Welcome to the home of Tasmanian Anglican
This is the news website for the Anglican Church in Tasmania.
Read the June 2008 issue of our magazine.
(For other information go to our diocesan website.)
Read Bishop John's presidential address to Synod (24 May 2008). (pdf)
Read the latest From the Bishop's desk (17 July 2008). (pdf)
'Barnabas Column'- Stories of Encouragement
Twenty good news stories and counting: see the latest here.
Recent international news...
Prayer, toil and tears
Churches reach more than 100,000 in Burma
Waterways in the Irrawaddy Delta have changed course, making it difficult to locate survivors. Photo: CPM
Read the story in international and national news.
Taking the Slow Road to Recovery.
The Anglican Church in Myanmar (Burma)
Cyclone survivors receive aid shortly after the cyclone. Photo by DCA -ACT International
The horrific events stemming from the devastation Cyclone Nargis wreaked on Myanmar (Burma) have shocked the world. Tens of thousands dead and many more missing. Survivors threatened by lack of water, food and shelter. The possibility of horrendous outbreaks of cholera, typhoid and other diseases. Even in our compassion weary world this event has shocked us into action. Read more here.
Update 13 May: see a report garnered from a conversation ABM has just had with Archbishop Stephen Myint Oo, primate of CPM.
Archbishop urges support for Kenya
Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, has called for Australian support for people affected by political unrest in Kenya this month. Read the full story here.
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Diocesan Gathering 2008
Furniture ministry in the Break-O'Day parish. Read about it.
See photos from the Gathering.