24th Sunday of the Year

The gospel began with a discussion on Jesus’ identity and the disciples seem to be caught up in their own comfortable relationship with him. We might ask to what extent they, or we ourselves, understand the consequences of following Jesus. The disciples walk with Jesus towards Caesarea Philippi a city considered to be notorious, scandalous, shocking, and decadent.

We are super excited that Aselu O’Brien, Gitty and Marion will be joining the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education in Sydney from mid-October to the end of November. Aselu is a draftsman for the Tuvalu government and a climate advocate, Gitty is an incredible photographer and works as the comms officer for the Tuvalu Climate Action Network (TuCAN)and Marion is the climate change officer for Fusi Alofa, the main Tuvaluan organisation advocating on disability-related issues. If you'd like to connect with Aselu, Gitty and Marion during their time in Australia, please get in contact with us here at the ERC. Don't wait too long as their schedule is filling up fast!

23rd Sunday of the Year

Some years ago, I was facilitating a gathering, a young man, who was deaf, shared his experience of being invisible, not listened to or noticed in church. He said that if any medication were available to cure deafness, he would refuse it. He had always been deaf, and was at home in that community and culture. He did not feel he needed to be ‘fixed’ or cured.