Showing posts with label Events of significance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Events of significance. Show all posts

Saturday, 7 May 2016

Avoid disappointment. Book now for the B.I.N. bus trip to The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion Light Show at Bendigo

Tickets are moving along for Ballarat Interfaith Network's bus trip to the Vesak Light Show at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo.

We booked our first cluster of chairs yesterday. Bridget at The Great Stupa was quite excited.

It is important that you book soon - or you may miss out.

If you have friends who want to come, it is important for you to book together if you wish to sit together.

The way the chair bookings (and it is vital that you have a chair if you wish to make the most of viewing the light show) are managed at The Great Stupa is that if your chairs are booked in one cluster and your friends book later and go into another cluster, it is unlikely that you will be seated together.

In short, please book soon to a) avoid disappointment and b) to expedite chair bookings at The Great Stupa. Tickets can purchased on Eventbrite or by contacting Brigid OÇarroll Walsh on Facebook. To learn more about the meaning of Vesak, please go here.
The above poster is self-explanatory.
To book and pay for your tickets on Eventbrite,
If for some reason, you find difficulty
with purchasing your ticket this way,
please ring Brigid on 0477 477 658
and she will find a way to assist you. 
We do need you to book early -
not only for our own organisational purposes
but to allow B.I.N. to book your chair
for the light show.
You can help us to fill the bus quickly
by emailing your friends with a link to this blogpost
and by downloading the poster above
and placing it in your faith, work, & education placesces.

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Ballarat Interfaith Network is off to the 2016 Light Show at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo.

The above poster is self-explanatory.
To book and pay for your tickets on Eventbrite,
If for some reason, you find difficulty
with purchasing your ticket this way,
please ring Brigid on 0477 477 658
and she will find a way to assist you. 
We do need you to book early -
not only for our own organisational purposes
but to allow B.I.N. to book your chair
for the light show.
You can help us to fill the bus quickly
by emailing your friends with a link to this blogpost
and by downloading the poster above
and placing it in your faith, work, & education placesces.

Monday, 15 February 2016

The Pope and The Patriarch - Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church and Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church meet and speak as brothers

Crux: Covering all things Catholic

Covering All Things Catholic

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, and Pope Francis met at the 

Jose Marti airport in Havana Feb. 12, 2016 – 

the first-ever papal meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, 

a historic development in the 1,000-year schism within Christianity. (Max Rossi / AP)


Pope, Russian patriarch embrace in historic meeting


By John L. Allen Jr. and Inés San Martín

We spoke as brothers, Pope Francis said simply. We have the same baptism, we are both bishops. Patriarch Kirill responded in kind, pledging to work with Catholics to defend Christianity around the world.
Read more →

Friday, 8 January 2016

To-morrow in Bendigo : Celebrations for the Karen Community New Year


Bendigo: Karen Community New Year

January 9 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Karen community of Bendigo, cordially invite you to come and celebrate with us
our auspicious and unique cultural celebration of 2755 Karen New Year.
The ceremony has scheduled as below:
  • Date: 9 January, 2016 (Saturday)
  • Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
  • Speeches and Cultural Performances 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Free Lunch and Entertainment
  • Venue: Bendigo Neighbourhood Hub, 155 Crook Street, Strathdale
We look forward to your participation in our celebration and we wish you and your family a very happy, peaceful and prosperous new year
Click here for more information about the Karen New Year
Click here for information about Karen Human Rights Group
Karen State in Myanmar

Details

Date:
January 9
Time:
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Organizer

Karen Community of bendigo
Phone:
0422 270 646

Venue

Bendigo Neighbourhood Hub
155 Crook St 
Bendigo, Victoria Australia
+ Google Map

Saturday, 14 November 2015

From the Faith Communities Council of Victoria - upcoming events

Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Worldwide Forgiveness Day - 1 August, 2015. Take up the Tutu challenge.

Forgiveness Day 2015 - Aug 2, 2015

Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance
Spreading Forgiveness Around the World

Sunday, August 2, 2015 • 7 pm
at Unity Marin • Novato
The Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance (WFA), founding organization of International Forgiveness Day, is sponsoring its 19th Annual International Forgiveness Day Awards Ceremony on Sunday August 2, 2015. WFA focuses on providing training in the techniques of forgiveness as well as in the knowledge of the psychological, physiological, emotional and spiritual benefits of the forgiveness process. WFA also promotes the spread of awareness and knowledge of the scientific findings related to forgiveness.
This year people all over the world will be synchronized in our celebration of Forgiveness Day. We have made some amazing global allies with the most recent being an organization called: The Moment of Calm . 
On the 2nd of August 2015 The Moment of Calm are asking that you take a moment to forgive. Last year 1.7 Million people took that moment. So on the 2nd Of August at 2 pm  wherever you are you are invited to take 2 minutes to Forgive someone! See below to learn more

This year on Forgiveness day we could have 2 million people practicing Forgiveness!
   
