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• Arts in Action (Sydney) August - November 2010

  Venue: Epping Uniting Church Hall, Cnr Chester & Oxford Streets. Bookings essential via the phone number or email address below.

  Escape to Create Visual art workshops with Lindena Robb, 1-5pm on Saturdays, 25 Sept, 23 Oct & 27 Nov.  For all who want to explore their creativity, freely express themselves in a variety of media, or find inspiration.  $50 per session, including all materials and afternoon tea.

  The Inner Terrorist: A labyrinth with Elizabeth Grace,
  2–5pm, Saturday 11 September.
  Cost: $35/$30 concession.

  Rendezvous in Rome: Biblical Culture Immersion with Elizabeth Raine and John Squires,
  Saturday 16 October, 10–2pm.
  Cost: $30/$25 Concession. $15 Children 6–12yrs. Lunch included.

  Phone: (02) 9869 1327
  Web: http://www.chesterstreet.org.au 

  Email: artsadmin@chesterstreet.org.au
• Sea of Faith (SoFiA) Victoria

  Lectures are held Thursdays, 7.30pm and are followed by questions, discussion and refreshments. Gold coin donation appreciated.

  Lectures Location: Carlton Library Meeting Room, corner Rathdowne and Newry Streets, North Carlton.

  17-19 September (Friday to Sunday) SoFiA National Conference
  www.sof-in-australia.org/conferences.php
  Alexandra Headland Conference Centre, Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
  ‘Ethics without God? Exploring a secular basis for our ethics.’  Speakers: Lloyd Geering, theologian, Neville Symmington, psychoanalyst, Gail Tulloch, bioethicist.)

  23 September John Noack (Carl Jung Society http://home.vicnet.net.au/~jungsoc) ‘Pre-Nicean Syriac Christian Kingdoms: Edessa, Adiabene and Armenia’.

  21 October John Davidson (Steiner School, Canberra  www.oranaschool.com) ‘Spirituality Within Steiner Education’.

  18 November Dr. Christopher Gribbin (Classics & Archaeology, University of Melbourne) ‘Classical Mythology and Greek Religion’

  Further enquiries: Chantal Babin 0434 713 335 or the email address below.

   

  Email: sofmelb@yahoo.com.au
• Brisbane Quiet Days

  Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent will hold quiet days on

  16 October: Into the Quiet—Teresa of Avila with the Ven. Matthew Jones

  27 November: Discovering the Thin Places with the Revs Kaye Pitman and Di Murphy.

  5–7 November: The Ven. Heather Toon and Mrs. Marilyn Redlich offer their ever-popular 'Self Discovery' retreat.

  COST: Quiet Days: we suggest $10 BYO lunch or $15 includes a sandwich lunch. Retreats: $120 covers your meals and 2 nights' accommodation (negotiable).

  For further information and/or bookings please phone the Sisters on 07 3262 5511.

  Community House, 34 Lapraik Street, Albion, Qld 4010

• Adelaide Philosophy Café

  Join us at our exciting new venue, Mary Martin's Bookshop at Norwood thanks to the hospitality of Justin and Sarita Chadwick. http://www.marymartin.com.au/

  Our first experimental meeting was held on Thursday evening from 7–9pm on 22 July and depending on the response we will then meet monthly or bi monthly.

  Connect with updates by emailing Nicholas Rundle at the address below or calling 08 8370 3583  

   

  Email: sofadelaide@yahoo.com.au
• 2010 Labyrinth Days (Victoria)

  Location: 60 Bass Meadows Blvd, St Andrews Beach 3941, Melway map 251 J5  Led by Robin & Bronwyn Pryor. 

  Saturday, 11 September: Praying ecologically
  Saturday, 13 November—a Spring Day in Silence: Praying sacramentally
  Saturday, 11 December—Advent: Praying justly
  Friday, 31 December—New Year’s Eve: Praying our transitions—Praying-in the New Year.

  Desert Retreat: Mungo National Park
  21–26 September

  Annual Women’s Silent Retreat
  Friday 7pm to Sunday 3:30pm, 22–24 October with Bronwyn Pryor and Peggy Jones at Pallotti College, McNamaras Rd, Millgrove.

  Annual Men’s Retreat
  Friday 7pm to Sunday 3:30pm, 22–24 October with Robin Pryor at Pallotti College, Millgrove.

  Phone: (03) 5988 5257
  Mob: 0412-301-450

  For bookings contact Bronwyn Pryor via the phone number above or email address below.

   

  Email: robron@pryor.org.au
• Aquinas Academy, Sydney

  Contemplative Rhythm III with Marie Biddle RSJ and Michael Whelan SM.

  The third in a series of short courses designed to assist busy people to live a life in harmony with God, themselves, other people and the world. The particular focus of this course will be 'detachment'.

  1–22 September: 4 Wednesday evenings 6–8pm,
  repeated 2–23 September: 4 Thursday mornings 10am–12noon.

