Harmony International Australia, The Universal Peace Federation, Women’s Federation for World Peace and All Saints Urdu-Hindi Church will conduct a Peace Breakfast: Multifaith Community Praying for World Peace on Sunday 27 March 2016 at Kennon Hall, Kooyong.
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Toowoomba: New mosque rises from ashes
Toowoomba’s Mosque was badly burned last year by arsonists. Plans are afoot to rebuild the mosque and make it larger so it may accommodate more worshippers. These plans are welcomed by the community in Toowoomba.
PM Malcolm Turnbull visits Islamic Centre Victoria
The Prime of Australia, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP visited the ICV and met with Youth Leaders on Monday 7th March 2016. Accompanying the PM, was Social Services Minister the Hon Christian Porter plus many senior Government advisors and heads of departments.
Pope’s address to the Vatican Police
Many readers would be aware that in Australia, some state police forces have multi-faith liaison groups made up of faith leaders and police command, which meet on a regular basis. We support the formation of similar multi-faith liaison groups with police command in all states. In this wise, we bring you the address of Pope Francis to the Vatican Detachment of the Roma Police Force.
Palm Sunday 2016 ~ Walk for Justice for Refugees
The ‘Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees’ is an interfaith, international and cross-political event. It has been officially endorsed by nearly 100 organisations – representing every shade of the political spectrum – including Christian Churches, Islamic Councils, Ethnic Councils, Jewish organisations and Rural Australians for Refugees.
#I’ll Dine With You – World Interfaith Harmony Week, Melbourne
SAVE THE DATE and join us at #IllDineWithYou on Monday 29 February, an interfaith and intercultural open-air dining experience and actively support our vibrant diverse communities. Enjoy an inspirational evening along our spectacular eighty-metre dining table in the heart of Melbourne.
Paths to Change: A Conference for the Refugee Sector
We would like to invite you to attend Paths to Change – A Conference for the Refugee Sector organised by Road to Refuge in partnership with Amnesty Refugee Network Victoria. The conference will be held on Saturday 27 February at The University of Melbourne.
Human Existence, Religions and the Digital World
World Interfaith Harmony Week – a United Nations Observance – takes place in the first week of February, each year. The University of Melbourne Chaplaincy and Religions for Peace Victoria conducted a free lecture: Human Existence, Religions and the Digital World at Melbourne University on Tuesday 2nd February 2016. The Lecture was given by by Professor Peter Horsfield, Professor of Communication, RMIT University. Here, we provide a summary selection from this lecture and provide a download of the full lecture and slides.
Faith at the End of Life
Public Health England last week launched a new resource for healthcare professionals and service providers giving guidance about spiritual needs at the end of life. Faith at the End of Life, which focuses on the UK’s six largest religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism, promotes a public health approach to death, dying and bereavement, highlighting the importance of community in maintaining and promoting the wellbeing of people who are dying, caring or bereaved.
Harvard Launches Free Online Class To Promote Religious Literacy
Harvard University seeks to allay widespread misunderstandings about religions around the globe and has launched a free online series to raise religious literacy.
To combat this illiteracy, Moore and five other religion professors from Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School and Wellesley College are kicking off a free, online series on world religions open to the masses. The courses are being offered via an online learning platform called edX, which Harvard University launched with Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012.
Nostra Aetate: Cordial Relations with Other Religions
Last October marked the fiftieth anniversary of Nostra aetate (“In Our Time”), the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions. There were celebrations in Australia on the signal importance of this document. Commonweal (a Catholic Magazine) has devoted a great deal of space over the years to explaining and … Read more
Vatican Cookbook offers 60 Recipes
Pope Francis once said he wished he could spend a day as an ordinary person and go get a pizza without being recognized. After reading the new The Vatican Cookbook, though, you may wish you could spend a day as Pope Francis to enjoy the delicacies gracing his dinner table.
