Wednesday19 March 2025

Pray Daily: April 2025

Pray Daily

Find out our Diocese’s April daily prayer points and join our community in intercession this month

Wednesday 19 March 2025

Wednesday 19 March 2025

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‘Pray Daily’ is a cycle of suggested daily prayer points for each month. The cycle covers parishes, schools and other entities across the Anglican Church Southern Queensland, as well as other Anglican Dioceses internationally.

Pray Daily can also be downloaded as a PDF or as a Word doc for easy printing.

Ongoing

• Parishes seeking new incumbents: Beaudesert, Beenleigh, Booval, Carindale, Dalby, Gold Coast South, Hamilton, Hendra-Clayfield, Jimboomba, Maleny, Nambour, Palmwoods, Roma, St Lucia, Toowong
• Schools seeking chaplains: Coomera Anglican College, Toowoomba Anglican School, The Glennie School

 Tuesday 1 April

• The Diocese of Masasi – The Anglican Church of Tanzania
• The ongoing work of peace-making in Sudan & South Sudan
• The Anglican Church of Australia: The Primate – †Geoff Smith; The General Secretary – Anne Hywood; The General Synod and the Standing Committee
• The Parish of Cunnamulla: Vacant
• Anglicare Australia: Kasy Chambers & staff
• Anglican Schools Office, Church House: Executive Director – Catherine O’Sullivan A/g Executive Director & staff

Wednesday 2 April

• The Diocese of Maseno East – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• The Diocese of Adelaide: †Geoff Smith; Assistant Bishops – †Timothy Harris, †Chris McLeod, †Sophie Relf-Christopher; Clergy & People
• The Parish of Dalby: Ken Hansen, Ian Harris
• Anglican Schools Office, Church House: A/g Executive Director – Catherine O’Sullivan & staff
• Anglican Church Grammar School, East Brisbane: Headmaster – Alan Campbell; Chaplain – Sharon Mitchell; Lay Chaplain – Stephanie Cotroneo; Chair of School Council – Paul de Jersey, members of School Council; staff & students

 Thursday 3 April – Richard of Chichester, bishop (d. 1256)

• The Diocese of Maseno North – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• The Diocese of Armidale: †Rod Chiswell; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Drayton: Rick Gummow, Dorothy Daniels, Richard Penny, Des Potter, Ross Ellwood
• Finance and Diocesan Services Commission: Joanne Stone & staff
• Cannon Hill Anglican College, Cannon Hill: Principal – Gary O’Brien; Chaplain – Br Nathan James; Chair of College Council – Bruce Moy; members of College Council; staff & students

 Friday 4 April

• The Diocese of Maseno South – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• The Diocese of Bathurst: †Mark Calder; Clergy and People
• The Parish of East Brisbane: Daniel Hobbs – Locum, Cecilie Lander, Paul Bland
• Wolston Correctional Centre:
• Canterbury College, Waterford: Principal – Daniel Walker; Chaplain – Dan Talbot; Chair of College Council – Toni Bache; members of College Council; staff & students

Saturday 5 April

• The Diocese of Maseno West – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• The Diocese of Ballarat: †Garry Weatherill; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Ekibin: Timothy Nicholson, Denis Galloway
• Woodford Correctional Centre: Paul Bryden, Glynn Holland Leam
• Coomera Anglican College, Coomera: Principal – Patrick Innes-Hill; Lay Chaplaincy Team: Dom Fay and Rachael Stelzer; Chair of School Council – Mary-Anne Rulfs; members of College Council; staff & students

Sunday 6 April

• Iglesia Anglicana de Chile
• The Diocese of Bendigo: †Matt Brain; Clergy and People
• The Parish of East Redland: Cameron Freese, Shan Vierow, Aubrey Pedwell, Allan Goodwin, Bill Guttormsen, George Roberts, Peter Moss, Bruce Henzell, David Lamont, Clive Cooper, Neville Knott, David Cox, Susan Crothers-Robertson, Kate Littmann-Kelly
• NQ Townsville Correctional Centre:  Neil Bruce & Leigh Kennedy
• Fraser Coast Anglican College, Hervey Bay: Principal – Joe Wright; Chaplain – Jeff Jarvis; Chair of College Council – Kirsti Kee; members of College Council; staff & students

 Monday 7 April

• The Diocese of Masindi-Kitara – The Church of the Province of Uganda
• The Diocese of Brisbane: †Jeremy Greaves; Assistant Bishops – †Cameron Venables, †John Roundhill, †Sarah Plowman; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Everton Park:
• NQ Lotus Glen Correctional Centre:  Jim Tsang
• Hillbrook Anglican School, Enoggera: Principal – Mark Zietsch; Chaplain – David Adams; Chair of School Council – David Marsland; members of School Council; staff & students

 Tuesday 8 April – Georgiana Molloy, pioneer church leader and botanist from WA (d. 1843)

