Applications Open

Asian Regional Ecumenical Theological Institute 

When: 21 July 2024 - 17 August 2024, in Chiangmai, Thailand.

Application deadline:  10 June 2024

RELEASED 23 May 2024

The National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) looks forward to welcoming Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay to Australia 

Rev. Pillay is the 9th General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), and is an Eminent Ecumenical guest at the NCCA Forum in June 2024.

Free Webinar

In conversation with Pastor Ray Minniecon- After the Referendum: Where to from now?

The Edmund Rice Centre warmly invites you to join a conversation with Rev. Dr (Hon) Ray Minniecon, an Aboriginal pastor with roots in the Kabi-Kabi and Gurang-Gurang tribes of Queensland.

When: Thursday 30 May at 5:00 pm AEST 

Where: Online or in person at the Edmund Rice Centre Balmain, NSW

Ten Ways to Care

2nd Workshop: Hybrid event

Listen to Wisdom from the Elders - Grow in your sense of space

When: Sunday 2 June 2, 2024  1.45pm for a 2pm start - 4pm AEST 

Where: Online and in person at Blacktown Sydney NSW. 

“Diverse liveries: Quakers responding to disability and difference”

Quakers in Australia invite you to join their Annual Backhouse Lecture delivered virtually. 

When: Monday 8 July 2024 8:00 PM Canberra (AEST) (7:30pm Adelaide)

KAICIID Global Dialogue Forum

From 14-16 May, Religious leaders, policymakers, and experts gathered in Portugal to address challenges like climate change and biodiversity .

Theme: “Transformative Dialogue: Building Alliances for Peace in a Rapidly Changing World” 

 " I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word, that they may all be one....so that the world may believe that you have sent me." John 17:20-21

There is a spirit that enlivens the ecumenical journey....Unity is a spiritual practice of learning and discovery, undergirded by prayer.

WCC General Secretary asks:

• “What is God calling Christians and the Christian Church to do today?"
• "Whose and what voices are we listening to?” 

“Christians need to stand up for justice and we need to stand together. In unity is our strength".  Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

Lunchtime Online Prayer and Reflection

You are warmly invited to join the NCCA online to mark the 2024 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

When: Thursday 16 May 2024 at 12:30pm (AEST) 

Duration: 45-50 minutes

ACRT activities

• SAVE THE DATE: Online Ecumenical Service in Refugee Week.  All welcome! When: Thursday 20 June 7:30pm AEST, 7pm ACST and 5:30pm AWST. 
• UPDATE: recent ACRT submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Migration Bill