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Queen Elizabeth II

Tuesday December 06

When "Reenie met the Queenie": two women with extraordinary lives

A patron to over 500 charities in Britain and having fundraised over £1.4 billion, Queen Elizabeth II is well-known for her philanthropic work. During her life, she also celebrated those who shared her passion, taking the time to meet and personally thank people doing incredible things for their communities. One of these people is Anglicare St Martin’s Residential Aged Care resident Catherine, affectionately known as “Reenie”

Fully muffled bells in the Christ Church tower

Peace Bells of Christ Church, Bundaberg muffled for Queen’s passing

“The Peace Bells of Christ Church, Bundaberg rang in rare full muffles before a special service commemorating Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II last week, as hundreds of locals stood in silence,” reports church warden Jo Leveritt

Members of the multi-faith chaplaincy team minister to the queue waiting to see the Queen lying in state

A long line of faith: Chaplains minister to the thousands waiting to say a final farewell

Dressed in black clerical shirts and fluorescent tabards emblazoned “Faith Team”, Archbishops Welby and Cottrell were among the Anglican priests to join faith leaders from other denominations and religions in a chaplaincy team serving the queue of people waiting to see the Queen lying in state

My memories of Queen Elizabeth II

“After Queen Elizabeth passed away, I heard Former High Commissioner to the UK, Alexander Downer, on the radio say that anyone who can remember her father, King George VI, must be very old. Later I was talking to my daughter-in-law Leanne, who works for Anglicare Southern Queensland, and I told her that I remember the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, so I must be very, very old,” says Pam Wood from The Parish of Sunnybank

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has spoke of his “profound sadness” at the death of Queen Elizabeth II

Archbishop of Canterbury presents The Queen with Canterbury Cross for "unstinting service" to Church of England

The Archbishop of Canterbury has presented Her Majesty The Queen with a special “Canterbury Cross” for Her Majesty’s “unstinting service” to the Church of England over 70 years

Tree planted at Anglican Communion Office to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee

The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, has planted a tree in the garden of the Anglican Communion Office – the London-based secretariat for the worldwide Anglican Communion – as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy

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