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Priest-in-Charge, Parish of Chermside

The Rev'd Daniel Jayaraj

About The Rev'd Daniel -

The Rev’d Daniel Jayaraj is Priest-in-Charge of the Parish of Chermside. He has a BSc from Madras University, a BD from Senate and Serampore University, and a MA from the Sydney College of Divinity.

Articles by The Rev'd Daniel

“Pentecost is the birthday of the Church, the day when the Church began”

“We celebrate Christmas because it commemorates Jesus’ birth, Easter for the victory of Christ our Saviour, and Pentecost for the pouring out of the Holy Spirit. In celebrating Pentecost we need to take the way of the disciples as a model for our Church,” says The Rev’d Daniel Jayaraj

Bishop Jeremy Greaves on Pentecost Sunday in 2019

Celebrating 25 years of Bishop Jeremy's priestly ministry

As a 25th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood surprise for Bishop Jeremy Greaves, seven people from across our Diocese share their favourite memories serving alongside him and identify what makes him such a great priest and leader

Fr Daniel Jayaraj, with Beth Rigby (left) and Margaret Coombs (right) in The Parish of Chermside pantry on 30 September 2020: "We have focused on developing a ‘bums off seats’ and ‘all are welcome’ model of church in the last 18 months"

'Bums off seats': creating a community of care

“Our church is thriving because our parishioners are encouraged to coordinate and drive activities and explore their unique gifts in a prayerful, enthusiastic, collaborative and welcoming community of love and care,” say Beth Rigby, Margaret Coombs and Fr Daniel Jayaraj from All Saints’, Chermside

A pilgrim people

“It is one thing to study the Bible when you are 14,000 kilometres away, but it is a completely different – some say life-changing – experience reading it while in the Holy Land,” says The Rev’d Daniel Jayaraj as he reflects on modern-day pilgrimage