May 26 is the annual Sorry Day and May 27 marks the commencement of the 'Week of Prayer for Reconciliation'. These present important opportunities to inspire and promote our work for reconciliation. Carolyn Tan outlines the history and aims of the dates, and practical steps that can be taken towards reconciliation.

Many people believe that the work of Christian unity has fallen on hard times. The cherished goal seems further away than ever. But Christian unity is the Lord’s gift, not ours. We need not be discouraged. The Lord is at work in ways we cannot always understand or even recognise.

In this 'Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012', the Catholic Archbishop of Perth, Timothy Costelloe SDB reflects on unity in the Church, the Body of Christ.

Each year the UN member countries gather to report at the Commission on the Status of Women on what exactly is the status of women in their country. The Revd Kathy Barrett-Lennard was privileged to be one of 20 Anglican women worldwide who met in 2012 to discuss “The empowerment of rural women and the eradication of poverty”.

The next event in the 'Nourishing and Flourishing' series is entitled 'Nourishing our Ordained Women'.

Using the texts about five of the best women chefs in the Hebrew Bible, participants will study as they prepare, cook, assemble, and enjoy a three-course dinner comprising a menu that nourishes mind, spirit - and appetite.

"Fresh Expressions of Church" are new ways of forming relationships open to the transforming love of Jesus Christ, without necessarily meeting in a church building on Sunday mornings. Leader training for this work, called "Mission Shaped Ministry" training, is being offered in Perth.