NEW CENTRE FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
The Australian Catholic University has recently established the Asia-Pacific Centre for Inter-Religious Dialogue (APCIRD), with its Executive Officer based on St Patrick’s Campus. The Columban Mission Institute was invited to join the Australian Catholic University as a partner in the establishment of the above Centre.
The Centre aimed at promoting inter-faith relations in the Asia-Pacific region, has its purposes based on the nature and goals of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and complements the work of the local Ecumenical and Interfaith Commissions of Australian Archdioceses and Dioceses.
INTERFAITH STUDENTS VISIT CMR
The Centre for Christian Muslim Relations hosted a group of 10 young women enrolled at the Signadou Campus of the Australian Catholic University in the Graduate Certificate in Interfaith Relations. This course which is part of the Young Catholic Women’s Interfaith Fellowship established by The Commission of Australian Catholic Women included the young women from Canberra coming up to Sydney to visit various places of worship and attend lectures on the place of interfaith relations within the different faith traditions.
In a packed week, (20-24 March) the women visited St Mary’s Cathedral, the Great Synagogue, the Sydney Jewish Museum, the Ramakrishna Sarada Vedanta Society, the Lakemba Mosque and Baha’i Temple, attended lectures by practitioners of Interfaith Dialogue, coming from the different faiths traditions, and met various interfaith groups in social gatherings.
