forefront of a world-first global online conference hosted by Australian Catholic University (ACU)...
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Eminent British philosopher Professor John Haldane will explore the role of virtue and character in education in his inaugural lecture at Australian Catholic University...
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The ACU School Leavers Program resumes this year for the first time since the pandemic. The program will run from 18 November to 10 December, based at ACU's Rome Campus...
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Since forming in 1994, the ACU Brisbane Choir has provided hundreds of ACU students the opportunity to develop their musicianship skills and vocal technique and to forg...
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Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities President Professor Zlatko Skrbis has welcomed a new agreement between SACRU and the Food and Agriculture Organizat...
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Two Victorian teachers who completed ACU's Solomon Islands immersion program shared their experience to a global audience in Rome.
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Growing numbers of Catholic educators in the United Kingdom and Ireland are leading evangelisation efforts in Catholic schools thanks to a unique faith formation progra...
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) will fund three new community-initiated research projects that seek to improve the lives of young mothers with complex needs, refug...
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The inaugural Saint John Henry Newman Annual Symposium is a joint initiative of ACU and the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) to be held annually on or near the...
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Theologian Dr Maeve Heaney VDMF says in a new book that music can be the ultimate tool where words fail to express the fullness of Christian truth.
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One of Queensland’s most respected advocates for the rights of Indigenous Australians, the late Aunty Joan Hendriks, has had a lecture theatre named in her honour.
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Academics and university leaders from around the world have reflected on Pope John Paul II’s vision for Catholic higher education in a new book launched by ACU.
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A Brisbane-based postgraduate student who has been battling Multiple Sclerosis for the past decade has been awarded a masters degree from ACU in a special ceremony.
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ACU’s Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry is co-organising an international conference, Unwounded World: A Marian Peace for our Shared Future, to be held at the...
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A former funeral director who subsequently became the first lay person to take up the role as Master of Ceremonies in the Diocese of Parramatta has been awarded the ACU...
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Meredith Wattison, 59, has been awarded $10,000 for her rich and complex response to the ACU Prize for Poetry's theme of ‘Hope’.
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ACU has partnered with the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide on a mapping project designed to improve the Commission’s understanding of the nature of th...
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Australian Catholic University’s commitment to combatting modern slavery and slave labour abuses has been evaluated as one of the better performing universities accordi...
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Open Day season has started at ACU with seven of our campuses welcoming visitors.
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The Biographical Dictionary of Australian Catholic Educators (BDACE), hosted by ACU, will publish the lives and works of people – lay, ordained, and consecrated - who h...
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Renowned historian Fr Wilson Miscamble CSC has been awarded a Doctor of the University (honoris causa) from ACU for his service to the Catholic community and Catholic h...
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Sign language could soon become the common language for people in remote communities of Solomon Islands thanks to a new project led by ACU.
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International liturgical expert Fr Paul Turner hopes to address why Catholic funerals are becoming a rare phenomenon in an upcoming public lecture hosted by the ACU Cen...
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Young Aboriginal and South Sea Islanders Jedda Ellison and Hayden Kubler will represent their Indigenous heritage on a global stage after being named recipients of Aust...
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Casey Murnane combined a law degree with liberal arts to gain a broad understanding of the world and make a positive contribution.
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The Roman Curia will open its doors to Australian Catholic University students following a new formal agreement with the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.
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Faculty of Theology and Philosophy doctoral candidate Reverend Thomas Pietsch has won the North American Patristics Society Graduate Student Paper Prize.
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A joint lecture between ACU and the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI) to be held at the ACU Rome Campus and live streamed to a global audience,...
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More than 70 senior students from ACU's Thomas More Law school contributed to the largest review of Modern Slavery Statements for the Sydney Archdiocesan Anti-Slavery T...
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Liturgical scholars could benefit from the tools of sociology in order to understand the ramifications of the pandemic on public worship, according to the ACU Centre fo...
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An upcoming online public lecture hosted by the ACU Centre for Liturgy will explore the question of whether social science can contribute towards the ars celebrandi, or...
