Archer Earth Community Update 14 October

[Dianne Hearn]

Dear Friends

Archer Earth Community Agape dates 2025

Our dates for remaining Agapes in 2025 are as follows:

November Monday 10 Poems & Stories of Thomas Berry

December Sunday 14 Christmas Celebration at 2461

October Agape

We gathered at 2461 Sandgate Rd for our October Agape on The Wisdom of Ilia Delio.  We firstly explored Ilia’s life story and the key concepts in her writings.  Central to her work is the belief that ‘Love is the ultimate mystery of being’.

Our reflection and sharing time focused on her video, It is LOVE that matters which you can access at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKy63nlRaAo

We concluded with a period of silent contemplation as Ilia explains:

…contemplative vision is the heart of the Christian life by which one is brought into a new reality, connected through the heart to the whole of life, attuned to the deeper intelligence of nature, and called forth irresistibly by the Spirit to creatively express his or her gifts in the evolution of self and world.

We had a smaller group for Agape as many Archerites are currently travelling and as we were back at 2461 we enjoyed a relaxing lunch on the back deck with plenty of chat.

November Agape

For our next Agape we will gather at Nudgee Beach on Monday 10 November to look at the Poems and Stories from Thomas Berry.  More details to come.

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 online option at https://www.worldpeaceprayer.org/

Simply click on this link for the World Peace Prayer site and then click on the candle to join the meditation. Next Meditation Dates: 15 October. 5 November

Thresholds of Transformation

You may like to check out this opportunity to be launched next year by Emmaus Productions.  It has been developed by a team including Monica Brown in which they have endeavoured to incorporate Laudato Si, the Universe Story and the Jesus Story.  Some members of Archer Earth Community may be interested in participating in this.   See https://ttss.thresholdsoftransformation.org/

Joanna Macy and Jane Goodall: Great Souls and Great Teachers

In this short reflection from Matthew Fox he considers these two ‘beacons of wisdom’ who died this year.  As Matthew says:  “Their gifts of wisdom are part of the Divine Feminine calling us today to wake up and change our ways before it is too late”

See:  https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2025/10/08/joanna-macy-jane-goodall-great-souls-great-teachers/

Eternal Song Screening

Edmund Rice Formation Team is sponsoring a screening of the film Eternal Song  on November 4 from 6pm -8pm AEDT (Queensland time commencing at 5pm).  The film invites us to listen to the voices of indigenous cultures and to understand the ongoing scars left by colonisation on lands and people.  For more information and to register see the attached brochure.

Fundraiser Curry Night for Ethiopia

You may be available to attend this fundraiser on Friday 14 November commencing at 6.30pm for projects supporting women and children in the Afar region of Ethiopia which experiences severe famine.  For more information and to register please see the attached brochure.

 Renewables in Queensland

Protect the Bush Alliance is sponsoring a free event at the State Library of Queensland on Friday 17 October 5.15 - 9pm.  The event is also available on line.  The presentation considers the importance of managing the expansion of new transition corridors and the preservation of biodiversity.  For more information and to register see https://events.humanitix.com/renewables-in-queensland-where-we-are-what-is-planned-and-can-we-get-it-right

The Sacred Work of Housing the Nation

Geraldine Doogue interviews representatives from St Vincent de Paul and Faith Housing Australia about how faith communities are moving into housing gaps to respond to the challenge of homelessness.  We are reminded of Micah 4:4, Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid.  See https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/the-sacred-work-of-housing-the-nation

Key Dates 

October 12-18 Anti-Poverty Week

This week in Australia includes the UN day for the Eradication of Poverty and also World Food Day. The key message is: Poverty exists. Poverty hurts us all.  We can all do something about it. The UN theme for 2025 is Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment: Ensuring respect and effective support for families living in poverty. See https://antipovertyweek.org.au/

October 16 World Food Day 

This UN initiative recognises the universal right to nutrition appropriate to the different cultures and this year marks its 80th anniversary.  See https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/world-food-day-2025/

October 20-26 National Bird Count 

This is Australia’s biggest citizen science event and helps map how our feathered friends are faring from year to year.  For details and to register see https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/

October 2026 National Water Week

This year we are encouraged to see water not just as a resource but as the invisible thread connecting everything in our lives.  See https://www.nationalwaterweek.org/

At this time we are very conscious of the efforts underway to establish a lasting peace for the people of Israel and Palestine and we pray:

God of Peace
Hear the cries of your people.
Bring healing to those suffering from deprivation of liberty.
Bring comfort to those mourning their dead.

Bring hope to those living in destitution.