• The Diocese of Massachusetts – The Episcopal Church
• The Diocese of Bunbury: †Ian Coutts; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Fortitude Valley: Rodney Wolff, Edward Starr, Thomas Brown, Stephen Redhead, Colin Roberts, Terry Booth
• NQ Townsville Women’s: Bernice Goon Chew
• Matthew Flinders Anglican College, Buderim: Principal – Michelle Carroll; Chaplain – Kathrin Koning; Chair of College Council – Peta Grenfell; members of College Council; staff & students

 Wednesday 9 April – William Law, priest and teacher (d. 1761) & Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian (d. 1945)

• The Diocese of Western Massachusetts – The Episcopal Church
• The Diocese of Canberra-Goulburn: †Mark Short; Assistant Bishop – †Vanessa Bennett; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Freshwater: Claye Middleton, Les Monaghan, Doug Frith, Ken Suddick, Anne Bottomley, David Wiedemann
• CQ Capricornia: Daniel Avenell
• St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School, Corinda: Principal – Toni Riordan; Chaplain – Gillian Moses; Chair of School Council – Stephen Green; School Council members; staff & students

 Thursday 10 April

• The Diocese of Masvingo – The Church of the Province of Central Africa
• Ministry to the Defence Force: †Grant Dibden; Chaplains & Members of the Defence Force
• The Parish of Gatton with Ma Ma Creek: Jennifer Colbrahams, Imelda O’Loughlin
• State Chaplaincy Board: The Reverend Sue Barker
• St Andrew’s Anglican College, Peregian Springs: Principal – Karen Gorrie; Chaplain – Gary McClellan; Chair of College Council – Rosalyn Cheales; members of College Council; staff & students

 Friday 11 April – George Augustus Selwyn, first missionary bishop of New Zealand (d. 1878)

• The Diocese of Matabeleland – The Church of the Province of Central Africa
• The Diocese of Gippsland: †Richard Treloar; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Gayndah: Vacant
• Baroona Farm, Milton
• St Hilda’s School, Southport: Principal – Virginia Warner; Chaplain – Patrick Duckworth; A/g Chair of School Council – Nick Ryan; members of School Council; staff & students

 Saturday 12 April

• The Diocese of Matana – The Anglican Church of Burundi
• The Diocese of Grafton: †Murray Harvey; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Gold Coast North: Stephan Prabu, Gary Smith, Don Campbell, Lynette Dunn, †Len Eacott, Roseanne Stower, Sidney Rogers, Bill Doak, Martin Hunnybun, Medha Masoji
• St Mark’s Anglican Social Services, Logan
• St John’s Anglican College, Forest Lake: Principal – Maria McIvor; Chaplain – Juliana Bate; Chair of College Council – Carla Tromans; members of College Council; staff & students

 Sunday 13 April

• The Church of England
• Ministry with the Aboriginal People of Australia: †Chris McLeod
• The Parish of Gold Coast South: Mary-Anne Rulfs – Locum, Bryan Gadd, Arthur Savage, Greg McGrory
• Logan Multicultural Ministry
• St Luke’s Anglican School, Bundaberg: Principal – Matthew Hughes; Chaplain – Erika Williams; Chair of School Council – Darren Hart; members of School Council; staff & students

 Monday 14 April

• The Diocese of Matlosane – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
• Ministry with the Torres Strait Island People of Australia – Rose Elu
• The Parish of Goodna: Bronwyn Pagram
• All Diocesan Committees
• St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School, Ascot: Principal – Roslyn Curtis; Chaplain – Jasmine Dow; Chair of School Council – Lisa Worner; School Council members; staff & students

 Tuesday 15 April

• The Diocese of Mauritius – The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
• The Diocese of Melbourne: †Genieve Blackwell – Administrator; Assistant Bishops – †Bradly Billings, †Paul Barker, †Kate Prowd, †Alison Taylor – locum; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Goonaneman: Iain Furby
• GFS – an Anglican Ministry
• St Paul’s School, Bald Hills: Principal – John O’Sullivan Williams; Chaplain – Mark Leam; staff & students

Wednesday 16 April

• The Diocese of Mbaise – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• The Diocese of Newcastle: †Peter Stuart; Assistant Bishops – †Sonia Roulston, †Charlie Murry; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Goondiwindi: John Rolley
• Refugee & migrant settlement
• The Glennie School, Toowoomba: A/g Principal – Emma Lowry; Chaplain – vacant; Chair of School Council – †Cameron Venables; members of School Council; staff & students

Thursday 17 April

• The Diocese of Mbale – The Church of the Province of Uganda
• The Diocese of the Northern Territory: †Greg Anderson; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Green Hills Anglicans:
• The homeless and those out of work
• The Southport School, Southport: Headmaster – Andrew Hawkins; Chaplain – John Dougherty; Chair of School Council – Adam Twemlow; members of School Council; staff & students