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Autistic students and staff at ACU have applauded their “autism allies” in a new award recognising the inclusive efforts of non-autistic university employees.
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ACU’s 2022 Ethos series kicked off on 15 March with a panel discussion exploring the impact and ethics of social media and what needs to change.
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One of Australia's most prized poetry awards, the ACU Prize for Poetry, is now open for entries in 2022.
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Internationally-renowned health ethics expert Dr Brian Kane will launch Australian Catholic University’s Faculty of Health Sciences new lecture series, Aquero.
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The ACU Centre for Liturgy has launched a new online training program for lay Catholics chosen to serve as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.
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Education and church leaders from four East African nations have praised a faith formation program developed by Australian Catholic University (ACU), and offered pro bo...
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ACU and the Australian Embassy to the Holy See have signed a memorandum of understanding to offer ACU students a prestigious internship in Rome.
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What makes thirty young adults gather at a university campus on a Friday evening? The promise of engaging conversation and encouraging formation, of course.
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Processing the turmoils of life can seem almost impossible at times yet, Gabby Fernandes, Campus Pastoral Associate (Students), encourages us to take the time to stop a...
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Fr Anthony Casamento csma reminds us of the true purpose of Lent.
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Professor Clare Johnson explains the importance of the words used in Catholic liturgy following recent commentary on the invalid baptisms of thousands of people by one ...
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The ACU National School of Arts and the Australian National Council of the Catenian Association are delighted to announce Kathryn Palmer as the inaugural winner of the ...
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More than 4500 new students were welcomed to ACU’s seven campuses this week for vibrant Orientation Week festivities.
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Australian Catholic University ACU has published a unique collection of prayers that include compositions by students and staff alongside treasured Catholic prayers fro...
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ACU is called to live out and express its identity and mission in a range of ways. At ACU, prayer is a way of acknowledging our commitment to seek the truth and is int...
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A collaborative research partnership between Australian Catholic University and two of Victoria’s most active social service agencies has highlighted the effectiveness ...
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ACU is ranked as one of the top univerisities of the top universities in Australia for philosophy.
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ACU researchers have been awarded more than $2 million in Australian Research Council grants.
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Travel back in time through the history of Catholic liturgy in this new unit of study with Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology Lecturer Dr Jason McFarland.
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ACU Centre for Liturgy assistant director Jason McFarland explains why the new Ministry of Catechist is another step towards greater unity in the Church.
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Chris Uhlmann gave the keynote address at the launch of ETHOS, a new event series by ACU discussing public ethics and the future of Australia, on November 9, 2021.
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On 7 December 2021 the Institute hosted the Sydney Institute on campus to launch Gerard Henderson's new book about Cardinal Pell and the case brought against him.
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Australian Catholic University will launch ACU Online, a fully online education portfolio, on 8 December 2021.
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) has officially enrolled in the seven-year journey to implement the seven goals of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform.
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Students from Queensland's South Burnett have at least two pathways to careers in sport and exercise science after a visit from ACU.
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Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott discussed how Catholic social teaching serves as a resource for thinking about politics at an event to launch Shadow of the Cross.
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To celebrate the 700th anniversary of the first mechanical musical clock, Dr Matthew Champion is leading an event to sound bells around Australia.
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A joint project initiated by the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education aims to undertake the first in-depth look at refugee settlement through the lens...
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Social justice should be the defining character of universities in a post-COVID world, says ACU Associate Vice-Chancellor (Queensland) Professor Jim Nyland.
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Based on 65,000 years of traditional knowledge, Indigenous Australians’ approach to dying has much to teach us as we consider the legalisation of euthanasia.
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ACU Pro Vice-Chancellor Engagement Professor Sandra Jones has won the 2021 Autism CRC Award for Translation of Autism Research for her project, Raising Awareness of the...
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Australian Catholic University Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Zlatko Skrbis is today launching EthicsFinder, is a continually updated, expertly curated search ...
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Australian Catholic University will celebrate the 25-year milestone of the national agency that conducts surveys and research for the Catholic Church with a free public...
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Fr Frank Brennan SJ, Distinguished Fellow at the Institute, delivered the 2021 Walter Silvester Memorial Lecture in Melbourne on 28 October 2021. The lecture was co-pr...
