Manningham Interfaith Network will conduct a Respect Soccer Clinic and Round Robin event on Sunday 15 October 2017 at Andersons Park.
Victoria
Victoria: Open Day at the Victorian Friends Centre
Quakers Victoria will hold an open day on Sunday 7 October at the Meeting House, 484 William St, West Melbourne, from 1:30 pm. This is the first Open Day for the general public and the annual Quaker Week celebrations.
Victoria: White Nationalists Found Guilty of Inciting Serious Contempt of Muslims
Three far-right nationalists who staged a mock beheading to protest against the building of a mosque in Bendigo in central Victoria have been found guilty of inciting serious contempt of Muslims. Blair Cottrell, Christopher Shortis and Neil Erikson have each been fined $2,000 after they filmed the beheading of a mannequin with a toy sword outside the Bendigo council offices in 2015.
Victoria: Finding Spirituality in a Troubled World – Christian and Muslim Perspectives
Finding Spirituality in a Troubled World – Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a public event with Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald and Professor Salih Yucel in Conversation with Dr Zuleyha Keskin. This will take place at the Cardinal Knox Centre 383 Albert Street, East Melbourne, on Tuesday, 12 September.
Victoria: RMIT Research Report: Religious Visibility
RMIT Centre for Global Research Report, in collaboration with the ICV, Moreland City Council and Hume City Council title “Religious visibility, disadvantage and bridging social capital: a comparative investigation of multicultural localities in Melbourne’s north”
Victoria: School’s ‘turban ban’ displays common misunderstanding of equality
Can a school impose a uniform policy that does not take into account a student’s religious or cultural beliefs and practices? This issue is being considered by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT).
Sagardeep Singh Arora, on behalf of his five-year-old son Sidhak Singh Arora, is challenging Melton Christian College’s decision not to enrol his son unless he agrees not to wear his patka, a Sikh head covering.
Victoria: Joyce Rebeiro Memorial Lecture
The Joyce Rebeiro Memorial Lecture celebrates the life of Joyce Rebiro, who had strong social justice convictions with regard to Human Trafficking. She was also a pioneer of Interfaith in Victoria and was more recently engaged in multifaith education. The memorial lecture will be held at the St Paul Apostle Parish Church, Endeavour Hills on evening of 26 September 2017.
Victoria: Freedom of Religion in a Multi-religious Society: the Contribution of Migration.
The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office and Australian Catholic University will present the Annual Bishop Joe Grech Colloquium, Freedom of Religion in a Multi-religious Society: the Contribution of Migration at the ACU Campus Brunswick St, Fitzroy on evening of 24 August 2017 at 7pm.
Victoria: One World Multifaith Art Exhibition
The Planetary Healing Artists’ Association together with the City of Port Phillip, COMMON, Women’s Interfaith Network and other Multifaith Networks invite you to the United Nations International Day of Peace One World – Opening Celebration on 21 September 2017 at 4Dverse Gallery, Carlisle St, St Kilda.
Victoria: Hiroshima Day Peace Service
St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne – At the 10.30am service on Sunday 6 August – will mark the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima with a special Peace Day commemoration. There will be a vigil at the Cathedral in the afternoon and a talk on disarnament and peace at the Unitarian Church.
Victoria: The Gandhi Experiment
Initatives of Change, Melbourne, will host Margaret Hepworth and the book launch of The Gandhi Experiment: Teaching our teenagers how to become global citizens at Armagh, 226 Kooyong Road, Toorak on the evening of Wednesday, August 9th, 2017.
Victoria: Crossing Faith Borders: MELA Interfaith Group
The Janssen Spirituality Centre will offer a one-day event titled “Crossing Faith Borders” on Sunday, 20th August 2017 from 9:00am to 4:15pm. This will feature four personal faith journeys which crossed faith borders.
