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07-09 August 2019 What do you think God is asking of us in Australia at this time? ACU Leadership Centre, Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland
Fr Stephen Bliss OFM
2019 Conference Priest in Residence and liturgical guide.
Daniel P. Horan, OFM
A Franciscan friar of Holy Name Province (NY),
assistant professor of systematic theology and
spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago,
columnist for National Catholic Reporter, and the
author of twelve books, including Reading, Praying, Living Pope
Francis’s Rejoice and Be Glad (2019) and All God’s Creatures: A
Theology of Creation (2018). He is the author of numerous popular
and scholarly articles; is a frequent lecturer and retreat director
around the United States and abroad; and has previously taught at
Siena College, St. Bonaventure University, and in the School of
Theology and Ministry of Boston College.
Dr Edmund Chia
B.A. (Lewis), M.A. (UMCP), M.A. (CUA), Ph.D (Nijmegen)
Co-director, Centre for Interreligious Dialogue, Senior Lecturer in the School of
Theology, Australian Catholic University
Dr. Edmund Kee-Fook Chia is originally from Malaysia. He served from 1996-2004 as
executive secretary of interreligious dialogue for the Federation of Asian Bishops'
Conferences. He then joined Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Since 2011 he
has been on the faculty of the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, where
he teaches theology and coordinates the Interreligious Dialogue Network. He has a
Certificate in Education (Malaysia), a B.A. in Psychology (USA), an M.A. in Human
Development (USA), an M.A. in Religion (USA) and a Ph.D. in Intercultural Theology (Netherlands).
Registration
Registrations will be accepted electronically until Friday 26 July 2019.
Please visit the FSA website and follow the prompts: https://www.fsa.asn.au/
FULL registration, including meals, workshop encounters and all conference materials = $585.00.
DAY conference packages are available.
Day 1 Wednesday 07 August 2019 including peace action at City Hall = $ 225.00
Day 2 Thursday 08 August 2019 including conference dinner = $295.00
Day 2 Thursday 08 August 2019 (NO dinner) = $225.00
Day 3 Friday 09 August 2019 = $200.00
PLEASE NOTE: Accommodation is NOT included in the above conference cost.
are provided below.
The Manor Apartment Boutique Hotel – 289 Queen Street, Brisbane
[180 mts or 2-minute walk from ACU Leadership Centre] – highly recommended.
Booking Instructions:
1. Please visit website to make a reservation.
2. Enter the dates on the top right corner of the page.
3. Enter Discount Code FSA19 just under the dates field and press Book Now.
4. The Discounted rates will appear on the next page and you can complete the booking
thereafter by selecting the room category.
Rooms:
o One Bedroom apartment [40m2] including daily European style continental breakfast served in
breakfast room / full kitchen and laundry /separate living & dining area / Unlimited high-speed
Wi-Fi (multiple devices) $175.50 per night | Premium 1 bedroom = $185.50
o Two Bedroom apartment [85m2] as above with two separate bedrooms = $239.50 per night
The Adina Apartment Hotel – Anzac Square, Brisbane
[650 mts or 9-minute walk from ACU Leadership Centre] either click the link: Book Now or go to
website www.TFEhotels.com enter dates then the PROMO CODE: 6257800
o One Bedroom apartment [45m2] including breakfast / kitchenette / in room laundry / living &
dining area / complimentary late check-out 12pm / Make changes or cancel by 2pm one day
before arrival = $219.00 per night
o Two Bedroom apartment [75m2] as above with two separate bedrooms = $388.00 per night
The Sebel Brisbane – 95 Charlotte Street, Brisbane
[350 mts or 6-minute walk from ACU Leadership Centre]
Delegates please call directly on 07 3224 3500 or email Angie Reservations and quote the PROMO
CODE: ACUL0819 to receive a discounted rate of 15% off the best available room rate.
