"I took this photo in St Paul’s Church in Maryborough. Beginning about six to seven years ago, I began placing Mary on the altar to remind people that Advent is a time of waiting, preparation and expectation. We never seem to think about Mary as being pregnant. We tend to go straight from the annunciation to the birth. Yet for me, her pregnancy is all about the love, hope and joy that is God Emmanuel."

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Advent: a time of waiting, preparation and expectation

“I could never decide which was the nicest – the raw pudding mixture which Grandma allowed us to lick off the spoons or the finished product,” says The Rev’d Sue Wilson on her family’s Advent preparations

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‘Being Together’: 2020 to 2022 annual Diocesan themes

“The Church is called to reconcile conflict and to transcend divisions. The Church is called to live in a profoundly different way and to be a sign and agent of that unity which is God’s will and God’s gift,” says Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, as he announces the forthcoming annual Diocesan themes

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11,000 global scientists warn of "untold suffering" from "climate emergency"

“In our highly politicised and increasingly secular society, it can be hard to remember that many ‘wicked’ problems are underscored by a moral dimension,” says Climate Advocate Gillian King

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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

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Leaving our mark…

“So, I wonder about the ‘the mark’ we are each leaving? We may not all be artists or writers, but I think we are each creating a legacy that others will inherit,” says Bishop Cam Venables