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The friendship of a saint (part 2)
(10 minutes) In this second part of Paul Shrimpton’s exploration of how John Henry Newman practised friendship, he shows that the saint was a true friend to very different people, also in adversity.
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The friendship of a saint (part 1)
(8 minutes) In this article, to be published in two parts over two weeks, Paul Shrimpton looks at the life of the English saint John Henry Newman who taught both by example and word what it means to be a true friend.
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The art of connection: navigating friendship in the 21st century
(8 minutes) Anthony Stratford draws on ancient wisdom to re-discover how we can form true friendships at a time when it seems ever more difficult to do so.
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A calm approach to migration
(9 minutes) Migration is an issue which provokes strong disagreements and it is rare to find a balanced assessment of both the challenges and opportunities it presents. But in this article Pablo García Ruiz makes a very good attempt.
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Why work? What my manual labourer father taught me
(5 minutes) A conversation with her father helped Mary Ann Macdonald appreciate that you need to work for deeper motives than money or social prestige.
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How to stop the West from falling apart
(8 minutes) Jenny Sinclair believes that Catholic Social Thought can save us from the social fragmentation which is afflicting the Western world.
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Building the Common Good
(6 minutes) As Western society shows so many signs of disintegration, Jenny Sinclair outlines how we can work together to build a society in which everyone can flourish.
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The window of the soul: the value of attention
(6 minutes) Catalan philosopher Jaime Nubiola says we have to pay attention to life to really learn its lessons.
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“My poetry is an attempt to put a vertical beam in the horizontality of modern culture.”
(10 minutes) Edward Clarke is a poet who thinks he can add to the psalms and connect with the cherubim. And he’s delightfully sane! Adamah’s Editorial Director Joseph Evans interviewed him.
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Always open: why churches should open their doors
(5 minutes) In a time of crisis and confusion, a church can be a place of refuge from the noise and a source of inspiration. But Phil McCarthy finds too many churches are keeping their doors closed.