Overview of Program
Travel to Conference
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 07 AUGUST 2019
THEME: Encounter
8:15am – REGISTRATION at ACU Leadership Centre, Level 3, Cathedral House,
8:50am 229 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane Qld
9:00am – GATHERING RITE: “We Are Instruments of Peace”
9:30am Welcome to the 2019 conference; Welcome to Country; Opening Prayer
Introduction to Gathering Discourse
Gathering Discourse= Friar Daniel Horan OFM
9:35am – Franciscan Response to Racism, White Privilege
10:35am and Fear of the Other
A discussion about living the Gospel authentically in the busyness of changing
educational and societal landscapes.
10:35 -10:40am Delegate Response to Gathering Discourse and Speaker 1
10:45am -11:10am MORNING TEA SERVED
11:15am –
Trade Tables and Service Ministries Presentations
11:30am
Encounters – choose one option
1. Franciscan Response to the morning discourse especially for
educators – Friar Daniel Horan OFM
11:30am -
12:40pm 2. Cultivating contemplation for peace – Urban Bliss –Nicola Bone
“Peace be 3. Using the Labyrinth for peacemaking – Tony Robertson
with you.”
(John 20:21) 4. Finding sacred spaces in the everyday with a FSA leader on the
Cathedral grounds
5. Pilgrimages to Peace – Franciscan Pilgrimages Australia
12:45pm -1:45pm LUNCH SERVED
1:45pm Introduction to World Religion Address
1:55pm – World Religions Address= Dr Edmund Chia
2:55pm World Christianity Encounters The Other – the encounter is blessing.
2:55 -3:00pm Delegate Response to World Religions Plenary Speaker = “3, 2 1”
3:00pm -3:30pm AFTERNOON TEA SERVED
3:30pm –
Community-based collaborative symbol making project for PEACE
4:30pm
4:45pm –
Preparation for Ecumenical Thirsting for Peace Action, Brisbane City Hall.
5:15pm
5:30pm – Ecumenical Thirsting for Peace Action, Brisbane City Hall.
7:00pm Reflecting on and celebrating the 800 years since the encounter between the
Muslim Sultan of Egypt and Francis of Assisi, we gather to pray for world peace.
Francis of Assisi FSA has invited communities of other world religions to gather and pray for the
was certainly sake of world peace. As Franciscans we continue to stand with our Sisters and
skilled at Brothers of all faith traditions as we choose peace.
building
Hospitality shared and hosted by FSA delegates after peace action.
peace.
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY Franciscan Friars of the Holy Spirit Province; MFIC Sisters; ACU;
Mount Alvernia College; Padua College and St Anthony’s School, Kedron.
7:00pm Continue to reflect and discuss ways to live our Franciscan call to action and
onwards peacemaking over dinner and drinks with other conference delegates and
guests at the myriad of eating places in Brisbane city. [at own expense]
DAY 2: THURSDAY 08 AUGUST 2019
THEME: Peacemaking
Coffee available for purchase at cart outside of ACU
Visit the St Stephen’s Chapel prior to morning prayer.
Morning Prayer - Saint Mary MacKillop Feast Day
9.15am –
Explanation of our movement into Liturgy of the Word –
9.30am
Fr Stephen Bliss OFM
Introduction to Franciscan Plenary Speaker Day 2
9:40 am –
11:00am Franciscan Discourse = Friar Daniel Horan OFM
“Franciscan Wisdom for a Planet in Peril.”
11:05 -11:10pm Delegate Response to Franciscan Plenary Day 2 = “3, 2 1”
11:10am – 11:40am
MORNING TEA SERVED
Introduction to World Religions Address Day 2
11:45 am –
12:45pm World Religions Address = Dr Edmund Chia
“Encounter - interfaith education in catholic schools.”
