Congratulations Fr Denis

The Reverend Dr Denis EDWARDS has been awarded the Order of Australia Medal

for service to the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, and to theological education.

Fr Denis has been involved in:

• Chairman, Adelaide Catholic Diocesan Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission, Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, for 5 years.
• Senior Lecturer, School of Theology, Flinders University; Director and actively involved in establishment of the Centre for Theology, Science and Culture.
• Senior Lecturer, Catholic Theological College within Adelaide College of Divinity.
• Co-Chairman, National Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue, 1995-2009; Member, since 1983.
• Member, Australian Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, since 1992.
• Established, Theology Institute in Adelaide, 1975.
• Founding Member, International Society for Science and Religion, since 2002.

 He is an international authority on the dialogue between science and faith and has written

extensively on science and religion subjects.

Recent research has been in the theology of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Trinity, as well as in ecumenical theology, the dialogue between science and theology, and the emerging field of ecological theology.

Three recent books are Breath of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit, Ecology at the Heart of Faith and How God Acts.

Australia Day

As the Australia Day website proudly proclaims:
Celebrate what's great!
We are certainly a very lucky country to be as well off as we are.
The latest studies show that the average Australian is wealthier than the average citizen from any other country!
How much of that wealth comes at the cost of extreme poverty in other nations?
Catholic bishops have released statements at this time to reflect on an issue that shames us. 
Bishops call for humane approach toward asylum seekers 
Also letters from:

BISHOPS EUGENE HURLEY AND GREG O'KELLY