The Order of Australia Association in conjunction with Mornington Peninsula Shire will conduct a mulitfaith service called Celebration of Community.
Reforming Religious and Ethics Education in Primary Schools
Many Religious Educators in Victoria are awaiting the outcome of deliberations by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
2012 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Religions for Peace Australia was held on Sunday, 3rd June, in Melbourne.
Engaging the Inter-religious Possibilities of the Twenty-first Century
Professor Francis X. Clooney will deliver a public lecture on ‘Engaging the Inter-religious Possibilities of the Twenty-first Century’ at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus, on Wednesday, 25 July 2012.
A Taste of Faith
The Cardinia Interfaith Network Proudly Present: A Taste of Faith at Pakenham Hall, Victoria.
Paul Murray: Ecumenism as I see it
The 2012 Oration in honour of former General Secretaries of the VCC will be given by Professor Paul Murray of the University of Durham who will speak on Ecumenism as I see it.
Emile Durkheim Symposium Adelaide
Flinders University School of Social and Policy Studies is pleased to host a two day symposium celebrating Emile Durkheim’s The Elementary Forms of Religious Life. First published 100 years ago, this book pioneered the sociological and anthropological study of the “sacred”.
2012 Indigenous Health Conference
The 2012 National Indigenous Health Conference: Many Pathways, One Outcome is designed to bring together both government and non-government agencies who are working in the field of Indigenous health with the belief that working together can close the gap between the state of Indigenous Health as compared to the health of mainstream Australians.
Love and Care for Others in the Age of Social Media
Four teachers from different faiths will explore how to love and care for others in the age of social media, in two forums at the Maitripa Centre, Healesville, Victoria.
New South Wales to continue Ethics and Special Religious Education Classes
The NSW Ethics Education Inquiry report lists a complete review of Special Religious Education and Ethics Education. Among its recommendations is that SRE and Ethics education will continue to be taught in NSW schools and the review will be conducted in 2014-2015.
African Religious Leaders Meet
Nairobi, Kenya – Over 100 senior religious leaders from Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh, and other religious communities convened in Nairobi, Kenya, 16-17 May 2012, to launch a child survival and maternal health pan-African initiative.
June 2012
3 June 2012
Dear RfP Members,
This 2011-2012 annual report of the Religions for Peace Australia has been prepared by the chairperson, Professor Des Cahill, in his eleventh report for the Annual General Meeting held on June 3rd, 2012 at the headquarters of the Australian Intercultural Society and for the Annual Executive Meeting of Religions for Peace Asia to be held in Seoul on 11th – 14th June, 2012.
