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$1.2 million! Perth Catholics give generously to tsunami appeal In Australia Caritas has raised $9 million. World wide, Catholics have given half a billion dollars to aid for victims of Boxing Day tsunamis.
Chinese New Year dispensation New head
for Health The University of Notre Dame Australia has announced the appointment of Professor Julie Quinlivan as the Foundation Dean of Health and head of Professor the School of Quinlivan Medicine at its Sydney Campus. Professor Quinlivan is currently Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne. She is the head of the Gold Maternity Care program and consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. She is also a senior consultant in Adolescent Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne. Notre Dame’s Vice Chancellor, Dr Peter Tannock, said Professor Quinlivan had extensive experience in teaching, medical practice and research in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. “She is an exceptional young woman who will bring great quality and energy to the development of the College of Health and the Schools of Medicine and Nursing in Sydney,” Dr Tannock said.
■ By Jamie O'Brien
A month after the terrible tsunami disaster that rocked the world, Perth Catholics have raised more than $1.2 million, the head of Caritas in Perth announced on Tuesday. And on a national scale, Caritas Australia has received $9 million in donations with further donations still expected. “Here in the Perth office, we have witnessed the most extraordinary level of generosity and good will from the Australian public to help those affected by the tsunami and in response we would like to say a huge ‘thank you’, Caritas Perth Director Ann Fairhead told The Record. Mrs Fairhead said she believes the support has been overwhelming because of the natural causes of the disaster, and the sudden loss of so many lives. Money raised by Caritas in Australia is being delivered through Caritas long-term partners in affected countries, including the Jesuit Refugee Service and the US Catholic Relief Services in Indonesia; Caritas in Sri Lanka and India; the Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees in Thailand and other programs of the Catholic Church in Thailand. Some of the key responses to the disaster and on-going activities have included emergency health assistance to more than 50,000 affected families in Sri Lanka, supply of clean drinking water to 457,000 displaced people in Indonesia, supply of sanitation
Passion receives 3 nominations Asian youth dressed in traditional costumes hold Chinese decorations during a Mass for the Chinese New Year at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. Archbishop Barry Hickey has announced a special dispensation from the traditional Ash Wednesday fast and abstinence for Asian Catholics in the Archdiocese of Perth, who will celebrate Chinese New Year this year on Ash Wednesday, February 9. Archbishop Hickey has asked parish priests to inform congregations of the dispensation during this weekend's Masses. Photo: Victor Aleman, The Tidings
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Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ has been nominated for three Academy Awards. The 2004 movie about the passion and death of Jesus received Oscar nominations for original score, cinematography and makeup. The Awards will be presented on February 27 in Los Angeles.
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Scientific debate has raged for decades between Creationists and Evolutionists. Now there’s a third theory, and it’s called: Intelligent Design.
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