Reflections
“As the members of ACARLA returned home from the conference to our various communities, we left with renewed friendships, a strengthened commitment to one another, and a shared joy in the call to religious life in the Anglican Church,” says The Rev’d Gillian Moses SSA
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A new way of life began for the Society of the Sacred Advent recently as The Rev’d Sr Gillian Moses SSA and The Rev’d Sr Jan Crombie SSA made their Profession of Vows for SSA Vowed Membership
“Various saints have been inspiration for some of our greatest artists, so why not share those masterpieces with our students? And those unbelievable stories are a great invitation to talk about science and belief,” says The Rev’d Gillian Moses from St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School
“Dialogical tools such as World Café are really helpful in introducing students to ways of talking about serious topics, and for managing conversations where there may be different, strongly-held opinions,” says The Rev’d Gillian Moses from St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School
The recent Diocesan Synod achieved a significant piece of work in passing a resolution in response to the National Anglican Family Violence Project reports that were released earlier this year,” says Chair of the ACSQ Domestic and Family Violence Working Group, The Rev’d Gillian Moses
Hear Bishop John Roundhill and St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School chaplain The Rev’d Gillian Moses share about how they use the Prayer Book: “Each one of those Prayer Books is stacked full of beautiful liturgies to help you at different times of life. And, also curiously, they are beautifully laid out”
“The difficulty with this approach is that it asks victims and survivors of domestic and family violence and abuse to pay the price for the rest of us to feel ok. They are often expected, tacitly or otherwise, to continue to bear the shame and embarrassment of a less-than-Christian family life so that we can continue to believe that Christians don’t do that sort of thing,” says The Rev’d Gillian Moses while reflecting on the expectation of victims and survivors to remain silent, as Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month approaches in May
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