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On Thursday 12 February 2015, the Monash University Chaplaincy and Religions for Peace Victoria Branch hosted a public event at Monash University in celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week. Guest Speaker Associate Professor Nasir Butrous gave an address on Ethnicity, Religions and Harmony: Exploring Christian Muslim Relations in Iraq Today.

Since October 2010 when King Abdullah II of Jordan proposed to the United Nations that the first full week of February each year be World Interfaith Harmony Week, people involved in interfaith globally have been joining together to celebrate this week. The week is based on Love of God and Love of the Neighbour, or based on Love of the Good and Love of the Neighbour, each according to a person’s own religious traditions or convictions.

The City of Darebin in partnership with a number of local religious and community organisations including Darebin Ethnic Communities Council and the Islamic Society of Victoria hosted a celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Day at the Darebin Intercultural Centre on Thursday, 5th February 2015.

On Thursday 5 February 2015, over one hundred religious, spiritual and community leaders from diverse traditions, attended a Luncheon for the fifth UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, hosted by The Interfaith Centre of Melbourne in Queen’s Hall, Parliament House.

On Wednesday 4 February 2015, the Yarra Interfaith Network held its first public event at the Richmond Town Hall in the evening. The theme of the session was the challenges that women face when practising their particular faith in Australia.

On Sunday 21 December 2014, the Solstice Global Healing Event was held at Catani Gardens in St. Kilda. This event is a gathering for people mainly from within St Kilda and the wider City of Port Phillip community.

Faith Leaders Call for Unity and Peace
Tuesday, 16 December 2014 

On 7th December 2014, Boroondara Interfaith Network and GreenFaith/ARRCC ran a partnership environmental forum on 'Faith responses to Natural Disaster'.