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The Imam and the Pastor
Date: Wednesday, 12th November, 2008 Time:
5.30pm-7.00pm
Venue: NSW Parliamentary Theatrette
Organization: Initiatives of Change
Description: Former enemies, Imam Muhammad Ashafa
and Pastor James Wuye from Nigeria, from the film award-winning
film, "The Imam and the Pastor", are visiting Australia.
They will be at two public events, the Parliamentary
Theatrette and at the Bowman Hall, Blacktown. After
part the film, they will speak of their interfaith mediation
and reconciliation work.
Enquiries: David Mills 02 9599 1428.
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Interfaith Service
Date: Sunday, Each Third Sunday.
Time: 3.00-4.15pm
Venue: Uniting Church, Pitt Street.
Organisation: Interfaith In Sydney.
Description: These are spiritually inclusive services
where we can join together without labels, expressing
the deep need most of us have for a genuinely sacred
community experience. The services include readings,
teachings and exquisite music.
Enquiries: Stephanie Dowrick 9267 3614
www.pittstuc.nsw.uca.org.au
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7th International Interreligious
Abraham Conference
Walking Together: Our Faiths & Reconciliation
On Sunday, 19th of October, the 7th
International Inter-religious Abraham Conference was
held at the University of Sydney, Webster Theatre.
There was an audience of over 210 people
who attended this annual conference, which has become
the Premier annual interfaith event on the Sydney
calendar. In building on the work and discourse of
previous years, the theme of this year's conference
'Walking Together: Our Faiths & Reconciliation" aims
at focusing on the important role of relationship-building
between people who belong to a diversity of faiths
and cultures, especially against the backdrop of the
significant local event of reconciliation with the
Prime Minister's apology at the opening of Parliament
this year. This conference is spearheaded by an organising
committee, comprising representatives from all partners
involved. The partners involved were: " Affinity Intercultural
Foundation " Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim
Relations " NSW Jewish Board of Deputies " Sydney
Catholic Archdiocese " Uniting Church Synod of NSW/ACT
The 2008 conference was also supported and partly
sponsored by the following organisations: " Community
Relations Commission of NSW " PaCT (Public and Contextual
Theology) Charles Sturt University
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