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• Healing mental illness - just a matter for the professionals?

  Wednesday, 8 September 2010
  

  Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry will join Archbishop Freier and social change leader Kerry Graham in a public conversation on mental health.

• Indian church leader comes to Melbourne on goodwill visit

  Friday, 30 April 2010

  The Anglican Bishop of Delhi, the Right Reverend Sunil Kumar Singh, is on a goodwill visit to Melbourne that the Anglican Church hopes will encourage closer ties between the churches and cities of Melbourne and Delhi.

• Amnesty International: Australian Government must show leadership by introducing a Human Rights Act

  Friday, 19 February 2010

• Bushfire generosity a glimpse of a better world, says Archbishop Freier

  Tuesday, 9 February 2010

  The generous response to the tragedy of Black Saturday was a glimpse of a world that was healed and restored, Archbishop Freier told a remembrance service at St Paul’s Cathedral marking the first anniversary of the bushfires on 7 February.

• That simple birth in a stable was God's great gift to the world

  Thursday, 24 December 2009

  THE heart of Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, God's gift to a world in need of a redeemer to save us from ourselves and show us the way to God

• World church leader concerned about anti-homosexual bill in Uganda

  Thursday, 24 December 2009

  Geneva, 22 December (ENI)--The World Council of Churches has raised concerns about a proposed law in Uganda calling for the jailing and possible execution of homosexuals...

• Anglican support for International Migrants' Day

  Thursday, 17 December 2009

  Canon Dr Ray Cleary AM, Chair of the Social Responsibilities Committee of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne today encouraged Anglicans across Melbourne to find time in their busy pre-Christmas schedules to remember migrants and refugees around the world on Friday December 18, International Migrants' Day.

• Statement from Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, concerning the recent tragedies in our region

  Friday, 2 October 2009

  Statement from Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, concerning the recent tragedies in our region

• Safe streets – a thing of the past?

  Tuesday, 29 September 2009

  “The spate of violence on our streets is horrifying,” says Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne Dr Philip Freier. “Any incident of violent behaviour is one too many… and alcohol is certainly exacerbating the problem. I would endorse any move to review the number and style of licensed premises in our city and the hours and other conditions of licensing.”

• Anglican Church says ‘Come as you are!’ as it invites people to Back to Church Sunday – 13 September

  Wednesday, 9 September 2009

  married couples of all ages will say ‘I do’ all over again at a Renewal of Wedding Vows ceremony in St John’s Anglican Church Toorak; St Aidan’s Parkdale will hold a ‘family friendly’ service and a family fun day with BBQ lunch; and at St John Chrysostom in West Brunswick there will be a special guest service and Sunday School program followed by a sumptuous morning tea.