From around the Anglican Church of Australia

Posted on February 21, 2022 
Filed under Australian dioceses

A few items of interest from around the Anglican Church of Australia –

The Idea of Duty – Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn, Mark Short.

“As I write this column people across the world are preparing to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the seventieth anniversary of her accession to the throne. My only encounter with royalty came at a distance. Our family were in England during the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and she came to our city as part of the celebrations. The day of her visit I lined up in on the footpath with our younger son on my shoulders. From that vantage point he saw her: I did but see her lemon-yellow hat passing by. …”

Sesquicentenary of St Stephen’s Fitzgerald’s Valley – Blayney Chronicle.

“Sitting atop a hill in the picturesque Fitzgerald’s Valley between Blayney and Bathurst is an Anglican Church that is unique in the Bathurst parish.

Built in 1871 by the settlers who moved into the valley in the 1800s, St Stephen’s Anglican Church is an operating church that commands one of the best views in the central west. …”

Rod Bower, author of politically charged church billboard, leaves Central Coast – ABC News.

“Father Bower is moving onto his new role as Director of Mission for the Diocese of Newcastle, based at Lake Macquarie, where he will shape and ‘pass the baton of social justice”’ onto the next generation of priests. …”