12:45 -12:50pm
Delegate Response to World Religions Plenary Day 2 = “3, 2 1”
12:50pm – 1:30pm
LUNCH SERVED
GROUP A delegates will travel by coach to visit the Holland Park Mosque
1:45pm GROUP B delegates will travel by coach to Mount Alvernia College, Padua
College and St Anthony’s School communities for experiential learning.
GROUP A = Holland Park Mosque (Islam)
Join Dr Chia and the Muslim community at Holland Park Mosque - the
oldest and the only mosque which has not closed its doors for over 100 years - to
explore the sacred wisdom of our Muslim brothers and sisters, then travel
onto Kedron Parish in time for Mass. (Imam Uzair)
2:30pm –
4:00pm GROUP B Option 1 Padua College = Uncle Joe Kirk,
The Muslim, Wakka Wakka man
Waterhole Ceremony = an immersive, participatory experience in which
the Franciscan Uncle Joe walks delegates through pre-contact, colonization, resistance
and ongoing impacts to build understanding of the shared history as First
and
Nations and non-First Nations peoples in Australia.
The First Nations
Peoples. GROUP B Option 2 Mount Alvernia College = Inspired Building–
How Franciscan spirituality inspired the remodeling of a school
campus?
Join members of the Mount Alvernia College community as they share their
story about the transformation of the built environment to articulate
Franciscan spirituality.
4:30pm – “Our source and summit” - Eucharist at St Therese of Lisieux and
5:15pm St Anthony of Padua Parish in Kedron
La Foresta Dinner in the rooftop garden
5:30 - 7:45pm
at Mount Alvernia College, Kedron
8:00pm Depart Mount Alvernia College for return to city hotels.
DAY 3: FRIDAY 09 AUGUST 2019
THEME: Educating for and Living Peace
9.00am Notices and Morning Prayer – Living Peace
Explanation of our movement into Reflection after Communion and
9:15am
Concluding Rites – Fr Stephen Bliss
Actively Bringing Peace to Life Workshop Options
9:20pm GROUP B delegates will travel by coach to visit with our Muslim Brothers and Sisters
at the Holland Park Mosque then return in time for morning tea.
GROUP A delegates will stay at ACU Leadership Centre for workshop options.
1. Fight Slavery with ACRATH - Sr Janine Bliss fmm – although we try
to ignore it slavery is not something from another time.
2. Gen Z Voices of Justice and Peace – a group of students and
staff from secondary schools in the Franciscan tradition share
their experiences of living peace and advocating for justice.
9.25am –
10:45pm 3. Peace in the Franciscan Tradition : Peace on the World Stage –
Catherine White MFIC will open a space for a theologically
informed conversation about peace in our tradition against
peace on the world stage.
4. Engaging peacemaking and social action for Generation Z – join
Catholic Mission for a theologically informed and participatory
conversation about engaging young people in living their faith.
10:50am - Morning Tea for Group A
11:30am Group B arrive back from visit to Holland Park mosque.
Introduction to Franciscan Discourse Speaker Day 3
11:35am – Franciscan Discourse = Friar Daniel Horan OFM
12:45 “Authenticity, Vocation and The Risk of Faith:
for religious, educators and Gen Z’ers”
12:45 - Delegate Response to Franciscan Discourse Day 3 = “3, 2 1” and
12:50pm
questions for afternoon conversational plenary session.
1:00pm –
LUNCH SERVED
1:40pm
Generating Peace - Fr Stephen Bliss OFM & Sr Catherine White MFIC
will open a space for :
1. a theologically informed conversation about being authentic
witnesses to our Catholic faith within the Australian Catholic context
1:45pm –
today. Questions and comments from the morning plenary session
2:30pm
may be raised by delegates.
2. Discussion about The Plenary Council – the wisdom of here and now.
3. Discussion about h ow this community wisdom lead s to action
in the Catholic church and Catholic schools in Australia.
2:40pm - Final Prayer
3:15pm Conference Close and Departure
Thank you to
sponsors of
the
Ecumenical
Thirsting for
Peace Action
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