Spiritual Development Program For over fifty years the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne offered at the Retreat House in Cheltenham a ministry of spirituality, direction and retreats. At the end of 2000 Retreat House was closed. After a period of discernment the ministry was transferred to a new base in the context of an inner city…
Child Protection Reportable Conduct Scheme Children Legislation Amendment (Reportable Conduct) Act 2017 (the Reportable Conduct Act); With effect from 1st January 2018, the Reportable Conduct Scheme under the Reportable Conduct Act will come into force in Victoria in relation to the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. The Scheme constituted under the Reportable Conduct Act imposes obligations…
Pancake Night – Shrove Tuesday Shrove Tuesday falls on 13th February – 2018 this year, and we will be celebrating it with our usual Pancake Night at 6pm. Details of the event are in the slip which was been inserted in the pew sheet. Please reply to either Jan or Keith McLean before 11th February…
Primate urges Anglicans to vote in postal poll on same-sex marriage. Melbourne’s Archbishop Philip Freier, as Anglican Primate of Australia, has encouraged all Anglicans to vote in the postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage, saying Federal Parliament would find it hard to ignore the result if either side achieved a big majority. Dr Freier said that…