about Mosaic
Mosaic represents a snapshot of life in contemporary Australia, with selected quotations and thoughts from people who range from quiet achievers to high-profile individuals. Strong themes that have emerged include: a desire for connection with others; the recognition of support from family and friends; the deep sense of comfort given by a familiar prayer; a desire to reinforce the mystery, power and celebration of ‘God’; the significance of an individual’s identity; the importance of forgiveness; faith in action; the mapping out of a sense of purpose in life and the fulfilment of dreams.
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Ros Bradley contacted over 450 people chosen to represent a cross-section of modern Australia and received over 165 responses.
List of Contributors
| Dr Mohamad Abdalla | Randa Abdel-Fattah | Aziza Abdel-Halim |
| Avril Alba | Vic Alhadeff | Dr Ameer Ali |
| Mahsheed Ansari | The Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall | Adut Dau Atem |
| The Reverend Canon Dr Stuart Barton Babbage | Margot Baber | His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian |
| Prof Larissa Behrendt | John Bell | Prof. Charles Birch |
| Sr Veronica Brady | Ajahn Brahm | Prof. Jennie Brand-Miller |
| Fr Frank Brennan | Trisha Broadbridge | Lucinda Bryant |
| Andrew Buchanan | Linda Burney | Julian Burnside |
| Dr Helen Caldicott | Peter Carroll | Tamsin Carroll |
| His Eminence Cardinal Idris Edward Cassidy | Fulya Celik | Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton |
| Taghred Chandab | Prof. Graeme Clark | Kareena Clifford |
| Fr Paul Coleman | Roger Corbett | Tim Costello |
| Camilla Cowley | The Reverend Bill Crews | Prof Mary Crock |
| Betty Cuthbert | Dr Paul Darveniza | Bruce Dawe |
| Sir William Deane | Andrew Denton | Catherine De Vrye |
| Khoa Do | Peter Doherty | Ken Done, |
| Stephanie Dowrick | Heath Ducker | Prof. Dexter Dunphy |
| John Eales | Joe El-Khoury | Liz Ellis |
| Kate Englebrecht | Hayley Eves | Sister Patty Fawkner |
| Anthony Field | Tim Fischer | King Fong |
| Jackie French | Harry Gallagher | Richard Gill, |
| Dr Ruby Langford Ginibi | Katherine Goode | Dr Gerard Guiton |
| Major Joyce Harmer | Dani Haski | Anne Henderson |
| Phillip Hinton | Melanie Hogan | The Right Reverend Dr Peter Hollingworth |
| Gabi Hollows | Margaret Holmes | Silma Ihram |
| Terri Janke | Jane Jeffes | Sam Jeffries |
| Caroline Jones | Fr Ross Jones | Rabbi Zalman Kastel |
| Jenny Kee | Zuleyha Keskin | Ian Kiernan |
| Petrea King | Justice Michael Kirby | Christopher Kremmer |
| Lucilla Leung | Tom E Lewis | Frank Lowy |
| Don Maclurcan | Sister Trish Madigan | His Eminence Archbishop Mor Malatius Malki Malki |
| Amanda Martin | Jesse Martin | Jess Maulder |
| Prof. Ron McCallum | Jeff McMullen | Luke McPharlin |
| The Reverend Dorothy McRae-McMahon | Mala Mehta | Jim Mein |
| Dr Harry Melkonian | Richard Menteith | Harry Miller |
| Mike Munro | Dame Elisabeth Murdoch | Les Murray |
| Ron Natoli | John Newcombe | Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio |
| Clive Norton | Sir Gustav Nossal | Prof Gerald O'Collins |
| John Olsen | Susie O'Neill | Mehmet Ozalp |
| Carol Palmer | His Eminence Cardinal George Pell | Peta Jones Pellach |
| Gregory Phillips | Greig Pickhaver | Sue Pieters-Hawke |
| Beverley Polzin | Chester Porter | Dr Muriel Porter |
| Bob Randall | Mahboba Rawi | Aden Ridgeway |
| Fr Chris Riley | The Reverend Dr Ian Robinson | Heather Rose |
| Dr Nouria Sultana Salehi | The Most Reverend Metropolitan Archbishop Paul Saliba | Dr Chris Sarra |
| Peter Sculthorpe | Frances Seen | Kuranda Seyfettin Seyit |
| Dr Ruth Shatford | Dr Gene Shermn | Prof Peter Singer |
| Dr Moninder Singh | Fr Steve Sinn | The Right Reverend Keith Slater |
| Lord Mayor John So | Charmaine Solomon | Naomi Steer |
| James Strong | The Most Rev Archbishop Stylianos | Sinna Sundaram |
| Simon Tedeschi | Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | Dr John Tooth |
| Keysar Trad | Tom Uren | Adrian Vanas |
| Sabina Van Der Linden | Dr Nancy Bird Walton | Dr Guy Warren |
| Sophie Weldon | Dr Mary Westbrook | Michael Whelan |
| Dr Ali White | The Reverend Doctor Ray Williamson | The Most Reverend Philip Wilson |
| Tim Winton | Clinical Prof. Fiona Wood |