Arts Centre Melbourne, Multicultural Arts Victoria and VicHealth invites you to start your day by awaking your senses through the sounds of Indian classical music at the free monthly Southbank Dawn Raga Series at Arts Centre Melbourne from April – June. You will have the opportunity to enjoy the meditative and spiritual sounds of the sitar, flute and veena with the uplifting beats of the tabla, and prepare for the day ahead.
Live Streaming: Earth @ Peace Conference
Earth @ Peace realises a Just and Ecologically Sustainable Peace. It is a Landmark Conference held tat the University of Divinity, Melbourne, over 2 days, Tuesday-Wednesday 23-24 April 2019. This conference will feature panel discussions, working groups, a hypothetical, and international networking. Due demand and booking filled early, it has been decided to live stream the conference from the Earth @ Peace Website.
South Australia: Interfaith Matters
You are invited to Interfaith Matters at Hope’s Cafe, Corner of Portrush and Norwood Parade, Norwood on 24 April from 5.30 – 7.30pm.
Notre Dame Cathedral: A place of worship, history, art
Firefighters tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris on April 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Melbourne celebrates Vaisakhi
Thousands gathered in the heart of Melbourne to mark the festival of Vaisakhi – the celebration of the birth of Khalsa. The Sikh parade or the Nagar Kirtan event was held at such a large scale for the first time in the streets of Melbourne this Saturday, April 13.
Geelong Interfaith Memorial Service For The Victims Of The Christchurch Terror Attack
The City of Greater Geelong, the Geelong Interfaith Network and the Islamic Society of Geelong invite you to the Memorial Service for the victims of the terror attack at the Christchurch mosques, New Zealand on 15 March, 2019.
Victoria: Beyond the Sectarian Strand
Saturday 11 May | Join Pilgrim Theological College and Yarra Theological Union to explore the next steps in Australian histories of religion as Michael Hogan revisits the theme of his 1987 book.
NSW: Baha’i Service Fostering Peace & Unity, Christchurch Memorial Service
The Australian Bahá’í Community will conduct a special service Fostering Peace & Unity, Christchurch Memorial Service on Sunday, 14 April 2018.
Ex-pope Benedict XVI blames sexual abuse on swinging sixties
Retired pope Benedict XVI has ventured out of retirement to publish an essay blaming the Catholic church’s sexual abuse scandals on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and “homosexual cliques” among priests.
Tasmania: April 2019
Greetings of peace! During April we will combine with two events, one, the Walk for Friendship to be held on the 5 April leaving at 1.45pm from the Hobart Mosque, 166 Warwick St Hobart (more details are below) and the other, join the Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees, together with fellow Australians in other cities and towns. The gathering will be held on Parliament House lawns from 2.00-4.00pm on Sunday 14 April 2019.
Victoria: Mindfulness Retreat
The Women’s Federation for World Peace Victoria, Inc. will conduct a Mindfulness Retreat in Belgrave Heights on Saturday, April 13.
Social experiment exposes fear and racism in Perth man’s community
Amit Khaira is a teacher and Christian chaplain of Hindu background who normally gets around largely unnoticed in a t-shirt and jeans.
But in January 2018 he decided to begin a year-long social experiment in which he grew a beard, shaved his head and wore a kurta.
