Sixty-six years ago, Benny Kierns, his wife Sheila, and their two young children boarded a ship and left Scotland for Australia. The trip on The Strathmore took about four weeks and they landed in Adelaide where they had friends.
Peter Sawley was attending the St Paul of the Cross Church in Blackwood recently when he realised his name was being talked about in public.
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Community volunteers and parishioners on the Lefevre Peninsula are discovering new places and experiences far beyond their homes, thanks to an alliance between the parish and local council.
Whether they know you or not, sometimes it can be just two or three minutes before a patient begins to share their deepest feelings and emotions. That’s the experience of chaplain Nadee Fernando since she began serving in hospitals in February.
Julian Tenison Woods was an “incredibly complex man” and made an immense contribution to science, education and more, says Fr Roderick O’Brien in his new book about the legendary priest.
Finding out directly how the Church community can do more to help people with disabilities and close the gap between action and words was the aim of a Listening Day hosted by the Disability Projects Office (DPO) in Adelaide recently.
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