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Indigenous culture

Sunday December 22

Living Waters: A Short Film Event panellists John Harvey, Robin Clayfield and The Rev’d Deborah Bird, with moderator Lydia Fairhall

Community engagement: partnering to connect with the wider community

“We were blessed to have a full house for Living Waters — there was a moment as we were getting ready to open the doors when we thought we might have to turn people away, but thankfully we managed to squeeze in some extra seats,” says formation student Lydia Fairhall, as she shares about a recent short film community engagement initiative

Limbo

“It’s impossible to watch a film like Limbo and not consider the socio-political dimensions of its story and how racial injustice leads to inter-generational trauma and ongoing disadvantage,” says Ben Rogers

“It was only once I started listening to the stories First Nations people tell about their sense of connection to the land that I developed the language to express what was happening to me as I topped the hills of Koorainghat,” (The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt)

''Mother Earth''

“I will be giving thanks for the gift that First Nations knowledge has given me by helping me to understand the sense of connection I have to the place in which I was born and lived the first third of my life,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt

Inaugural ASC Traditional Games Festival celebrates Indigenous cultures, sport and community relationships

The inaugural Anglican Schools Commission Traditional Games Festival, recently hosted by Hillbrook Anglican School, attracted over 700 students from six schools for a day of sporting fun and learning about Indigenous cultures and histories