Mustard Seed Forum
St Christopher's Parish has established the Mustard Seed Forum in order to provide a space for men and women aged between 18 and 35 to gather in faith.
The forum fosters intellectual personal development through faith. St Christopher's Parish has established the Mustard Seed Forum in order to provide a space for men and women aged between 18 and 35 to gather in faith. The forum fosters intellectual personal development through faith.
When:
The forum normally meets on the last Sunday evening of each month, at 6:30pm and finish by about 8:00pm.
Where:
We meet in the conference room under St Christopher's presbytery (where the car park is).
(We meet after the 5:30pm Mass - but it is not necessary to attend this Mass to attend the forum).
Our dates for 2005:
27 February - Father Tony Percy (Parish Priest based at Goulburn and advocate of Theology of the Body)
3 April - Chris Richardson (Director - Access Economics)
Our dates for 2004 were:
29 February - Professor Frank Bowden (Professor of Medicine at the new ANU Medical School)
28 March - Kerri Hashmi (local Muslim and former secretary of the ACT Muslim womens welfare association)
25 April - Rev Roger O'Donnell (AFP Chaplain, Vietnam veteran) & Rev Glynn Murphy OAM (Catholic Army Chaplain at RMC Duntroon, Operations: PNG Tital Wave disaster 1998 & East Timor 1999/2000)
30 May - Kerrie Hide (Head of School-Theology, Australian Catholic University)
27 June - Paul Monagle (President of the Australian Family Association ACT, and sits on the Right to Life Council)
25 July - Bishop Pat Power (Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn)
29 August - Dr Paul Collins (historian, broadcaster, and writer)
26 September - Anna Maria and Beate ('Focolare') 31 October - Angela Shanahan (Freelance Journalist currently with the Canberra Times)
28 November - End of year BBQ
Our Guests in 2003 were:
30 March - Melinda Tankard Reist (author, adviser to Senator Brian Harradine)
27 April - Michael Cooney (adviser to MP Mark Latham)
25 May - Gerard McManus (senior journalist Herald Sun)
29 June - Tony Kevin (retired Australian Ambassador to Poland & Cambodia, SIEV-X campaigner)
27 July - Dr Brian Kennedy (Director of the National Gallery of Australia)
31 August - Francis Sullivan (Chief Executive Officer - Catholic Health Australia)
12 September - Drinks at Minque at 6:00pm, Manuka (Franklin Street, between cinema and post office)
28 September - Rita Joseph (author, academic, lecturer and family concerns representative at United Nations conferences)
26 October - Megan Skillicorn (Night Patrol Co-ordinator, St Vincent de Paul)
23 November - End of year break-up. BBQ at St Christopher's. The 1st meeting was in 2002:
24 November - Jim Ingram (retired World Food Programme executive and career diplomat)