About the forum

The New Pentecost Forum (np2006) is an affirmation of faith-based participation in public and political life as well as diversity and inclusiveness within the church. Each year the meeting is on Pentecost Sunday. The day is a symbol of dialogue and diversity – different tongues speaking and a place in which the disciples became aware of their evangelising mission.

Your space

This is your event! You are invited to create this vision at the Forum by planning a workshop or "gathering", facilitating a spontaneous gathering, and taking responsibility for its promotion and success. It will be your space to be creative, to network, to strategise and plan action. Other planned initiatives: information stalls; coffee and books stalls.

Speakers

Dr Edmund Chia (Malaysia)

Born in Malaysia he served for eight years as secretary of interreligious dialogue for the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences. He is a professor specialising in Asian theologies and interfaith dialogue at the Catholic Theological Union, Chicago.

Dr Gemma Tulud Cruz (Philippines)

Dr Gemma Cruz is a feminist theologian from the Philippines whose work focuses on liberation ethics in migration theology. Gemma is a regular contributor to the National Catholic Reporter's Global Perspective column. She joins the Theology faculty of St Ambrose University, Iowa, in August.

Australian speakers

Dr Paul Collins

Dr Paul Collins is an historian, broadcaster and writer. Catholic priest for thirty-three years, he has also worked in varying capacities in TV and radio with the ABC since 1986. He is the author of several books including Papal Power (1997) and Between the Rock and a Hard Place - Being Catholic Today (2004). His latest book on Benedict XVI is entitled God's New Man: The Election of Benedict XVI and the Legacy of John Paul II (2005).

Hind Kourouche

Nominated for Australian of the Year Awards in 2004 and the Telstra Business Women of the Year Award 2001, Hind is the first female President of the Arabic Welfare Council in Sydney. She is the Director of the Islamic Resource Management Centre and was recently elected Vice-President for the Muslim Women's National Network . She is the founder of the Australasian Society for Islamic Professional Women.

Rev Rod Pattenden

Rod Pattenden is a Uniting Church minister, chaplain at Macquarie University and an artist, art historian, and educational facilitator interested in the connection between spirituality and the arts. He has written and lectured widely on these aspects of the arts and creativity in Australia and overseas.

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