Archer Earth Community Update 11 April

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Dianne Hearn

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Dear Friends

Archer Earth Community Agape dates 2025
Our dates for Agape in 2025 are as follows:
April Sunday 20 Shorncliffe Pier (5.45 am start)
May Monday 12 Coochiemudlo 
June 8 or 9 Mystery of Wind (Brian Swimme) 
July Friday 11  Osprey House, Griffin
August Monday 11 Rewilding the Urban Soul 
September 1-4 Retreat at Bunya Mountains 
October 12 or 13 The wisdom of Ilia Delio 
November 9 or 10 TBD
December Sunday 14 Christmas Celebration at  2461

April Agape 20 April Easter Sunday
Our April Agape is at sunrise on Easter Sunday.  We will gather at the Southern side of the Shorncliffe pier.  There is a foreshore parking area and parking is also available on Park Parade.  Follow the concrete path from the parking area towards the pier to the gathering space with three symbols on the foreshore.

We will commence our Easter ritual at quarter to six so try to arrive around 5.30am so we can settle into the quiet before sunrise which is 6.05am.  You may like to bring a folding chair or to sit on the grassed area.

Following our ritual we will have a shared breakfast so please bring something to share and your own drinks.  There are tables, bench seats, toilets and barbeques in the ‘breakfast area’.  We look forward to gathering  as Archer Earth Community to celebrate Easter life and resurrection. 

Archer Meditation  
Our meditation gatherings are on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. We gather at 2461 Sandgate Rd Boondall from 9.30am to 10am or via the zoom option at https://www.worldpeaceprayer.org/
Simply enter this site and click on the candle or link to join the meditation. 
Next Meditation Dates are:  April 16 & May 7 

Archer Earth Community Bunya Mountains Retreat September 1-4
Our three day retreat in the Bunya Mountains commences on the afternoon of Monday 1 September and concludes on the morning of Thursday 4 September.  
Those booked into the two chalets are Heather & David, Dennis & Marg, Georgina & Greg, Sheryle & Richard, Elaine, Rosalie.  Heather and David are organising payment for people in the two chalets and will be in touch shortly.  
We are still finalising other accommodation and will seek volunteers for organising other aspects of the retreat at later Agapes.

Holy Thursday Gathering 17 April
Edmund Rice Formation Team are organising a reflection time around the Stations of the Cross followed by a shared meal in the Mary Rice Centre from 12 - 1.30pm.

 

Palm Sunday Rally for Peace
If you are attending the annual Palm Sunday Rally in Brisbane please gather at Reddacliff Place, 266 George Street opposite the old casino at 3pm. 
For more information contact Tony AEHemp...@edmundrice.org

Easter Message:  Faith Shaking Resurrection
You may find this short piece by Ilio Delio helpful in preparing for Easter.  She says:  To live in the Risen Christ is not to be dogmatic, entrenched in static beliefs…. It is simply to express by one’s life that you have seen something new and you want to tell others what you have heard

Conversation Package Three: Climate Casualties
You may be interested in the Josephite Community resource  which has been developed to ‘spark discussion, inform and inspire people of hope’.  The resource draws of the encyclical from Frances entitled Laudate Si (2015)  and his followup statement Laudate Deum (2023).

Sorry Day  and Reconciliation Week
We are approaching Reconciliation Week, beginning with Sorry Day on 26 May, which acknowledges the strength of Stolen Generation Survivors and encourages us all to play our part in the healing process for our nation. The theme for Reconciliation Week this year is Bridging Now to Next and invites us to look ahead and ask how we evolve into a united and respectful nation.  The theme song is 'Solid Rock' by Goanna - ‘standing on solid rock, standing on sacred ground’.  See https://www.reconciliation.org.au/our-work/national-reconciliation-week/

Bird Life Australia 2024 Results
The results from the October Survey last year are in and the top three Australia wide species are Rainbow Lorikeet, Noisy Miner and Australian Magpie.  No two states shared the same three birds which reminds of of the diversity across states.  In Queensland the top three birds were Rainbow Lorikeet followed by Noisy Miner and Torresian Crow.  Fore details see https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/2024-results/

Key Dates in April
22 April Earth Day
The theme for Earth Day 2025 is Our Power, Our Planet and invites us all to unite behind renewable energy to triple the global generation of clean energy by 2030.  See https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2025/

25 April World Penguin Day. 
The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) are committed to defending the integrity of these fragile ecosystems and in particular the plight of penguins with the deterioration of land and ocean health.  For more information see https://www.asoc.org/news/world-penguin-day-competition-2024/

In concluding we wish all our Archer friends the blessings of Easter and join Pope Francis in this prayer for peace in all war torn places - especially Gaza and Ukraine.

On this Easter day, when we celebrate the life given us in the resurrection of the Son, let us remember the infinite love of God for each of us: a love that overcomes every limit and every weakness.

Let us not allow the current hostilities to continue to have grave repercussions on civil populations, by now at the limit of endurance.

How much suffering we see in the eyes of the children.  The children in those war zones have forgotten how to smile. With those eyes, they ask us: Why? Why all this death? Why all this destruction?”

Peace is never made with arms but with outstretched hands and open hearts.

May the light of the Resurrection illuminate our minds, and convert our hearts, and make us aware of the value of every human life, which must be welcomed, protected and loved. Amen

Blessings from

Archer Earth Community











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