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The Rural Ministry Group is a support network for religious and their colleagues in often isolated ministry in rural New South Wales, Victoria and southern Queensland. The animator of the group, Ann McRae, lives in Wagga. The group communicates mostly by email and meets only infrequently, often at gatherings instituted by other organizations. However in 2002, the Year of the Outback, the Rural Ministry Group inaugurated their biennial weekend gatherings. In 2002 and 2004 the group met in Carcoar and in 2006 at Galong. March 28-30, 2008 was the date of our most recent gathering, again at Galong. Twenty women gathered for a weekend that offered opportunities to release the inner clown and the inner artist, to update on sustainability, to walk the Sacred Circle at Galong, to pray together, celebrate together and share the challenges and richness of ministry in a rural setting. Some of the resolutions as we evaluated the weekend were:
CLRI(NSW) would supply organizational support for future weekends, lightening the burden for the organizing group;
The Rural Ministry Group page on the CLRI(NSW) website www.clrinsw.org will display material from the gatherings as well as resource material for group members;
A photo gallery will be included on the Rural Ministry Group page;
A Google Group will be established to enable members of the Rural Ministry Group to communicate with one another easily and share resources and ideas
And, yes, we’re booked into Galong in 2010!
Persons with connection to the Rural Ministry Group
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Margaret Barclay pbvm |
Catherine Blake |
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Judy Breen rsm |
Madeline Breen rsj |
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Pat Bundock op |
Kay Cole rsm |
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Margaret Anne Crowe rsm |
Maria Cunningham rsc |
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Ann Dooley (CWL) |
Joy Mary Edwards |
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Joan Farrell rsj |
Margaret Fitzgerald rsc |
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Marjorie Fitzgerald rsm |
Kate Fitzpatrick rsc |
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Anne Forbes rsm |
Claire Gaynor pbvm |
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Joanna Healy
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Maureen Healy rsm |
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Christine Henry rsc |
Tricia Johnson rsm |
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Margaret Kelly
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Marguerita Kosseris csb |
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Bernadette Madden mss |
Virginia Mahony rsc |
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Anne Mayberry rsc |
Colleen McDonald rsc |
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Joan McKenna rsc |
Ann McRae pbvm
Animator |
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Maria Murphy rsm |
Colleen Noonan rsc |
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Bernadette Pattison pbvm |
Carol Pedersen rsc |
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Carmel Sheridan rsj |
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Fran & John Spora |
Patricia Vagg rsm |
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Maria Wheeler rsc |
Pat Whitby csb |
See the Photos from Rural Ministry Gathering 2008 !!
View the Presentation Sisters Rural Outreach Services Newsletter
View a PDF copy of the Slide Show Presentation of Rural Outreach Services
RESOURCES FOR THE RURAL MINISTRY GROUP
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| The following article, submitted by Madeline Breen rsj, is written from a rural perspective. Dr Maarten Stapper is presenting a seminar at the Country Energy Ag Expo in Nyngan on Saturday, August 2 related to the material in the article. |
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Archived Information - Rural Ministry Group