Fr David’s Musings
I’m very new to this Facebook thing. Less than 12 months old. One of the terrifying things is the speed with which information is spread around the world. Quite literally, it is an international forum. So you have to be really, really careful before putting anything up there or out there, especially when it is
I am the Bread of Life
Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.’
John 6:35 – NRSV
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Fr Martin from the Cathedral has produced this shortened Ash Wednesday Service for use at home during this current lockdown. The post Ash Wednesday at Home appeared first on Anglican Diocese of Ballarat. [Read_On...]
The Anglican Church invites you to Celebrate Christmas in one of our local Churches. (Services are printed where supplied) The post Christmas Services 2020 appeared first on Anglican Diocese of Ballarat. [Read_On...]
People traditionally bring their pets to church for a blessing on St Francis Day. This will not be possible this year because of COVID-19. Instead our Cathedral is running an appeal for the Ballarat Wildlife Park. The post ST FRANCIS DAY APPEAL 2020 appeared first on Anglican Diocese of Ballarat. [Read_On...]
Rev James Wood and Fr Constantine Osuchukwu are inviting interested lay people and clerics to a ZOOM conversation that seeks to reflect ‘faith in action’ during a COVID / post-COVID church. The post Companionship and the Church of the Future appeared first on Anglican Diocese of Ballarat. [Read_On...]
The Coadjutor Bishop of Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum, will be installed as the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem on Thursday 13 May [Read_On...]
Call for Anglican young people to participate in pre-COP26 “Youth 4 Climate: Driving Ambition” global environmental event in Milan, Italy [Read_On...]
Archbishop Justin Welby and Pope Francis joined Pope Tawadros II and Archbishop Angaelos to commemorate Contemporary Martyrs Day [Read_On...]
Religious leaders in Hiroshima and Nagasaki urge Japanese government to support Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. [Read_On...]
ALL restrictions on weddings, funerals, and other life events could be abolished in England from 21 June under the fourth and final stage of the Government’s four-month plan to reopen the country after a year of coronavirus lockdowns. On Monday af... [Read_On...]
RENTERS on low incomes receive help with their housing costs through the housing element of Universal Credit (for all new claimants) or through Housing Benefit (for those who were already claiming before the new system came into effect). The metho... [Read_On...]
IGNORING the housing crisis in England could cost more than solving it, a wide-ranging church report argues. The report, published on Sunday, is Coming Home: Tackling the housing crisis together, the fruit of nearly two years’ work by the Archbish... [Read_On...]
A NEW coalition describing itself as a “movement of supporting Anglicans for an inclusive Church” — and to be know by the acronym Mosaic — is to bring together campaigns on issues of race, ability, sexuality, gender, and gender identity. One of it... [Read_On...]
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It was disappointing to see an announcement on JobSeeker by the Morrison Government today that was “all show, no go” and will leave hundreds of thousands of Australians to languish far below the poverty line, Anglicare Victoria CEO Paul McDonald said today. Mr McDonald said that after more than two decades without a rise in... The post Government unemployment benefit rise “all show, no go” appeared first on Anglicare Victoria. [Read_On...]
One of the largest studies ever conducted of financial counselling clients in Victoria has identified utility bill shock and credit card debt as two of the leading causes of financial distress during COVID-19 in 2020. The research also recommended raising JobSeeker permanently above pre-pandemic levels to give vulnerable people a better quality of life. The... The post Bill shock, credit cards leading causes of financial distress during COVID appeared first on Anglicare Victoria. [Read_On...]
Anglicare Victoria’s Research Team analysed almost 9500 clients of the organisation’s financial counselling services to compare life during the COVID-19 movement restrictions (the second quarter of 2020 for all Victorians and the third quarter for those in Melbourne) with the 12 months before. This is the first time the organisation has produced research on its... The post Financial stress in Victoria during lockdown appeared first on Anglicare Victoria. [Read_On...]
Individuals and families living in inner Melbourne can now access personalised support and emergency relief services five days a week at Anglicare Victoria’s Mission House, thanks to the generous support of Newcrest Mining Ltd. Mission House, which has been providing support to families since 1886, has been transformed into a ‘one stop shop’ delivering... The post Historic emergency relief centre in Fitzroy grows its service offering thanks to mining giant appeared first on Anglicare Victoria. [Read_On...]
