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Rerum Novarum 2012
Thursday 15 November 2012
THE 2012 Rerum Novarum Oration was held on Tuesday 13 November at the Australian Catholic University and the chosen theme was “Labouring for the common good”.
This year’s Oration was delivered by two keynotes speakers, Senator John Madigan, Senator for Victoria and Dr Matthew Tan, Lecturer in Theology and Philosophy at Campion College, Sydney.
Senator Madigan was catapulted from the relative obscurity of his Ballarat foundry, to the lofty halls of Australia’s Federal Parliament in Canberra, becoming the first representative of the Democratic Labor Party elected to the Australian Senate in almost four decades. In his maiden speech to the parliament, Senator Madigan spoke of putting the “Common Good back into the Commonwealth”.
Dr Tan received his Doctorate in Political Theology from the Australian Catholic University and has studied Law, International Relations, History and Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Acquinas in Rome.
The Oration is an annual event of the Office of Justice and Peace commemorating the 1891 Encyclical of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII Rerum Novarum, that formed the foundation of the Church’s social doctrine in modern times.
Click HERE to read the Oration by Senator John Madigan
Click HERE to read the Oration by Dr Matthew Tan
LISTEN to a podcast of the Oration's by Senator John Madigan and Dr Matthew Tan by clicking on the play button below:
Click HERE to read the Acknowlegement of Country by Michael and Augustine Kadende, students of St Leo the Great Altona North
Click HERE to read the Opening Prayer by Claire and Alessia, students from the Academy of Mary Immaculate
Photos courtesy of Ashoka Peiris T.H
THE 2012 Rerum Novarum Oration was held on Tuesday 13 November at the Australian Catholic University and the chosen theme was “Labouring for the common good”.This year’s Oration was delivered by two keynotes speakers, Senator John Madigan, Senator for Victoria and Dr Matthew Tan, Lecturer in Theology and Philosophy at Campion College, Sydney.
Senator Madigan was catapulted from the relative obscurity of his Ballarat foundry, to the lofty halls of Australia’s Federal Parliament in Canberra, becoming the first representative of the Democratic Labor Party elected to the Australian Senate in almost four decades. In his maiden speech to the parliament, Senator Madigan spoke of putting the “Common Good back into the Commonwealth”.
Dr Tan received his Doctorate in Political Theology from the Australian Catholic University and has studied Law, International Relations, History and Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Acquinas in Rome.
The Oration is an annual event of the Office of Justice and Peace commemorating the 1891 Encyclical of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII Rerum Novarum, that formed the foundation of the Church’s social doctrine in modern times.
Click HERE to read the Oration by Senator John Madigan
Click HERE to read the Oration by Dr Matthew Tan
LISTEN to a podcast of the Oration's by Senator John Madigan and Dr Matthew Tan by clicking on the play button below:
Click HERE to read the Acknowlegement of Country by Michael and Augustine Kadende, students of St Leo the Great Altona North
Click HERE to read the Opening Prayer by Claire and Alessia, students from the Academy of Mary Immaculate
Photos courtesy of Ashoka Peiris T.H
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