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          from Bishop John Harrower

Addresses, letters, reflections, messages... 23 May 2008 Synod presidential address (pdf) 24 March 2008 Bishop's Easter message 2008: 'Breakfast is ready' 26 February 2008 Sermon at the ordination of Missioner Bishops Chris Jones and Ross Nicholson 25 December 2007 Bishop's Christmas message 2007: Progress towards peace 9 November 2007 Bishop's Special Synod Address 9 November 2007 3 September 2007 Letter to the editor, The Mercury 18 August 2007 Pastoral letter from Bishop John: To the people of the parish of Holy Trinity Hobart 1 August 2007 Words that inspire us to change today 15 June 2007 Some questions from Tasmanian Synod 2007 2 June 2007 Presidential address to Synod 2007 (pdf) April 2007 A random act of kindness February 2007 Learning from England and Wales - Vision for 2007 24 December 2006 Bishop's Christmas message 2006: What is peace, and where can we find it? December 2006 Response to the first Fair Pay Decision December 2006 'Hallelujah, they're standing up for Jesus' 1 August 2006 Agreeing to Disagree 27 July 2006 Submission to the Fair Pay Commission (pdf file) 28 June 2006 Statement to workers rallies - June Week of Action 2006 June 2006 Why understand Muslims? June 2006 Understanding another religion or culture June 2006 Understanding the Islam and Christianity interface 27 May 2006 Presidential Address to Synod 2006 (pdf file) 28 April 2006 April is Autumn and Rainbow at Port Arthur 21 April 2006 ISCA National Conference 2006 Keynote address - What make's the difference? (pdf file) 21 April 2006 ISCA National Conference, 2006 Hijab or not hijab? with artist Gay Hawkes (pdf file) 20 April 2006 Clean Start - Fair deal for cleaners campaign - Statement of support from Bishop John Harrower April 2006 Ready, Set, ACTION! 21 March 2006 Bishop's Easter reflection - 2006 February 2006 Courage 20 December 2005 O, you shouldn't have... Bishop's Christmas message 2005 December 2005 Christmas - 'God with us' October 2005 Church and society - workplace relations 25 August 2005 Mission-Shaped Church: A New Context for the Network August 2005 The Gathering 2005 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 3 June 2005 Bishop's Prayer Pilgrimage 2004 June 2005 He made peace in the midst of war. A reflection on Pope John Paul II's life of courage and Christian conviction. 24 March 2005 Bishop's Easter reflection - 2005 22 December 2004 Bishop's Christmas message - 2004 12 December 2004 Address - St Luke's Richmond restoration and clock November 2004 Book review: Signs Amid the Rubble by Lesslie Newbigin 4 October 2004 Apology for sexual abuse 14 August 2004 On flag poles and being up the wrong pole 14 May 2004 ahealthychurch...transformingLIFE - Keynote Address Synod Launceston 14 May 2004 29 April 2004 A Christian response to domestic violence 6 April 2004 Easter message 2004 4 March 2004 Safe as churches? February 2004 transformingLIFE The Bishop's Vision for the Missionary Diocese of Tasmania - pdf file (984KB) Click here to read more about transformingLIFE. 18 December 2003 Bishop's Christmas Message 21 October 2003 Spong's echoless solitude - a response to John Shelby Spong 23 May 2003 Keynote address to Synod 2003 14 April 2003 Easter Message 2003 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 21 March 2003 St David's Cathedral, Hobart Address at a service of prayer and support for Australian services' personnel deployed overseas 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 Media releases Many of our media releases contain statements by Bishop John. Recent statements include: Bishop raises workchoices legislation concerns - 4 November 2005 Prayer for victims of Bali bombings - 6 October 2005 'I was in need and you gave me a place to work.' - 30 June 2005 Archived documents The papers, presentations and addresses below are on an an archived version of the original diocesan site. If you have any problems with this please contact Peter Jerrim. Pages from archived versions of the site are not listed on search engines such as Google. 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 27 October 2000 Presentation/address to Synod

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