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3 EDITOR’S NOTE
4 FRONTLINES
From the National President,
Graham West.
5 SOCIETY NEWS
The Vincentians who made
this year’s Queens Birthday
Honours list.
6 SOCIAL JUSTICE
Poignant words from the
Society’s National Council
CEO, Dr John Falzon.
7 MORE SOCIETY NEWS
Dr John Falzon on ABC
television’s The Drum
program.
8 SPIRITUAL REFLECTION
by Fr Troy Bobbin
9 OBITUARY
A tribute to revered
Vincentian, Rupert Hudson.
10 COMING TOGETHER
A prelude to the congress
by Claire Victory, Deputy
President of the Society’s
National Council.
11 CONGRESS 2017
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Introducing Phil Glendenning
and Larissa Behrendt.
12-15 FEATURE ARTICLE
The state of the nation starts
in your street, by Dr Hugh
Mackay
16-17 FEATURE ARTICLE
by Mario Trinidad
Walking with and walking
Together
18 ON THE NSW SOUTH
COAST
NSW State President Denis
Walsh on addressing poverty
in Wollongong.
19 FAR NORTH NSW
Tweed Byron President Brian
Donaghy, on the work of the
Society in northern NSW
20 THE OTHER SIDE OF
PARADISE
Queensland State President
John Forrest on challenges on
the Sunshine Coast.
21 CARING FOR THE CARERS
Victorian State President
Michael Liddy on a new
initiative in Melbourne.
22 RECRUITING, RETAINING,
MOTIVATING
Canberra/Goulburn territory
president Warwick Fulton on
addressing membership issues.
23 BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS
WITH AUSTRALIA’S FIRST
PEOPLES
John Lochowiak on the
importance of sharing his
culture
24 AFTER THE BOOM
Western Australia President
Bob Burns, on challenges
faced by people in his state in
a post mining boom era.
25 THE SOCIETY IN THE
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Northern Territory President
Fay Gurr on the unique
features of her state.
26 TASMANIA’S NORTHWEST
COAST
Tasmanian President Toni Muir
on life in her region following
the demise of manufacturing
in the state.
27 SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S
RIVERLAND
South Australia’s President
Cathy Beaton shares a
personal account of her work
in her region.
28 CONFERENCE FEEDBACK
29 INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
by Phil Glendenning
32 REKINDLE THE FLAME:
REFLECTIONS FROM A
YOUTH NEWBIE
Kathryn Petterson on
the importance of large
gatherings.
33 DARE TO IMAGINE
Patrick Wallis on his hopes for
the Society’s future.
34-35 THE SOCIETY INTO THE
FUTURE
Laura Beres on what
companionship means to her
and how this applies to her
own journey with the Society.
37 PUTTING LAW AND
POLITICS ON HOLD TO
FURTHER HER FAITH
Meet Ashley Carvalho, an
inspiring young Vincentian.
38 PEOPLE SEEKING REFUGE
Tim McKenna on our work
with asylum seekers and
refugees.
39 GLOBAL SOLIDARITY
Frank Brassil on the Society’s
work in the Pacific.
40 CENTRES
Lindsay Dunn on serving the
community through revenue
raised by Vinnies stores
42 FROM THE ARCHIVES
Lauded pilot delivers 1951
congress attendees a happy
landing in Hobart
43 HOMELESSNESS
European forum announces
new initiative to reduce and
eliminate homelessness
