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World Interfaith Harmony Celebration, Victoria, 2012
World Interfaith Harmony Week seeks to spread the message of harmony and tolerance among the followers of all the world’s religions, faiths and beliefs. It seeks to do this by promoting their common basis of "Love of God and Love of the Neighbor, or Love of the Good and Love of the Neighbor". Its message includes everyone, excludes no one, and is purely voluntary.
The Interfaith Centre of Melbourne has invited over 100 religious, spiritual and community leaders to a morning reception in Queen's Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate the second World Interfaith Harmony Week. We will celebrate by gathering together, strengthening our ties, sharing news of our interfaith activities and our future plans, through meeting new friends and creating new partnerships. The Faith Communities Council of Victoria, the Islamic Council of Victoria, the Interfaith Centre of Melbourne, Religions for Peace Australia and the Australian Multicultural Foundation are partners in this special event.
World Interfaith Harmony Week, 2012
"Love of God and Love of the Neighbour or Love of the Good and Love of the Neighbour"
World Interfaith Harmony Week is a UN Observance which takes place during the first week of February each year.
Planning and preparation are underway for a celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week in Melbourne on Sunday, 5 February, 2012. Watch this space!
You can read more about World Interfaith Harmony Week on their website. Go to World Interfaith Harmony Week
Special Offer - Rumi Concert CD
Coleman Barks reads Rumi Cost of CD in Australian dollars The Interfaith Centre of Melbourne was founded in 2000 as an educational and cultural non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote understanding and respect among the world's religious and spiritual communities living in the State of Victoria, and to build bridges of dialogue and friendship between communities in Melbourne, the region and the world, thus fostering peaceful coexistence. The Founder and Director, Helen Summers, graduated from The New Seminary, New York, in 1997 and was ordained in The Cathedral of St John the Divine as an Interfaith Minister. In general, interfaith ministers remain members of their own religious tradition, but are informed, knowledgeable and deeply respectful of the world's diverse religions and spiritualities. The Interfaith Centre of Melbourne is advised by international and national religious leaders and wisdom-keepers. We work in collaboration with relevant organizations and individuals who are all dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and cooperation among faiths, within Australia and throughout the World. In consultation with our advisors, we develop seminars and educational programs and produce artistic events for the public. Through our programs, we develop active partnerships with religious and ethnic groups, educational institutions and the United Nations Association of Australia. Monthly gatherings have been postponed until mid 2010 due to our involvement with the preparation for the Parliament of the World’s Religions, which was hosted in Melbourne, December 3-9, 2009. To learn more about the Parliament of the World’s Religions, visit their website. For more information:
with the music of Helen Mountfort, cello
and Matt Stonehouse, percussion.
Live performance at St Michael’s Uniting Church,
Melbourne, August 31st, 2007
Produced by The Interfaith Centre of Melbourne.
CD's are posted in single units. Special Interfaith Harmony Week Offer Unit price $15.
Postage and Packaging:
Australia: add $3 per unit
Asia-Pacific: add $4 per unit
Rest of World: add $6 per unit
Go to order our special Special Interfaith Harmony Week Offer on the Rumi Concert
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