Author: Debra Vermeer

Aurora

New mentoring program for Australian Catholic women set to launch

May 03, 2017 Comments

A new mentoring program to build the skills and faith of Australian Catholic women so that they can have a positive impact in the Church and wider society is about to be launched.

Church

Palliative care practitioners speak out against euthanasia and assisted suicide

March 23, 2017 Comments

More than 30 of Australia and New Zealand’s top palliative care practitioners have joined forces to oppose the introduction of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide, describing the practice as “unnecessary and unsafe”.

Aurora

Experts warn against following overseas experience with euthanasia

March 01, 2017 Comments

The practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide overseas has been a disaster, with so-called safeguards failing and doctor-assisted killing on the rise, and not just for the terminally ill, says world-renowned ethicist Professor Margaret Somerville.

Church

Fr Bedi Asmon SVD using music for mission in Brazil

October 14, 2016 Comments

Fr Bernadinus (Bedi) Asmon SVD, a young missionary from Indonesia, who undertook his formation in Australia, is now living and ministering in Brazil where he has discovered that music is the common language with the people he serves.

Aurora

Euthanasia a radical shift in society’s values

August 03, 2015 Comments

Euthanasia is not an incremental change to current end-of-life practices, but a radical and massive shift in our society’s and civilisation’s foundational values, says internationally renowned Australian ethicist, Margaret Somerville.