âHildegard of Bingen is a rare example of someone who touched nearly every field of human endeavour, leaving her mark on all aspects of life. Like Hildegard, we need to take a broader view of the whole of creation â view it and marvel in it,â says scientist and priest, The Revâd Selina McMahon on Hildegard of Bingen who is commemorated in our lectionary on 17 September
âAs Friendshipâs book reveals to us, monasticism offers a distinct wisdom to ponder â a wisdom that is being written in the lives of so many people who continue to test and live out this vocation from God, in both old and new ways,â says Bishop Godfrey Fryar
“As ordinary people living ordinary lives…we are part of the worldwide network of consumers who buy the products and services that make money for human traffickers. It is our responsibility as people who are called to love our neighbours to educate ourselves about where we are spending our money,” says The Rev’d Dr Ann Solari from St John’s Cathedral
An innovative Year 10 Matthew Flinders Anglican College Design student on the Sunshine Coast has won the inaugural Monash Design Prize with his prototype that repurposes old bikes to create sensory playground equipment for children
Founding Director of charity Slavery Links Australia Inc. and cradle Anglican Roscoe Howell updates readers on modern day trafficking and slavery developments and what practical actions readers can take
âWhat this inability to answer definitively the question about what we are shows us is that the humanity of human beings is our exposure to ourselves and to the world as an unfinishable task. Human being is the search for the meaning of our being, a search that we will never exhaust,â says Dr Peter Kline from St Francis College
Members of our Diocesan community reflect on the recent Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan launch in St John’s Cathedral, sharing their highlights and learnings and how these will shape their work and ministry from here on in
âFor those of us who are spending much more time at home than usual, we can build resilience and care for ourselves through meditation and prayer â labyrinth meditation is one particularly helpful approach,â say Randal and Susan Dennings from St Matthewâs, Holland Park, as World Labyrinth Day approaches on 2 May
Meet Andrew Hawkins and find out what projects he is currently working on, what delights him most about his students, which person of faith inspires him the most and what he does in his free time
âOutland Denim is based on Tambourine Mountain in our Dioceseâs geographical area. They manufacture and market jeans and other clothing items. They are scrupulous about their material supply chain and pay their Cambodian employees fairly. Seventeen per cent of their employees in Cambodia report having been rescued from trafficking,â says parishioner The Revâd John Martin from The Parish of Robina