An Ecumenical Service of Lament, Repentance and Hope for the Centenary of the Gallipoli Landing will be conducted at St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne on Anzac Day, at 11am. This event is sponsored by St Paul’s Cathedral and Pax Christi Australia, The Victorian Council of Churches, the Melbourne Catholic Office for Justice and Peace, The Uniting Church in Australia, The Anglican Social Responsibilities Committee, Social Policy Connections, and the Anzac Centenary Peace Coalition.
An Ecumenical Service of Lament, Repentance and Hope for the Centenary of the Gallipoli Landing:
- to lament the destruction and waste of so many young men and women on all sides,
- the pain and anguish suffered by those who returned,
- and by their families and communities
- to repent of the ongoing war and violence in our world and in our hearts;
- to hear again the hope of God’s gift of peace,
- given to us in the Crucified and Risen Lord,
- being lived out in many scenes of conflict.
What: An Ecumenical Service of Lament, Repentance and Hope for the Centenary of the Gallipoli Landing
When: Saturday 25 April 2015 at 11AM
Where: St Paul’s Cathedral, Corner of Flinders & Swanston Streets, Melbourne.
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Poster for Anzac Day Commemoration, Adelaide, 1916
Sponsored by St Paul’s Cathedral and Pax Christi Australia, The Victorian Council of Churches, the Melbourne Catholic Office for Justice and Peace, The Uniting Church in Australia, The Anglican Social Responsibilities Committee, Social Policy Connections, and the Anzac Centenary Peace Coalition
