Archdeacon Tom Writes … Chaplaincy and Mission Update
This is my first contribution to Anglican News since arriving in the Diocese mid-April. It has been a personal rollercoaster ride of meeting people and becoming acquainted with mission and ministry within the Diocese. At the last Bishop-in- Council (BiC) Meeting for...
Bishop Mark Writes … Face to Face this Christmas
Christmas reminds us that meeting face to face is both a blessing and a challenge. As I write many of us are looking forward to being able to enjoy Christmas worship in person. It’s hard to capture exactly what is special about being physically present to each other....
How Adelong and Tarcutta Fared During COVID-19
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...
Lockdown and Back to Church
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...
The 2nd Online Australian National Prayer Breakfast
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...
Embracing Ministries During Lockdown
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...
New Rector at St Peter’s Weston
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....The Gift of Listening
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’...