Spirituality
In The Pub, Blackheath
2010
Events
Info
Call Carmel Vanney 4787 8706
6 November - Reflection morning Leader Bishop
Geoffrey Robinson. Sacred Heart
Church Hall, Cnr Sturt and Wentworth Sts, Blackheath 10am. For
information: Carmel 4787 8706. Stay afterwards and enjoy
the rhododendron festival.
2009
Events
4th
April at 7.30pm
The
Gardeners Inn Hotel, Blackheath
Our next evening for Spirituality
in the Pub will be held at Gardners Inn, Blackheath as
usual, on Wednesday evening 11th June at 7.30pm. Our guest speakers
are Mary Louise Petro and John Martin. Our theme for the
year is "Journeys from the Edge".
Guest Speakers:
Sister Mary-Louise Petro
Mary-Louise is a teacher by profession
and having felt a call to become a Sister of Mercy spent
her early years teaching at OLMC Parramatta and OLMC Epping. Twenty-five
years ago she was invited to become a youth worker at St Marys
and St Clair in Western Sydney. It was a time of high youth unemployment
and her team began to look for ways to constructively assist the
situation. From these humble beginnings The Mamre Project at
St Marys was conceived and brought to reality. The project now
assists people with disabilities, youth at risk of not finishing
Year 10 at school, long term unemployed and most recently Sudanese
refugee families.
John Martin
John Martin is a Clinical Psychologist
who started his career as a Psychologist in a Drugs and Alcohol
Rehabilitation Centre. John has worked for the Salvation Army
and during that time he developed a National HIV/AIDS program
for Bangladesh. He was a member of the Salvation Army International
Headquarters Technical Assistance Team and initiated a process
to develop a response to HIV/AIDS that is appropriate to the culture
of South Asia. He has worked for Save the Children-UK and Sweden.
John has been working with Fr Chris Riley's Youth Off the
Streets for the past five years. He began as Manager of the
Airds Outreach Program, working with the most disadvantaged
young people in Western Sydney. He is now Group Manager for
Community Development with Youth Off The Streets and
manages six community development programs.
For further information contact:
Elizabeth ph 4787 6198
Spirituality
In The Pub, Blackheath
4th
April at 7.30pm
The
Gardeners Inn Hotel, Blackheath
Catalyst for Renewal
Our next evening for Spirituality
in the Pub will be held at Gardners Inn, Blackheath as
usual, on Wednesday evening, 9th April at 7.30pm. Our guest speakers
are Bernice Moore and Br. Julian McDonald, AO. Our theme for the
year is "Journeys from the Edge".
Guest Speakers:
Bernice Moore
Bernice is a teacher by profession having taught in secondary
education in the Catholic Education system. She has a Masters
Degree in Women's Studies from the University of NSW. In
the early 90's she was asked to coordinate the organization Women
and the Australian Church (Watac). Watac was established in
1984 as a means of changing the understanding of the role of women
in the Australian Church and in society. It was initiated by the
women Religious within the Catholic Church but has now expanded
to include laywomen and men. Although Catholic by origin, it encourages
membership from other religious denominations. For some years
Bernice has been one of the Catholic representatives on the Gender
Commission of the National Council of Churches in Australia.
Br. Julian McDonald, AO
Br Julian joined the Congregation
of Christian Brothers in 1960 and has had a distinguished career
as an educator both in secondary schooling and tertiary education.
He is currently Chancellor of Australian Catholic University
after having been Pro-Chancellor for five years. Br Julian was
the Director of the Christian Brothers from 1990 to 2002,
and has recently been appointed to the Oceania Leadership Team
of the Christian Brothers. In 2001 he received the Pro
Merito Melitensi award from the Knights of Malta and in 2003
and was admitted as an Officer in the Order of Australia for
services to Religious Life, the Christian Brothers and Education.
He has a particular interest in Children's Literature and
is currently completing a Master of Education Degree at Charles
Sturt University in the field of Children's literature.
Spirituality
In The Pub, Blackheath
13th
February at 7.30pm
The
Gardeners Inn Hotel, Blackheath
*Catalyst for Renewal
Our next evening for Spirituality
in the Pub will be held at Gardners Inn, Blackheath as
usual, on Wednesday evening, 13th February at 7.30pm. Our guest
speakers are Dr Sabine Erika and Professor Tony Vinson. Our theme
for the year is "Journeys from the Edge".
Guest Speakers:
Dr Sabine Erika
Dr Sabine Erika was born in Germany
and came to Australia as a refugee with her parents. She studied
politics and history at Macquarie University and the University
of NSW. She was to lecture in History, Politics and Women's Studies
at Macquarie University for eighteen years. Her activities over
the years have included co-running a house for disabled adults
as well as running a theatre for disabled people for ten years.
She is currently running Alternative to Violence Workshops
in jails and with parolees, is President of the local Zonta Club,
which works for the human rights of women and is a member of the
Anti-Trafficking Network, which works for rescued women
slaves. A lifelong pacifist and activist for human rights she
is also Clerk of Blue Mountains Quaker meetings
Professor Tony Vinson
Tony Vinson is one of Australia's
leading social scientists and outspoken public intellectuals.
His career spans the disciplines of social work, social policy,
psychology, education, and public administration and social research.
Early in his career he was appointed Foundation Professor in
Behavioural Science within the new Medical School at the University
of Newcastle. Following three years as Head of the NSW Department
of Corrective Services during a period of intense penal reform
he took up an appointment as Professor of Social work at the University
of New South Wales. In recent years he has had an extensive involvement
in assessing schemes to protect children exposed to the dangers
of abuse. He received an AM in this years Australia Day Honours
for services to social welfare through academic, government and
community roles, as a contributor to state and federal policy
formulation, and as a champion of social justice.
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