August – September 2023 Southern Cross out now

Posted on August 2, 2023 
Filed under Encouragement, Resources, Sydney Diocese

The August – September 2023 issue of Southern Cross magazine from the Diocese of Sydney is now out.

Printed copies will be available in parishes shortly, and you can read it on the web right now.

In his column this month, Archbishop Kanishka Raffel reflects on Our True Spiritual Condition –

“Recently I was walking through the city and, as I crossed Martin Place, I noticed the usual queue of men and women lining up to receive their evening meal, while others set up plastic folding tables and baskets of plastic cutlery and paper serviettes ready for that night’s food distribution.

The Sydney City Council says there are about 300 people sleeping on the streets of the CBD each night, with close to that number in city-based crisis accommodation. Across NSW, the number of people without adequate housing is more than 30,000. I am deeply grateful for the work of Anglicare and a number of city and suburban churches that provide assistance to people experiencing homelessness, or who are at risk of homelessness in their local area.

As I continued on my walk, I soon passed another queue. This time it was a queue of people waiting to enter the Louis Vuitton store on George Street. It made for a jarring contrast, though the two queues were barely 500 metres apart. …”

Read it all on pages 13 and 14.