serving the faith communities of the Goulburn Valley
Ballarat Interfaith Network recently engaged in a nine-day celebration of the Tree of Life. The program concluded on Saturday, 23 November at the Glasshouse in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens. Chris Parnell of the Shepparton Interfaith Network gave an address on dignity, Australian Trees and the community binding nature of interfaith events.
The White Ribbon Campaign is the first male-led campaign to end violence against women in the world. We encourage men to take a stand and say that violence, in any form, is never acceptable. White Ribbon Day will be observed with a walk in Shepparton.
'A Window Into Your Faith' – an interfaith art competition –is an opportunity for you to explore and represent your own faith as you view it through the medium of photography.
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In the spirit of building friendship across communities the Buddhist Council of Victoria has collaborated with the Australian Intercultural Society to arrange an Iftar dinner at the Vietnamese Quang Minh Buddhist temple in Braybrook on Monday night, 5th of August 2013.
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Germany is changing. The reality of being an immigration society is gaining acceptance. The presence of millions of people with an immigrant background also poses a challenge for the Churches. Qantara.de spoke to Dr Volker Jung, the President of the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau, about this change and how his Church is dealing with it.
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Interfaith Websites come in a variety of forms, for Interfaith - that word - means something different to each and every person who uses that word. The websites we list here are relevant to Victoria, Australia, and also list some appropriate international websites with material which enhances the broad understanding of interfaith as it is used and practised, worldwide.
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In Australia, cross-cultural research suggests that Australian Muslims have surpassed Asians as one of the country's most marginalised religious and ethnic groups.
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Social Diversity is an essential element in a living, breathing multicultural society. This diversity extends to embracing the different religious traditions which make their home in a nation.
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Nearly a hundred prominent men and women from every religious tradition and around the globe here share a favorite prayer, while reflecting on its personal meaning.
Contributors to this book of prayers come from Christianity, Orthodox Christians, Catholics, Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Daoism, Judaism, Tibetan Buddhism and Indigenous religions, Interfaith Ministers and practitioners and Sikhism.
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The Golden Rule Poster is now being distributed in an Australian version, which includes an Australian Aboriginal Ethic among the 13 religions on the poster.
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World Interfaith Harmony Week is an annual event in the first week of February each year. For the 2013 celebration in Parliament House, Melbourne, Shepparton Interfaith Network was one of the sponsors.
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World Interfaith Harmony Week is an annual event in the first week of February each year. World Interfaith Harmony Week is a worldwide UN Observance.
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Prof. Des Cahill, Chair, Religions for Peace Australia, gave an address at Mooroopna Mosque on Saturday, 22 September 2012 to visiting interfaith networks - Ballarat, Bendigo and Shepparton. Prof. Cahill told, To be authentically religious in today’s contemporary world means to be interreligious. This is the interfaith message.
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Some 75 visitors attended a Rural Interfaith Forum in Shepparton on Saturday, 22 September 2012. This event was in observance of United Nations World Day of Peace.
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The National Anti-Racism Strategy held a public consultation in Shepparton, where members of the Shepparton Interfaith Network participated and made contributions.
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Shepparton Interfaith Network will hold an interfaith dialogue on The Love of God on 27 June 2012 at St Brendans Parish Resource Centre.
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Professor David de Kretser, former Governor of Victoria, has been an ardent supporter of Multiculturalism, and has also attended many Interfaith events as Guest of Honour. Recently, Prof. de Kretser gave an address at the July Australian Intercultural Society Luncheon series, in Melbourne. What follows is the text of Prof. de Kretser's address. (This article is reproduced with the kind permission of the Australian Intercultural Society.)
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In collaboration with the Goulburn Valley Regional Library, Shepparton Interfaith Network conducted Cultural Diversity and Harmony in our Spiritual Traditions during Harmony Week celebrations.
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In collaboration with the Goulburn Valley Regional Library, Shepparton Interfaith Network will facilitate Living Books-Living Voices as part of the Emerge on the Goulburn Festival.
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At the February 2012 meeting of the Shepparton Interfaith Network, there was an Interfaith Dialogue on "Water in our Spiritual Traditions." One of the presentations given was on Water References in the Quran.
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