How does Margaret Thorpe manage to keep the Sacred Heart Community, where formerly homeless, mentally unwell people live, a “happy quiet place” throughout Covid 19?
Well, Martin Flanagan puts it perfectly in his book, “The Art of Pollination” - “I got the idea that Margaret was a person who had pared her lift back to what really mattered to her”.
And what appears to matter to Margaret is love.

How does Margaret Thorpe manage to keep the Sacred Heart Community, where formerly homeless, mentally unwell people live, a “happy quiet place” throughout Covid 19? Well, Martin Flanagan puts it perfectly in his book, “The Art of Pollination” - “I got the idea that Margaret was a person who had pared her lift back to what really mattered to her”. And what appears to matter to Margaret is love.

Episode 24 - Margaret Thorpe

Meet the people of Igniting Change, a tiny Melbourne charity inspiring and catalysing positive social change. Join Celia Hirsh as she gets to know some of  the faces behind the scenes and those that they walk alongside. Title Music by Australian musical collaboration Spinifex Gum, featuring the voices of Marliya of the Gondwana choirs.

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Meet the people of Igniting Change, a tiny Melbourne charity inspiring and catalysing positive social change. Join Celia Hirsh as she gets to know some of the faces behind the scenes and those that they walk alongside. Title Music by Australian musical collaboration Spinifex Gum, featuring the voices of Marliya of the Gondwana choirs.

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