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 Who presides at Holy Communion has become a legal issue in the Anglican Church of Australia. Traditionally those ordained priests and bishops have presided. Now the Diocese of Sydney has argued that deacons be allowed to preside. The Sydney decision has been challenged and the matter has gone before the Australian Anglican Church’s legal court, the Appellate Tribunal. [...]

A statewide petition was launched in Launceston on Friday 30 October by Liberal Senator Guy Barnett  and Scripture Union CEO Ruth Pinkerton. They are urging the public to sign a petition in support of chaplaincy in schools as ongoing funding has not been confirmed (The program was established for an initial period of three years). View the [...]

Federally funded chaplains in government schools are now an established part of the educational landscape. The report from a major national research study into the effectiveness of school chaplaincy services was released in Hobart this month. The researchers found that chaplains were accessible and approachable, and dealt with many issues ranging from behaviour management, social [...]

 Rather than focusing on patient assisted suicide / medical killing/ active euthanasia we bring end of life spiritual care and support of both patients and family members. The Reverend Eric Cave (Senior Chaplain and Pastoral Care and Bereavement Worker) presented the following on “End of Life Spiritual Care and Support of Patients and Family Members”: Illness leads [...]

‘Groups welcome death bill failure’ by Zoe Edwards, The Examiner 6 November 2009 gives further comment on the decisive rejection by the Lower House of the Tasmanian Parliament of the ‘Dying with Dignity’ Bill, by pro and contra advocates of patient assisted suicide/ medical killing/ active euthanasia. The pro case has now been investigated twice, 1998 [...]

 Thursday 5 November 2009 MEDIA RELEASE: Anglican Church Supports Euthanasia Decision  The Anglican Church has applauded the decision of the House of Assembly yesterday to reject the Dying with Dignity legislation. The Bishop of Tasmania, Bishop John Harrower, said that he congratulated the Members for their decision on this matter of conscience.  Bishop Harrower said, [...]

  As the contributors to this book demonstrate, women are instructed from an early age that their value stems from their sexual allure and availability. No longer are young girls aspiring to a place in parliament or to shatter the glass ceiling in their local law firm. Nowadays, they are taught that real girl power [...]

      “In Christ you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.” Ephesians 2:22 On Sunday 1 November we celebrated the 125th Anniversary of the Anglican Church of St Simon and St Jude, Woodbridge, the oldest surviving Church in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel district. The day [...]