There were too many smiles to count as the ordinands of 2019 filed into a packed St Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney to be made deacons by the Archbishop of Sydney. Russ

His message is one of celebration of the goodness and mercy of God shown to a fallen world

Christian businessman Tim Sims, Anglicare Board member Ian Steward, medical missionary Dr Andrew Browning and Sydney minister, Colin Mackellar are among those on the Australia Day Honours List.

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, has paid tribute to lifesavers and bushfire fighters while marking celebrations for the birth of Jesus, the Saviour.

No sooner had the ink dried on the formal agreement between Sydney and the Bathurst Diocese than a group of a dozen people from Manly was heading west to help out.

A major advertising campaign has begun to highlight Special Religious Education (SRE) or Scripture, in NSW schools.

“To die for one’s country is an act of love for your fellow beings and we honour them today.” said Archbishop Davies, as bells rang out marking 100 years since the end of the Great War.

Bells at Anglican churches across Greater Sydney and the Illawarra will ring to mark 100 years since the signing of the Armistice which ended World War One.