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Candlelight vigils for asylum seeker who died on Manus Island

An estimated 15,000 people took part in candlelight vigils around Australia on 24 February for Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati

26 February 2014

Anglican school spared worst of fires as Kinglake prepares for church dedication

On 16 March, the new St Peter's Memorial Anglican Church in Kinglake will be dedicated by Archbishop Philip Freier on the site of the historic timber church that was destroyed five years ago.

19 February 2014

St Paul's banner to stay until asylum policies change

[Diocese of Melbourne] The St Paul’s Cathedral banner encouraging Melburnians to “fully welcome refugees” will remain until Australia's “inhumane and demeaning” asylum policies change, says the Dean of Melbourne

23 January 2014

Melbourne South Sudanese advise Anglican agency on conflict

Four South Sudanese who are elders in Anglican parishes in Melbourne yesterday became advisers to Anglican Overseas Aid 

15 January 2014

Elizabeth Alfred presides at her centenary Eucharist

Ms Alfred must be the first woman priest, if not the first priest, to preside at Holy Communion on her 100th birthday.

14 January 2014

Bp Huggins: "Family violence should be key election issue"

​“Childhood is for enchantment, wonder, joy. Not for the terror of violence in the home”

29 August 2013

"Sexist competition proves media must change" - Melbourne diocese

A diocese has expressed "disgust" at a magazine's competition to find "sexy asylum seekers" 

22 August 2013

Anglican Church, agencies condemn asylum policy

Anglican leaders in Melbourne have criticised “a retrospective, cruel and unnecessary policy targeting vulnerable and dispossessed people.”

16 August 2013

Banner welcome for refugees at St Paul's Cathedral

A seven-metre banner has today been installed on one of the spires of St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, proclaiming the words ‘Let’s Fully Welcome Refugees’.

08 August 2013

Australian bishop calls for "decent treatment" for asylum seekers

The chair of the Melbourne Anglican Social Responsibility Committee, the Rt Revd Philip Huggins, Assistant Bishop of the Northern Region of Melbourne, has called for asylum seekers in Australia to receive "decent treatment" from the Australian government.

26 July 2013