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“I invite anglican focus readers to consider adding their own individual names to the ‘Christians United for Afghanistan’ petition,” says Archbishop Phillip Aspinall
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Over 300 organisations, businesses and community groups have signed a joint letter to all Federal MPs and Senators calling on them to take urgent action on the devastating situation in Afghanistan, including Anglican Board of Mission
“The desert is a significant place where people can meet God. Even before Jesus, holy people used to withdraw themselves from their families and live in deserts to meet with God. I encountered God for the first time when I travelled the deserts and slept in deserts as a child – the desert is where my intimacy with him, before I became Christian, began,” says St Francis College formation student Mamuor Kunpeter, as Vocations Month continues
“This painting is a mural behind the High Altar in the Chapel of the Transfiguration at the College in Colombo, Sri Lanka where my husband Karol was educated and where we have worshipped from time to time. With his choice of subdued colours, the artist, David Paynter intentionally seeks to convey this deeply spiritual experience in the life of Jesus,” says Deanna Misso, as the Transfiguration is celebrated on 6 August
In a letter to the UN Security Council, World Council of Churches acting general secretary The Rev’d Dr Ioan Sauca expressed grave concern over the impending expiry on 10 July of the resolution allowing cross-border humanitarian assistance to North West Syria
Dozens of Anglican Bishops nationally have sent an open letter to the Prime Minister and the Immigration Minister, calling for the immediate return of a young Sri Lankan Tamil family to the rural Queensland town of Biloela, after the youngest family member captured the heart of the nation this week
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