Fr Dean Marin, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Adelaide, invoked the spirit of the Gettysburg Address in his Anzac Day homily, to reflect on the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East. The homily is published in full.
When carer Gaylia Johns read the poem ‘I Spoke to You in Whispers’ to Wallaroo’s Star of the Sea Home for the Aged residents during an in-house Anzac Day service in 2021, it brought tears to their eyes.
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A regimental flag completed 75 years ago in honour of the 2/43rd Infantry Battalion was blessed and handed over to St Aloysius College (SAC) students last month in a moving ceremony in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.
As Anzac Day was remembered in different ways last month, Year 7 student leaders at St Joseph’s School, Clare, paid their respects to the fallen at their own Dawn Service.
The unmistakable call of The Last Post resonated throughout Adelaide’s suburbs at dawn on Anzac Day as Rostrevor College music students joined hundreds of ‘driveway’ musicians in a poignant tribute to the nation’s servicemen and women.
Every night Howard Hendrick says a prayer thanking God for his “very, very fortunate life”.
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