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Franciscan Gold April 18, 2009

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Join in the celebration of the golden anniversary of the first Tertiary in our region. Franciscan Gold is the history of the 50 years since the first member was admitted in Papua New Guinea in 1959, written by Denis Woodbridge. Copies can be ordered online using the link on the resources page for $30 plus $5 postage anywhere in the world.
Alternatively, cheques in Australian Dollars made payable to TSSF (WA) may be sent to The Provincial Secretary, TSSF, 5 Mandora Way, Riverton, WA 6148.

2009 TSSF Newsletter April 18, 2009

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The first 2009 edition of the TSSF Australia and East Asia Newsletter can now be downloaded from this link.

TSSF Australia General Chapter and Conference, Sydney July 2009 April 18, 2009

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The registration form for the Sydney Conference can be found at http://tssf.org.au/promotions/genchapterregistration.pdf

An Order of Penitents April 1, 2009

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The Third Order marks the Friday before Palm Sunday as The Day of Penitence. On this day, Tertiaries meet to remind ourselves that St Francis founded the Third Order as an order of penitents, that is, people who take their Christian faith seriously.

We ask God to continue to forgive and heal us as we prepare to remember God’s love for us as shown by Jesus on the Cross.

Many Tertiaries will pray this Collect on the Day of Penitence:

Lord our God,
grant us grace to desire you with our whole heart;
that so desiring, we may seek and find you;
that so finding, may love you;
and so loving, may hate those sins
from which you have delivered us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

May you find a blessing on your journey.

Ted Witham tssf
Minister Provincial

Pilgrimage to Italy January 18, 2009

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The Revd Pirrial Clift TSSF is escorting a pilgrimage to Italy in September and October 2009.

You can find details of the pilgrimage on the brochure.

Pax et Bonum,

David White
Provincial Secretary

TEN HURRAHS FOR CHRISTMAS! December 23, 2008

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It is easy for Christians to criticise Christmas with its consumerism and sentimentality for example. But as a Franciscan, I resist giving oxygen to the negativity of the Christmas critics.
St Francis was positive. The San Damiano crucifix told him to repair the church, not point out its ruins and its faults. So, I have compiled a list of the 10 Things St Francis would approve in our culture’s celebration of our Lord’s Nativity.

1. Christmas cribs and other Nativity displays which show the birth of Jesus in poverty.

2. People filling churches and flocking to Carols by Candlelight to be touched in some way by the story of Christmas.

3. Christmas lunches put on for the homeless and the poor.

4. Politicians taking real action to help the homeless.

5. The financial system reflecting on the fall of Wall Street, and looking for ways to lift the poor in developing nations out of poverty.

6. Families are gathering in joy.

7. Donors to Christmas Bowl, Christian Blind Mission, and countless other charities.

8. Artists, singers, writers of carols and poems communicating the Gospel story.

9. Peacemakers in Palestine/Israel… and everywhere else.

10. Muslims, Hindus and others, who love Christmas as well as Christians do.

Happy Christmas!

SSF Video on YouTube August 25, 2008

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I have uploaded my first attempt at doing a video to give people a brief overview of our community onto Youtube. Please visist YouTube and comment, rate, the video. Also if you use a social networking site such as MySpace, Facebook etc, or have a website or blog, please consider either embedding (the best option) the video in your site or linking to the site at YouTube. If you’re not sure how to link or embed the video to your website, blog, MySpace, Facebook etc, or to link to it at YouTube please email me and I’ll try and help.

You can view the video at YouTube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhfkeAj37fU

Pax

Br Nathan-James SSF

Please feel free to send comments, thoughts suggestions to me also if you don’t want to post to this site, or YouTube. Email Br Nathan-James.

New Anglican Rosary Blog August 16, 2008

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Honouring the ways in which lives have been touched through experiences of making and using Anglican Rosaries

After 5 years of facilitating workshops on making and using Anglican Rosaries (Anglican Prayer Beads) I decided it was time to stop talking about developing an online resource for people interested in making and using Anglican Rosaries and do it.

During prayer bead workshops time is given to allow participants to begin using the Anglican Rosary format to get intouch with their own pray-er, the spirit that prays within us all. Out of this comes some very rich expressions of connection and response to God through prayer in the form of prayers for use with the Anglican Rosary. I am always appreciative and profoundly impressed by the level of energy people put into this segment of the workshops.

I also hear numerous stories of the ways in which people’s lives have been touched by participating in a workshop or in their sharing of their experiences with others, often making and sharing Rosaries with friends, partners and even strangers. These rich stories give expression to the ways in which people’s lives have been enriched through offering others a tangible way to help people get intouch with or deepen their relationship with God.

The Anglican Rosary Blog has been conceived as a means of honouring the ways in which lives have been touched through experiences of making and using Anglican Rosaries. It is a collection of stories, examples of prayers, background material on prayer beads, and resources for making and using Anglican prayer beads. As a blog, it is designed to be interactive so if you have an interest in the making and use of Rosaries or Prayer Beads in the Anglican church please visit the Anglican Rosary Blog or email Br Nathan-James ssf.

Meet Franciscans International’s Julie Morgan in Sydney July 26, 2008

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The Third and First Orders, along with most of the Australian Franciscan family, are supporters of the new Franciscans International office in Bangkok. Julie Morgan is the Director of the Bangkok Office, and will be in Sydney on Wednesday 27 August from 3.30 - 5.00 pm in the Edmund Rice Centre (9 Alexandra Avenue, Croydon).

You are invited to hear Julie speak on making the connections between our local ministries and FI’s international advocacy.

New Edition of TSSF Newlsetter March 29, 2008

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The first 2008 edition of the TSSF Australia and East Asia Newsletter can now be downloaded from this link.