Inspiration in Diversity: The Shifting Sands of Spiritual Care (Spiritual Care Australia)

Spiritual Care Australia invites you to a conference:

Inspiration in Diversity: The Shifting Sands of Spiritual Care

Date: Sunday 1 May to Wednesday 4 May 2016  (Please note: The Sunday evening is set aside to Welcome all and Registrations)
Location: Bayview on the Park, 52 Queens Road, Melbourne

The Spiritual Care Australia Conference Committee looks forward to welcoming you to the SCA Conference 2016! Around the theme of “Inspiration in Diversity”, we are planning a conference that we hope will stretch all of us in our understanding of “the other” and deepen our understanding of “the self”.  There will be stories from people of other faiths – people of other racial background – people whose life’s journey has taken them places different and similar to your own.  With the sub-theme of “The shifting sands of spiritual care”, we will explore those things that are changing – and those things that stay the same.  There will be workshops on practical subjects and seminars and papers sessions to stretch us.  We will have ways for you to engage your heart and soul in ritual, and ways to engage with your colleagues over meals.  With Melbourne known for its food and coffee, our hospitality committee is planning ways to introduce groups of visitors (and residents!) to restaurants, cafes and bistros you may not have found on your own.

Whatever your religious tradition, your field of chaplaincy, your age or your level of experience, we believe there will be something for you at Melbourne 2016.

Speakers:

• Mr Martin Flanagan  |  journalist and writer on cross-cultural listening        
• Ms Eugenia Flynn  |  diversity advocate and arts worker        
• Prof Lynn Gillam | ethics educator        
• Ms Kerrie Godbold | community developer and intercultural educator        
• Ms Sally Goldner, Ms Margot Fink and Mr Tony Briffa | on gender, diversity and spirituality        
• Dr Julie Leibrich  |  poet, artist and psychologist        
• Dr Alex Nelson  |  psychologist and adult educator     
• Ms Julia Zaetta | editor, Better Homes and Gardens (Conference dinner)            
• In a video presentation made especially for SCA 2016:  
  • Dr Thomas Moore | author of the bestselling book Care of the Soul            
• And, as speaker and conversation host:     
  • Mr Pádraig Ó Tuama  |  poet, peacemaker and Interreligious reconciler 

In addition to our keynote addresses, workshops and seminars are planned to help expand our horizons, our skills and our own sense of inspiration in diversity.  Topics already in the mix include:

• skillful spiritual care at end of life;
• special needs of “fly-in fly-out” workers and families;
• spiritual realities for LGBTI people;
• exploring your own sense of sanctuary;
• the implications for spiritual care of the electronic revolution in health care 

Cost:  Early Bird Rate   |  Member $550  |  Non Member $650  |  Single Day $250 (Early Bird Rate closes 29 February)
Online registration, click here.

For all queries, please contact the SCA Office: 03 9895 4447 | admin@spiritualcareaustralia.org.au

Cancellation Policy: 10% fee up to 31 March 2016 | 50% fee if cancelled between 1-15 April 2016 | No refund from 16 April 2016