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Geoff and Tracey Robinson awarded Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal
The NCCA congratulates Geoff and Tracey on being recognised by the Australian Government for their wonderful work with Act for Peace. They were awarded the honour for their service in Vanuatu in response to Cyclone Pam, which hit the island nation in March 2015.
NCCA Safe Church Program, Act for Peace and partners
The NCCA Safe Church Program staff are happy to announce their move to a permanent Melbourne address, from late January 2020
New office:
Level 6, 608 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC.
The Safe Church Program's office will be closed from Christmas through New Year until Monday 13 January 2020. Please expect delays with emails and phone messages during this time.
2019 - 70th anniversary of the Christmas Bowl
Bringing peace to Sri Lankan refugees returning home
The prophet Isaiah told people who had lost their homeland and who had been through enormous suffering that they could live in peace and harmony again. He was considered radical for speaking of such miracles. But his message resonates with this year's Christmas Bowl, as we support Sri Lankan refugees to return home and build peaceful new lives after years of civil war.
The NCCA administers three separate ecumenical funding programs. These will be open for applications in 2020, for projects requiring funding in the 2020-2021 financial year.
The Glenburnie Program - for ecumenical projects that enable work in justice, participation and sustainability
The Ronald Wilson Ecumenical Leadership Fund - to enlarge young leaders' ecumenical experience
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Development Fund - to assist First Nation peoples to develop their communities and their participation in wider Australia.
ICAN has good news and we want to share it with you
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons just reached 80 signatories, with 33 states parties! The newest signatory is Nauru, one of our closest neighbours in the Pacific. The treaty will enter into force after it acquires 50 states parties.
Serving Communities with Courage and Compassion
EARLY BIRD PRICES extended to 18 December 2019
When: Wednesday 26 - Friday 28 February 2020
Where: Catholic Leadership Centre, East Melbourne VIC
Registrations now open
Transforming Ecumenism - "listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches" (Rev 2:7)
Monday 22 – Thursday 25 June 2020, Sigtuna, Sweden
NCCA sponsorship for a young adult to attend this conference is offered through the Ronald Wilson Ecumenical Leadership Fund.
World Council of Churches
WCC Ecumenical Institute invites papers for conference on ’Teaching Ecumenism’
The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Institute at Château de Bossey in Geneva will host the international conference on ’Teaching Ecumenism in the Context of World Christianity’ from 10-13 June 2020. The conference will focus on what it means to teach ecumenism and World Christianity in the twenty-first century.
Invitation deadline: 20 January 2020
| Season of Creation | |
| 1 | World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation |
| 2 | 1991: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act passed by Parliament |
| 3-9 | National Child Protection Week |
| 6 | Indigenous Literacy Day |
| 14 | R U OK? Day |
| December | |
| 1 | Advent begins - Christian |
| World AIDS Day | |
| 2 | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| 3 | International Day of Persons with Disability |
| 5 | World Soil Day |
| International Volunteer Day | |
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“PLEASE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR PRAYER?” A reflection by Bishop Philip Huggins
I attended another meeting last week of folk drawn to deeper prayer, based on the theme, “that they may all be one” (John 17:21).
It is called, you may remember, the Antonian Contemplative Vocation, in recognition of the continuities with the Call and Response of St Anthony, the Desert Mothers and Fathers.
At the Annual General Meeting on 30 October 2019, the Interim General Secretary, Ms Liz Stone, presented an Annual Review for 2018-2019 relating to the activities and programs of the National Council of Churches in Australia.
Cooperation needed to meet the challenges we face
A summary and reflection from Bishop Philip Huggins
Pacific Church Leaders gathered at the Pacific Theological College, in Suva, Fiji from Wednesday 6 November through to Sunday 10 November 2019. The meeting was convened by the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) to discuss major issues that are affecting the people of the Pacific Nations. It concluded with an Ecumenical Service on Sunday at which Bishop Huggins, an Anglican Bishop, was invited to preach.
Visit affirms need for safe pathways for asylum seekers
A group of Australian Catholic leaders show solidarity with, advocate for, and gather information on those seeking asylum by visiting and talking with some of the men that have been removed from Manus Island to Papua and New Guinea (PNG).
The visit was coordinated by Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) and facilitated by the Catholic Bishops Conference of PNG and Solomon Islands. It affirms the value of the work that the Catholic Church, along with other church communities across Australia, is doing in finding alternate and safe pathways for detainees and asylum seekers.
