The Parishes of Adelong and Tarcutta found the lockdowns and restrictions to be quite stressful. Like all parishes, the members experienced a lot of uncertainty, not being able to worship or meet together, and losing that sense of fellowship that the Body of Christ...
At St Paul’s Manuka we felt very blessed that the lockdown was called after Sunday the 8th of August because that was our Parish’s Dedication Festival. We had an orchestral mass followed by a fundraiser luncheon for 160 at the Hellenic Club, so were very grateful that...
In a scenario that was unforeseen last year, the Australian National Prayer Breakfast was once again held as an online event this year. Many groups around the Diocese gathered together on Monday 8 November over breakfast to live-stream the event, including one in the...
While many services were forced to close down due to lockdown, Reverend Andrea de Vaal Horciu and the team at Embracing Ministries found new ways to connect and engage with the vulnerable families they serve. In partnership with Anglicare, Oz Harvest and churches from...
The St Peter’s parish at Weston Creek recently welcomed its new rector Reverend Nick Colyer. Nick and his wife Sarah, along with their three children, have come from Springwood in the Blue Mountains where Nick served as senior assistant minister for almost four years....
Bishop Mark Short recently conducted a ‘listening tour’ of Goulburn and Tarago to hear from community leaders and concerned residents regarding an industrial-scale waste incinerator proposal for Tarago. The proposal by Veolia is to build a ‘waste to energy facility’...
On 21st June, 2022, I will celebrate 20 years in the Diaconate, ordained in Saint John’s Anglican Church, Wagga Wagga, together with Leonie White, by Bishop Godfrey Fryar. It was a momentous occasion which will remain in my memory always. I was ordained as a Deacon in...
In March this year, I wrote about a Sri Lankan refugee family, devastated following the denial by the Tribunal of their appeal to stay in Australia. They had been here for ten years, working, studying, paying taxes, and praying that they would find a safe haven here...
How does a smaller parish create a gap year program without lots of staff or the financial resources of the bigger parishes? ‘I was asking that question whilst looking at the handful of young people in our church and knowing that we needed to do more to disciple...
