A statement from Bishop Brian Farran in response to the recent comments by Kevin Andrews about the Sudanese community and immigration policies.
11 October 2007
The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, has welcomed the decision of the Appellate Tribunal – the Anglican Church’s highest court – that effectively paves the way for women clergy to be eligible for the office of Bishop.
04 October 2007
The Sydney Diocese reclassified three churches to parish status at Synod yesterday and there are still two more to come.
20 September 2007
As Archbishop and Assistant Bishops of the Diocese of Sydney, we send our thanks for your kind invitation to attend next year’s Lambeth Conference. Your invitation has been received with pleasure and it would give us a great deal of joy to be able to join you.
15 August 2007
Brisbane Archbishop, Dr Phillip Aspinall has been the head of the country's Anglican community for the last two years and he's had to answer tough questions on a range of subjects - from the Government's plan for Aboriginal communities to the detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay - but still nothing prepared him for the questions of Year 12 students from Mansfield State High School.
13 July 2007
Dr Philip Freier, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, will be going without food tomorrow as he leads Melbourne Anglicans in a day of fasting and prayer - as a way of marking the half way point for reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of halving world poverty by 2015.
05 July 2007
Canon Atwood is well known to and respected by many diocesan leaders in Sydney. He was a friend to many during the episcopate of Archbishop Harry Goodhew; he has maintained these relationships since the election of Archbishop Peter Jensen and is especially highly regarded and respected by Archbishop Jensen.
26 June 2007
Christians today were ‘blind’ to the spiritual dangers of wealth, according to Melburne’s Anglican Archbishop, Dr Philip Freier.
20 June 2007
Dr Peter Carnley, former Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, is one of five recipients of the highest honour in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
12 June 2007
The first full translation of the Bible into an Australian Indigenous language, was launched at the Katherine Christian Convention 5-6 May 2007.
08 May 2007