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Upcoming Events
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012
May 20, 2012 - Act for Peace Partners' Gift Day
May 20, 2012 - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012
May 21, 2012 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 21, 2012 - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012
May 22, 2012
National Council of Churches in Australia
Australia must not balance the books on the backs of the poor
Monday, 30 April 2012 15:18
from Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia
Australia cannot break the bi-partisan promise to those in extreme poverty in the upcoming federal budget.
Alarmed by recent reports that this is likely, the governing body of Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia, has written to Prime Minister Gillard urging her Government not to break the promise. The promise of reaching 0.5 per cent of national income by 2015 was reaffirmed by her Government, and the Opposition, ahead of the last election.
The UK Government, which has now entered a second recession, retains its commitment to increase its aid budget to 0.7 per cent, the agreed global target. The UK Government has repeatedly said it “will not balance the books on the backs of the poor.”
Read more: Australia must not balance the books on the backs of the poor
Archbishop Denis Hart elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
Friday, 04 May 2012 17:00
from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
Archbishop Denis Hart, Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne has been elected as the
President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference at the Australian Bishops Plenary
today in Sydney.
Archbishop Hart will take over after this meeting from Archbishop Philip Wilson who has
held the post for the past six years.
Archbishop Hart is delighted to have been chosen to serve the Church in Australia in this
way.
Read more: Archbishop Denis Hart elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 20-27 May 2012
Wednesday, 18 April 2012 06:54
“We will all be changed by the Victory of our Lord Jesus Christ” (cf. 1 Cor 15:51-58)
Australian Churches will observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 20-27 May 2012. The theme chosen for 2012 is "We Will All Be Changed by the Victory of Our Lord Jesus Christ." (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:51-58). The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012 comes to us from the churches in Poland, who have reflected upon their own experience as a nation, and in particular how, as a nation, they have been changed and transformed by the many upheavals of their history, and sustained by their faith.
Each day of the week has a theme, a reflection, Questions to consider and a prayer. The daily themes are;
DAY 1 Theme: Changed by the Servant Christ
Text: The Son of Man came to serve (Mark 10:45)
Read more: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 20-27 May 2012