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A new project to study Flourishing in Early Christianity will investigate how Christians in antiquity understood flourishing, and what these ancient accounts can offer ...
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Statement from Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Zlatko Skrbis on the safe return of international students to Victoria
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Three new papers were published in October 2021 to discuss some select findings from the first wave of the PM Glynn Survey on Hope, Trust and Belonging.
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Pitching and storytelling masterclass.
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Digital marketing essentials. The five stories of social change and identifying your customer avatar.
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In response to the challenging financial and socio-cultural environments in which many not-for-profit Catholic institutions and organisations find themselves, the cruci...
Education experts at Australian Catholic University say teachers should bring back a sense of joy to student learning and extend lunch breaks when schools resume in Oct...
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Australian Catholic University has been selected to host the Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Conference in 2023, when the Association celebrates its Centen...
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Designed by and for women who are inspired by the Gospel vision of justice, freedom and the dignity of the human person. This program has been acknowledged for its cont...
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ACU's pre-eminence in theology research was evident in the award of the Theological Book Prize for 2021 to two books, both by ACU researchers. Reverend Associate Profes...
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Three major new developments in Queensland’s VAD law are very worrying for health care practitioners and hospitals and health care facilities opposed to assisted suicid...
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The NSW Government’s COVID-19 TechVoucher program is now open for applications.
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New findings from ILSTE research discusses Teaching Performance Assessments as cultural disruptors in Initial Teacher Education.
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For the Australian Catholic University students and alumni elite athletes, indelible memories were carved into their minds as they contemplate what comes next in their ...
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Two ACU theologians have made the list of the top women working in the field.
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Professor Geoffrey Blainey, US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, and Cardinal George Pell discussed war, religion and the law at a Conversazioni Topic seminar co-sp...
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) and the Order of Malta have signed a memorandum of understanding that details partnering on a range of life-changing engagement ini...
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Staff and students on ACU's Brisbane campus will be able to borrow a human book in a scheme designed to increase understanding through human contact.
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New research at ACU will uncover the unrecognised voices of disabled people and of women through two projects that have just received funding from the Discovery Early C...
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Researchers from IRCI’s Religion and Theology program have recently been awarded several research grants from the Templeton Religion Trust following a highly competitiv...
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The Hon Justice Martin Daubney AM and Ms Virginia Bourke have been appointed to the positions of Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor of Australian Catholic University (ACU).
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Dianoia Institute of Philosophy MPhil student Mitch Barrington has won the 2021 Postgraduate Presentation Prize by the Australasian Association of Philosophy, for his p...
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The research team behind an innovative program tackling cardiovascular disease risk in children has been recognised with one of the Council of Academic Public Health In...
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Four-time Paralympic swimmer Brenden Hall and Rio sevens rugby gold medallist Emma Tonegato are among 11 current and former students who will represent ACU in Japan at ...
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Australian Catholic University has recruited some of the world’s leading Catholic theologians to spearhead a new international project aimed at reconstructing theologie...
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In this secular age, fewer people are engaging in religious ritual but many still seek spiritual experience.
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Dr Alda Balthrop-Lewis awarded Shannon Fellowship by the International Thomas Merton Society
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Dr Lexi Eikelboom has received a fellowship from the Alexander von Humbolt Foundation.
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A new bookaims to go beyond that “us and them” conflict between religion and atheism to examine the complexities of the way that different kinds of atheists experience ...
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Student teachers from Catholic and multifaith backgrounds are learning about the distinct identity of Catholic schools, including the values, ethics, and moral reasonin...
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A national event was held to develop strategies for developing Catholic school leaders into the future
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The Hon. Jonathan O’Dea MP hosts an event at Parliament House, Sydney to launch the Institute’s pamphlet on the history of oaths of office.
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Senator Andrew Bragg, visiting fellow of the PM Glynn Institute, provides a powerful account of the Liberal Party’s approach to Indigenous affairs, and outlines effecti...
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The PM Glynn Institute’s report on palliative care makes a significant contribution to public discussion.
