Justice & Advocacy
“It has been more than 20 months since I started as the Anglican Church Southern Queensland’s Domestic and Family Violence Project Officer, so this seems like a good time to reflect on progress and achievements to date,” says Jenny Clark
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The annual in-person meeting of the ecumenical officers of the state, territory and Australian national councils of Churches was recently held in Sydney
“The Church is in a unique position of being able to offer practical, emotional and spiritual help to all who are impacted by DFV, from initial contact right through to the ongoing emotional and spiritual support often required long term by victims and reforming perpetrators, when the need for more specialised and emergency assistance has either passed or run its course,” says Chair of JCDVPP Felicity Bailey
“While waiting for the event to begin, a couple of women near us opened conversation. One asked, “Are you guys Christians?” I replied, cheekily, pointing to my friend, “He is and I’m not!” So began a discussion with them as to why I wasn’t and why I should be. I parried well, having been familiar with this approach, but was stumped at the woman’s last riposte,” says The Rev’d David Baker, General Secretary of Queensland Churches Together
The Rev’d Kate Ross tells us about trailblazing ordination of women campaigner, mother of six, nurse and midwife, childbirth educator and social justice advocate, Gwenneth Roberts, and about an exhibition she and Gwenneth are opening in the Cathedral to honour the women of our Diocese historically
“Jesus calls us into life in all its abundance, which includes the fundamental right to be safe – as Anglicans we are committed to transforming unjust structures of society and challenging violence of every kind, which necessitates actively contesting social norms that foster inequality and associated violence,” says Domestic and Family Violence Working Group member The Rev’d Gillian Moses
“Those who spoke and prayed reminded us that we have the capacity to address this crisis of our own making,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt on Friday’s ecumenical Climate Justice Prayer Event, which preceded the Global Climate Strike
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