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2020-21 Multifaith Calendar

The following are major holy days and festivals for Baha'i, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. Whilst this list is not exhaustive it is comprehensive to represent each of the religions in good faith.

Click here to view 2021 Multifaith Calendar (pdf)

Click here to view 2020 Multifaith Calendar (pdf)

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COVID-19 Community Connections Program: Faith Communities Council of Victoria

The Faith Communities Council of Victoria is offering religious organisations up to $1,000 to assist for the delivery of practical community programs during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Multicultural Festivals and Events program - Connect Online

The Multicultural Festivals and Events (MFE) program funds multicultural and multifaith community groups to hold cultural festivals and events for their local communities.

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Source: Victorian Multicultural Commission

'Voice of Youth in Faith: Is Religion still relevant?': Casey Multi-Faith Network

The Casey Multi-Faith Network will explore how some youth have continued to incorporate faith into their lives and discuss whether organised religion is still relevant or practicable for younger generations.

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Source: Casey Multifaith Network

Documenting Melbourne Jewish life during COVID

The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC) has put the call out to assist with creating an archive that will document Melbourne Jewish life during COVID-19.

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Source: Times of Israel

Religious leaders question ethics of Oxford University developing coronavirus vaccine using cell lines from aborted foetus

One of Australia's most senior religious leaders says he would likely boycott the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University, on ethical grounds.

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Source: ABC

New research shows religious discrimination is on the rise around the world, including in Australia

There is a theory that despite all the commotion, religious freedom faces no significant threat in Western democracies like Australia. Therefore, the argument goes, we do not need a federal Religious Discrimination Act.

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Source: The Conversation

‘We have to choose between beard or emergency shifts during COVID-19’: Australian Sikh doctors

A group of Sikh doctors has petitioned the federal and New South Wales governments to make powered air-purifying respirators or PAPR freely available for bearded healthcare workers who work in hospital emergency departments.

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Source: SBS

Catholic women can't become priests, but what about 'princesses' of the church?

The lack of women in leadership roles is a point of contention for many theologians — not just for equity reasons.

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Source: ABC

The meaning of life: Australians praying more during COVID-19 Churches may have closed their doors, but more Australians are opening their minds to spirituality and prayer.

Churches may have closed their doors, but more Australians are opening their minds to spirituality and prayer.

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Source: The Age

United religious call for Australia to join nuclear ban

Seventy-five years after the destruction of Hiroshima with one nuclear weapon, religious groups across Australia are raising the call for Australia to sign and ratify the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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Source: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

Buddhist monks have reversed roles in Thailand – now they are the ones donating goods to others

The offering of food and material goods to monks is an essential part of the daily practice of Buddhism in Thailand. The belief is that through the act of giving, lay Buddhists receive, or make, merit.

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Source: Religion News