Dates & Seasons
Holy Week 2023 pilgrimage: a photo essay
Check out Bishop John Roundhill’s Holy Week photo essay, which shows many of the people he walked, prayed and ate with during his week-long pilgrimage
Dates & Seasons
Check out Bishop John Roundhill’s Holy Week photo essay, which shows many of the people he walked, prayed and ate with during his week-long pilgrimage
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“A 27-year-old soup night tradition was celebrated by the Anglican Men’s Society, The Parish of Bundaberg and St Luke’s Anglican School recently,” says Jo Leveritt
Australian Christian Andrew Telfer recently served as an Ecumenical Accompanier with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel – his personal reflections form the backbone of an inspired free Lenten guide, which blends personal anecdotes, suggested calls to action and prayers
“Most people think of Jonah as a charming story rather than as a serious prophetic book. But my own fondness for this tiny book has led me to ponder just how much it may have been existentially important to Jesus in his own spiritual life,” says The Rev’d Canon Dr Jim McPherson
“During this Lenten season, what if we focus less on trying to perfect our abstinence, and more on living out an inclusive and holistic faith? Even as we repent of our excesses and indulgences, let us lean towards doing justice rather than going without,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn, while offering some exciting new Lenten resources written by The Rev’d Deb Bird
“The first image that comes into my mind whenever I think about the Lenten season is a deciduous tree – a tree that has no leaves on it that is preparing itself to regenerate new leaves, and with these, new life,” says The Rev’d Sam Sigamani from The Parish of Wynnum
“Anglicans in Development (AID), part of the Anglican Board of Mission, has worked closely with the Ahli Arab Hospital for many years, chiefly in supporting its outreach to improve the health and future of underweight babies in Gaza. More recently, AID has begun supporting a new initiative that combines child nutrition services with educating mothers about nutrition,” says Dr Julianne Stewart
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