Friday 18 April

• The Diocese of North Mbale – The Church of the Province of Uganda
• The Diocese of North Queensland: †Keith Joseph; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Grovely: Stephen Briggs, Deborah Hay, Robert Hay
• Anglican Society of The University of Queensland
• The Springfield Anglican College, Springfield: Principal – Steven Morris; Chaplain – Jonathan Kemp; Chair of College Council – Michael Willis; members of College Council; staff & students

 Saturday 19 April

• The Diocese of Mbamili – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)
• The Diocese of North West Australia: †Darrell Parker; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Gympie: Shaji Joseph
• Riverwalk Robina ELC
• Toowoomba Anglican School, Toowoomba: Principal – Nick Johnstone; Chaplaincy team; Chair of School Council – Mac Drysdale; members of School Council; staff & students

 Sunday 20 April

• Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
• The Diocese of Perth: †Kay Goldsworthy; Assistant Bishops – †Kate Wilmot, †David Bassett, †Hans Christiansen; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Hamilton: †Phillip Aspinall, Amanda Goldsworthy
• Little Angels ELC, Salisbury
• West Moreton Anglican College, Karrabin: Principal – Andrew Peach; Chaplain – Jane Markotsis; Chair of College Council – Bruce Sackson; members of School Council; staff & students

 Monday 21 April

• The Diocese of Mbeere – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• The Diocese of Riverina: †Donald Kirk; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Hendra-Clayfield: Jonathan Osborne – Locum
• Sunnybank Anglican OSHC
• All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac: Headmaster – Matthew Corbett; Chaplain – Ann McGuinness; Chair of School Council – John Fradgley; members of School Council; staff & students

 Tuesday 22 April

• The Diocese of Mbhashe – The Anglican Church of Southern Africa
• The Diocese of Rockhampton: †Peter Grice; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Hervey Bay: Greg Loumeau, Mamuor Kun peter, Vic Burgess, Lorraine Dawson
• St Pete’s Brekkie Club & St Pete’s Pantry, Wynnum
• St John’s College UQ: Warden – Rose Alwyn; Chaplain – Samuel Dow; Chair of Council – John Peden; members of College Council; staff & students

 Wednesday 23 April

• The Diocese of Meath and Kildare – The Church of Ireland
• The Diocese of Sydney: †Kanishka Raffel; Assistant Bishops – †Peter Hayward, †Christopher Edwards, †Peter Lin, †Michael Stead, †Malcolm Richards, †Gary Siew Leong Koo; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Holland Park: Morris Rangiwai
• Trinity Family Support Network, Robina
• St Francis Theological College, Milton: Principal – Ruth Mathieson; Academic Dean – Adam Couchman; staff, sessional lecturers & students

 Thursday 24 April

• The Diocese of Medak – The Church of South India (United)
• The Diocese of Tasmania: †Richard Condie; Assistant Bishop – †Chris Jones; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Inala: Jonathan Brook, Bev Bell, Bob Walsh, Lindsay Howie, Alex Gater
• FSG (Family Support Group)
• Anglican Schools Australia Management Committee and Member Schools: President – Peter Laurence

 Friday 25 April

• The Diocese of Central Melanesia – The Anglican Church of Melanesia
• The Diocese of The Murray: †Keith Dalby; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Indooroopilly: Sue Grimmett, Howard Munro, Valerie Hoare, †Rob Nolan, Richard Browning, Shane Hubner
• Child Care Centres
• All Anglican Schools Business Managers/Bursars and Senior Leaders

 Saturday 26 April

• The Diocese of Melbourne – The Anglican Church of Australia
• The Diocese of Wangaratta: †Clarence Bester; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Jimboomba: Peter Moore – Locum, Ken Spreadborough, Maurice Collins, Jillian Crawford, David Lunniss, Ian Turnbull
• St John’s Cathedral Shop

Sunday 27 April

• The Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
• The Diocese of Willochra: †Jeremy James; Clergy and People
• The Parish of Ipswich: Lorraine Lynch, Michele Knight, Simon Arok, Elizabeth Chol, Dianne Leitch, Gavin Ott, Brenda Davis, Rachael Adut
• Roslyn Lodge Pastoral Visitation Program, Mt Tamborine

Monday 28 April – Mark, Evangelist and Martyr

• The Diocese of Meridional – Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasi
• The Parish of Ithaca-Ashgrove: Margaret Wesley, Pam Hynd, Jack Hammer, Kathy Hammer
• Emergency Relief Programs

Tuesday 29 April – Catherine of Siena, spiritual teacher (d. 1380)

• The Diocese of Meru – The Anglican Church of Kenya
• The Parish of Ithaca-Red Hill: Bill Colbrahams
• Anglican Education and Care Services

 Wednesday 30 April

• The Diocese of México – La Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico
• The Parish of Jandowae:
• Churchwardens, Parish Councillors, Parish Nominators and Synod Representatives