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The founder of the Queensland Bioethics Centre Sister Regis Mary Dunne AO RSM has been named as one of the 2021 “Queensland Greats”.
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Head of the School of Philosophy Dr Richard Colledge writes on the importance of providing general education through systems such as ACU’s Core Curriculum.
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ACU has awarded its highest honour, an honorary doctorate, to Marionne MacRitchie and a posthumous award to the Hon John Fahey AC, GCSG during graduation ceremonies in ...
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Researchers from the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry's Religion and Theology program will present at the conference "Theological Genealogies of Modernity," ...
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The Holy Father Pope Francis was the key guest during the overnight announcement of an agreement between Australian Catholic University (ACU) and Fundación Scholas Occu...
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A former soldier is helping other veterans find peace through university study.
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Australian research, proven to improve children’s heart health and fitness, has been published by JAMA Pediatrics, the top-ranked paediatrics journal in the world.
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A recent publication of the PM Glynn Institute argues the individual and public interest is in keeping the seal of confession.
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Two ACU academics have been awarded prizes in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
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It sounds like science fiction but, as ACU philosopher Dr Samuel Baron explained in The Conversation, there are real-world possibilities to the concept of a warp drive.
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Professor Zlatko Skrbis presented his inaugural lecture as Vice-Chancellor and President of Australian Catholic University on Thursday 22 April.
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ACU philosopher Dr Gillian Russell has been named the author of the top-cited article in the journal Philosophy and Phenomenological Research for 2019-20.
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Entries are now open for one of Australia’s richest poetry prizes, the 2021 ACU Prize for Poetry, with poets from all over the country competing for the coveted $10,000...
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When fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll were discovered at the named Cave of Horror, near the western shore of the Dead Sea in Israel, ACU researcher Dr Gareth...
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In celebration of World Autism Awareness Day this Friday, ACU is delighted to announce the launch of its autism inclusion program.
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An innovative partnership with the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle responds to the multiple challenges confronting faith-based organisations. Anchored by ACU's Graduate C...
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When a group in the Faculty of Theology and Philosophy began to develop the idea of a ‘Centre’, this Scripture passage emerged as a key phrase, or image – if words can ...
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Australia has only half the number of palliative care doctors needed to provide good quality care for chronically and terminally ill patients despite increasing demand,...
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As we return to work and study after summer, alarms are ubiquitous. ACU researcher Matthew Champion explores how past generations used birds, prayers, percussion, and e...
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Damien Freeman, the institute’s Principal Policy Advisor, discusses the poetry of Betyna Bock on the ABC’s Religion and Ethics portal.
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ACU is delighted to announce the first two in a group of teaching appointments to the new Ramsay Program in Western Civilisation.
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ACU’s Institute of Child Protection Studies is part of a new Global Safeguarding Alliance (GSA) that will promote knowledge and worldwide exchange on safeguarding and t...
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ACU Acting Provost Professor Zlatko Skrbis was pleased to attend the launch of the first Australian Catholic Anti-slavery Network (ACAN) Annual Report
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The ACU Centre for Liturgy hosted the President of the Catholic Theological Union, Rev Prof Mark R. Francis CSV
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Thirty scholarship students will be the first to undertake the new Bachelor of Arts (Western Civilisation) at Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) North Sydney Campus...
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The ACU Faculty of Theology and Philosophy is pleased to announce that PhD candidate in Historical Theology, Mr Jonatan Simons, was awarded the Graduate Student Paper P...
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IRCI is pleased to be relaunching the Biblical and Early Christian Studies program seminar series for 2020 via Zoom with an outstanding array of international speakers.
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Religion and Theology online Research seminar series
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The ACU Centre for Liturgy Postgraduate Scholarship for 2020 has been awarded to ACU Faculty of Theology and Philosophy masters' student Thomas Cullen. On awarding the...
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Distinguished Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington DC and member of the International Board of Advisers, PM Glynn Institute
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Medieval policing, early modern art, and the history of choice making are among some of the topics featured in the MEMS online seminar series for 2020.
