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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 07, 1967
Page
5
The 1846 brick church with a bell tower hosts tourists and motorists then provides motorists with prayer cards. Fr J P Kelly says mobile life erodes static parishes and inviting travelers promotes integration and road safety as a modern duty under Thou shalt not kill.
Dr Steere, a graduate of Michigan, Harvard and Oxford, president of the American Theological Society, and senior AFSC leader, has conducted relief missions in Europe and Asia and organized Quaker aid in Finland. He will deliver the fourth James Backhouse Lecture at the Society of Friends annual meeting in Hobart this month.
The Ecumenical Press Service reports delegates from Japan Korea Taiwan India Southeast Asia the Pacific Europe and North America attended the Seoul consultation sponsored by the East Asia Christian Conference and the Theological Education Fund. Papers covered Knowing your situation Rethinking Essential Tasks and World Council of Churches studies on The Missionary Structure of the Congregation and Patterns of Ministry and Theological Education. Delegates formed small groups to discuss purposes of theological education curricula patterns and joint planning possibilities.
Father Stephen Dargas, aged 68, a Roman Catholic priest and mission pioneer, died at Vanapore near Rabaul. He went to New Britain in 1924 and helped establish a station at Kamanakamp. He later became a Japanese prisoner during wartime.
A new ecumenical committee formed by the EACC and World Council of Christian Education plans a consultation in Singapore next month themed Gods People in Gods World. LA Kyaw Than serves as secretary and reports strong ecumenism and development emphasis. Mr Wo K Brown of East Malvern Victoria was elected general secretary, succeeding Rev Harvey L Perkins in April.
A dense compilation of church services across multiple parishes and schools. It lists St Paul Manuka, St Philip’s O’Connor, The Good Shepherd, St Mary’s, St Christopher’s, St Columba’s, and many others with service times, baptisms, confirmations, and Sunday masses. Also notes at Royal Military College chapel, Christian Science, and various school Masses and weekday services.
Major Keith Hunter will command the North Rockhampton corps after serving three years there. Captain James Martin departs Canberra on Wednesday January 11 to take a Newcastle City posting. Hunter, 17-year Salvation Army veteran in Queensland, is married with two children. Martin notes Canberra South corps growth, stronger services, and expanding senior citizen programs during five years there.
Canberra gardeners face pest and disease risks from plants bought nationwide. Snails spread via imported soil, and neglected fruit trees trigger infestations. Readers are urged to learn disease identification, proper soil care, pruning, watering, and cleanliness, with guidance from CSIRO staff and the Department of the Interior.
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