The birthplace of my vocational calling arose from 45 years of floristry and 22 years of teaching it as a profession.įloristry is a sacramental art, especially where commemorative rituals are concerned. Many are well-documented but not yet acknowledged in our national narrative. The heart of the Makingpeasce ministry is about healing the pain of our past Frontier Wars’ massacres. Uncle Coco’s lament really sums up the nature of the restorative justice ministry that is my diaconal calling. That Big One Fella up there, He sees, He knows, He gonna fix this, He’s already fixing it up.’
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Every war remembered up there on our hill but not ours. Only when I go to Untyeyetwelye I wonder why our old ones are not remembered, like the white fella does … proper way. ‘I am not bitter’, he said, ‘Good things have come to us too. With a tear-streamed face Uncle Coco recited how eight members of his family had been shot by police or settlers since his homeland was occupied. We were also there to support and comfort Warlpiri elders and affected police officers.
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We two were part of a support group gathered at the court lawns in solidarity with a Warlpiri family, who lost a family member in a fatal encounter with police a year ago. He is the story holder for this sacred space more recently known as ANZAC Hill in Alice Springs. ‘For we are God’s handiwork created in Christ to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do.’ Ephesians 2:10Īrrernte elder Coco Wallace and I sat in the shadow of Untyeyetwelye.