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The Australian Province of the Society of Jesus (APSJ), and ACU are pleased to announce a new agreement for the delivery of ACU accredited courses by the Jesuit College...
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Separated or divorced parents normally grapple with countless issues, but the COVID-19 crisis means they face new difficulties negotiating shared care of children with ...
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Seven new research centres will enhance ACU’s reputation in the arts, education, health, and theology and philosophy.
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) expects to offer a new BA degree in Western Civilisation from 2021.
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IRCI researchers, Matthew Crawford, Michael Hanaghan, and Sarah Parkhouse have been awarded prestigious fellowships in Washington, Frankfurt, and London in 2020.
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I am delighted to honour the late Barry O’Keefe here at the Australian Catholic University Law School.
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Leading British philosopher Professor John Haldane will join the Australian Catholic University this year to establish a new project to develop Catholic school educatio...
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Australian Catholic University's leadership in philosophy and religion has been further endorsed by the Australian Research Council with two Discovery Early Career Rese...
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At a recent meeting of the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Academy of Liturgy in Melbourne, ACU PhD candidate Michael Wallace from Dunedin, New Zealand, offered a p...
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The ACU Centre for Liturgy Postgraduate Scholarship for 2019 has been awarded to Faculty of Theology and Philosophy masters’ student Kerri-Anne Ramsay, an assistant Rel...
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Australia’s Catholic Bishops were welcomed to the ACU Rome Campus this week during their Ad Limina Apostolorum visit to the Holy See.
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ACU senior lecturer in Biblical Studies and Ancient Languages, Dr Michael P Theophilos has been awarded the 2019 Paul J Achtemeier Award for New Testament Studies.
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Professor Stephen Finlay has been appointed as the Director of a new institute dedicated to philosophical research at Australian Catholic University (ACU).
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) has performed remarkably well over the last three years in the 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) evaluation.
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The PM Glynn Institute is pleased to announce the establishment of its International Board of Advisers. This board is made up of eleven distinguished members from North...
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Is fear such a bad thing? Nobody likes to experience it, but fear can be a spur to virtuous action, and overcoming fear is the essence of courage. But not everyone take...
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ACU researcher Dr Jonathan Teubner has won the prestigious Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise for his monograph …
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ACU Senate has further renewed the contract for Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Greg Craven until December 2022, University Chancellor the Honourable John Fahey...
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The new Archbishop of Melbourne, Peter A. Comensoli DD STL held the Sydney launch of his new book In God’s Image: Recognizing the Profoundly Impaired as Persons at ACU’...
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Earlier this week, Institute Professorial Fellow Stephen Evans was one of five speakers at a session of the …
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The Australian Catholic University (ACU) and KU Leuven, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, are calling for applications for two …
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The Institute's Principal Policy Advisor, Damien Freeman and the Sir Peter Lawler Visiting Fellow, Dr Adrian Pabst recently sat down with Andrew West from the ABC's Rel...
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The Director of the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Professor David Runia, has been appointed a Visiting Professor …
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On 9 April, the second PM Glynn Lecture on Religion, Law and Public Life was held in the Crypt at St Mary's Cathedral. The lecture was delivered by Dr Jesse Norman MP o...
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The Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry is pleased to welcome back Professorial Fellow Eleonore Stump who will be at the …
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On 26-28 July 2018, scholars from ACU and around the world met at ACU’s Rome campus for a …
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On Tuesday IRCI Research Fellow Dr Veronica Alfano, who is also Assistant Professor in the Institute for Languages and …
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IRCI’s Dr David Newheiser spoke this week with Rachel Kohn from ABC Radio National’s The Spirit of Things – in a …
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Congratulations to IRCI researcher Dr Matthew Champion, whose University of Chicago Press book …
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“Tradition and Innovation in Early Christianity” – a symposium to be held at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry …
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Former High Court judge Michael Kirby has joined with Noel Pearson, Rachel Perkins and ACU's Vice-Chancellor and President Greg Craven to launch 'Upholding the Big Idea...
