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From Bishop John
Letters, addresses, articles, presentations, encouragements and memoranda from Bishop
John Harrower
cf. 220
ADDRESSES
- 25 December 2010 Christmas Day Sermon - St. David's Cathedral Hobart
- 01 October 2010 Bishop's Address - Opening of the New Emily Student Centre, St Michael's Collegiate
- 11 June 2010 Presidential Address Synod 2010 - updated 11 June 2010
- 13 February 2010:A New Openness to Change:The Tasmanian Experience NZ 13 February 2010
- 12 February 2010:What on Earth is God doing INA Launch NZ 12 February 2010
- 23 June 2009: Bishop's Presidential Address Synod 2009 updated
- 7 June 2009: Trinity Sunday Sermon at Holy Trinity Launceston
- 23 May 2009: Synod presidential address (PDF file)
- 10 April 2009: Sermon notes from Good Friday 2009
- 25 September 2008:Anglicare speech by Bishop John
- 23 May 2008: Synod presidential address (PDF file)
- 26 February 2008: Sermon at the ordination of Missioner Bishops Chris Jones and Ross Nicholson
- 9 November 2007: Bishop's Special Synod Address
- 15 June 2007: Some questions from Tasmanian Synod 2007
- 2 June 2007: Presidential address to Synod 2007 (PDF file)
- 27 May 2006: Presidential Address to Synod 2006 (PDF file)
- 21 April 2006: ISCA National Conference 2006: Keynote address - What makes the difference? (PDF file)
- 21 April 2006: ISCA National Conference, 2006: Hijab or not hijab? with artist Gay Hawkes (PDF file)
- 12 December 2004: Address - St Luke's Richmond restoration and clock
- 4 October 2004: Apology for sexual abuse
- 14 May 2004: ahealthychurch.. transformingLIFE - Keynote Address Synod Launceston 14 May 2004
- 29 April 2004: A Christian response to domestic violence
- February 2004: transformingLIFE (The Bishop's Vision for the Missionary Diocese of Tasmania) (PDF file)
- 23 May 2003: Keynote address to Synod 2003
- 21 March 2003: St David's Cathedral, Hobart: Address at a service of prayer and support for Australian services' personnel deployed overseas
AD CLERUMS
- 21 September 2011 Ad Clerum 02/2011 TCC - Pontville Asylum Seekers Centre
- 20 September 2010 Ad Clerum 09/10 Revd Chris Archer's funeral and thanksgiving service
- 17 September 2010 Ad Clerum 08/10 Revd Chris Archer
- 14 September 2010 Ad Clerum 07/10 Safe Church Communities Program
- 8 September 2010 Ad Clerum 06/10 Confirmation Adaptation for Candidates baptised as Adults
- 5 August 2010 Ad Clerum 05/10 Bishop's Diary 2011
- 05 May 2010 Ad Clerum 04/2010 Confession of sins
- 25 March 2010 Ad Clerum 03/2010 Revised Guidelines for Parish Safety
- 05 March 2010 Ad Clerum 02/2010 Anglican Catholic Church Mission in Hobart
- 24 February 2010 Ad Clerum 01/2010 Use of Church buildings & ACC Mission
LETTERS
- 23 November 2011 The Heartz Project Ministry Appeal
- 14 October 2011 Letter to Bishop Lawrence (Diocese of South Carolina)
- 14 January 2011 Submission to 'A Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities for Tasmania'
- 23 June 2009: BCA in Diocese of Tasmania - Partners in Mission
- 23 June 2009: BCA Prayer Diary Editorial Winter 2009
- 2 March 2009: Letter of Commendation
- 3 September 2007: Letter to the editor, The Mercury
- 18 August 2007: Pastoral letter from Bishop John
- 27 July 2006: Submission to the Fair Pay Commission (PDF file)
- 28 June 2006: Statement to workers rallies - June Week of Action 2006
- 25 August 2005: Mission-Shaped Church: A New Context for the Network
- 6 June 2005: Letter to the Premier of Tasmania commending the government's response to the needs of survivors of child abuse in state care
MEDIA RELEASES
Many of our media releases contain statements by Bishop John. Recent statements include:
- 20 September 2011 Anglican Media Release - Bishop John Responds to Greens' Motion
- 20 April 2006: Clean Start - Fair deal for cleaners campaign - Statement of support from Bishop John Harrower
- 4 November 2005: Bishop raises WorkChoices legislation concerns
- 6 October 2005: Prayer for victims of Bali bombings
- 30 June 2005: 'I was in need and you gave me a place to work.'
REFLECTIONS
- 25 December 2010 Bishop's Christmas Message 2010 - Wikileaks and Jesus Christ[/file
- 02 April 2010 Good Friday Reflection - Healing through forgiveness ]
- 09 February 2010: Book Review: Signs Amid the Rubble:The Purposes of God in Human History (November 2004)
- 17 December 2009: Christmas Message 2009 - 'Enjoying God, enjoying life'
- 26 November 2009: AMS Christmas Message 2009
- 29 May 2009: Is euthanasia an acceptable way to ease suffering?
