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Volunteers Run Program For Sudanese Refugees

Volunteers Run Program For Sudanese Refugees

In 2000, Melbourne University student Matthew Albert, and his friend Anna Grace Hopkins, answered a request on a noticeboard at All Saints Church in Footscray to help a Sudanese family who had recently arrived in Australia.

10 June 2005

Press Release from the Diocese of Adelaide

Press Release from the Diocese of Adelaide

We are pleased to announce that the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide elected the Bishop of Gippsland, the Right Reverend Jeffrey Driver, as Archbishop of Adelaide on Saturday 21 May 2005.

27 May 2005

Re-inventing the cathedral

Re-inventing the cathedral

Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen is implementing an ambitious plan to rebuild St Andrew's Cathedral one spiritual brick at a time, beginning with a business bible study starting next Tuesday.

01 April 2005

Synod elects the next Bishop of Newcastle

Synod elects the next Bishop of Newcastle

The Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle has elected the next Bishop of Newcastle at the end of its first day of business.

11 March 2005

School named in honour of archbishop

School named in honour of archbishop

During the Archbishop's ministry and under his leadership, the Anglican Schools Commission (ASC) was formed in 1985 and six new low-fee co-educational schools were established in the Perth and Bunbury Dioceses. Today these schools accommodate 7000 students from Kindergarten -12.

09 March 2005

40 day prayer fest fuels mission

40 day prayer fest fuels mission

Forty Days with the Risen Lord is a call for focused prayer from Easter Sunday, 27 March to Ascension Day, 5 May. It has been taken up by over 70 parishes who are rallying congregations in prayer for everyone to respond to God in repentance and faith.

02 March 2005

Candidates for Bishop of Newcastle released

Candidates for Bishop of Newcastle released

The names of candidates for the position of Bishop of Newcastle, Australia, have been released ahead of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle's Bishop Election Synod on 10-12 March.

02 March 2005

Primate's sermon at farewell Eucharist

Primate's sermon at farewell Eucharist

The Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia and Archbishop of Perth, the Most Revd Peter Carnley, celebrated his farewell Eucharist at Winthrop Hall at the University of Western Australia on Sunday 6 February.

10 February 2005

Archbishop Jensen's Sermon for Day of Mourning

Archbishop Jensen's Sermon for Day of Mourning

Archbishop Peter Jensen's Sermon for National Day of Mourning and Reflection Service in St Andrew's Cathedral Sydney
In the presence of Prime Minister John Howard, and the Governor of NSW, Professor Marie Bashir

17 January 2005

Melbourne highlights tsunami relief and prayers

Melbourne highlights tsunami relief and prayers

The Diocese of Melbourne web site has set up a tsunami disaster coverage page, with details of special services and current relief efforts. 

11 January 2005