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Christ is risen! Alleluia! In Easter, we celebrate not just the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Easter, each of us is raised to a new life!

One pillar of the debate came from Augustine, whose Just War Theory mapped out the foundation on which Christians for years to come would judge the morality of war; on the other side stands the Beatitudes, preached by Jesus at the Sermon on the Mount, and forming the pacifist core of Christianity.

This year, the Province organised a Lenten retreat for the clergy on 11 to 12 March, held at the St Paul’s House of Prayer. Joining us was the Bishop of West Malaysia, the Rt Revd Stephen Soe, who led sessions on the topic of discipleship.

On the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, the Solemn Eucharist marking the tenth anniversary of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Servers’ Guild was held in the evening of 2 February at St John’s Cathedral.

In order to foster the spirit of ecumenism and reinforced friendship between Anglican and Roman Catholic faithful, IARCCUM held a Joint Passover Supper on the evening of 20 March at HKSKH Holy Trinity Cathedral. The celebration was attended by more than 220 Catholic and Anglican clergy and lay people, who gathered to recall together the story of the Passover.

This year marks the 120th anniversary of St Stephen’s Girls’ College, whose anniversary theme is ‘Legacy of Grace, Go Forward in Faith’. The year-long celebrations were inaugurated by the 120th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service, held on the morning of 30 January at St John’s Cathedral.

St Paul’s Co-educational College and its Primary School held a joint Teachers’ Retreat Day on 2 January at St Paul’s Church. Mr Wong Yan Lung, the former Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR, spoke on the theme ‘Young People’s Mental Health and Faith’.

Lent has begun, and we are reminded once again by those solemn words of Ash Wednesday: ‘Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.’ ......

Rowan Williams reminds us in his books Holy living and Looking East in Winter, holiness is not about escaping the world, but about inhabiting it more fully, more truthfully, and more generously.

This annual ecumenical ‘Week of Prayer’ has long been an occasion for Christians of different denomination to gather and pray for the unity of the church, for world peace, and for the poor and needy in our society.