In a way, no great idea is completely fatherless or motherless. Looking from afar, it may seem curious that two thoroughly Mediterranean-Australian brothers, Dr Joe and Bob Santamaria, should dedicate their collaborative formational and cultural project – the Thomas More Centre – under the banner of such a quintessentially English statesman, writer and martyr. A…
Events are in full swing at the Thomas More Centre around the country, just before the year comes to a close. In Perth, a few young people joined NCC WA president and TMC youth officer for WA, Warwick D’Silva, in the office to talk about how to grow the TMC Hub, where they discussed writing,…
Last week’s Thomas More Centre newsletter was an engaging piece by Mark Makowiecki, our Queensland organiser. In it Mark reports and reflects upon a talk given in Brisbane for the TMC in early November by writer and Chesterton Society Secretary, Gary Furnell. Gary’s talk touched upon the transcendent and subterranean sources of “human creativity” by…
In the wake of Anna’s wonderful reflection on the nature of “creativeminorities” last Wednesday, it was fitting that a group of us gatheredin Brisbane on Thursday, November 9 to hear Gary Furnell speak about the creative genius in a talk entitled, ‘Jacques Maritain and the Spirit ofCreativity’. Gary, who is the Secretary of the Australian…
It is very clear that in addition to his great service to the public and religious domains of the realm and of Europe of his time, our great namesake, Saint Thomas More, remains both a stellar but also very practical prophet of cultural, spiritual and social renewal for our own century. We have been exploring…
Since launching the Thomas More Centre digital newsletter a fortnight ago, TMC executive director Anna Krohn has been busy outlining the importance of fostering “creative minorities” – of building a movement that holds firmly to the unchanging principles of Christian social teaching while adapting itself to the ever-evolving 21st-century landscape. To that end, she has…
This week we are with colleagues on the road in the Victorian regional cities of Geelong, Bendigo and Ballarat. At the dinners I am explaining some of the elements of what I like to call the “Thomas More Redux” movement. A few puzzled people have asked, “Why have you started these talks in the country?” Are we…
This week, eyes are on the outcome of the October 2023 referendum on the “Voice to Parliament” and coming to grips with the meaning of the demographics and the voting patterns. There is a temptation to “tidy” the results into polarities. In reality, neither the “yes” or the “no” tell us much about how much…