Reflections
One hundred years after St Augustine’s, Palmwoods was opened in May 1925, Archbishop Jeremy consecrated the church on Sunday at a wonderful community event. Five Anglicans with long-term connections to the parish share their reflections on their church community and the consecration-centenary gathering
People & History
“Since I last wrote for anglican focus in July 2022 about the Records and Archives Centre’s Digitisation Plan, several rich information sources have been scanned, unearthing a trove of information. The Archives has also received new records that are some of the oldest in Queensland,” says ACSQ archivist Michael Rogers
Meet Heather Geddes and find out how she raised $50,000 for her parish, why she fell off a stationary horse as a child, who delighted her with a visit recently and about her faith journey
For Diocesan Archivist Michael Rogers, a recent enquiry sent to the Records and Archives Centre has highlighted a forgotten part of early Diocesan history and spotlighted the links between a current parishioner’s family and the group that accompanied Bishop Edward Wyndham Tufnell to Brisbane in 1860
“I did the two-year whites-only compulsory military conscription as a ‘religious non-combatant’, but when required to do continuous military service one month per year, thanks to Albert Nolan and his contemporaries, I found the courage to declare myself a conscientious objector in the late 1980s, risking jail and worse,” says The Rev’d Nic Denny-Dimitriou
“At the centre of the story of Mary Magdalene there lies a paradox,” says Emeritus Professor Philip Almond
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