- 20 March 2009: Easter Message - What song shall we sing?
- 12 February 2009: Victorian Bushfire Reflection
- 24 December 2008:Bishops Christmas Message 2008
- 10 October 2008: Lambeth Conference Report
- 24 March 2008: Bishop's Easter message 2008: 'Breakfast is ready'
- 25 December 2007: Bishop's Christmas message 2007: Progress towards peace
- 24 December 2006: Bishop's Christmas message 2006: What is peace, and where can we find it?
- 28 April 2006: April is Autumn and Rainbow at Port Arthur
- 21 March 2006: Bishop's Easter reflection - 2006
- 20 December 2005: O, you shouldn't have ... - Bishop's Christmas message 2005
- 3 June 2005: Bishop's Prayer Pilgrimage 2004
- 22 December 2004: 2004 - The Year of God? (but which God?)
- November 2004: Book Review: Signs Amid the Rubble
- 14 August 2004: On flag poles and being up the wrong pole
- 6 April 2004: Easter message 2004
- 4 March 2004: Safe as churches?
- 18 December 2003: Bishop's Christmas Message
- 21 October 2003: Spong's echoless solitude - a response to John Shelby Spong
- March 2003: God of life, God of light, God of love
- 28 February 2003: Banning physical punishment for children
- 13 February 2003: Crime of blasphemy
- 4 February 2003: Questions I have about war with Iraq
TASMANIAN ANGLICAN ARTICLES
- October 2011 Reflected Glory
- August 2011 Managing Sustainability
- June 2011 Passionate Spirituality
- April 2011 An Easter Attitude
- February 2011 Australia: Land of drought and flooding rains
- December 2010 Christmas fading in the Holy Lands
- October 2010 Stories from the prayer pilgrimage: The shepherd's crook, the lantern and a purple chicken
- August 2010 Bishop's Prayer Pilgrimage 2010: people@prayer
- June 2010 Prayer Pilgrimage purposes and prayer
- April 2010 Healing through forgiveness:Life is complex. Consider evil.
- February 2010 Parliament of world religions:exploring the possibility of friendship
- December 2009 The best present of all is Jesus
- August 2009 My deep concern
- June 2009 Synod Presidential Address: Easter Faith-Pentecost Church
- April 2009 What song shall we sing?
- February 2009 Living in uncertain times
- December 2008 Some end of year musings
- October 2008 Church and politics: we need to pray for our politicians
- August 2008 Building and mission: there are key questions asked of parish councils
- June 2008 Synod, councils and mission today
- April 2008 The weekend that changed the world
- February 2008 A lot can happen...
- December 2007 Hey, we're Anglicans!
- October 2007 'I am holding Jesus' hand'
- 1 August 2007: Words that inspire us to change today
- June 2007 Presidential address to Synod:Missionary disciples
- April 2007: A random act of kindness
- February 2007: Learning from England and Wales - Vision for 2007
- December 2006: Response to the first Fair Pay Decision
- December 2006: 'Hallelujah, they're standing up for Jesus'
- 1 August 2006: Agreeing to Disagree
- June 2006: Why understand Muslims?
- April 2006: Ready, Set, ACTION!
- February 2006: Courage
- December 2005: Christmas - 'God with us'
- October 2005: Church and society - workplace relations
- August 2005: The Gathering 2005
- June 2005: He made peace in the midst of war: A reflection on Pope John Paul II's life of courage and Christian conviction
- 14 April 2003: Easter Message 2003
- 20 October 2002: At a service at St David's Cathedral, Hobart during the National Day of Mourning for the victims of Bali bombings of 12 October 2002
- March 2003 The logic of the alternate
- December 2002Born in North Hobart
- September 2002Wonderful school days!
- August 2002Soils ain't soils
- July 2002Synod - 'singing in the rain'
- June 2002Meeting points
- May 2002King Island celebration
- April 2002Speaking of Jesus
- March 2002'Axis of evil'
Archived documents
The papers, presentations and addresses below are on an an archived version of the original diocesan site.
Pages from archived versions of the site are not listed on search engines such as Google.
Note: Pages below are on an old version of our website.
- 17 May 2002: Keynote address to Synod
- Easter 2002: An Easter message from Bishop John
- 1 July 2001: Bishop's reflection - one of the bishop's monthly reflections in the Tasmanian Anglican; it relates to an article on mission and evangelism
- 27 June 2001: Speech at launch of God's Own Country? The Anglican Church and Tasmanian Aborigines
- May 2001: Address to Synod (images and text from slide show presentation)
- April 2001: WHAT DOES IT TAKE ... to stop domestic violence?
- March 2001: BCA Address 2001 - What is contextualisation?
- February 2001: Come fly with me - All Tasmanians committed to Jesus Christ
- 24 October 2000: Synod Keynote Address 2000 - Presentation/address to Synod