âHearing of the forthcoming visit to Australia by the then Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary), Bishop Webber arranged for the royal couple to attend the ceremonial laying of our Cathedralâs foundation stone,â says Diocesan Archivist Michael Rogers
Likening sin to âan arrow falling short of the targetâ, The Ven. Keith Dean Jones reflects upon the Lenten seasonâs call to be penitent and âowning up to the truth and asking God for His forgivenessâ
Help is on the way for thousands of Queenslanders who are starting the recovery process after a ârain bombâ hit south-east Queensland over the weekend. A Parish of Indooroopilly, Anglicare Southern Queensland and retail sector alliance is providing emergency assistance in the form of brand-new clothing
Watch the Today report on Canterbury College students explain the college’s work and achievements with Orange Sky and the Sudsy Challenge over the past three years. Orange Sky positively connects people experiencing homelessness through free mobile laundry services
Revising the Tongan liturgy of the Eucharist has put the translators into a balancing act between Tonga’s most formal patterns of speech and the language Anglicans might want to use when they relate to Jesus
“…whilst certain verses taken out of context can appear to justify slavery, the overall witness of the Bible points in the opposite direction. Far from endorsing slavery, the Bible, as a whole, makes the practice untenable. It is little wonder that plantation owners went to such lengths to prevent slaves from reading the full canon of scripture and drawing their own conclusions,” says The Rev’d Charlie Lacey from St Andrew’s, Springfield
A beloved South Brisbane parishioner and former FOCUS editor was recently awarded the Australasian Religious Press Associationâs highest accolade at the associationâs golden jubilee conference on the Gold Coast
âThereâs a lot more going on here than in your everyday blockbuster, providing good fodder for homiletic examination. With a light and dark side and the area in between, the Force remains a potent concept for spiritual pondering,â says Jonathan Sargeant in this spoiler-free film review
Lay Education Director at St Francis College Jonathan Sargeant reviews the Oscars and the confronting Australian film Reflections in the Dust, which did not make the Oscarsâ nominee list
Meet Brijette Tubb and find out about her current ACSQ roles, how her faith shapes her outlook, which local Anglicans are the people of faith who inspire her the most, her childhood and the question she is always asking herself