Individual Events
Stephen Pickard at the St James' Institute: Ageing, Mortality and Spiritual Existence Today
- Start: 14 Nov 2021 2:00 pm
- End: 14 Nov 2021 4:00 pm
Our Director Stephen Pickard will speak at the St James' Institute on the topic of Ageing, Mortality and Spiritual Existence Today. Ageing has surprising implications for spiritual life. However, with rapid increases in life expectancy, death denial often impairs our ability to understand what it means to be a human. In this reflection on the theological dimension of aging, Professor Pickard explores the importance of retaining a sense of human...
Ancient Futures: the Renewal of Religious Life in the Australian Church
- Start: 4 Nov 2021
- End: 6 Nov 2021
In November 2021 the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture is welcoming more than 100 members of traditional, modern and emerging religious communities to a three-day ecumenical conference “Ancient Futures: The Renewal of Religious Life in the Australian Church”. Religious communities have been a vital element within the Church since...
ANSD Quiet Day: Compassion & Contemplation Sisters
- Start: 28 Aug 2021 9:30 am
- End: 28 Aug 2021 3:00 pm
This Quiet Day will bring our attention to a relationship between contemplation and self-compassion in the context of our, often, busy lives. To rest in contemplation, we need to bridge the gap between our many expectations of ourselves and the reality of who we are in any given moment. Compassion...