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Celebrating 100 years

Huge congratulations to the Reverend Joe Mullins who celebrated his 100th birthday on 16 July 2020. Such a significant milestone in years and ministry – 70 years a Deacon and 69 years a priest since his ordinations in London. Our colleague the Reverend Robert Willson...

Remembering

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following story contains images of deceased persons. The daily news about COVID-19 is a current reminder of our mortality, and that life is finite. Recently we (Bishop Mark and Monica Short) have said...
The Rural Anglican Church

The Rural Anglican Church

IN 2020, THE RURAL ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA IS RESILIENT AND RELEVANT This year, 2020, our precious rural Anglican churches in our beautiful Diocese are experiencing both joy and grief. For example, earlier this year we (that is Bishop Mark and Monica Short)...
The Heroic English Village

The Heroic English Village

In this very difficult time of the coronavirus pandemic I recalled again the story of an English village named Eyam. Eyam is in Derbyshire and my wife and I visited it while on a long camping holiday around Britain in 1975. My Willson ancestors came from the area...
Running a Small Business During COVID-19

Running a Small Business During COVID-19

We interviewed small business owner Gail Lubbock, of Escala Shoes, to find out what the impacts of COVID-19 have been for her and how she has been managing those. • Can you tell us how you came to be the owner of Escala Shoes? Following a nursing career spanning some...
Profile of a Deacon

Profile of a Deacon

Since my ordination to the diaconate in February 2018, I have been learning what it means to be a deacon. Finding myself at the interface between the flock gathered and the flock dispersed, I look back into the church, and also out to the community. That feels like a...

Solidarity with the poor in COVID-19 response

While Australia – especially Melbourne – has been struggling with the global pandemic, we can at least be sure we are supported and equipped to deal with this fight. This is not the case in many other developing countries, where the people most impacted are those...
The First Bushfire Recovery Pastoral Care Worker

The First Bushfire Recovery Pastoral Care Worker

Janice Ackland has commenced her work as the Diocese’s first bushfire recovery pastoral care worker. Janice will be working across the Eurobodalla Shire Council Area which includes the Parishes of Batemans Bay, Moruya and Bodalla/Narooma as well as St Peter’s Anglican...
Communion in a Time of Corona

Communion in a Time of Corona

Archdeacon Paul Cohen shares with us some pictures and details of how St Simon’s Kaleen is undertaking Communion during COVID-19: 1. Clergy sanitise their hands.2. People line up as usual – with tape on the floor to keep 1.5m distance in the line.3. One person at a...
Profile of the New Primate

Profile of the New Primate

The Brisbane-born Archbishop of Adelaide, Geoff Smith, succeeded Melbourne’s Archbishop Philip Freier as Australia’s new Primate after a sometimes tortuous electronic ballot by the Primatial Board of Electors that concluded in early April, just as the...