  Level 5, 141 Harrington Street, Sydney
  Cost: $100/person (including weekly booklets)

  For bookings and further details refer to the email address below or see http://www.aquinas-academy.com/home.php

   

  Email: secretary@aquinas-academy.com
• Learning to Live Contemplatively - 18 Sept 2010

  Fully Human, Fully Alive
  Learning to Live Contemplatively

  The Rev Philip Carter will lead a workshop in ways of enriching our spiritual life in the twenty-first century. Between presentations on prayer, poetry and the Christian imagination there will be opportunities for reflection and discussion.

  Christ Church St Laurence
  505 Pitt Street, Sydney
  Saturday, 18th September from 2:00-5:30pm

  Bookings essential. For further details, see attached PDF.
  Phone: (02) 9211 0560 or email address below.

  Email: a.bergman@ccsl.org.au

  

  Rev Philip Carter Workshop.pdf - [352KB]

  
  
  
• As One Voice, 24-26 September 2010

  The Song Continues—The Vision Evolves

  National Music Conference

  The first ever As One Voice National Music Conference will take place at Collaroy, on the northern beaches of Sydney 24–26 September.

  
  Willow Publishing is bringing together over 250 parish musicians, singers, worship leaders, youth ministers, teachers and clergy from all over Australia for a weekend of celebration, teaching, song and prayer.

  
  For full details and registrations, visit http://www.asonevoice.com.au/aov_Events.php

   

  Email: info@willowpublishing.com.au
• New Australian Quaker Centre

  At Silver Wattle, near Bungendore, NSW, a venue for faith-based retreats, conferences and training courses.

  Also an 8-week season of courses and retreats in Spring.

  Enquires: Helen Bayes tel (02) 6238 0588; mobile 0422138991; or the email address below.  

  www.aqc.quakers.org.au

   

  Email: aqcdirector@quakers.org.au
• Retreat Leaders Formation

  13–16 September 2010.
  Two Certificates are issued by Barnabas Ministries to those who complete the course: Certificate of Leadership of Retreats for Groups and Individuals and Certificate of Leadership of Retreats for Individuals.

  Apply to barnabasmin@ozemail.com.au or 0418 481 562;
  School of Continuing Education
  16 Masons Dr North Parramatta NSW 2151 or Sue Bowra at the email address below or Ph: 02 8838 8936.

  Find out more by Googling Barnabas Ministries Inc.

  Email: sueb@nsw.uca.org.au
• Adelaide (SA)

  There are two groups that meet in Adelaide which express the Eremos focus on exploring spirituality, meaning and purpose within an Australian context.

  
  On the first Wednesday of each month the Empty Mirror Spirituality Café combines story telling from our lived experiences or combined with a story from a spiritual tradition with 30 minutes of shared silence and then discussion.  It's amazing the insights that come from the deep experience of being still together and from a sense of common concern and hope that often arises from being together, that arises from stories and from our own experience. There are no prayers, thus allowing people of every faith or none to live with respect within their belief framework.

  
  On the third Wednesday of each month the SoFiA Philosophy Café is exploring post modern belief - guided, inspired and provoked by Don Cupitt's book 'Emptiness and Brightness'.  Don has written to the group, 'Emptiness and Brightness has just come out in Japanese, and it is indeed one of the most Buddhist of all my books.  Which prompts the thought that we in the west have been struggling for generations to get free of Plato's influence, and that the study of a Buddhist culture like Japan is helpful because it shows us very clearly what it could be like to live outside Plato's ways of thinking.'
  
  Both groups are held at St George's Church House on the corner of Angas and Goodwood Roads, a few metres south of the Capri Cinema on Goodwood Road from 7.30 - 9.30 pm.  No need to book, just turn up - cost is a gold coin donation to cover the costs of Fair Trade Tea and Coffee.  Refer to the Noticeboard section on the Eremos Website for more information. If you come bring your sense of humour and generous spirit we do enjoy ourselves immensely!
  
  Eremos members might also be interested in the City of Marion Philosophy Café held at the Cultural Centre Library on Saturdays from 10.30 - 11.30 am and led by philosopher Nicholas Rundle in Socratic style.
  
  For the full program and other details phone Renya at the Marion Library Service (08) 8375 6755.  These are free community events.

  Email: sofadelaide@yahoo.com.au
• Port Hedland (WA) Meetings

  We meet monthly in the local Uniting Church Hall and call ourselves Spirituality in the Pilbara. We average about 10–15 people turning up and have one or two people speak on a designated topic followed by general discussions. We have several Eremos members, including Bron Elvery, the Uniting Church Minister, who usually keeps the discussion moving along.

  For further information, contact Mary Jane Coates on (08) 9172 1984 or via the email address below.

  Email: 4coates@tpg.com.au
• Stillpoint Centre, Toowong Qld
  Please contact for a planned calendar of events including quiet times and retreats.

  Tel: (07) 3217 8992
  Web: http://www.stillpoint.org.au

  Email: stillpointcentre@bigpond.com
• Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality (Melbourne)

  99 Studley Park Rd, Kew 3101
  
  Retreats, prayer days/evenings, spiritual direction, counselling and other services.

  Tel: (03) 98548110
  Fax: (03) 9854 8100
  Web: http://www.campion.asn.au

  Email: campion@cis.jesuit.org.au