In Australia, church bells ring for #ChangetheHeart encouraging reconciliation in lead-up to national day
The bells of St Andrew’s Cathedral rang out over Sydney Tuesday night in honour of the #ChangetheHeart “call to prayer” that Aunty Jean Phillips, one of the most senior Aboriginal Christian leaders in Australia, started in Brisbane to encourage Christians to engage in the process of reconciliation. “You need us and we need you, and change will […]
Sydney’s St Andrews Anglican Cathedral marks 200 years
Russell Garland regularly attends worship at St Andrew’s Cathedral in central Sydney. But on Sunday morning he came with special purpose. He and his wife, who hail from the suburb of Newtown, were there to celebrate the Anglican cathedral’s 200 year history. For Garland, there was a special connection – when Glenn Davies, Archbishop of Sydney, recalled […]
‘Mr Eternity’ remembered in Sydney service
‘Mr Eternity’, Arthur Stace, was remembered at a service to mark 50 years since his death in Sydney’s St Andrew’s Cathedral on Sunday. More than 300 people reportedly gathered in the Anglican church to remember the man who, a reformed alcoholic who was dramatically converted to Christianity during the Great Depression, went on to famously […]