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It is vital to have a Code of Conduct signed by all your staff, volunteers, leaders, Ministers, Priests, and anyone involved within your church to ensure that all involved representing your church understand acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
A Presentation by Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald
Date: Saturday 19 August 2017
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Venue: Caroline Chisholm Centre, Building 2, 423 Pennant Hills Road, Pennant Hills NSW (Vehicular entry via City View Road)
RSVP: By Thursday 17 August 2017 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 4332 9825 / 9847 0448
| August | |
| 4 | National Aboriginal and Islander Children’s Day |
| 6 | Hiroshima and Nagasaki remembered |
| 9 | International Day of the World’s Indigenous People |
| 19 | World Humanitarian Day |
For four Sundays in September we celebrate creation
1 September was proclaimed a Day of Prayer for Creation by the Orthodox in 1989 and repeated by Pope Francis in 2015. The season takes us through to the feast of St. Francis on 4 October. Christians of all denominations and locations are invited to participate in an ecumenical Season of Creation.
Ration Challenge 2017
During Refugee Week in June, more than 14,000 people across Australia took a stand for refugees – and for that we say thank you.
With the support of their generous sponsors, the Ration Challenge community raised over $3.2 million. The impact of their actions is being felt right now in communities all around the world.
29 July 2017
Harmony Begins At Home
A celebration of diversity with dinner, entertainment, lucky door prizes and more.
Come together with other women from diverse backgrounds to connect and celebrate family and community harmony.Talk, dance and discuss the issues affecting women in the communities they live in.
Since our last newsletter, our activity has been diverse and enriching.
During last week, I travelled to Chiang Mai, Thailand for a regional consultation organized by the Christian Conference of Asia. Towards Revitalising the Ecumenical Movement in Asia engaged the sixty participants.
A docudrama about Muslim-Christian Peacemaking, set in the midst of the conflict of the Fifth Crusade and narrated by Jeremy Irons. It centres on the remarkable encounter between St Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt, Malik al-Kamil.
Saturday 29 July 2017 from 7.00-9.00pm
Tickets $10.00 available online
Western Sydney University Parramatta South Campus
NMYC is on again
Sea World Resort, Gold Coast
9-11 October 2017
Early Bird Registrations available till the end of July. Register online.
Ruthann Richardson
Ruthann is the new Head of Fundraising for Act for Peace (AfP) and has been working in that role since June 2017. Ruthann and her team are responsible for raising the funds needed to support the Act for Peace programs around the world. This includes many different activities, including the mail and online appeals, and of course the Christmas Bowl which Ruthann and her team are busy planning for at this time of the year.
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ACU Public Lectures
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Adelaide Annual Public Lecture - 24 July 7:30-9:00 pm special guest Professor Francis X Clooney SJ, Harvard University, USA From Theology to Worship in Inter-religious Studies Public Lecture - 3 August 7:30-9:00 pm by Professor Massimo Faggioli Pope Francs’ Vision of the Church |
October is National Mental Health Month
- "Youth Mental Health Matters" 7th October 2020 1:00 PM AEST
- Carers Mental Health Forum 28 October 2020- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm AEST, on Zoom
- Mental Health Week - dates differ in States and Territories through October
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has welcomed the signing of two ecumenical statements by the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) in which it seeks to overcome divisions of the past and to work with other Christian communions for unity and common witness.
See the #StopAdani Documentary
Guarding the Galilee is a 30 minute documentary on the battle to stop the biggest coal mine in Australian history, Adani’s Carmichael project. The film is presented by Queensland born actor Michael Caton, and produced and directed by Nell Schofield.
There are screenings throughout the month of July in NSW, QLD, VIC and SA.