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2018 Simone Weill Lecture on Human Value – Dark humour in dark times: The sustaining virtue of laughter The Institute …
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Neglected texts examined at the Institute On Monday and Tuesday 25-26 June the Program in Biblical and Early Christian …
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We are pleased to announce that Matthew Champion’s …
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IRCI Researcher Sarah Parkhouse and Professorial Fellow Francis Watson publish a new edited collection titled ‘Connecting Gospels: Beyond the …
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Biblical scholars of renown in Melbourne John Collins and …
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Welcome to Dr Stephanie Collins, who has joined the Institute from the University of Manchester. Her research primarily concerns the philosophy …
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“A Dialogue on Death”: Atheism and Christianity Panel Forum Australian Catholic University, 3 April 2018 Death confronts us …
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The distinguished political philosopher Dr Adrian Pabst has been appointed the Sir Peter Lawler Visiting Fellow at the PM Glynn Institute for 2018.
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The PM Glynn Institute has established a new policy program with Uphold & Recognise to develop policy options on how the recommendations of the Uluru Statement from the...
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On 26 March, Michael Casey spoke at the launch of "Chalice of Liberty" where he discussed the importance of religious freedom and the challenges it faces in Australia t...
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Human Rights Commissioner, Edward Santow, launched Chalice of Liberty by Frank Brennan, Michael Casey and Greg Craven at the offices of Gilbert + Tobin in Sydney on 26 ...
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On 20 November 2017 at ACU North Sydney, the PM Glynn Institute held the first conversation in “the Rules of Engagement Series: from culture war to reasonable disagreem...
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In the late 1970s and 1980s people in eastern and central Europe were inspired to overthrow brutal Communist dictatorships by the idea of "living in truth". What does i...
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Congratulations to Matt Crawford and Steve Matthews for their success in the highly competitive 2018 Australian Research Council grant round.
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On 8 November, Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO, CEO of Catholic Social Services Australia, delivered the 2017 Rerum Novarum Oration for the Archdiocese of Melbourne’s Office for...
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On 17 October the Vice-Chancellor and President of Australian Catholic University hosted the inaugural PM Glynn Lecture on Religion, Law and Public Life in Adelaide. Th...
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Congratulations to Laura Rademaker, who has won the 2017 Council for the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS) prize for a Future Leader
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IRCI Research Fellow David Newheiser led a seminar at ACU’s Rome Campus in July 2017 on Negative Political Theology.
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The Director of the Von Hügel Institute for Critical Catholic Inquiry, Dr Philip McCosker, has been appointed a Visiting Research Fellow of the Institute for Religion a...
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We are delighted to welcome three new researchers to the Institute in Early Christian Studies and Constructive Theology.
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ACU research in Theology, Divinity, and Religious Studies has been ranked 36th in the world in the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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When Dr Nicole Archard decided to study for her masters she had temporarily moved out of the Catholic school system.
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We are pleased to announce a major new university-funded research project led by Prof. Francis Watson (ACU/Durham).
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Imagine what it would be like to not have to worry about the financial side of university.
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Australia's foremost Aboriginal filmmaker, Rachel Perkins, has launched The Forgotten People: Liberal and Conservative Approaches to recognising Indigenous Peoples, whi...
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A key new Australian Catholic University institute named after an Irish barrister, writer, parliamentarian and co-founder of the Commonwealth of Australia hopes to give...
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In launching the PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Greg Craven describes how the Institute will provide a stand...
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The Director of the PM Glynn Institute, Dr Michael Casey, discusses how deeper thinking about over-the-horizon issues will play out in the work of the Institute.
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The launch took place on Thursday 13 October, at ACU's North Sydney campus. The centrepiece of the event was a panel discussion on the theme 'Fear and anger, hope and c...
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Fr Raymond de Souza, Chaplain at Newman House, Queen's University, Ontario discusses same-sex marriage in Canada and the implications for religious liberty.
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The murder of a French priest by jihadists, the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East, efforts to wind back conscience rights in h...
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Bishop Anba Suriel outlines the hardships that religious minorities suffer in the Middle East, the challenges they face in attempting to gain refugee status, and the gr...
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Professor Margaret Somerville explores the pressures on freedom of conscience for healthcare professionals and the challenges facing the modern healthcare system.
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