Adelaide’s Anglican Archbishop Jeffrey Driver has urged the Federal Government to ensure children are not housed at a new permanent detention facility on Manus Island.
[The Chronicle by Genevieve Kennedy] With legs of jelly, a team of cyclists pedalled into Toowoomba this afternoon.
[Anglican Diocese of Brisbane] The Chair of the Brisbane Anglican Diocesan Social Responsibilities Committee, The Very Reverend Dr Peter Catt, today spoke out strongly against immigration spokesman Scott Morrison's demands for ‘behaviour protocols’ for asylum seekers.
From Diocese of Adelaide
Latest report finds 81% of Saver Plus participants encourage children to save
Saver Plus, the financial education and matched savings program developed by the Anglicare and ANZ, is encouraging a new generation of children to save.
From the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
The Anglican Archbishops of Melbourne and Brisbane, Dr Philip Freier and Dr Phillip Aspinall, have today announced that a Melbourne priest has been selected to lead the Southern Region of the Diocese of Brisbane as Queensland’s first woman bishop.
The Primate of the Anglican Church said today that the royal commission called by Prime Minister Julia Gillard offered an historic opportunity to protect Australian children.
[Anglican Diocese of Melbourne] The Revd Gloria Shipp, from the Gamilaroi tribe in New South Wales, has been elected Chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council (NATSIAC) by members at their Annual Gathering in Brisbane.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Mitchell as CEO of Anglican Overseas Aid. Bob has been the interim CEO at Anglican Overseas Aid since the start of September.
By Anglican Board of Mission Australia (ABM) media release
During World War II, 12 Anglicans working for God’s Church in PNG lost their lives. This year marks the 70th anniversary since the death of the Martyrs of New Guinea.
From The Moree Citizen
The Moree Anglican Church is offering parents carers and those working with children a workshop focusing on the dangers of early sexualisation of children in our culture.
From the Diocese of Melbourne
The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, has today welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), and congratulates those states and territories which have agreed to conduct a trial of the scheme.
From the Solomon Star newspaper
Provincial Mothers' Union of the Anglican Church of Melanesia welcomes the arrival of Reverend Libbib Crossman to Solomon Islands.
By Kate Matthews, The Morning Bulletin
Clarence Valley celebrates the first Grafton woman to be accepted into the role of Archdeacon this morning as Reverend Gail Hagon of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton takes on the most senior position in the life of the church.
Survivors of Japan’s triple disasters—earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear fallout—warmly welcomed a group of Anglicans who visited them from the Diocese of Riverina in Australian last week.
An Anglican minister says a dry community in the Gulf of Carpentaria has become so overrun with home brew that children as young as 11 are risking theirlives mixing and drinking potent concoctions made from fruit juice and Vegemite.
A multi-faith service to honour asylum seekers who have died seeking asylum in Australia will take place on Sunday July 1 at the Pilgrim Church at 4pm.
Australian nurse and midwife Valerie Browning, head of the Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) in Ethiopia has won “The One” International Humanitarian award, a project by Rotary which recognises an individual whose extraordinary services and activities exemplify the Rotary ideal of Service Above Self.
From the office of the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide
Anglican Archbishop Jeffrey Driver has accused the Commonwealth government of gambling with the future of young Australians as it considers changes to gambling regulations.
From the Anglican Diocese of Bathurst website
Clergy from across the Anglican Diocese of Bathurst and their counterparts from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst will gather in Bathurst on Thursday May 24 to witness the signing of a covenant between the two denominational groups.
