Aboriginal Anglican Bishop visits Wellington
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ishop Arthur Malcolm, the first Aboriginal to be ordained as an Anglican Bishop, visited St Mary’s Catholic School community in Wellington recently and attended Mass. He spoke about his childhood, his young adult life and of his work in vast areas of Northern Queensland. He also talked about his experiences preaching throughout Australia, but focused on the importance of seeing people for more than their skin colour, by encouraging students to get to know someone before forming an opinion. Carol Conn from St Mary’s said that it was a great opportunity to meld the Christian religion with that of the Aboriginal community. It was a change for an Anglican Bishop to be addressing a Catholic congregation, but Bishop Malcolm said the point was to bring people together under God as a family.
Bishop Malcolm with Wellington’s Parish Priest, Father Tony Hennessy (photo courtesy of Wellington Times)
Legion’s Anniversary
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ishop McKenna celebrated Mass with the Legion of Mary in the Cathedral in Bathurst on 7th September. Monsignor John Frawley and Father Mark McGuigan concelebrated the Mass, which marked the 90th anniversary of the Legion which was established by Frank Duff in Dublin in 1921. Bathurst has two ‘Praesaedia’ of the Legion, the first was established over 68 years ago and the second 28 years ago. Robyn Pearce, Betty Webster, Margaret Stephen, Lurline Bell, Bishop McKenna, Father Mark, Rita Loneragan, Nola Ryan, Noeline Lynch and Monsignor Frawley after the Mass.
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