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When Guy Lawson gets to work, time just melts away – and that is precisely the point. Lawson is leading a group of painters and volunteers who are creating a vast painting they hope will be among the biggest and most important contributions to Buddhist art in the modern world.

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Source: The Age

In times of loss, change or other challenges, chaplains can listen, provide comfort and discuss spiritual needs.

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Source: The Conversation

Religious and multicultural communities across Sydney gathered at Pitt Street Uniting Church on the UN International Day of Peace (September 21) to pledge support for the Uluru Statement of the Heart and its invitation to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

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Source: South Sydney Herald

We know that many people may regularly practice a religion, but it is not known how this helps mental health and wellbeing. We are interested in understanding how religion and religious practice helps a person with their mental health and wellbeing.

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Source: Swinburne University

Jeremy Jones was a righteous man who was a faithful servant to his Jewish community here in Australia for more than four decades and a lifelong friend of Israel. He dedicated much of his work to promoting interfaith dialogue and was a renowned expert on antisemitism.

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Source: Australian Jewish News

In late August, St Kilda Hebrew Congregation held its Second Annual Multifaith and Multicultural Week, the highlight of which was a wonderful special Shabbat (sabbath) service and Kiddush (asmall meal). Apart from the 80 Jewish congregants attending, the Shabbat event included 40 leaders from 16 diverse faith and ethnic communities gathering to see behind the proverbial curtain, breaking down stereotypes and building friendships.

The prize hosted by the Islamic Museum of Australia spotlights the diversity and significance of contemporary Muslim artists.

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Source: Arts Hub

The current Australian of the Year Local Hero will circumnavigate the country as he urges those from diverse ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds to support an Indigenous voice to parliament.

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Source: The West