Parliament of Worlds Religion 2009 Melbourne Australia

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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PROGRAM Friday, December 4, 2009
9:30-11:00am INTRARELIGIOUS SESSION
phase: renewal. Brambuk, which is shared among five Aboriginal communities, stands as a symbol and affirmation of that process of renewal. Geoff Clarke is the Chairperson of Framlingham Aboriginal Trust. which provides cultural, community and health services to people of the Framlingham community. He is a National Indigenous Leader and traditional owner of South Western Victoria, Jeremy Clarke is the CEO of Brambuk National Park and Cultural Center. He is a National Indigenous Leader and traditional owner of South Western Victoria
Rev Moon's Vision of Global Family Dr Thomas Walsh Room 104 This presentation will explore Rev Dr Sun Myung Moon's lifelong mission, guided by a vision of humanity as one global family under God, called to live in accordance with core, universal principles. Rev Dr Moon teaches that the most important wisdom is to know God's heart and His ideal, the root cause of human conflict, and the destination of the human course towards a common purpose and common destiny, which is peace. His vision, therefore, has compelled him to found a wide range of organisations and programs, including the Unification Church, dedicated to realising the ideal of a 'peace kingdom, a realm in which humankind, centred on God, lives together in harmony as a global family, transcending racial, national and religious barriers. In an innovative way. Universal Peace Federation was founded to develop new models of governance, guided by representatives of religion and government, in a respectful, cooperative relationship for the sake of peace. Projects and programs of UPF are guided by the principle that living for the sake of others is the way to reconcile the divided human family, and that peace will only come through the cooperation beyond the boundaries of ethnicity, race and religious background. Dr Thomas Walsh is the Secretary General of the Universal Peace Federation. He received his Duclorale in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University. He has been a teacher, author and editor, with specialisation in areas of theology, character ethics, social theory, and religious studies. He serves on the board of several nonprofit organisations. As Secretary General of the UPF, he coordinates its worldwide activities. Among other works, Dr Walsh is the executive editor of Renewing the United Nations and Building a Culture of Peace,
Framlingham Aboriginal Trust, the Gunditjmara People and Brambuk Cultural Centre Geoff Clarke Jeremy Clarke Room 105 Panel Discussion Indigenous Leaders Geoff and Jeremy Clarke, father and son, will speak about their people and culture and the challenges of modernity on Australia's Indigenous Leaders. They will present their perspectives on their self-determined future. Geoff will provide insight into his journey as an Aboriginal Leader, locally and nationally, and will speak about his ancestry and spirituality as well as his feelings about the impacts of colonial invasion. Jeremy, who is the CEO of Brambuk National Park and Cultural Center, will discuss how Brambuk brings to life the history and culture of Aboriginal communities of South Western Victoria. Since their dispossession, Aboriginal people have moved through two phasesresistance and persistence-and have now entered a new
Pilgrims' Progress 2008: Research on Those who Attended the Sydney World Youth Day Michael Mason Andrew Singleton Ruth Webber Room 106 Seminar This session presents the findings of a three-year research project which studied the pilgrims attending the Tenth International World Youth Day in Sydney in July 2008 (WYD08). World Youth Day (WYD) is an international youth-oriented Catholic celebration which has been held at intervals of two or three years since 1987, and has become the largest recurring youth event in the world. Approximately 223,000 registered pilgrims from 170 countries participated in a week-long series of events and activities culminating in the Papal Mass, celebrated by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and attended by an estimated 400,000 people. The project studied the experiences of pilgrims before, during and after World Youth Day, seeking to discover what WYDO8 meant for its youthful participants, to determine the personal outcomes of the WYD pilgrimage, and to explore the community-building effect of WYD. The methods used were interviews, observation and a large-scale Internet survey of pilgrims both before and after WYD. The presentation will be followed by a discussion Michael Mason PhD is a Senior Research Fetiow at Australian Catholic University's Quality of Life and Social Justice Research Centre in Melbourne. He has been a principal investigator in several national sociological Surveys on religion and spirituality. He has puslyrauuale qualifications in sociology, religion studies and theology. His research interests are in sociology of religion, religion in Australia, and religious experience. He is a Catholic priest of the Redemptorist order. Andrew Singleton PhD is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Program, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University. His research interests include youth spirituality, alternative religions, and men and masculinity. Andrew has published extensively in these areas both nationally and internationally. He teaches units on contemporary religion and Spirituality: men, masculinity and society, and social research methods Ruth Webber PhD is Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences, and Director, Quality of Life and Social Justice Research Centre, at Australian Catholic University. Her research has focused on youth spirituality, youth violence and substance abuse, intellectual disability, family breakdown, and social policy. She has published extensively on at risk' youth. Social justice is of paramount importance to her research activities and community service. She has postgraduate qualifications in education, psychology and sociology
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