Justice & Advocacy
“We have built personal and public spaces with a view to making adjustments for a disabled person later, rather than making them appropriately accessible and welcoming in the first place,” says The Rev’d Canon Jess Grant
Justice & Advocacy
“I recently shared some of my experiences with elected student leaders from St John’s College within the University of Queensland alongside the anglican focus editor Michelle McDonald. We were invited by the college to run a session for the student leaders on cultural capability and we shared the following personal stories in our workshop,” says Bishop Daniel Abot
A program aimed at increasing and providing employment opportunities for people living with an intellectual disability in the Southern Downs is proving to be a huge success among staff, residents and participants in aged care
Four members of our Diocesan community tell us about their favourite passage from the Gospel of Matthew, including Robert King, The Rev’d Loretta Tyler-Moss, The Rev’d Nic Denny-Dimitriou and Peter Branjerdporn
“About 13 years ago, while serving as the Dean of Darwin, I said during an ABC Radio National interview that, ‘I’d be happy to abandon the creed.’ This comment inadvertently made for a terrific headline and clickbait. With the wisdom of hindsight, I would express myself differently,” says Bishop Jeremy Greaves
Two Australian Anglicans – a young woman with autism and the parent of a child with autism – share their stories of inclusion and respect in parishes: “The overwhelming impression I got was that the parish community members were there for the common good rather than for their individual needs. As a result of their experience, both my primary-aged children understand church and want to go to church”
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