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Paul NicolsonReligious leaders, charities and politicians gather in London next week for the tenth National Poverty Hearing. They will learn that many families struggle to survive below the Government?s deprivation thresholds, with consequences for children?s education Free The Tablet is launching a major survey asking readers for their views about the search for peace in the Holy Land....
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Our forgotten heritage Free Christopher MartinPerhaps because the vast majority of Catholic buildings in Britain are less than 200 years old, they have often been dismissed as pattern-book boring. But, as a new study reveals, there are some remarkable gems now at risk through prejudice or indifference
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|  My kind of carol Free Vote for your favourite carol before 8 December. The winning carol will be announced in the Christmas double issue.
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|  Bittersweet in the Eternal CityRobert MickensThe Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, found himself between the hard place of Anglican disunity and the solid rock of St Peter when trying to accentuate the ecumenical positive during an otherwise warm and socially successful visit to Rome... |
From the heart, as alwaysMichael HolmanThis year has been one of profound significance for the Jesuits, marking major anniversaries of their founders. Here their provincial superior in Britain argues that the original spirit of mission can inform modern evangelism...
| Crosses and clichStuart ReidThe row over the cross worn by a British Airways worker reached epic proportions, drawing in church leaders and politicians. But despite the posturings of tabloid editors, the airline should have stuck to its guns...
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Poet who brought fire to his verseAnne SweeneyAs the Society of Jesus remembers its founder this weekend, the poetry of one of the order?s martyrs reveals the clandestine world in which the Jesuit missionaries to Elizabethan England were forced to operate...
| Between two comingsDaniel McCarthyIn our prayer for the first Sunday in Advent we prepare to welcome Christ. Bringing our good works to him as he approaches, we think not only of his birth, but also of being called to his side when he returns...
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?Tis the seasonPaul HypherChristmas retains bacchanalian aspects of the pagan winter festival it eclipsed. But it is possible to mark Christ?s birth in a way that is public rather than private, yet still true to its essential meaning...
|  On the moral trackDominic PrinceThe pastoral needs of the horse-racing community in Newmarket ? which are often acute ? are tended to Revd Graham Locking. He describes the post?s unique challenges to Dominic Prince... |
The way to goJohanna MelnykChoosing a retreat is not as difficult as it might first appear, in spite of the astonishing variety on offer. However, a few basic principles are helpful in deciding on the right one...
| Peace among the mimosa treesPaul WilkesA married couple who went to a Trappist ashram in Kerala, southern India, found that the disconnection from all that was familiar to them brought its own revelations...
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Spirituality on the beachColin BattellMany who would not normally consider a retreat are being drawn to monasteries by the unusual events some have to offer...
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Columnists
 Tim Hames'The Union is more fragile today than at any time since the Jacobite rebellion in 1745'  Jonathan TullochGlimpses of Eden
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Books and arts
Barometer of political weather Free
Thatcher and Sons: a revolution in three acts
Simon Jenkins
Britain has a fine tradition of scholarly journalism. In each generation there exists a small proportion of the political commentariat who periodically gather up the treasure buried ... |
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Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools?
Christopher Lamb
According to the chairman of governors at the Cardinal Vaughan School, west London, one ... Goodwin the scapegoat
Elena Curti
There was an old Sixties TV series, Branded, about a disgraced soldier that always began ... The pain of being a coeliac Catholic
Sr M, guest contributor
"Whoever comes to me, I shall not turn (him) her away" (John 6:37). Many readers will recognise ...
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