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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PROGRAMPO
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Francois Paulette is a Dene Suline and member of the Smith's Landing Treaty 8 First Nation. He became the youngest chief in the Northwest Territories Indian Brotherhood. In 1972, along with other chiefs, he challenged the crown to recognise treaty and Aboriginal rights. He served on the National Indian Brotherhood Treaty Implementation Committee, the Assembly of First Nations Renewal Commission, and the Parks Canada Aboriginal Consultative Committee and has spoken internationally on Dene history and Aboriginal rights.
Chief Megaron Txukarramae is grand chief of the Kayapo people from the Amazonian Basin of Brazil, the head administrator of the National Indigenous Foundation IFUNAI) in his region, and a board member of Conservation International. The traditional lands of the Kayapo represent the single largest tract of protected tropical forest in the world and Chief Megaron works toward the preservation of his people's lands, culture and identity, and the promotion of their economic and political autonomy.
Knowing Home: A Presentation
of Indigenous Spirituality
Vicki Clark
Room 218
Interactive Workshop
Vicki Clarke, a Muthi Muthi woman living in urban Melbourne, is inextricably linked to her country of Mungo National Park, located in southwestern New South Wales. By sharing part of her journey, she invites program attendees to enter into her personal world in a way that is a rare gift. Vicki will show a DVD and give a presentation that discusses the issues of identity, belonging, spirituality and the need for healing among Indigenous peoples. She will create an emotive and extremely effective tool that promotes understanding of Australian Indigenous spirituality and raises issues of social justice for Indigenous peoples in Australian society.
Vicki Clark is the coordinator of the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry Melbourne. She was a representative of the affiliated Aboriginal Tribal Groups (Muthi Muthil in the formation of the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Property Plan of Management. Nationally, Vicki has been influential in the formation and subsequent operations of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council, serving for six years as Secretary, three years as Vice Chair and three years as Chairperson.
Our Interreligious Future - Part Two
Marcus Braybrooke, Moderator
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick
Rabbi David Rosen
And Others to Be Announced Room 219
Panel Discussion
The interreligious movement is barely a century old, yet it is clear that it will play an increasingly important role in the years ahead. Where is it all going? Will the religions play a larger role in the issues challenging the human community? Is there a potential for greater common action among the world's religious and spiritual communities? What are the next steps in the journey, what is motivating the movement and what are the obstacles to realising its visions? These and other topics will be addressed by religious leaders and the audience.moderator
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Rev Dr Marcus Braybrooke, President of the World Congress of Faiths and Patron of the international Interfaith Centre, Oxford, is an Anglican priest who has been active in interfaith work for over forty years. He is author of many books, including A Heart for the World".
Cardinal Theodore E McCarrick, PhD, DD, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, has visited many nations as a human rights advocate and to survey humanitarian needs. He has travelled to areas affected by major natural disasters, such as Central America, Sri Lanka, Louisiana and Mississippi post-Hurricane Katrina, to ensure people in need would receive assistance, and to bring prayer and financial support. He has been a member of the United States Commission for International Religious Freedom.
2:30-4:00pm ENGAGEMENT SESSION
Rabbi David Rosen is Director of the American Jewish Committee's Department for Interreligious Affairs and the Heilbrunn Institute for International interreligious Understanding. He serves on several international interreligious organisations. Formerly Chief Rabbi of Ireland, he is the immediate past Chair of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, a broad-based coalition of Jewish organisations representing world Jewry to other religions.
Breaking Barriers: Global Women
of Faith Network, Religions for Peace
Patricia Blundell
Lilian Sison
Ravinder Kaur Nijjar Jacqueline Ogega
Room 220
Panel discussion and interactive Workshop
Religions for Peace, through its Global Women of Faith Network, mobilises women of faith to harness the largely untapped power of multireligious cooperation to build peace, advocate for justice, end poverty and protect the earth. This interactive workshop by a panel of international speakers will share experiences of women of faith as agents of peace and security, grounded in the spiritual values of different faiths. The second half of this workshop will encourage the forming of partnerships, by providing an opportunity for women of faith to interact with one another and with other non-sectoral partners. The panel will recommend ways to strengthen and mainstream the leadership of women of faith in building peace across the world.
Dr Patricia Blundell RSM is Co-Chair, Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network, Religions for Peace, and President of the Tertiary Campus Ministry Association (Australia), the professional association of Australian University Chaplains. She is Secretary of the International Association of Chaplains in Higher Education and is Co-ordinating Chaplain at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Her doctoral dissertation is on interreligious dialogue and the public university.
Dr Lilian Sison is Chair, Asia Pacific Women of Faith Network, Religions for Peace; Member, IWCC Global Women of Faith Network; and Dean of the Graduate School, University of San Tomas, Philippines.
Ravinder Kaur Nijjar is Co-Chair of Religions for Peace European Women of Faith Network and a member of RfP International Women's Coordinating Committee. She serves on the Executive Committees of the UK Interfaith Network, Scottish Inter Faith Council, Patron of Alma Royalton Kisch Inter Faith Youth Trust Londonl and is GNNSJ Scotland Coordinator (a Sikh organisation]. She is experienced in the field of education and holds a BEd (Hons) degree (London).
Jacqueline Ogega is the Director of the Women's Program at the World Conference of Religions for Peace. She has served as the African Women's Project Director at Religions for Peace in Africa, where she established the African Women of Faith Network. She has experience