Palm Sunday - Relection on the Entrance Antiphon John 12:1, 12-13, Psalm 23:9-10 (in the context of the Gospel reading Luke: 14-23:56)
Jennifer King is a proud person and descendant of four aboriginal clan groups, Butchella of K’gari (Fraser Island), Djiribul of Innisfail, Gugu Yimmithir of Hopevale, and Western Yalanji of Laura in Cape York. Her great grandparents were removed or forced off their homelands and institutionalised on Yarrabah Mission, south of Cairns. Jen is an educator, communicator, animator and collaborator.
She is collaborating on this Podcast with Rachel McLean, Leader Formation at Catholic Education Services Cairns. Rachel works with leadership teams and staff from thirty Catholic schools in Far North Queensland in the areas of Faith Formation, Religious Education, Outreach and Reconciliation. For the last two years, Jen and Rachel have collaborated with students and other First Nations elders to showcase and celebrate student voice with the Cairns Catholic Education Community. This collaboration draws on the wisdom and ways of First Nations peoples and invites listeners to consider how the ancient ways of First Nations peoples of Australia can enrich and extend an encounter with the scripture.
As the Indigenous Liaison Officer at St Moncia’s Catholic College Cairns, Jen works closely with all students and staff to share First Nations Knowings and embed First Nations perspectives across the curriculum. With her sisters Susan and Karen Reyes, she shares
Joining her on this Podcast are two Year 11 First Nations students from St Monica’s. Tamilyn Ah Kee a proud descendent of the Giumuy Walubara Yidinji and Kuku Yalanji people of the lands now knows as Cairns and Mossman. Ashleigh Ung a proud descendent of the Wakaid and Badulgal people of Badu Island located in Zendath Kes, or the Torres Strait. These young women have a deep yearning to share the wisdom they are acquiring to honour their ancestors and be role models for young people who are coming to know themselves and the wisdom of First Nations knowings. With this dialogical group of four diverse and dynamic women, you are invited to ponder what it means to gather, to share a meal and walk a journey of challenge and hope.
