Cathedral Centre for Spirituality
SAINT GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL CENTRE FOR SPIRITUALITY
invites you to Waste Time with God:
THERE WILL NOT BE ANY CENTRE FOR SPIRITUALITY EVENTS DURING JULY.
Wed. Aug 12th – - “A Day in the Spiritual Life of the Cathedral”
9.30am until 2.30pm: Presentation: “A Journey into the Holy Trinity” with Bishop David Murray, Poetry of the Holy Trinity with Professor Christopher Wortham and other spiritual experiences. Includes morning Tea/Coffee/Muffins, Lunch, afternoon tea and printed resources. ($12)
Wed. Aug 26th – - “Coffee, Prayers and Spirituality”
9.30am until 11.30am: Presentation: “Spirituality and … Health” presented by the Revd Graeme Manolas, Chaplain of Hollywood Hospital and past coordinator of Silver Chain Palliative Care Chaplaincy. Includes tea/Coffee/Muffins. ($5)
Registrations (catering and seating) by the Monday before the event to Bishop David Murray, Cathedral Centre for Spirituality - Phone 9325 5766 or Email: david.murray@perthcathedral.org
Christian Meditation Community
Weekend Retreat: Creation and the Contemplative Vision – 31 July – 2 Aug.
You are invited to this Christian Meditation Community guided silent Retreat.
Take time out to reconnect with the Creator and the Creation in the tranquil setting of Penola by the Sea. Meditation in the John Main tradition – instruction and support available. All are welcome. Suggested donation $170 . Enquiries and registrations: Margaret Keane Phone 9334.0995 or CMC WA 9444.5810 email: christianmeditation@iinet.net.au.
A silent Day of Reflection – Saturday22 August 2009.
You are invited to join the Christian Meditation Community for this silent Retreat Day. Time 9.00AM – 4.00PM – Programme includes input sessions, Prayer of the Hours, times of reflection and meditation. Meditation instruction and support available.
All welcome. Entry by Donation. Tea/coffee provided. BYO Lunch.
Phone CMC WA 9444.5810 email: christianmeditation@iinet.net.au
Venue: St Thomas More Church and Parish Centre 100 Dean Road Bateman
Hiroshima Day Vigil
When: Thurs 6 August 12 noon to 2pm
Where: Corner Hay and William Sts, Perth
64 years ago, the destructive power of the atom bomb devastated Hiroshima in that terrible flash, brighter than a thousand suns. About 100,000 people died. Three days later, the same nightmare came to the people of Nagasaki. This vigil is to say NEVER AGAIN MUST NUCLEAR WEAPONS BE USED.
With Obama as US President, the momentum to eliminate these weapons is gathering and we can feel hope that a nuclear weapons-free world is achievable. A large HIROSHIMA DAY banner will declare that our purpose. We welcome the new joint Australia-Japan Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament chaired by former Foreign Ministers Gareth Evans and Yoriko Kawaguchi.
The vigil will include a display of photographs of Hiroshima after the bomb. We’ll hand otu paper cranes in memory of Sadako, the little Japanese girl who died from radiation-induced leukaemia, and gather signatures on the petition asking that the ban on uranium mining in WA be reinstated. We must prevent any uranium from this state fuelling dangerous nuclear reactors – or worse, providing the building blocks of nuclear weapons.
Organised by People for Nuclear Disarmament, 5 King William St, Bayswater. For more info call 9271 8786.
A Century of Influence: ASCM
With Prime Ministers Robert Menzies and Bob Hawke, High Court judges Ronald Wilson, Garfield Barwick and HV Evatt, and educators David Penington and Leonie Kramer all members, the Australian Student Christian Movement has provided a forum for exploring spirituality and social issues in the nations universities for over a century. Described as a ‘university within a university’ the ASCM has had a national and international influence and has inspired leading academics, politicians, public servants, business leaders and clergy to put their faith into action.
Renate Howe draws on a rich range of material from libraries, private collections and oral histories. She tells the inspiring story of the progressive ASCM, a movement whose influence has extended well beyond its formal membership. Continue reading ‘A Century of Influence: ASCM’
Silence the Golden Family Bastion
Dr. Bernard Sabella
Jerusalem
July 4, 2009
When spring arrives in Jerusalem, daffodils and other wild flowers bloom. Of the images of spring this year was that of a young boy collecting daffodils near the French Consulate in West Jerusalem. When I greeted him and asked for his name, it turned out that he was from an Arab Palestinian family living in the Old City of Jerusalem. With his eyes sparkling with happiness as he collected one daffodil after another from between stones and rocks I wanted to know the purpose of his precious collection. ‘Oh, these flowers are for my mother, she loves flowers.’ I was overwhelmed by this 10-year old’s attachment to his mother and his willingness to walk from his home in the old town at a rather late afternoon hour to enterprise a motherly daffodil collection.
I was reminded of this young boy when the other day I visited a demolished, Palestinian home on the Mount of Olives that the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem claimed was built illegally. The home housed two families of more than 15 members together. Continue reading ‘Silence the Golden Family Bastion’
Events for the Heart and Mind – 22nd July
In This Issue: Refugee and Migrant Sunday; Miss Africa Perth 2009 Movie Night. Continue reading ‘Events for the Heart and Mind – 22nd July’
Refugee Sunday: 30 August 2009
Refugee and Migrant Sunday is a celebration of the dignity of people who are refugees and migrants and the contribution they have made to life in Australia. It is celebrated by the Churches together on or around 30 August 2009.
Refugee and Migrant Sunday Resources for 2009 have been gathered for use in churches, schools and the wider community by Working Parties of SA Council of Churches as part of Act for Peace: the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) www.actforpeace.org.au
You can download the materials at the SACC Website.
Blueprint for a better world
Nine years ago, the world made a promise. A promise which, by 2015, will lift millions of people out of poverty.
Here is your chance to be part of that promise.
The travelling exhibition
Blueprint for a Better World:
the Millennium Development Goals and You
is coming to Fremantle!
When: 2 July – 20 July 2009
10.00 am – 4.00 pm everyday
Where: The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle Campus,
Prindiville Hall, 25 Mouat Street, Fremantle WA 6160
Cost: Free
Caritas Australia and AusAID would like to invite you to see our interactive multimedia exhibition while it is in town, bringing you face to face with the reality of extreme poverty and explaining how we can achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
The exhibition focuses on case studies of development programs around the world, and Caritas Australia representatives will be on hand to personally guide you through the exhibition.
For more information go to
www.blueprintforabetterworld.org
or please contact Caritas Australia
on (08) 9422 7925
