Back in the days, in the 60s and 70s, when I was growing up Catholic in South Australia, the old stone building at Sevenhill, known as the College (above image), was the place of Ignatian spirituality – at least to me. The College is next door to the grand old country church, St.…
Issued on: 21/10/2020 – 05:00 France paid homage to slain professor Samuel Paty at the Sorbonne on October 21, 2020. France paid tribute on Wednesday to a history teacher beheaded last week by a man angered at his decision to share controversial caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad with his class. President Emmanuel Macron spoke at…
When NGE was going on about wanting to borrow my robe the other day I figured I would re-visit this post. Yes, he’s also a lawyer previously mentioned here. An irksome thing about NGE is that he has limited insight into how he looks, anytime, let alone in Court. I’ve yet to convince him that…
French History, especially the French Revolutionary period, has always inspired me, more so that I’m a member of the legal profession. In this post I share a few thoughts on some aspects of genuine interest to me including historical figures of the bloody Revolution. Some of what I cover comes from a book that…