Tag: Brian Lawrence
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Tax deal not fair on working poor
The change to Australia’s income tax legislation in February 2024 was a carefully calculated initiative to appeal to “middle Australia”, writes Brian Lawrence, with the result that low paid workers, the working poor, did not get a fair deal.
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The YCS in the 1960s and its response to Vatican II
The life of the youth movements of the Catholic Church, and the Young Christian Students (YCS) in particular, cannot be disengaged from the events of Vatican II and the 1960s.
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YCS History: Towards a radicalised student movement
ATF Press will launch the next issue of Cardijn Studies featuring a collection of essays and interviews from those who were involved in the late 1960s through to the early 1980s in the Young Christian Student movement (YCS).
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Building social activism and personal formation
Brian Lawrence shares his reflections for an IYCS Online Global Training Session
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Greg Crafter now a papal knight
Appointed by Pope Francis
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Rerum Novarum awards launched
Rerum Novarum Awards for social justice have been re-launched The Rerum Novarum Awards for 2020 have been re-launched as a result of the disruption to the school year caused by the COVID-19 virus.
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Laudato Si’ five years on
This month marks the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ important encyclical Laudato Si’ on “Care for Our Common Home,” updating Catholic Social Teaching on environmental as well as labour and other issues.
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ACI asks PM to ensure no-one left behind in Covid crisis
ACI chairman, Brian Lawrence, and other Catholic leaders have written to PM Scott Morrison raising concerns about those left behind during the Covid crisis.
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Towards a Christian Worker Movement?
Having joined the YCW as a student at age 14 in 1960 and having worked full time for the YCS national office in 1968-9, I have had an interest in the history of both, writes Brian Lawrence.
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Finding archival treasure with Trove
If you haven’t done so, I recommend that you visit the National Library’s Trove, writes Brian Lawrence.
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Brian Lawrence new ACI Chair
The former Chairman of the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations, Brian Lawrence, has accepted a new appointment as Chair of the Australian Cardijn Institute Cooperative Ltd (ACI).