Annual Retreat for the Third Order Franciscans
The Third Order of the Society of St Francis, NSW B/ACT Region, held its Annual Retreat recently from the 10th to the 12th October at The Gathering Place in Canberra. The theme of the retreat was ‘Open to God moment by moment’. The Gathering Place has been a Brigidine...
On the Writing of Poetry
John Foulcher, a retired Deputy Principal from Burgmann College, who is married to Jane, the Deputy Director of St Mark’s National Theological Centre, recently won the Australian Catholic University Prize for poetry for his poem Revising Casuarinas, so we...
Body Matters
Bodies matter to us, and to God. In 1 Corinthians 12 the Apostle Paul describes the church as the body of Christ. One aspect of that image is the inter-dependence of the members of the body as we each exercise the diverse gifts of God’s Spirit, including the call to...
New Assistant Bishop Appointed
Archdeacon Carol Wagner has been appointed as the new Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Archdeacon Carol currently ministers as Archdeacon of the South Coast and Rector of the Parish of Bodalla-Narooma. She has previously served faithfully and...