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On Saturday I turned up at a suburban church in Melbourne at 9:50am where the Sacrament of Reconciliation was advertised at 9:30am. I found the church deserted except for one parishioner who informed me that Father had returned to the … Continue reading →

At the risk of opening the complete can of worms on this discussion, I have an observation that might relate to the perennial debate of whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God, and on the matter of prayer in … Continue reading →

Monday morning, the last day of the first leg of our pilgrimage, and the day that I am due to take over as pilgrimage organiser. We boarded the bus and headed straight off to the Topkapi palace once again – … Continue reading →

My sincere apologies for my absence over the last two weeks. As you can probably guess, the Roman end of our Joint Catholic Muslim pilgrimage (for which I was chief cook and bottle washer) became so incredibly hectic that I … Continue reading →

Dear Readers, We have been offline at St Gregory’s since arriving in Rome, but this morning have obtained connectivity. Stay tuned for more updates on the Roman end of our trip!

That was Bishop Prowse’s comment as the Christian delegation made its way back from its outing to mass this morning. Let me tell you about it. At Breakfast, I greeted everyone with a cheery “Happy Easter!” It took a while … Continue reading →

We were actually woken at 4:15am to catch the plane for Istandbul. We had to go through several bag checks at the airport, and I was sick of this, so I put a lot of my hand luggage, including my … Continue reading →

We were up at a truly ungodly hour of 4:45am after I had only gotten to bed at 1:30am. Talk about burning the candle at both ends. Our pilgrimage now took us on a detour to Konya – biblical Iconium … Continue reading →

Today was a very busy day of meetings. We started off by visiting the Journalists and Writers Association, one of the only organisations associated with the Gülen movement which is directly related to FetHullah Gülen himself, who acts as their … Continue reading →

I asked Orhan Cicek this morning whether there was any possibility that I might be able to go to the Coiffeur (ie. Barber) next door to our hotel for a hair cut and a shave. Certainly, he said, and accompanied … Continue reading →