More Uniting Churches in Victoria have declared that they will offer sanctuary to asylum seekers facing deportation to Nauru.
St John’s Uniting Church in Essendon was the first church in Victoria to publicly state its intention to invoke the ancient Christian tradition. This was followed by Manningham Uniting Church, Wesley Uniting Church (Melbourne), St Andrew’s Uniting Church (Chelsea), Habitat Uniting ...
Churches, schools and businesses throughout Australia fired up their frying pans on Tuesday for the annual UnitingCare Pancake Day.
Pancake Day takes place on Shrove Tuesday every year and is a fun way to bring the community together while making a real difference to people’s lives.
Shrove Tuesday is traditionally the final day of indulgence before Lent, a 40-day ...
Residents at Uniting AgeWell’s Strath-Haven Community recently received a visit from two miniature donkeys.
Wonka and Plonka are from Happy Hooves, a not-for-profit organisation that supports aged care residents, youth at risk and people living with a disability through interaction with horses and donkeys.
On the morning of 28 January, Wonka and Plonka clopped through Strath-Haven’s ...
A new report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) this week has found that family violence is a major cause of homelessness in Australia.
Approximately 187,000 women and children were driven into homelessness between 2011 and 2014 because of family violence. This represents more than one third of all people seeking help from homeless ...
Uniting Churches throughout the country have joined with Anglican churches to offer sanctuary for asylum seekers at risk of being sent to offshore detention facilities on the island nation of Nauru.
Churches who have agreed to provide sanctuary include St John’s Uniting Church Essendon in Victoria; Manningham Uniting Church, St Andrew’s Uniting Church (Chelsea), Wesley Uniting Church Melbourne, Habitat Uniting Church, St ...
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has called on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to intervene directly to prevent the return of more than 250 asylum seekers, including children and babies, to offshore detention.
“Mr Turnbull, I appeal to your sense of compassion. Please step in and make the moral decision to protect these vulnerable people,” ...
Are you still dusting off the last of the Christmas decorations? Or finishing that final slice of Yuletide cake? We don’t wish to alarm you but next week is the start of Lent, with Ash Wednesday falling next Wednesday 10 February.
Lent contains some of the most important events of the Christian year, running for 40 days (excluding Sundays) ...
Sport and online gambling are now so intrinsically linked that the integrity of sports is under extreme pressure and the human toll is rising.
Last night’s ABC story on Four Corners about online sports betting, with a focus on tennis, again highlights the very real issues that we now confront. According to a law enforcement officer quoted ...
World Interfaith Harmony Week, observed annually on the first week of February, encourages tolerance, respect and peace between people of different faiths.
The initiative was adopted by the United Nations in 2010 and called on faith communities to engage in a dialogue based on two fundamental commandments: love of God, and love of neighbour. These two commandments lie at ...
In Australia around 2.5 million people over the age of 15 will experience homelessness at some point in their lives.
A recent Productivity Commission report into emergency housing services has indicated that one in four of these individuals experiencing homelessness, or at risk of homelessness, are being turned away from emergency accommodation.
Australia’s human rights record is under the international spotlight once again following the release of Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) latest report.
The 2016 World Report, released on Thursday, reviews the human rights practices in more than 90 countries throughout the last 12 months.
The report acknowledged Australia’s solid record of protecting civil and political rights and its vibrant ...
Wesley College principal Helen Drennen was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Australia Day Honours list announced on January 26.
Dr Drennen, who has been principal at the 150-year-old Uniting Church School since 2003, was recognised for her service to secondary education through leadership roles, to professional bodies and to the community leadership.
