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To Fargo and back

“Hugging people with tears of joy was the highlight of my recent trip to the US for me. We former Lost Boys had lots to reminisce about because we are such good friends — we kept each other alive on the long desert journeys and during our 15 years in the refugee camps,” says Bishop Daniel Abot

CHAC students Elodie O'Brien, Maya Jones, Max Alpa and Jacqueline Fagg (Social Justice Committee President) assembling birthing kits, with Susan Bamford (Zonta Club of East Brisbane President) in August 2024
Justice & Advocacy

Cannon Hill Anglican College students assemble 400 birthing kits

Cannon Hill Anglican College students have assembled 400 birthing kits, in partnership with the Zonta Club of Brisbane East, to help women in Africa give birth cleanly and safely

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Meet E.M. Tooth Residential Aged Care Home resident, Betty

Hear from beloved E.M. Tooth Residential Aged Care Home resident, Betty, who moved to Queensland in 1965 with her husband and three young children after seeing TV ads promoting “lovely sunshine every day”. She enjoys living in Manly, and shares that “it’s a pleasure to walk around” and “the staff are so wonderful — they can’t do enough for the residents”

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Anglicare's Youth Homelessness Accommodation Project

Hear from inspiring young people Kayla, Will and Cherice, along with Anglicare Southern Queensland’s Rhys Maddren, as their share about how Anglicare is helping young people experiencing homelessness find a place to belong so they can flourish

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St Bart's Kids eBook — Philippians 3.7-14

Check out the latest scripture eBooks from Resource Church St Bart’s, Toowoomba, which adapt Old and New Testament scriptures for young children, including this one titled, “My Achievements?”, from Philippians