National Reconciliation Week concludes on Wednesday, but does that mean we don’t think about the meaning of reconciliation for another year?
Indigenous activist and elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks OAM reminded us to continue the conversation when she spoke last Thursday night at the Highway Gallery, Mount Waverley in an event organised by ‘concerned Australians’ and Monash Reconciliation Group.
Earlier this week, three Muslim women were verbally abused by two men on a packed Melbourne train.
Jason Cias, a commuter on his way home from work, confronted the two men when they threatened to “smash” the women. One of the men punched Mr Cias in retaliation before moving to another carriage.
For the past few days, people in the southern states have shivered their way to work.
This foretaste of winter causes most of us to grumble. The days are short, and the snooze button gets a workout as it becomes harder to leave the confines of a warm doona.
With morning temperatures dropping to below five degrees, beanies and ...
On 26 May 1997, the ‘Bringing Them Home’ report on the Stolen Generation was tabled in the federal parliament. National Sorry Day was born the following year as an annual reminder of the forced removals of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children that occurred under government policies.
The Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress (UAICC) believes that ...
Uniting AgeWell (UA) presented a cheque for $11,113 to Red Cross to continue the relief effort in Nepal following the deadly earthquake that devastated the country in April.
Inspiration for the appeal started when Sunayana (Sunny) Nepal, a personal care worker at UA’s Strathdon Forest Hill, asked her manager Sue Wood how they could help. The appeal had special meaning ...
Six years as a boarder at St Mary’s College in Hobart taught Christine Milne of the need for people with skills to give back to their community.
It was that lesson from the nuns which took the former North-West school teacher first to the national stage as the spokesperson for a community action group which stopped ...
By Larry Marshall
Uniting Through Faiths (a Commission for Mission project) organised the second annual Sri Lankan Harmony Day on 28 March at Wesley College in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.
More than 350 Sri Lankans from all ethnicities and religions came together in hope and celebration. They were joined by many friends of this large ...
Aitken College families and friends recently gathered for their monthly Sunday worship at school. The service included a pet blessing service and was followed by a picnic lunch.
Aitken College chaplain Rev Jeanne Beale said the services at the college have been running since 2013 and have steadily grown as a fresh expression of church.
Earlier this year I went to India for 10 days as part of my work with the Justice and International Mission unit. The purpose was to meet with NGOs working on the ground and build relationships for possible future collaboration.
I was last in India 11 years ago. On that first trip the ...
Just over a year ago a small group of singers in Hobart began working with respected Christian singer/songwriter John Coleman to write songs to enhance the worship experience at Scots Memorial Uniting Church in the city.
Once a month their songs are performed as part of Sunday morning worship with the lyrics inspired by the chosen lectionary passages.
Many Australians have been horrified by the stories coming out from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse.
The current public hearing into child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Ballarat has revealed widespread and appalling abuse of minors.
The Commission heard evidence that all male teachers and chaplains at St Alipius Primary School molested children ...
This year marks 30 years since the Uniting Church declared itself a multicultural church. The synod will celebrate this anniversary on Saturday 23rd May with a multicultural afternoon tea at 2:30pm at Glen Waverley Uniting Church. This will be followed by a service of celebration at 4pm.
Rev Devanandan Anandarajan, from the Uniting Church’s Intercultural unit, believes ...
