Photograph: Kim Haughton
John O’Donnell, who says he was abused between the ages of nine and 15 by a man who sang in a local church choir in County Donegal.
I don’t know if any of you had the good fortune to watch some or all of “The Wonders of the Universe”, a television series produced by the BBC and hosted by Professor Brian Cox.
Hi, my name is Mike Sherman. Peter asked me some time ago to give a homily on IDENTITY.
Based on a model of supportive housing first pioneered in New York City, the Brisbane Common Ground project is fast taking shape at 15 Hope Street, South Brisbane. The Project Partners and Project Contributor invite you to learn about this exciting project and meet Rosanne Haggerty, Founder of Common Ground New York and recipient of the Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation.
‘A Canaanite Woman, an Australian Saint and Anamnesis’
Two things came to mind when I first thought about Mary MacKillop, today’s Gospel and the anthem we wish to introduce to you now.
There is a panel elected by the government which is canvassing ways of removing the “race power” from the Constitution. There are details on the website, youmeunity.org.au with a discussion paper and a form which can be filled out for a submission to the panel. They are very keen to receive submissions from the community and it is surely one of the social justice issues of concern to members of St Marys community.
I was in the Phillipines with some friends : and we ended up in a leaf hut in the middle of nowhere.
Marcos was still in power. Private armies in the Philippines made it un-healthy to resist, or to question when rich landlords took over common land, and to add insult to injury left it fallow – while there was not enough for the sugar workers to eat.
For their children’s sake this had to change…
A poem by John Patton as recited by John at his July 30-31 2011 homily
Poem by John Patton as recited by John at his July 30-31 2011 homily
I love Jesus not for his divinity,
I love him for his humanity.
