Allan Blanch

Allan Blanch was Rector of St Barnabas', Broadway, and Sydney University Chaplain for nine years, thereafter successively Rector of Beecroft and Church Hill. Since retiring to Bathurst he has written two biographies, From Strength to Strength: A Life of Marcus Loane and A Pioneering Pastor: Thomas Sharpe of Norfolk Island and Bathurst.

What is your heart’s desire?

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We all have them. They may be wishes on a wish list. Or we call them dreams and talk about “my dream holiday” or “our dream home”. The poet Longfellow wrote of “longings wild and vain”.[1] The Bible speaks in Psalm 37 about “the desires of our hearts”.…

Church under Coronavirus: Bathurst Diocese

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Why was there no special gathering to mark the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Bathurst on 5 May 2020? Was there much to celebrate anyway? Consider the state of the Diocese. Spasmodic rainfall has not broken an extended drought in the region.…