You are the Forgiveness Alliance, people working to bring more forgiveness to this world and we value your support. Please attend and bring a friend! Together using the power of forgiveness we will change the world!
More info: 415-261-1393
worldwideforgivenessalliance@gmail.com

Order Tickets for Forgiveness Day 2015 - $20.00

2015 Heroes and Champion of Forgiveness

2015 Champion of Forgiveness

Facing The Painful Challenges Of The Year Of Forgiveness!

Once the power of forgiveness is introduced every hidden upset shows up

read more...

2015 Hero of Forgiveness

She Forgave the Hate-Driven Men Who Almost Killed Her

Now Her Music Has Made Her a Healing Angel to the World.

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Our Heroes and Champions

Tutu Global Forgiveness Challenge and Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance Invite You to Join the Movement!

Desmond Tutu, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and international statesman for reconciliation and forgiveness has announced the launching of his global Forgiveness Challenge starting on May 4, 2014.
Click on our Forgiveness Challenge link below and sign up to become an activist for forgiveness. On his website you’ll find answers to your questions about forgiveness and even learn how to forgive! Remember, the act of forgiving can bring more love and peace to your life.
When enough of us forgive—we can change the world!

The Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance is a non-profit organization whose mission is to evoke the healing spirit of Forgiveness worldwide.

We declare that "Forgiveness Is the Greatest Healer of Them All" and that "Without Forgiveness There Is No Future".

Mission Statement

The Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance is a non-profit 501(c)3 tax-deductible organization whose mission is to evoke the healing spirit of Forgiveness worldwide. We declare that “Forgiveness Is the Greatest Healer of Them All” (1) and that “Without Forgiveness There Is No Future”(2)
To accomplish this far-reaching mission we have set the following goals:
  • To establish an International Forgiveness Day in every village and hamlet across the world by the year 2025.
  • To bring the curative powers of forgiveness to the elderly, to youth, to chemically dependent and/or abused women, men and children through classes, workshops and seminars.
  • To promote the practice of forgiveness as a Life Skill and to develop curriculum, classes and workshops for children, youth and adults of all ages.
  • To develop training programs to certify counselors as “Forgiveness Life Skill Teachers.”
  • To create forgiveness workshops and seminars in corporations to effectuate breakthroughs and help increase net profits. The benefits of forgiveness training breakthroughs make possible more creative, stress-free and happy job relationships which can increase net profits.
  • To promote and publicize the research findings that Forgiveness creates better health, abundance and ease, more joy, greater optimism and hope and lessens depression, stress, illness, disease. Forgiveness also opens one to more lasting, happy, supportive relationships.
  • To help develop and conduct further research to quantify and codify the powerful effects of the applied practice of forgiveness in a multiplicity of settings.
  • To create entertainment/learning events (Forgiveness Film Festivals, Forgiveness Concerts, etc) in communities around the world.
1 Dr. Gerald Jampolsky
2 Archbishop Desmond TutuW

Monday, 29 June 2015

Sunday, 5 April 2015

Caves of unredeemed nastiness and bitterness engendering disrespect of others

The material posted below concerning yesterday's rallies is posted for information and for the record. However, the Social Media Project Officer, a Christian, cannot resist a comment. 

The Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday is, in many Christian traditions, a sobering and quiet day. It is a day for remembering Jesus lying in the borrowed tomb after his death on Friday and before his rising to life on Sunday. 

This year, the Christian holy days overlapped with the conclusion of the Jewish Passover which marks the remembrance of the escape of the Jews from tyrannical power, a tyrannical nation. This leaves a question. Who were the noisy anti-Islamic people who were the initiators of all this noise in the public squares of Australian cities yesterday? 

I think it might be possible to rule out the participation of Muslims. Saturday is the Jewish Sabbath - so I think Jews could be ruled out. Some of the participants would have called themselves Christian. I would challenge these people. I would say that they are Christian in name only - and not in spirit. 

