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“Paul McCartney sang about loneliness in The Beatles’ 1966 hit song, ‘Eleanor Rigby’…The lyrics of ‘Eleanor Rigby’ ask still troubling questions,” says Cathedral community member Ken Willett
Reflections
“Towards the end of our conversation, the patient said that he felt as though his faith had been awakened. He also looked physically different – when I arrived he looked disengaged and down, but when I left his bedside he was relaxed and smiling. Before I left, he asked to pray for me, which was profound,” says hospital chaplain The Rev’d Peter Mayen
“Although we mostly visit Anglicans, there are some regulars – ‘frequent flyers’, we call them – who benefit from visits, as we walk alongside them on their journey of treatment. The people I feel who get the most from hospital chaplaincy are those who have left their faith behind at some point in their lives,” says retiring Hospital Chaplain and cancer survivor Judy Burt
“I am often asked what made me choose to become a hospital chaplain and the short answer to that is I didn’t choose. I believe I was chosen,” says hospital chaplain and St Bart’s, Toowoomba parishioner Jodie O’Shannassy
Meet retiring Pastoral Care Coordinator for the Northern Region, The Rev’d Ann Shepperson, and find out about her ministry, favourite scriptures, travels, which person of faith inspires her most and her future plans
The Anglican Church Southern Queensland advocates for more funding and resources for palliative care through the Queensland Health Palliative Care Services Review
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