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When the news fades and becomes less important, it finds its way to our news archive below:

Chief Rabbi Guest of the Cathedral
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth, is speaking on ‘Religious Commitment to a Pluralist Society’ at the Perth Town Hall on Monday 23 January 11am-12 Noon. Everyone is welcome.

Wedding - Robert Clews to Mary Straiton
For a transcript of the homily preached at the above wedding, please click here.

     

Christmas Star
Why is the church full of Christmas stars? The star which appears only in the Gospel according to Matthew links us with St John’s vision of the incarnation or embodiment of God in Jesus Christ as Light coming into the world’s darkness – illumination and enlightenment, opening our eyes to the gentleness and loveliness of God with us, God whose proper name is Emmanuel.

Anglicare and St Bart’s
Thank you for your generosity in making up Anglicare
Christmas Hampers, and providing toiletries for homeless men through St Bartholomew’s House.

Christmas Flowers

Thank you to those who have given flowers in memory of someone they love, or in thanksgiving for blessings received.

Diane Louise Heath, Priest
The Mass of the Resurrection for Mother Diane at St David’s Applecross was well attended by friends from many areas of diocesan life.
For a transcript of the homily preached at the requiem please click here.

Explore Christ
Synod passed a motion supporting ExploreChrist.org - a Christian community and place of belonging for those unable to attend church, Anglican by foundation, yet open to anyone, anywhere, who wishes to belong.  This may help all of us from time to time, or you might recommend to house-bound or hospitalised friends.

Together in Song
Thanks to many generous gifts, and courtesy of the Church of the Resurrection in Swanbourne, we now have 70 copies of the Australian hymn book, Together in Song. If you have not yet had a chance to give your promised contribution to the treasurer, please see Sandi today.

Joondalup Joint Venture
Progress on the Joondalup Joint Venture and the new Grace Church is now proceeding rapidly, with obvious changes week by week, and very soon we will actually be above ground level! After meticulous and very slow work on foundations, particularly the radiation bunkers required by PRC, we expect to see the building taking shape around us before Christmas. The Consecration date for the new church 25 November 2012 at 2pm, the Feast of Christ the King, but we hope to move in long before that great day.

Sanctuary Gong
In addition to our elegant new Book of the Gospels, the new gold and silver chalice, and the bell we have inherited from Holy Family Yokine, we have also acquired a sanctuary gong which probably belonged originally to St Paul’s Carr Street in West Perth, a famous Anglican Catholic shrine until its closure in the
1940s. The sanctuary gong is traditionally used at the sanctus (holy, holy, holy Lord), at the elevation of the sacrament at the end of the Eucharistic prayer, and as an invitation to Holy Communion.

Bell, Book and … Chalice!
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor we have an elegant new Book of the Gospels to enhance the beauty of our worship. Thanks to another anonymous donor we have a new gold and silver chalice to match one we have had for the past ten years. Some time ago, some interest was expressed in acquiring a bell for the new church, a very valuable item in terms both of cost and use. The good news is that we have just been given a fine bell from the closed Church of the Holy Family in Yokine.

Liturgical Ministers
Fr David is pleased to announce the appointment of Barry Simpson as a Liturgical Minister, in addition to Naomi Fitzgerald, Allan Griffiths, Helen Matuzik, Michael Price, and Irene Saint-Whittle. A workshop for all six Liturgical Ministers is scheduled for4-5pm on Saturday 9 April.

Sacrament of Reconciliation
The Anglican approach to this sacrament of owning up to our sins in the hearing of a priest who gives counsel and declares God’s forgiveness is summed up in the phrase, ‘All may, none must, some should.’ Please speak with Fr David about confession times.

New Church Rising
A permanent home for Grace Church will soon be rising from the sand, part of a $20 million joint project between the Diocese of Perth and Perth Radiological Clinic. On the vacant block on the south side of the church Perth Clinic plans on building a seven-storey hospital.

 
 
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