August 2006  
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  Editorial
Is there a difference between drinking coffee while you pray, and praying while you drink coffee? An Ignatian spirituality would encourage us to seek and find God in all things – even our mundane daily rituals.
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  Happenings
Fire, Water, Earth, Air
A day of learning & reflection on the International Year of Deserts & Desertification, including speakers and a simulation game, for congregational social justice coordinators, members & leaders, senior students, university students, teachers. 16 August at Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College, North Sydney NSW.
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NSW Ecumenical Council Prepares for Refugee & Migrant Sunday
Dr Frank Brennan sj of the Australian Catholic University and Dr Eileen Pittaway, Director of the Centre for Refugee Research at the University of NSW, will address the topic of asylum and Australian values. 23 August at the Catholic Institute of Sydney.
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Dreaming from the Heart
The Registration Booklet for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council Dreaming from the Heart National Assembly and Anniversary Celebration to be held in Alice Springs 2 – 7 October 2006 is now available.
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  Mission & Ministry
Day by Day
Ritual can play a very important part in our growing ability to find intimacy with God in our everyday lives. The Collaborative Ministry Office at Creighton University offers some practical suggestions for using everyday rituals in prayer.
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Courses for Church Musicians
St Patrick’s Campus of the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne is offering a Certificate and Diploma in Church Music. Participants will develop practical and theoretical skills as well as an understanding of worship frameworks and the historical background of liturgy and worship music.
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Pastoral Planning Resources
The Commission for Evangelization and Pastoral Planning of the Archdiocese of Brisbane provides a series of templates and processes to help parishes and deaneries in their pastoral planning. They can be downloaded at: http://www.bne.catholic.net.au/cepp/resources.php
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Social Justice Sunday
Its time to order hard copies of the Social Justice Sunday Statement from the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council Tel 02 9956 5811 Email admin@acsjc.org.au. Order forms can be downloaded from www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au and electronic copies of the Statement will be available from this site in the last week of September.
   
How to Celebrate the International Day of People with a Disability
Not sure how your parish or Diocese could celebrate the dignity and contribution of those with a disability? This practical three page guide provides plenty of ideas. Start planning now so that everything will be in place for 3 December.
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  Feature
An Online Novena for Ignatius
Leading up to the Feast of St Ignatius (31 July), the British Jesuits’ Pray-as-you-Go website offered an online novena. Instead of following the reading of the day, special texts were chosen from the scriptures and from the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius, inviting participants to go deeper into Ignatius's way of experiencing God.
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  Reflection

The Unbreakable Link
Just as the sun cannot help giving light and heat, so those who love God cannot help loving other people. Chris Gleeson sj, writing in Madonna Magazine, reflects on the unbreakable link between the love of God and the love of neighbour.

* Chris Gleeson sj is the Director of the Centre for Ignatian Spirituality in Toowong, Queensland and works with the Loyola Institute in the field of formation for mission and leadership.

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