* Flinders Island pilot Gordon’s skills prove true I have greet admiration for the pilots who take us to the Bass Strait Islands. I am grateful for their skill and dedication in providing this essential service to our Islanders. A special tribute … Continue reading
Interesting comments on miracles and defense of the Catholic Church re child abuse by Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd who attended the canonisation of Mary MacKillop at the Vatican, Rome. Kevin Rudd, I believe in miracles and Rudd again on miracles … Continue reading
Guest blogger Richard Humphrey, The Dean of Hobart, writes: The religious life of Australia takes a big step this weekend with the canonisation of Mary MacKillop as the first Australian Saint recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, now to be called … Continue reading
You let the Registrar a bit of slack from registering the bishop’s licences and look what he gets up to: (The Registrar) successfully moved a motion urging the Government to “take immediate and sufficient steps to ensure that all persons … Continue reading
I still have my ‘Kids don’t belong in detention centres’ T-shirt from 2002, although it has shrunk in the cupboard 🙂 A birthday wish – “No children in detention centres.” It is with great regret that we inform you that ChilOut has … Continue reading
I was working at the Altona petrol refinery when word came that we had to shut down the pipelines to the storage tanks in Yarraville. Initial reaction: ‘You’ve got to be joking! We’ll have to turn the refinery inside out … Continue reading
Ignorance of current end-of-life care in modern Australia fuels fear of death/ end of life. “First: many think laws for voluntary euthanasia are for burdensome treatments to be stopped, or for life‐support to be switched off, when people are about … Continue reading
We live in diverse family settings. I grew up in a single parent household with my ‘working mother’ who somehow worked a full time paid job and worked to make our family household a home. I thank God for her sacrificial life … Continue reading
The more I consider legislation for euthanasia/assisted suicide/medical killing the more concerned I become. Concerned for whom? – For the elderly, people living with disabilities and all vulnerable people. Why my concern for them? Because I do not believe assisted suicide can ever be … Continue reading
Nazir-Ali on Islam and immigration from Sydneyanglicans.net on Vimeo. Bishop Nazir Ali was recently in Sydney where he spoke on the question of how do we as Christians respond to radical Islam and Immigration policies. On radical Islam, As Christians … Continue reading