Shepherd to the great outdoors

Posted on January 16, 2010 
Filed under News

“What does a 62-year-old former Sydney schoolboy do when put in charge of the world’s largest, by area, Anglican diocese – stretching from Dongara to the top of Western Australia, taking in the Kimberley and the Pilbara, the miners, the fishermen, the public servants, the Aborigines, the flotsam of Australia’s remaining great frontier?

David Mulready is aware of the perils of such a life  … There is not much money and few clergy are ready to take on the frontier life. For the 155,000 people in the diocese, there are 23 Anglican clergy…”

– This piece on Bishop David Mulready, by Malcolm Brown in The Sydney Morning Herald, is a timely reminder to keep the people of the North West in your prayers. (Photo: DNWA.)

Related: Ministry Opportunities in the Diocese of North West Australia.