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A new way of life began for the Society of the Sacred Advent recently as The Rev’d Sr Gillian Moses SSA and The Rev’d Sr Jan Crombie SSA made their Profession of Vows for SSA Vowed Membership
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“During the recent centenary celebrations, the St Martin’s House corridors were filled once again with nurse chatter as tours were conducted to the top-floor operating theatre and the old ground-floor wards – now the staff kitchen, music room and Darnell Room,” says the Cathedral’s, Helen Wootton
“As Friendship’s book reveals to us, monasticism offers a distinct wisdom to ponder – a wisdom that is being written in the lives of so many people who continue to test and live out this vocation from God, in both old and new ways,” says Bishop Godfrey Fryar
Almost $500,000 has been raised by the St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School community for Queenslanders affected by cancer through an entirely student-led initiative – the Ponytail Project. In 2019, Cancer Council Queensland adopted the students’ campaign idea, encouraging schools across the state to involve their students in the cause
“Today, St Martin’s House still serves a vital role for the Cathedral and our wider Diocesan community. Its role as a hospital ceased in 1971, and after much debate about its future, it was renovated and is now used as office space for our Archbishop, Regional Bishops and clergy and staff for the Cathedral and various Commissions. However, there are still some mysteries that my research is yet to solve,” says Diocesan Archivist Michael Rogers
“When we become aware that God is calling us to ordained ministry, it may at first come as a bit of a surprise; a realisation deep within that feels both right, yet strangely uncomfortable,” says The Rev’d Fang Ling Quested, as she shares her story of faith that brought her from the Buddhist temples of Taiwan to ordination in Brisbane, as Vocations Month continues
A new processional cross has been lovingly crafted by a long-serving staff member and is modelled on the symbol-rich cross of the Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent who founded the school over 125 years ago
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