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AUGUST 2017
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‘Feto Forte, Nasaun Forte’
‘Strong Women, Strong Nation’
The Alola Foundation (
Fundasaun Alola
) was established in 2001
by Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmão, the former First Lady of Timor-Leste,
with the initial focus of raising awareness and campaigning
against sexual and gender-based violence in Timor-Leste.
Since then, the Foundation has grown to include a wider range of
programs that assist the women and children of Timor-Leste,
including advocacy, economic empowerment, education and literacy,
and maternal and child health.
In 2008, Alola Australia was established as a not-for-profit organisation
with the intention of being a responsive and supportive collaborator,
at the same time building the capacity of their partner,
Fundasaun
Alola
. Together they bring and build knowledge, experiences and
resources to address shared priorities.
St John’s Cathedral
Community News
Issue 89 August 2017
August Outreach:
Fundasaun Alola
In this issue:
St John’s Steeplechase
5
Vocation Sunday
6–7
BCCMF 2017
9
Book launch
10
Lay Conferences
11
Refugee & Migrant Sunday
12
Seekers’ Day
14
Sunday Conversations
15
Movie afternoon
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God of the dirtied
hands,
the wandering feet;
you seek out the lost
before ever they
turn to you:
take us with you
into the abandoned
places
to find a new
community
outside our fortress
walls;
through Jesus Christ,
the Searching One.
Amen.
from
Prayers for an
Inclusive Church
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