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Night over Huancayo

(In the Plaza de Arms)

One can see
Shadows lurking, along the streets…
A casual stroll, by old folks,
People drifting aimlessly
Noticeable-
(to and fro)) back and forth
in the Plaza de Arms)).
People sitting on benches
Talking in low and high tones
Enjoying the warmth of others
Passing-.
Streets, making unintelligible
Sounds….
Young slim girls forever
Fluttering about, keeping, trying
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In this book by Charles Darwin, we mostly have an elaboration on the structure of breeded pigeons, the feeding habits of ants, varieties of grasses, turnips and the bodies of barnacles. This doesn’t seem like the stuff of great scientific and social revolutions. Yet contained within it is a deceptively simple idea that changed the way we understand and interact with our world.

Origins is a unique collaboration between the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, the Darwin Chorale, Corrugated Iron Youth Arts and the Darwin City Council, celebrating the birthday of Charles Darwin with music, performance art and installations exploring Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.

Come along to be part of this unique event in the Cathedral Precinct - Wednesday 1 July from 7.30pm

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Click here to download the registration form for our “Revolution in Evolution” Conference in September

Live, Share, Engage

The tag-line from the newly adopted strategic plan for the Diocese of the Northern Territory framed the procedings of Synod last weekend as it opened and closed at Christ Church Cathedral. Synod opened with Bishop Greg’s Synod Charge (download here) and ended with the leaders from the Indigenous parishes telling their stories and encouraging us to remember them.

In something of a watershed, the Strategic Plan was adopted without dissent - testament to the 18 month process of consultation and development. The challenge now is for parishes to work out how the plan will come to life in their own contexts.

For the Cathedral, it means that we will begin again our own strategic planning processes as we seek how best to  “Live, Share and Engage” with the Darwin CBD.

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Participants at the NATSIEC forum

In early June 2009, NATSIEC hosted a forum of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Church leaders to discuss the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) also known as the Intervention. The aim of the Forum was to develop a common voice from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Church bodies and to develop a common platform for action.

The meeting was attended by NATSIEC members and included representatives from the Salvation Army, the Churches of Christ, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC), and the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC). Also attending the meeting were representatives of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christian Alliance (NATSICA) and the Evangelical Alliance (EA). NATSIEC also invited people from the Northern Territory to help inform our discussions and were pleased that Bishop Greg Thompson, the Anglican Bishop of the Northern Territory, Mrs Didamain Uibo, an Aboriginal educator as well as Dr L. Lee Levett-Olsen, the Principal of Nungalinya College in Darwin were able to attend.

Download the National Council of Churches Forum Statement Here

Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together under one place; let the waters bring abundantly the moving creature that has life. Genesis 1

After many years the new Cyclone Tracy Memorial Window in Christ Church Cathedral has been completed and will be commissioned during a short ceremony on Friday 12 June at 5.30pm.

A memorial to seven fishermen lost at sea during Cyclone Tracy, the original window deteriorated beyond repair in Darwin’s harsh climate. Melbourne-based artists and designers Janusz and Magdalena Kuzbicki consulted with the original designer George Chaloupka to modify the design in keeping with the original and allowing for contemporary techniques that will ensure the new window lasts longer than the first.

All are welcome to attend the commissioning or to visit the Cathedral, which is open daily, to see the new window.

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