The true spirit of the day would not have seen public outcry and uproar. It would not have seen expressed hatred to another Abrahamic faith - because, in the Abrahamic tradition, we are taught to love and respect others as ourselves. The true spirit of the day, instead, would have been private and reflective. 

Something horrible happened in Australia yesterday. It enlivened latent bigotry and xenophobia in the Australian psyche which many of us had hoped we, as a nation, would have overcome. If yesterday did nothing else, it held a mirror up to ourselves. It showed us that all Australians are not sweetness and light and good mates - but dwell in caves of unredeemed nastiness and bitterness which engenders disrespect of others.

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The post below has been cross-posted with permission from The Network


The video above and the text immediately below are from the Melbourne rally.
Violent clashes at anti-Islam protests in Melbourne
Thousands of anti-Muslim and anti-racism protesters have clashed in cities and towns across the country after Reclaim Australia group organised rallies
Violent clashes have marred anti-Islam demonstrations in Australia.

Thousands of anti-Islam and anti-racism protesters clashed today after the Reclaim Australia group organised rallies in 16 cities and towns across the country.

The group claims to oppose Islamic extremism, the "Islamisation" of Australian society, Sharia law and the Halal-certification of most meats sold in Australia.

But counter-rallies were organised by other groups, who claim Reclaim Australia is anti-Muslim.
The most violent clashes were in Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, where police struggled to hold back opposing demonstrators.

Ambulance Victoria spokesman Paul Bentley said the Victoria state ambulance service treated four people, three for minor injuries, due to assaults in Melbourne.

The fourth was treated for chest pains.

Police arrested three people after groups clashed in the city's Federation Square.
A man at the Reclaim Australia rally in Hobart was arrested and charged with assault after his group clashed with the counter-rally supporting multiculturalism.

A large rally was held in Sydney, where police were forced to remove opposition protesters who stormed the Reclaim Australia stage.

Clare Fester, who organised a counter-rally in Sydney, said Reclaim Australia was racist and divisive.

"It's quite clearly an attack on Muslims and Muslim communities in this country," she told ABC News.
"It's all about halal food, sharia law, banning the burka."

But Reclaim Australia's John Oliver said it was wrong to label the group racist.

"We're not against any particular race or any particular religion," he said.
"We're against the extremists of one particular religion."

One Nation's Pauline Hanson addressed supporters in Brisbane telling them she was a "proud Australian" who wanted to fight for "our democracy, culture and way of life".

Other rallies were held in Adelaide, Hobart and Perth.






On April 4th an organisation named Reclaim Australia has called racist anti-Muslim rallies across the country. Their core demands include banning the burqa, opposition to halal food and stopping sharia law. It has attracted support from far right organisations such as the Australian Defence League.

Unlike previous far right events this rally has attracted a large number of attendees on Facebook. Reclaim Australia is trying to win credibility by claiming it is not racist to be anti-Muslim. Our counter-protest aims to challenge this and make clear the racist nature of their event. We hope this will stop the hard core racists behind this event from building any greater support.

In Sydney they have called their rally outside the Lindt Café, where the Martin Place siege took place in December. But Man Haron Monis, an unstable individual with a history of bizarre actions, had no connection to any terrorist organisation. Even Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin has stated the siege had nothing to do with Islam. But Reclaim Australia is attempting to make a political link between terrorism, Islam and Martin Place.

MAINSTREAM ISLAMOPHOBIA

Islamophobia is already being peddled in the political mainstream. Tony Abbott and the mainstream media have labelled the entire Muslim community as responsible for terrorism.

Abbott has effectively accused Muslim leaders of sympathising with violence and terrorism, saying, “I've often heard Western leaders describe Islam as a 'religion of peace'. I wish more Muslim leaders would say that more often, and mean it.”

Abbott launched a scare campaign about terrorism following police raids in the western suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne, despite there being no evidence of any terror attack planned. Just one person was charged on terror-related crimes as a result.

The raids served to whip up fear and division in the community and allow the government to pass a raft of new and invasive anti-terror laws that curb civil liberties. The result has been a spate of violent attacks on Muslims around the country, especially visibly Muslim women who wear the hijab.

It is not a coincidence that Abbott has ramped up the Islamophobia while he keeps sinking in the polls. Across the world governments are using fear of Muslims, refugees and migrants to get away with budget cuts and austerity.

This is a desperate government trying to sow fear and xenophobia in the community as a distraction.

WHY WE ARE RALLYING

We are holding a rally on April 4th in solidarity with Muslim communities all over the country who are currently under attack.