The Hume Interfaith Networks will undertake a tour of the Daham Niketanaya Buddhist Temple Tour, Yuroke, Victoria, on evening of 28 April, 2018. The bus pickup point will be at the Hume Learning Centre.
Tasmania: PhD Studies – Interfaith Movement in Australia
The University of Tasmainia in collboration with Monash University and Deakin University provide study opportunity to interested participants in the Interfaith Movement in Australia. The study focusses on evaluating the impact of interfaith activities on religous diversity in Australia.
Religions for Peace Leaders Call for Action to Protect the Earth
Religions for Peace is the world’s largest and most representative multi-religious coalition dedicated to advancing common action among the world religious communities for peace. Religions for Peace works to transform violent conflict, advance human development, promote just and harmonious societies, and protect the earth. Here, Religions for Peace International celebrates Earth Day.
Victoria: Faith Groups address Family Violence
Two years ago, Australia’s first-ever Royal Commission into Family Violence shone a bright light on a dark secret. The Victorian Government has undertaken manifold strategies to address family violence and has committed $1.9 billion – for family violence than every single previous Victorian Budget combined. Faith based communities and Victoria’s Multifaith Advisory Group have also instituted family violence working groups to provide solutions.
Buddhism beyond Gender
Buddhism beyond Gender articulates Gross’s objectives as a Buddhist teacher and also more sharply and directly issues a call that will be controversial, particularly among feminists coming of age in this generation, to realize that clinging to gender identity subverts enlightenment. An early pioneer of feminist scholarship, Gross navigated hostile terrain as a graduate student at the University of Chicago in the 1970s, where she was shunned by “serious scholars” for writing her dissertation on women’s studies in religion.
International Conference on “Youth, Peace and Violent Extremism”
International Conference on “Youth, Peace and Violent Extremism” is a gathering between 100 to 150 young people from around the globe to come together to share their experiences on how they are building resilience in their communities to prevent violent extremism. This conference will take place in Melaka, Malaysia 30 July – 3 August 2018.
International: Environment Protection and Law of the Sea
All peoples and governments have a common imperative to protect and preserve our planet, according to Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. He noted that commercial activity with regard to using the seas and marine life in areas beyond national jurisdiction will likely increase exponentially in coming years.
Victoria: ANZAC Day Service
St Paul’s Cathedral and Pax Christi Australia collaborate to provide an Ecumenical Service of Lament, Repentance and Hope for the Centenary of the First World War at St Pauls Cathedral, Melbourne at 11AM on ANZAC Day, 2018. The Preacher for this year’s service will be Fr. Claude Mostowik, MSC.
Tasmania: April 2018
Greetings of peace!
Our gathering for April will be to honour Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust, by a visit to the Hobart Synagogue, 59 Argyle St, Hobart. Although Yom HaShoah is commemorated on Thursday 12 April, our visit will be held on Sunday 15 April at 3.00pm. We are meeting outside the Synagogue at 2.55pm and Daniel Albert, whom many of us know, will be our guide.
Yom Ha’Shoah: Letting Go at Auschwitz-Birkenau: Lessons from a Zen Peacemaker Retreat
As the son of Holocaust survivors, with virtually every member of my family having been either a victim or survivor, I ruled out the possibility of ever visiting a concentration camp. Doing so would be emotionally off the charts. That all changed when I learned about a five-day Zen Peacemaker retreat at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Vatican Calls Christians, Buddhists to Work to End Corruption
The Vatican – the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue – sends greetings to the Buddhists of the world on occasion of Vesak and seeks cooperation in ending corruption.
Religious freedom in Germany
Does Islam have to be compatible with the German constitution, as the AfD is demanding? The question is pointless: the constitution requires nothing of the sort – from either Muslims or Christians, writes Dieter Grimm, former Judge at Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court.
