Newcastle's Anglican Cathedral parish has been urged to become ‘‘entrepreneurial’’ after a failed attempt at a $100,000 lifeline to keep it afloat in 2012. Fund-raising options including charging visitors to view Newcastle from the cathedral tower could be considered, along with cutting at least $60,000 from its budget.
Diocese trustees, including former MP John Price and former Lake Macquarie mayor John Kilpatrick, refused last week to issue an episcopal certificate, or diocese guarantee, for a $100,000 bank loan, just weeks after questions at a synod about $43million in outstanding loans across the diocese.
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Posted December 6, 2011 at 4:00 pm
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Wow that is sad. Pray they can turn it around.
December 7, 2:16 am | [comment link]