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Peacemaking

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Lawyers as peacemakers

“Dispute resolution expertise is particularly central to the contemporary real world of lawyering. Communication skills are critical to all the work that lawyers do and negotiation skills are used on a daily basis…Contrary to popular belief, therefore, lawyers are in effect peacemakers,” says Professor Rachael Field

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Dr Nora Amath at the Gathering to Pray for Gaza vigil in Brisbane

Dr Nora Amath, a Muslim, mother, grandmother and Director of Islamic Relief Australia (a UNICEF partner) reads James 3.17-18 on behalf of Mama Saba Abraham (President of The Eritrean Australian Women’s and Families Support Network Inc and member of the Eritrean Orthodox community) at the third “Praying for Gaza” Brisbane inter-faith vigil: “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace”

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Bishop Daniel Abot’s Palm Sunday 2024 message

“I remember my first Palm Sunday. It was in 1987. I was fleeing to Ethiopia from South Sudan, along with thousands of other young boys and girls, to avoid being conscripted as a child soldier. Even though I was only 11 years old at the time, I knew it was Palm Sunday. Because we were fleeing on foot through the bush, the only way we could keep track of time was by the moon. We gathered under a shady tree in prayer to commemorate the special day,” says Bishop Daniel Abot