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Listen to Sessions from May 2012 Learning Weekend
Recordings of sessions from the May 2012 learning weekend are now available here.
CM101 and CM102 Assessment Results
At a meeting of the Board held on Thursday 10th May the following participants were examined in relation to awards for courses CM101 and CM102: Mission as Transformation: Exploring the DNA of a Missional Church Anglicanism: Who We Are and Where We Have Come From PASS WITH DISTINCTION Marilyn Joy Deas John Leslie Hulbert Philippa [...]
Learning Journal Templates
Learning Journal templates are now available for 2012 courses CM103 & 4 and DM203 & 4 on the NSTM website.
Baptism of Amelia Whalley: 19th May 2012
Melanie and Angus Whalley extend an invitation to participants, graduates and friends of the School to participate in the baptism of Amelia on Saturday 19th May at St Alban’s Church, Muswellbrook and to enjoy a bring and share lunch in the Church grounds afterwards (please bring a garden chair). Amelia is our first ‘NSTM baby’ [...]
A Sermon Preached by Bishop Farran to the Diocesan Leaders’ Conference 2012
‘Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.’ 2 Corinthians 4:1 One of the great experiences of my ordained life was my first Lambeth Conference in 1998. Being present in Canterbury Cathedral for the inaugural service was a truly inspirational experience as was the [...]
Final Information for May Learning Weekend 2012
We are looking forward to welcoming all Certificate and Diploma participants who will be commencing Block Two of their studies to the Learning Weekend to be held on 11th – 13th May 2012. We also look forward to welcoming all participants in the OLM Formation Weekend which will be taking place at the same time. [...]
Morpeth Lecture: 29th May 2012
Theology between Religion and Politics Download Invitation here. Dr. Timothy Stanley, Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Newcastle, will speak on theology’s place in current debates about the resurgence of religion in contemporary political life. Although secularists such as Marx and Weber predicted that religion was on a [...]
Re-affirming the Tri-diocesan Covenant: 17th May
The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle and the Catholic Dioceses of Broken Bay and Maitland-Newcastle will gather again with our bishops for the annual Ecumenical Service of Worship to re-affirm and renew the Diocesan Covenant which unites us. This year’s celebration, coming just one week before the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, will take place [...]
A SERMON PREACHED BY BISHOP BRIAN FARRAN IN CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL FOR THE ANZAC COMMEMORATION 2012
In 2008 with a group of Anglican and Roman Catholic pilgrims touring Greece and Turkey, Bishop Malone, the former Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, and I visited Gallipoli. It was a sunny spring morning and Anzac Cove was deserted except for a lone Turkish gardener watering the lawns. We celebrated the Eucharist together sitting along [...]
Theology and the Renewal of the Church: Key Note Address to 2012 Award Ceremony
A graduation ceremony is always exciting and this ceremony is no exception. May I offer my own congratulations to each person graduating this afternoon with either a Bishop’s Certificate in Theology for Ministry or a Bishop’s Diploma in Theology for Ministry? The very title of the certificate and diploma indicates that these courses have not [...]
