“Other than Neil Armstrong who watched respectfully, no-one else knew that the first meal taken on the Moon was Holy Communion,” says The Rev’d Selina McMahon on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s 20 July 1969 Moon landing
“The energy given in worship, the discipling of members of the congregation, the welcome accorded to visitors, attitudes towards new ideas, the nature and frequency of outreach – these are measures of a church’s health,” says The Rev’d Mark Vincent from The Parish of East Brisbane
“Hildegard 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 – view it and marvel in it,” says scientist and priest, The Rev’d Selina McMahon on Hildegard of Bingen who is commemorated in our lectionary on 17 September
Meet Diann Eadeh and find out about her current projects and goals, her thoughts on NAIDOC Week and “Being Together: Embracing Joy”, how St Margaret’s helped equip her for a life of service, how St John’s Crisis Centre and St Peter’s, Southport are working together to support mothers and children, and what person of faith inspires her the most and why
An AI cadetship program at the Peregian Digital Hub has turned into much more for St Andrew’s Year 11 student Angelique Neale, who has been inspired to mentor and teach other girls in the tech industry
“An eminent Queensland marine scientist recently shared his unique insights about climate change and associated career pathways to eager university students at St John’s College’s 39th annual Academic and Professional Dinner,” reports University of Queensland journalism student and Matthew Flinders Anglican College graduate, Paige Lena
“What 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,” says Dr Peter Kline from St Francis College
To celebrate the second birthday of anglican focus going online and to thank our readers, we are giving away two more iPads this year – one to a reader and one to the winning reader’s nominated priest or chaplain: find out more and download resources to help get word out about the competition
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of anglican focus going online, we are giving away two iPads – one to a reader and one to the winning reader’s nominated priest or chaplain: find out more and download resources to help get word out about the competition
“Surely, we, like John, can inhabit the challenges and tensions in our world with courage, looking outward, unconfined by the structure and the scaffolding. We can and should confound expectations: in justice, in generosity and in compassion. A new kind of future is ahead,” said The Ven. Lizzie Gaitskell in her Synod 2023 sermon