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Important News
Bishop Kay
Goldsworthy
On Friday 11th April
Archbishop Roger
announced the
appointment of Kay
Goldsworthy as a Bishop
in the Church of God.
The first woman ordained
to the priesthood in
Australia, Kay now
becomes the first woman
ordained to the
episcopate here. She is
to be consecrated on the
Feast of Corpus Christi,
Thursday 22 May, at 7pm
in St George’s
Cathedral. We offer Kay
our warmest
congratulations and good
wishes, assuring her of
loving and prayerful
support as she prepares
for all that lies
ahead. Kay has accepted
my invitation to make
Grace Church her first
pastoral visit as a
bishop - she will
preside and preach here
on Sunday 25th May when
we celebrate Corpus
Christi as a parish
community.
Two Women to be
Bishops
Last Thursday evening,
the Council of the
Diocese of Melbourne
approved Archbishop
Philip Freier’s
nomination of Barbara
Darling as an Assistant
Bishop of Melbourne. A
graduate of Ridley
College, Barbara has
served her whole
ministry in Melbourne.
Her consecration day is
31 May.
Fifty Days of Joy
Eastertime runs for the
full fifty days from
Easter Day through to
the Day of Pentecost on
Sunday 11 May.
Next Sunday's
Lections
Pentecost–
Acts 2: 1-21; 1 Cor
12:1-13; Jn 20:19-23
Orthodox Easter &
Jewish Passover
Easter Day for the
Orthodox and Oriental
Churches of the East
falls on Sunday 27 May,
and Passover is Sunday
20-27 May this year. As
we celebrate the
Resurrection we pray for
our Orthodox and Jewish
friends still preparing
for their festivals.
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