Inspire world leaders to work together for a lasting peace.

Empower and encourage neighbours of Palestine and Israel

To act with generous compassion.
Convert the hearts of those who have taken up arms;
Strengthen the resolve of those committed to peace.

God of hope you inspire us to look beyond ourselves and our own needs.
Fill us with hope for a lasting peace built on justice for all. Amen

Blessings from

Archer Earth Community

[Don Scott]

Thanks Di for updates. Sounds like all had a good time Sunday. I cooked in our humid n hot weather,all kilted out.  See you next outing. Love to you both.

Don

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[Richard Brown]

Dear Archer friends, 

greetings after a long absence. Hoping the September retreat at the Bunya Mts went really well. Sorry we weren’t with you.

Please find below some news about our Camino walk as well as some pictures.

We returned to Brisbane early November. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.

Cheers,

Richard and Sheryle

Day 1 walking the Camino, 

Walk Sarria to Mouzos (9km)

Our first day starting the Camino! We left from Sarria heading to Santiago de Compostela. Our reading today was from Luke 24:13-35. Jesus on the road Emmaus with some disciples. Suddenly they recognised him!

Day 2 walking the Camino, 

Mouzos – Portomarin (14km)

A bit of a blur - getting used to walking sticks, hiking shoes, not getting lost, getting to know our fellow pilgrims, following the Camino signs etc etc.

Day 3 walking the Camino, Portomarin – Palas de Rei (22km)

Our longest day - the last 7 km never seemed to end! We played some mediaeval songs that were sung by pilgrims around 600 years ago. Walk past an iron age fortified village from the 3rd century BC.

Day 4 walking the Camino, 

Pals de Rei – Melide (12.4km)

Early morning start with lots of mist, beautiful pathways through small villages, getting our Camino passports stamped, how to unwind and rest those legs after many kilometres.

Each morning I start of fresh and enthusiastic then by lunchtime some weariness sets in. The last 5 km is an effort regardless of how many kilometres previously were walked! Meeting so many people on the way, they all have such different reasons for making the walk. Thanking  God for this opportunity to get away from everything and all the Help and hospitality we have received along the journey.

Day 5 walking the Camino, 

Melide – Arzua (14km)

A kind of rhythm is developing for each day now. Watching the sunrise and the mist, beautiful conversations with people from all over the world, first a coffee break then stopping for lunch close to our destination.

O, God,

Be for us our companion on the walk,

Our guide at the crossroads,

Our breath in our weariness,

Our protection in danger,

Our albergue on the Camino,

Our shade in the heat,

Our light in the darkness,

Our consolation in our discouragements,

And our strength in our intentions.

In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

From: https://thecaminoprovides.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/blessings.pdf

Day 6 walking the Camino, 

Arzua – O’Pedrouzo (18km)

Very early morning start well before dawn, beautiful sunrise, foraging for food along the way (but not from the many farms we passed!) shared pilgrim mass in a beautiful shell decorated  church. Church was absolutely packed, including the upper balcony and people outside.

Coaling  better with walking and having some sadness that is a two days we will reach Santiago the Compostela.

Looking forward to finishing at the same time. A great sense of unified purpose with so many people having the same goal.

Day 7 walking the Camino, 

O’Pedrouzo - Lavacolla (11km)

A shorter walk today, which we actually started after sunrise! Beautiful forests and eucalyptus plantations in the early morning sun, cross in the sky informed by aeroplane contrails, enjoying a late lunch with leftovers from our backpacks.

Tomorrow we finish our Camino pilgrimage in Santiago Compostela. It will be a relief to finish the walk which has been hard on the longer days. But I can see myself walking again. The outside world has started to fade and I’ve had a chance to be in my own thoughts and contemplate my life as a retiree. What are the invitations and challenges? Finding meaning, purpose and connection to God, people and the world. So many things are calling, but my abilities are so limited. May God guide me for my future direction.

SAN Martin pinario monastery

Museum of pilgrimage 

Museum of the pobo galego (ethnography)

City of Culture

Day 8 walking the Camino, 

Lavacolla – Santiago de Compostela (11km)

Today we finish our pilgrimage in the city of Santiago de Compostela. Started walking well before dawn leaving the beautiful Galatian countryside and entering a busy city. Attended the daily Pilgrim's Mass at

the Santiago Cathedral then went and collected our pilgrimage certificates written in Latin. Our outer Journey is finished but may God continue our inner journey of pilgrimage. Very thankful to have finished 120 km of walking with just a few blisters but basically well. Some others in our group suffered badly with blister and sore feet.

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