{"id":1790,"date":"2005-07-27T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-27T00:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/church-mouse.lanuera.com\/IV\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2026-06-24T06:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T06:32:30","slug":"aboriginal-medical-service-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/church-mouse.net\/?p=1790","title":{"rendered":"Aboriginal Medical Service to the rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last Saturday (23 July), the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service – built on land adjacent to the Church – opened its gates to provide a space for a 6pm Community Mass celebrated by Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO<\/a>. Frank is also a lawyer, and the Director of Uniya, the Jesuit Social Justice Centre in Sydney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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At least 25 community members shared in a wonderfully tension-free Eucharist on a site almost as significant as St Vincent\u2019s itself.<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\nFrank entrusted to the Community the hand woven stole he acquired recently in Jerusalem and wore to say Mass, with a request that the worsening plight of the diminishing number of Christians in the Holy Land be kept in mind whenever it is used.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nShireen – Just a Closer Walk with Thee<\/td>\n\n
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\nPetals for peace – the wattle flowers used during Mass left at the locked Church door<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Several weeks ago the 6pm Saturday and Sunday Masses were moved out of the church and into the presbytery around the corner, unannounced other than by way of a subtle timetable change in the church bulletin at the beginning of July.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nThe Community has been advised that this may be a breach of canon law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nA candlelight vigil was held on the church steps outside the locked door on the following two Saturday evenings.<\/td>\n\n
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\nDespite the cold weather, the vigil attracted up to 20 of the “frozen few”, including 5 or 6 Aboriginal people.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Last Saturday (23 July), the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service – built on land adjacent to the Church – opened its gates to provide a space for a 6pm Community Mass celebrated by Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO<\/a>. Frank is also a lawyer, and the Director of Uniya, the Jesuit Social Justice Centre in Sydney.<\/p>\n

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