Supporting Febfast 2018
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
1-7 World Interfaith Harmony Week
6 Waitangi Day Aotearoa New Zealand / Safer Internet Day
12 Indigenous Freedom Ride Anniversary 1965
12-18 Smart Eating Week
13 Stolen Generations Apology 2008 / World Radio Day
14 National Condom Day / Ash Wednesday / Project Compassion
16 Chinese New Year [2018] [Year of the Earth Dog]
18 International Asperger’s Day
20 World Day of Social Justice / World Harmony Day
2018 is the 70th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights
3 Grameen Bank set up in Bangladesh 1977
5 Anniversary of execution of Dundalli 1855
21 World Hug Day (Peace Initiative)
During the 2017 Christmas Season I have published my series of reflections originally posted in 2012 . I hope you enjoy them and invite your response. Come back each of the 12 Days to read a new post.
Second Day of Christmas: St Stephen
A wonderful highlight of my working year was the opportunity to support community participation this joint project with QPAC and the Royal Ballet. Honoured to make a cameo appearance as a dancer and snippet of a longer interview.
To honour this day I publish two of my fave icons of Saints Perpetua and Felicity next to Saints Sergius and Bacchus. These ancient martyrs have been revered and honoured for their witness to same sex affection, commitment and devotion.
My thanks to FB friend Paul Halsall who in 1997 published a comprehensive Calendar of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Saints
We who are people of faith celebrating our diverse sexuality can look back to a rich history of mentors and witnesses to the grace of love among our LGBTIQ ancestors.
On this historic day let us unite in prayerful thanks for this legislation and invite our Church to begin a new journey of affirmation of our love and commitment.
1 World AIDS Day / West Papua National Flag Day / Sir Douglas Nichols become first Indigenous State Governor of South Australia. / The Prophet’s Birthday (Islam)
3 International Day of Disabled Persons
4 Queensland Government gazetted Aborigines Act and Torres Strait Island Act
5 International Volunteer Day / World Soil Day
7 International Civil Aviation Day / 19734 Eric Deeral becomes first Indigenous member of the Queensland Parliament.
8 Bodhi Day: Day of Enlightenment, celebrating the day that the historical Buddha (Shakyamuni or Siddhartha Gautama) experienced enlightenment (also known as Bodhi).
9 International Anti-Corruption Day / International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime (A/RES/69/323
10 Human Rights Day / World Choral Day
12-20 Hanukkah
23 High Court handed down the Wik decision 1996
26 Boxing Day
A service held at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Fortitude Valley. 20 November 2017 for the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
