BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//https://www.faithvictoria.org.au///NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.15// METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260718T151727UTC-8833ZuzjC9@https://www.faithvictoria.org.au/ DTSTAMP:20260718T151727Z DESCRIPTION:Darebin Interfaith Council invites you to: Breakfast Seminar L iving compassionately - What does it mean to be a neighbour? Date: Wednes day 26th February 7:00 for 7:30am start Location:  Darebin Arts & Entertai nment Centre\, Cnr Bell Street & St. George’s Road\, Preston The Darebin Interfaith Council (DIFC) acts as a reference group to the City of Darebin . Since 2006\, the DIFC has hosted annual interfaith breakfast seminars wh ich have proven to be excellent occasions for engagement and dialogue betw een councillors\, local religious leaders\, faith representatives\, and co uncil officers throughout the Darebin municipality. For many years\, the DIFC has endeavoured to build compassionate communities through being on t he forefront of human rights causes in our local community. This has inclu ded speaking out on a number of justice issues including the need to suppo rt asylum seekers and refugees. This year’s event will inspire participant s to consider “What does it mean to be a neighbour?”\, and explores this t heme through the current asylum seeker issue. Keynote Speaker: David Mann e David Manne is the Executive Director of the Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre (RILC)\, the largest provider of free legal assistance to disadvan taged migrants\, asylum seekers and refugees in Australia. He has headed s everal successful High Court challenges including against the Government’s ‘offshore processing’ regime\, ‘Malaysian Solution’\, as well as in the c ase of adverse security assessment and indefinite detention of a refugee. Recently\, David was appointed to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ad visory Board of Eminent Persons. Program Outline:\n\n7:00 Arrival\n7:30 W elcome & Introductions\n7:45 Breakfast Served\n8:00 Mayor of the City of D arebin\n8:05 Reaffirmation of MOU with Islamic Society of Victoria\n8:15 K eynote Speaker\nDavid Manne – Executive Director\nRefugee & Immigration Le gal Centre\n8:45 Questions & Answers\n9:00 Close\n\nRSVP: Please confirm y our attendance by contacting DARREN COOPER on 8470 8519 or email: Darren.C ooper@darebin.vic.gov.auContact DetailsDarren Cooper on 8470 8519 or email : Darren.Cooper@darebin.vic.gov.au https://www.faithvictoria.org.au/upcomi ng-events/event/181-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-neighbour-darebin-interfaith -council DTSTART:20140226T060000Z DTEND:20140226T140000Z LOCATION:Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre\, Cnr Bell Street & St. George 's Road\, Preston (Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre\, Cnr Bell Street & St. George's Road\, Preston) SUMMARY:What does it mean to be a neighbour: Darebin Interfaith Council URL:https://www.faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-events/event/181-what-does-it -mean-to-be-a-neighbour-darebin-interfaith-council END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260718T151727UTC-88467Dupju@https://www.faithvictoria.org.au/ DTSTAMP:20260718T151727Z DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe Wheeler Centre invites you to an Intelligence Squared D ebate: Faith-based Religious Education Has No Place in Public Schools Da te: Wednesday 26 February 2014  Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM Location: Melbourne Town Hall\, 90-120 Swanston Street Melbourne Victoria Cost: $20 and $12 co ncession\nIn the late 19th Century\, the Australian government decreed tha t education should be compulsory\, free and secular. Over time\, most stat es have seen the ‘secular’ provisions in their education acts amended\, in sisting that Primary schools must allow for special religious instruction. \nIn this incendiary first debate of 2014\, our speakers will examine what it means to move away from the secular model and towards a spiritual one\ ; debating the merits of our current model of volunteer church run instruc tion\, as opposed to a balanced study of comparative religions\, and conte sting where such religious instruction sits within the central tenet of Au stralian democracy – the separation of church and state.\nWas the old legi slation insisting on secularity out of touch with modern times\, or is it more relevant than ever? Is it possible to teach children about the import ance of faith without proselytising\, and if so\, where should the boundar ies be drawn?\nSpeaking for the motion are Professor Marion Maddox\, a lea ding authority on the intersection of religion and politics in Australia\, award-winning author David Vann\, and Professor Peter Sherlock\, vice-cha ncellor of the University of Divinity.\nThe speakers against the propositi on include Tim Costello AO\, Baptist minister and World Vision Australia C EO\, and Dr Justine Toh\, senior research fellow at the Centre for Public Christianity.\nFor more information: Ring Wheeler Centre on (03) 9094 7800 or go to www.wheelercentre.com\nIntelligence Squared Debates: The Intelli gence Squared debates rage on in 2014 with a whole new range of topics as compelling as they are polarising. The Wheeler Centre and St James Ethics Centre join forces once more to bring a series of contentious propositions to Melbourne Town Hall. In these highly participatory debates\, once both sides have had their say\, the decision as to who emerges victor lies ent irely in your hands.Contact DetailsWheeler Centre: Phone (03) 9094 7800 or go to www.wheelercentre.com https://www.faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-eve nts/event/187-faith-based-religious-education-has-no-place-in-public-schoo ls-wheeler-centre DTSTART:20140226T173000Z DTEND:20140226T193000Z LOCATION:Melbourne Town Hall\, 90-120 Swanston Street Melbourne Victoria (M elbourne Town Hall\, 90-120 Swanston Street Melbourne Victoria) SUMMARY:Faith-based Religious Education Has No Place in Public Schools: Whe eler Centre URL:https://www.faithvictoria.org.au/upcoming-events/event/187-faith-based- religious-education-has-no-place-in-public-schools-wheeler-centre END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR