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Good Samaritan Nuns Going To Hold Convention In Sydney

On the 6th September 2005 a convention is going to be held by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan in Sydney this month ahead of the group’s 150 anniversary in 2007 which will set new direction for the Australian founded congregation with the election of a new congregational leaders and four counsellors..

  • Evangelical Anglicans Plan First International Gathering

    Traditional Anglicans gained strength in the months following the controversial ordination of the first openly-gay Episcopal bishop in the United States. In November, they will tout that newfound strength and unity with their first international conference, slated for Nov. 10-12 in Pittsburgh.

  • Lutheran World Federation Begins Annual Council Meeting

    Ecumenism and reconciliation were top priorities at the opening ceremony of the 2005 Lutheran World Federation Council Meeting in Jerusalem.

  • Pacific Women Encourage to Reach Full Potential With The Bible

    On the 25th August 2005 a conference running over two days entitled Women and the World jointly organised by the Adventist Women’s Ministries and Avondale College (a private institution of higher education with a campus for nursing students at the Hospital) held in Sydeny aims to encourage women in the South Pacific to think beyond stereotypes and reach their full potential depsite living in a gender-biased culture with the help of the Bible.

  • Church Leaders & Christian Organisations Pay Tribute to Taizé Founder

    Church leaders and a host of Christian organisations have been expressing their sympathies with the Taizé community, and have been paying tribute to their founder Brother Roger, who was killed last week. The Methodist Church, the WCC as well as the Anglican Communion leaders have each in turn released statements to offer their condolences on the Taizé leader’s passing away.

  • World Youth Day Concludes With a Call For Church Unity

    The Pope ended World Youth Day yesterday in Cologne with an appeal to young people around the world to unite “to build a better world” by helping the poor and elderly.

  • Pope Reaches Out Across Faiths as World Youth Day Continues

    Pope Benedict XVI has been living out his promise to ease inter-faith relations with a visit to a synagogue and Muslim leaders during his four-day visit to Germany for World Youth Day.

  • Methodists Tackle Communications Problem in Africa


    Breaking down communication barriers between generations, gender, nationalities and languages have been a core problem for denominations and church groups around the world. Many are tackling this problem by strengthening their staff, adopting new techniques and technologies, and forging new relationships with communicators across borders and barriers.

  • Establishment of Interfaith workshop with Judaism

    On the 17th August Catholic Weekly reported that Senior Professor Mary Boys an American educator in Christian-Jewish relations will be in Sydney this week to run a workshop entitled Christianity and Judaism – How do we foster growth in mutual respect and appreciation? It is hope that through the workshop which will be held at the Polding Centre on Friday August 26 it will provide an opportunity for Jewish and Christian teachers to exchange ideas.

  • Generation Church Establish in Gold Coast

    Reported by the Australian on the 15th August 2005 the Gold Coast Generation Church on a typical service starting at 9:30am has a rock band striking up which was a signal for the 300 enthusiastic worshippers to head for the stages.

  • Christian Unity Stressed at Lutheran Assembly

    Although divisions over homosexuality marked much of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Churchwide Assembly, unity was also highlighted through the visits of several ecumenical representatives last week.

  • Uniting Church Resort to DVDs to Cover Clergy Shortage

    In response to the shortage of ordained ministers, the Uniting Church is exploring the use of pre-recorded worship services to parishioners out in areas of regional NSW in the form of DVDs.