Weekly Missive – July 2nd, 2013

G’day Fighter, Father Dave back with you – a little weary but strong in spirit.  I seem to have been spending all my time travelling and speaking since last we spoke. I spoke to a Lions Club gathering, hoping to raise more funds for our youth work. I spoke to at a gathing of the […]

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Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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Weekly Missive – June 21st, 2013

Hi Fighter, I’m beginning this missive from a small room in a monastery on the outskirts of Canberra. Yes, I’m in the nation’s capital today and tomorrow, accompanying Mother Agnes as she appeals to Australian political leaders not to fuel the fire in Syria. I don’t know how closely you’ve been following developments in Syria

About Father Dave Smith

Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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Monday Missive – May 27th, 2013

Hi Fighter, You’ll have to forgive me for the gap between missives. The last one (May 13) was sent out while I was still in Iran, enjoying a short respite with my dear friend Sheikh Mansour Leghaei. It was a two-day stopover between Syria and Sydney. I wish it had been longer. Since I got

About Father Dave Smith

Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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Monday Missive – May 13th, 2013

Hi Fighter, I left Syria yesterday and, quite frankly, the days spent there were amongst the most intense and meaningful of my life! I sensed as I crossed the border into Lebanon that I had left some of my heart behind in Damascus! I’m afraid I was a right pain to those I sat next

About Father Dave Smith

Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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Monday Missive – April 29th, 2013

Hi Fighter, I’m going to try to be brief, as I leave for Syria today.  This last week has been one of constant activity and high emotion for me – most of which, of course, has revolved around the burning of our Youth Centre. The community support has been overwhelming. I have received literally hundreds

About Father Dave Smith

Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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Monday Missive – April 22nd, 2013

Hi Fighter, I’m afraid this is going to be a single-issue missive.  I had planned to tell you more about our trip to Syria next week and about plans for the next Boot Camp and a whole variety of other things, but I’m afraid everything was turned upside-down for us on Sunday morning when a fire

About Father Dave Smith

Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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Monday Missive – April 15th, 2013

Hi Fighter, You’ll have to forgive me if today’s missive reads more like a campaign letter but I want to devote my energies today to a membership drive for the Wikileaks Party! Become a Foundation Member of the Wikileaks Party!  I assume that everyone knows who Julian Assange is and what Wikileaks is about. If you

About Father Dave Smith

Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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Monday Missive – April 8th, 2013

Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave back with you and I must tell you that I’ve had a very full and exciting week,  climaxing in the fourth birthday of my youngest daughter, Francesca, last Saturday!  Having been blessed with four children, I’ve been through the whole turning 4 experience a few times now, and yet the

About Father Dave Smith

Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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Monday Missive – April 1st, 2013

HI Fighter, Father Dave here and again I’m a day late with my Monday Missive, but this week it’s deliberate! I figured that it would be a bit silly to broadcast my Easter sermon two weeks after Easter, and I didn’t think it right to urge Denning to work on the video on a public holiday

About Father Dave Smith

Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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Monday Missive – March 25th, 2013

Hi Fighter, It’s Father Dave back with you – a little worn and weary after our explosive Boot Camp weekend at Binacrombi – but feeling very much alive!  It was a magnificent experience! I don’t want to get too carried away but I could eulogize on the joys of the weekend for a few missives if I allowed

About Father Dave Smith

Preacher, Pugilist, Activist, Father of four

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