Important Events

IMPORTANT EVENTS!

National Marriage Day Celebrations
12 August 2010: 6.45 pm Dinner at the Bowlers Club, 95-99 York St., Sydney, NSW.
Guest Speaker: Dr. Allan Carlson, World Congress of Families. Tickets $75 each.
RSVP:Mary-Louise Fowler, Ph: 0400 302 392

12 August 2010: 7 pm Mass supported by the Knights of the Southern Cross and celebrated by Archbishop Barry Hickey at St.Mary's Cathedral, Victoria Square, Perth. Light supper to follow.

Life Coalition Dinner
14 August 2010: 6.30 pm at Melrose Receptions. Speakers include Dr. Allan Carlson, Bernie Finn, MLC (Lib) and Peter Kavanagh, MLC (DLP).
Bookings: Phyllis Restall 9816 0800 or 0429 336 053. When booking please ask to be seated at an Endeavour Forum Inc. table.

Bishop Nazir Ali: Courage in a hostile world
17 September 2010: l.30 pm, 1330 Auditorium, 1330 Ferntree Gully Rd, Scoresby, Vic.3179.
17 September 2010: 7.30 pm, 1330 Auditorium, 1330 Ferntree Gully Rd, Scoresby, Vic. 3179. $25 head or $20 by 27 August. For bookings contact Family Voice Australia, Ph: 1300 365 965.
"A wake up call for Australia"
Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, born in Pakistan, knows what it is like to live under Sharia law. His Muslim father became a Christian, but today would face death for “apostasy”. Michael professed faith in Jesus Christ at 15. He later became a minister, then a bishop working among the very poor – but assaults and eventually death threats forced him to flee to the UK, where his deep faith and abilities were soon recognised. For some years he led the Church Missionary Society in Britain, and later played a key role in the House of Lords. He has stepped down as Head of the Rochester Diocese in Kent – in order to minister to the wider church – including persecuted minorities in Africa, Asia and
the Middle East.
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali has won great respect from the secular media. Unlike many church leaders, he is not afraid to “tell it like it is” on issues of the day – including the rise of aggressive atheism and radical Islam.

Discriminatory Paid Parental Leave
Mrs. Tempe Harvey, President of Kids First Association of Australia writes in News Weekly 10/7/10)
that feminists have successfully foisted the Paid Parent Leave Act 2010 on an unsuspecting Australian public. Unchecked, this scheme will discriminate heavily against families with mothers not in the paid workforce. In an historic setback for women's equality, Labor and the Coalition joined forces to entrench discrimination against full-time homemakers with the passage of minimum-wage paid parental leave legislation in June.
The new law is really a Bonding Time Reduction Scheme,because of the scheme's discriminatory "work test". To be eligible for benefits for later pregnancies, a mother must give up exclusive care of her baby at 18-weeks and remain in paid work until six months pregnant again. Budget estimates show that around 56% of mothers will not qualify for the"work test" in 2011 and be an average $3,l00 worse off with the Baby Bonus.
This will be especially so for mothers caring for older siblings at home between pregnancies.
We commend Senator Steve Fielding of Family First, for moving an amendment to remove the work
test on paid parental leave, and for highlighting the anomaly that mothers who abort babies after 20
weeks gestation may qualify for the Baby Bonus.

Fr. Bernard McGrath
Our belated congratulations to Fr.Bernard McGrath of
Bendigo who celebrated the 25th anniversary of his
ordination as a priest in August 2009. Fr. McGrath has
been a great supporter of Endeavour Forum Inc.

Prayer
John l:4: "In Him was life and the life was the light of men". Jesus came to give His life for us. If we accept Him as our Saviour, we have life everlasting. Jesus is the bread of life. We thank you Father for
Jesus and the life we have in Him, Amen.

ENDEAVOUR FORUM NEWSLETTER No. 139, August 2010
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IMPORTANT EVENTS! National Marriage Day Celebrations 12 August 2010: 6.45 pm Dinner at the Bowlers Club, 95-99 York St., Sydney, NSW. Guest Speaker: Dr. Allan Carlson, World Congress of Families. Tickets $75 each. RSVP:Mary-Louise Fowler, Ph: 0400 302 392 12 August 2010: 7 pm Mass supported by the Knights of the Southern Cross and celebrated by Archbishop Barry Hickey at St.Mary's Cathedral, Victoria Square, Perth. Light supper to follow. Life Coalition Dinner 14 August 2010: 6.30 pm at Melrose Receptions. Speakers include Dr. Allan Carlson, Bernie Finn, MLC (Lib) and Peter Kavanagh, MLC (DLP). Bookings: Phyllis Restall 9816 0800 or 0429 336 053. When booking please ask to be seated at an Endeavour Forum Inc. table. Bishop Nazir Ali: Courage in a hostile world 17 September 2010: l.30 pm, 1330 Auditorium, 1330 Ferntree Gully Rd, Scoresby, Vic.3179. 17 September 2010: 7.30 pm, 1330 Auditorium, 1330 Ferntree Gully Rd, Scoresby, Vic. 3179. $25 head or $20 by 27 August. For bookings contact Family Voice Australia, Ph: 1300 365 965. "A wake up call for Australia" Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, born in Pakistan, knows what it is like to live under Sharia law. His Muslim father became a Christian, but today would face death for “apostasy”. Michael professed faith in Jesus Christ at 15. He later became a minister, then a bishop working among the very poor – but assaults and eventually death threats forced him to flee to the UK, where his deep faith and abilities were soon recognised. For some years he led the Church Missionary Society in Britain, and later played a key role in the House of Lords. He has stepped down as Head of the Rochester Diocese in Kent – in order to minister to the wider church – including persecuted minorities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali has won great respect from the secular media. Unlike many church leaders, he is not afraid to “tell it like it is” on issues of the day – including the rise of aggressive atheism and radical Islam. Discriminatory Paid Parental Leave Mrs. Tempe Harvey, President of Kids First Association of Australia writes in News Weekly 10/7/10) that feminists have successfully foisted the Paid Parent Leave Act 2010 on an unsuspecting Australian public. Unchecked, this scheme will discriminate heavily against families with mothers not in the paid workforce. In an historic setback for women's equality, Labor and the Coalition joined forces to entrench discrimination against full-time homemakers with the passage of minimum-wage paid parental leave legislation in June. The new law is really a Bonding Time Reduction Scheme,because of the scheme's discriminatory "work test". To be eligible for benefits for later pregnancies, a mother must give up exclusive care of her baby at 18-weeks and remain in paid work until six months pregnant again. Budget estimates show that around 56% of mothers will not qualify for the"work test" in 2011 and be an average $3,l00 worse off with the Baby Bonus. This will be especially so for mothers caring for older siblings at home between pregnancies. We commend Senator Steve Fielding of Family First, for moving an amendment to remove the work test on paid parental leave, and for highlighting the anomaly that mothers who abort babies after 20 weeks gestation may qualify for the Baby Bonus. Fr. Bernard McGrath Our belated congratulations to Fr.Bernard McGrath of Bendigo who celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination as a priest in August 2009. Fr. McGrath has been a great supporter of Endeavour Forum Inc. Prayer John l:4: "In Him was life and the life was the light of men". Jesus came to give His life for us. If we accept Him as our Saviour, we have life everlasting. Jesus is the bread of life. We thank you Father for Jesus and the life we have in Him, Amen.
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