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World Environment Day
Come and pray in St Paul's Cathedral for the week from Monday 2 June to Thursday 5 June, daily at 1-1.30pm, with prayer services led by the Archbishop and Regional Bishops.
Throughout the week, follow the "prayer walk" set up in the Cathedral, with stations to prompt personal prayer, reflection and commitment.- I want to find a parish near me
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- Dr Philip Freier, Archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
Ministry:
Theological education and training, ordination, professional standards, ministry appraisal, regions, bishops, and clergy
Archbishop Philip's Prayer for Melbourne:
God of community,
we give you thanks for this beautiful and vibrant city:
for its diversity of people and cultural life,
for its industry and commerce,for its hospitals and agencies of care,
and for its places of learning, recreation and worship.
God of compassion,
we pray for all who live and work in this city and for those who visit here:
open our hearts to
welcome the stranger,
shelter the homeless,\
befriend the lonely,
care for the needy,
and offer hope to those in despair,
for these are your people.
God of community,
Giver of life, of love and hope,
hear our prayers for the welfare of this city.
Amen
SMS Prayer:
God of compassion
Ur here 24/7
Ur @hm, @schl, @wrk
W al gnr8ns
Thnq.
Lhm 2 care 4 othrs
4 they r ur ppl Amen.
Translation:
God of compassion
you are here 24 hours a day seven days a week
you are at home, at school, at work
with all generations
Thank you
Lord help me to care for others
For they are your people, Amen
Around Melbourne
Churches can help celebrate the nation's families
12/May/2008
Churches can be part of offering a nurturing and supporting environment to families, said a Melbourne Anglican families ministries specialist, as Australians entered celebrations for the sixth National Families Week this week.
“It is impossible to estimate the scale of devastation”
8/May/2008
Like the people washed away by the South East Asian Tsunami in 2005, many of the victims of Cyclone Nargis which devastated parts of Myanmar (Burma) this week were doomed by location and poverty.
First woman bishop appointed in Victoria
25/Apr/2008
The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, has announced the appointment of Canon Barbara Darling as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne.
Inquiry into sexualisation of children in media welcome, says Dr Freier
18/Apr/2008
Melbourne Archbishop Dr Philip Freier has welcomed a Senate Inquiry into the sexualisation of children in the contemporary media, but has urged the Federal Government to widen the inquiry to encompass other issues putting pressure on children today.
Summit a great time to listen to other Australians, says Melbourne delegate
18/Apr/2008
Kate Lord believes her job as a delegate to the 2020 summit is not just to share her ideas, but to listen.
Benetas celebrates 60 years
16/Apr/2008
Benetas, one of Victoria’s largest not-for-profit aged care service providers has marked its 60th anniversary of caring for the state’s elderly with a formal celebration at St Paul’s Cathedral.
Abp Freier offers condolences for loss of a leader
9/Apr/2008
The death of Archbishop Sir Frank Little marks the passing of not only a great spiritual leader of the Catholic Church in Melbourne, but a great friend to the city, the community and to the Anglican Churc
Catholic Archbishop Little dies
8/Apr/2008
According to a media release from the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, former Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Thomas Francis Little died "peacefully in his sleep last night at his home in Camberwell at the age of 82 years."
