About Kippax Antioch
KIPPAX ANTIOCH RECRUITMENT WEEKEND 2005
4 - 6 March
Come and join the fun and the community!
Contact:
Andrew Mowle - ajmole@hotmail.com,
Caterina
Guigovaz - sapphire_joyce@hotmail.com,
Fr Mark Hanns
msc - markhanns@bigpond.com
Kippax Antioch is located on Blackham St at the Catholic
Church, St John the Apostle, Kippax, Canberra ACT. We
base our meetings below the church in the community
centre each Sunday night starting at 8pm. Before hand
we attend Mass as a group at 6pm and then go to dinner
together at local take-away cafe, Mama Ria's which is
on Hardwick Crescent, Kippax.
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Our Antioch community has about 37 members,
two parent couples, and one absolutely awesome parish
priest.
Sunday nights is the official weekly
formal meeting, where things begin with songs and
prayer. Weekly News is then shared and next follows
is a talk conducted by one of the group's members.
The group is then broken up into share groups where
we reflect and discuss the topic of the talk. To
finish the night, a prayer session is conducted,
giving the group a chance to affirm the talker of
the night and also to share any special intentions
they would have from the week gone and the week
to come. The meeting is closed with songs and the
ANTIOCH SONG.
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At Kippax Antioch, we like to
keep a balance between some major ideals to which
Antioch promote - God and Prayer, Community and
One Self. We get an opportunity to attend Mass
twice a week to prayer and be with God, but also
to be with our community. With the prayer session,
we pray as a community, but its also a perfect
time to reflect on our own personal lives. At
a social gatherings, we promote the idea of community,
sharing with eachother and enjoying everyone's
company. There as not been once in the whole history
of Kippax, did a Wednesday Night social gathering
spent in silence. Someone has always something
to say, and someone is always very ready to listen.
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Its from these major ideals do we get a
set of general rules that every Antioch in Australia
follow.
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Antioch is an Alcohol free-zone:
At the Sunday and Wednesday meetings, irrespective
of age, Alchohol is not permitted.
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Antioch is also a Drug free-zone:
We do not discriminate anyone, as we are as a community
built on the ideal of acceptance. This may include
those who have a drug addiction or dependence. However
we ask that, what every drug it may be, at the Sunday
and Wednesday meetings Drugs are not permitted. Smoking
on the other hand is something we do permit, as long
as its outside and the butts are disposed of accordingly.
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No Couples: As Antioch
promotes community, being a couple can cause anti-social
behaviour. However while we do say no couples, relationships
do exist with those who are in Antioch. Being attracted
to someone is, of course something that no-one can
prevent, so we ask that if you are in a relationship
with some one in Antioch, you do not actively show
this.
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These rules create a safe, friendly
and enjoyable enviroment for our group. It must
be said, that many, even all of the community, have
lives outside of Antioch, some of which are enviroments
that include alcohol and drugs.
Antioch is an escape from our daily
lives, twice a week, to enjoy the presence of close
friends and God. It proves to be for many a life
changing expierence. Many find that the friends
they make inside Antioch become family outside Antioch,
bringing the same presence of friends and God to
their daily lives.
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At Kippax, we are here to support each other.
We are an intricate circle of friends whose companionships
bring something special to each of our lives.
Coming to Antioch isn't compulsory, and no one
is ever pressured into attending, however so many
return to our group looking for something that
Antioch seems to provide.
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PHOTO GALLERY
Antioch Formal 2002 @ Wanniassa Antioch, Wanniassa,
ACT
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Antioch 21st Anniversary Mass 2002 @ St Mary's
Cathedral, Sydney
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Kippax Recruitment Weekend 2003 @ St John Apostle
Primary School, Florey
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Antioch 21st Anniversary Mass 2002 @ St Mary's
Cathedral, Sydney
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Kippax Renewal Weekend 2002 @ Warrumbui Retreat
Centre, NSW
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Kippax Renewal Weekend 2002 @ Warrumbui Retreat
Centre, NSW
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Square Rock Hike, ACT
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Kippax Renewal Weekend 2001 @ St John Apostle
Primary School, Florey
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If you want to find out more about Antioch
you can find our website at http://au.geocities.com/kippaxantioch
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