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Oceania

Tsunami rehabilitation consignment heads to West

Tsunami rehabilitation consignment heads to West

Five Anglican communities affected by the 2007 April tsunami in the Western province in Solomon Islands this week received latest consignment of supplies from the Anglican Church of Melanesia in Honiara.

12 February 2009

Archbishop Philip Freier to visit fire affected areas

Archbishop Philip Freier to visit fire affected areas

Archbishop Philip Freier will visit today, where possible, some of the areas affected in the weekend’s firestorm.

09 February 2009

Fiji Floods: Situation Report by the United Nations

Fiji Floods: Situation Report by the United Nations

As a result of the flooding, as of this afternoon a total of 8,475 evacuees are residing in 130 evacuation centres, mostly in the Western Division

20 January 2009

Update Fiji's Anglicans count the cost of the floods

Update Fiji's Anglicans count the cost of the floods

The people of Fiji are beginning to count the cost of the severe floods which have laid waste to large swathes of both of the country’s main islands

16 January 2009

Fiji floods - a message from the New Zealand Archbishops

Fiji floods - a message from the New Zealand Archbishops

At this time of serious flooding at Nadi, Labasa and other places, Archbishops David Moxon and Brown Turei have asked Anglicans in Aotearoa New Zealand to pray especially for the Diocese of Polynesia in Fiji.

15 January 2009

100-year construction completed on Brisbane cathedral

100-year construction completed on Brisbane cathedral

The last stage in the 100 year-plus construction of St John’s Anglican Cathedral has been completed with the lowering of a 13 metre tall copper-clad spire onto its final resting place, the Central Tower.

11 November 2008

Community of the Transfiguration

Community of the Transfiguration

For over a millennium, if Christians wanted to read theology, practice Christian spirituality, or study the Bible, they went to the monastery to do so. 

07 October 2008

Anglicare is turning 25

Anglicare is turning 25

Anglicare is celebrating its 25th birthday on the evening of September 24, 2008 with a celebration for members, employees and clients.

10 September 2008

Family' embrace for Bishop Victoria Matthews

Family' embrace for Bishop Victoria Matthews

When last Saturday afternoon’s installation service for Bishop Victoria Matthews as the eighth Bishop of Christchurch was finished, the woman who’s taken her place as the new Bishop of Edmonton reflected on Canada’s loss and Christchurch’s gain.

01 September 2008

Death of the Revd Canon Dr Christopher Newell AM

Death of the Revd Canon Dr Christopher Newell AM

The Anglican Church in Tasmania has received with deep sadness the news of the untimely death of one of its most prominent priests and university academic Associate Professor Christopher Newell.

25 June 2008