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World Council of Churches unequivocally condemns attacks on Gaza and Yemen

World Council of Churches general secretary The Rev’d Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay expressed deep alarm and grief over the deadly attack on Gaza carried out by Israeli forces on 17-18 March, killing more than 330 people: “We unequivocally condemn this unnecessary re-escalation of violence, which has led to more deaths and further suffering for innocent civilians, including women and children,” Pillay said

(L-R) Cenk Yuksel (Strategic Property Development Manager, ACSQ), Matthew Patterson (Architect, Ceccato + Archtects), Archbishop Jeremy Greaves, Bishop John Roundhill, The Rev'd Dr Timothy Nicholson (Rector, St Luke's, Ekibin) and Catriona Macgregor (Acting Manager, Early Years, Anglican Schools Commission) in the St Luke's Anglican Church sanctuary on 18 December 2024 during the St Luke's campus redevelopment
Resources & Research

Parish campus redevelopments: tips, surprises and learnings

“The Parish of Ekibin’s campus redevelopment is six years into the planning and 13 months into the ‘build’…I have learnt much during the process and even made some surprising discoveries,” says The Rev’d Dr Timothy Nicholson from St Luke’s, Ekibin

Video

Discover the Benefits of Anglicare’s Home Support Services

Do you or your loved one need extra support at home? Anglicare provides a full range of services, including cleaning, shopping and bus trips. This video outlines how Anglicare Southern Queensland client, Graham, benefits from the variety of care Anglicare offers: “I find Anglicare provides everything I need”.

Reflections

Australia's Overshoot Day in 2025 is 19 March

“One of the gifts that we can offer as the human family struggles to get itself out of the bind that has been created over centuries of living in a particular way, is to help the people of the west to recapture a sense of their place within the earth system. St Francis and St Clare of Assisi, for example, invite us to see the other creatures of the earth as kin, sisters and brothers, as part of a common family. They invite us to explore a form of relational spirituality that might just change our hearts, and then our minds,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt