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  Reflecting on a new book by Michel Camdessus and others entitled "Transformer L'Eglise Catholique" , Patrick Giddy explains how individualism fuels clericalism....
  
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  Published almost two years ago, Rutger Bregman’s ‘Utopia for Realists’ is timely now. Bregman’s vision is worth paying attention to when our world needs a fresh understanding of justice and how it might be meted out across nations and people, writes Chris Chatteris SJ.
  
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  Timely reading: “Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge
  
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  The ongoing protests in the United States in response to the police killing of George Floyd and discrimination against Black people has...
  
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  Book Review — Open Schools Era (1976-1986)
  
  Mark Potterton - Tue, 12 May, 2020 0
  
  Dr Mark Potterton reviews a book about the history of Catholic Schools in South Africa by well-known educationalist and Marist Brother Jude...
  
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  Age of Anger: a history of the present
  
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  Our society — not just South Africa — seems to have become increasingly violent. People are angry. Political and economic exclusion has...
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Mark Potterton is currently the primary school principal of Sacred Heart College, Observatory. He has taught in schools, a teachers’ training college and in universities. He served as National Director of the Catholic Institute of Education and worked at Umalusi as the Chief Operating Officer. He was part of the Ministerial Committee that looked at schools that work well in township and rural areas; as well as on a committee investigating teacher absenteeism in South Africa.

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Will we still need school uniforms after COVID-19?

Mark Potterton - Fri, 31 July, 2020 0

Sometimes we do things in a particular way because that is how we have always done them. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced...

Youth

Sexuality education – where to now for Catholic schools?

Mark Potterton - Thu, 23 July, 2020 0

The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to make their curricula available online. Mark Potterton, who worked with the Southern African Bishops' Conference to...

Youth

Teaching children to recognise disinformation

Mark Potterton - Wed, 15 July, 2020 0

Discerning truth from falsehood and deliberate misinformation is becoming increasingly difficult as various interest groups compete to dominate the media space. Mark...

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Education: Rethinking the pressure of exams

Mark Potterton - Fri, 10 July, 2020 0

Schools spend too much time preparing students for exams, says Mark Potterton, who has served as the Chief Operating Officer for Umalusi,...

Human Rights

Timely reading: “Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Mark Potterton - Wed, 1 July, 2020 1

The ongoing protests in the United States in response to the police killing of George Floyd and discrimination against Black people has...

Youth

The challenges and opportunities of authentic Catholic online education

Mark Potterton - Mon, 22 June, 2020 1

When schools closed in March, teachers and principals had little time to come up with alternatives to ensure that learning could continue...

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Tackling racism in South African schools

Mduduzi Qwabe and Mark Potterton - Tue, 16 June, 2020 0

On 16 June every year, South Africa remembers the high school learners in Soweto who faced off against the apartheid security forces...

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How do we save our Catholic schools from financial disaster?

Mark Potterton - Mon, 18 May, 2020 0

Catholic Schools Week celebrates the contribution that Catholic schools have made to education and society. Despite these successes, Mark Potterton addresses the...

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Book Review — Open Schools Era (1976-1986)

Mark Potterton - Tue, 12 May, 2020 0

Dr Mark Potterton reviews a book about the history of Catholic Schools in South Africa by well-known educationalist and Marist Brother Jude...

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Tackling racism in South African schools

Mduduzi Qwabe and Mark Potterton - Tue, 16 June, 2020 0

On 16 June every year, South Africa remembers the high school learners in Soweto who faced off against the apartheid security forces...

Human Rights

Timely reading: “Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Mark Potterton - Wed, 1 July, 2020 1

The ongoing protests in the United States in response to the police killing of George Floyd and discrimination against Black people has...

Youth

The challenges and opportunities of authentic Catholic online education

Mark Potterton - Mon, 22 June, 2020 1

When schools closed in March, teachers and principals had little time to come up with alternatives to ensure that learning could continue...

Youth

Education: Rethinking the pressure of exams

Mark Potterton - Fri, 10 July, 2020 0

Schools spend too much time preparing students for exams, says Mark Potterton, who has served as the Chief Operating Officer for Umalusi,...

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COVID-19 – just how bad is it in South Africa?

Margaret Blackie - Tue, 14 July, 2020 0

On 12 July, President Cyril Ramaphosa painted a pessimistic picture of South Africa's battle against COVID-19. Hospitals are struggling to keep up...

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Do churches heal or perpetuate gender-based violence?

Mahadi Buthelezi - Thu, 9 July, 2020 0

Continuing her exploration of the relationship between poorly interpreted Scriptures and patriarchy, Mahadi Buthelezi presents the correlations she sees between toxic masculinity and gender-based violence. She warns that the rigid application of Church teaching and the poor formation of those in parish ministry only perpetuate the continued violence against women.

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Easing the suffering of winter and COVID-19 in Snake Park Township

Nhlanhla Mdlalose - Wed, 24 June, 2020 0

The financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating effect on already poor communities. Many have lost their jobs and...

Pope appoints Rev. Fr Noel Rucastle as Bishop of Oudtshoorn

Matthew Charlesworth SJ - Mon, 4 May, 2020 0

The Holy Father has appointed Rev Fr. Noel Andrew Rucastle, of the Cape Town clergy and previously parish priest of Our Lady of...

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Natural evil and God: from Voltaire’s “Candide” to Camus’ “The Plague”

Patrick Giddy - Wed, 5 August, 2020 0

Every age has its cataclysm and every generation asks how a loving God can permit suffering. The COVID-19 pandemic has so far...

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Tackling racism in South African schools

Mduduzi Qwabe and Mark Potterton - Tue, 16 June, 2020 0

On 16 June every year, South Africa remembers the high school learners in Soweto who faced off against the apartheid security forces...

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Tradition as an antidote to liberalism and clerical abuse

REVIEW — Utopia for Realists

Timely reading: “Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Book Review — Open Schools Era (1976-1986)

Age of Anger: a history of the present

Tradition as an antidote to liberalism and clerical abuse

REVIEW — Utopia for Realists

Timely reading: “Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Book Review — Open Schools Era (1976-1986)

Age of Anger: a history of the present

Mark Potterton

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