Unfortunately, we don’t have Anna writing our newsletter this week. Many of you have written to say how much you enjoy her reflections, and we hope to publish them all on a blog soon. In the meantime, if you’d like to access any of the past newsletters, we’ve put them all in one easily accessible…
I have been surprised and delighted to meet with and hear from some of the first generation of Thomas More Centre participants. Now some of these men and women have growing adolescent and young adult children of their own. They recount memories of their TMC Summer School encounters which ran from 1989 into the mid-2000s.…
St Thomas More, our centre’s titular inspiration and patron saint, was a master of words across a number of tongues. He was a prodigious letter writer, a poet, a composer of prayers, an orator and a legislator. Thomas More was not a mere literary stylist. He had an attention and devotion to the truth and…
“He was shocked by their mediocrity, cultural and spiritual. He could not understand why these young priests were setting out to make a professional career of clerical advancement. He rarely discovered one with an “authentic passion for study. They were so little curious to understand the ways of God in their spiritual lives.”– Fr Peter…
The activity of the Thomas More Centre in the online space is picking up! Two interviews – one with Alex Dee and the other with Larry Chapp – have been posted to our YouTube channel, while three more interviews are due to be posted over the next three weeks. These will be with Kees de Groot…
Our mission at the Thomas More Centre is to promote the enduring tradition of Christian intellectual, cultural, and contemplative thought. To this end, we are fostering open-minded and stimulating conversations about subjects that concern the human condition and the common good. Because personal connection is important, we are establishing physical ‘hubs’ around Australia in which…
Despite unprecedented access to a multitude of media tools and stimulation, many people today experience profound existential isolation, mental confusion and the fracturing of identity. Different generations have their own digital intoxicants of choice – Facebook, Tumblr, Snapchat – each platform creating and clamouring for time and attention. They flash out images in mazes of…
Many (many) years ago, while working in bioethics, I was invited by some teachers to a Catholic boys’ school to talk to the students about virtue and the culture of life. I was tempted to drop the phone (yes, it was what is now a vintage landline handset) – “Wild request: brave teachers!” I thought…
In this newsletter, we will once again reminisce about the wonderful experience that is the Democratic Conference. On a warm and sunny weekend in Sydney, from February 2 to 3 in the beautiful facilities and grounds of Campion College, the National Civic Council – along with co-sponsors News Weekly, the Thomas More Centre, Campion College, Mother…
We have had an amazing weekend! Great company, great conversations, great community building. Soon we’ll be on the road, driving back from the amazing experience that was the Democratic Conference 2024, but we just had to give you a brief report while we digest the riches of the weekend. This conference was a first in…