“Overall I am lucky — I work with great people and feel loved in my team and in the wider Church. But I talk to many people in my community who are rejected at work because of their skin colour and accent, and it hurts them deeply. This has even happened to my gentle, softly spoken wife, Rachel,” says Bishop Daniel Abot
St John’s Cathedral recently welcomed Coomera Anglican College’s Strong Hearts Club, who helped create a Prayer Space as part of the Cathedral’s Prayer Spaces initiative, encouraging stronger connections between Anglican schools and the Cathedral
Members of our Diocesan community recently joined in a global ecumenical prayer vigil, hosted online by the World Council of Churches, which gathered clergy and lay people in solidarity, hope and lament for the people of Sudan who continue to suffer amidst the violent conflict — resources are available for online or in-person vigils
“It’s a story about how God interrupted the mundane rhythms of a Welsh retreat centre, transforming it into a House of Prayer, inspiring the development of the international Local Houses of Prayer movement,” says The Rev’d Cameron Freese