Membership fees for 2026-2027 are now due.

 It’s only $15 for a year, and concessions are available if required.

Would you consider taking up membership?

Donating to the work of MIG? 

Or serving on one of our organising subcommittees?

Or on the management committee?

     For information on how to join or pay fees click on link below:

   Monash Interfaith Gathering (MIG INC.) – Membership

Reach out if you’re interested in helping MIG with its important work.

Saturday 22nd AUGUST 2026

STRONGER FAMILIES ACROSS GENERATIONS

MIG Inc in collaboration with the         

MIC MIGRANT INFORMATION CENTRE (Eastern Melbourne) 

LOCATION :  Mulgrave Community Centre Hall

                                  355 Wellington Road, Mulgrave, Vic 3170

            TIME:   1.30 pm – 5.30 pm        Cost: Free

       For more information:

MIC  Contact:   Krishani Dassanayake            on: 04 03 236 210

                  MIG Inc  Contact: (on WhatsApp)   Daleena Samarajiwa on:    04 23 485 511

   MIG Inc encourages you to share these events with friends, family, and colleagues who might be interested.

      The more diverse voices we bring together, the richer our conversations and connections become. 

      If you haven’t already, we’d love to have you join our community and participate in our regular gatherings and activities. 

      We look forward to seeing you at these wonderful events!

      Warm regards, Jan Clear, Secretary Email: secretary@monashinterfaith.org.au       Monash Interfaith Gathering Inc .

   What should our response be to human conflicts in the world today?   

   The following 8 centuries old prayer comes to mind as the answer:

   Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi (Prayer for Peace)

   Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
   where there is hatred, let me sow love;
   where there is injury, pardon;
   where there is doubt, faith;
   where there is despair, hope;
   where there is darkness, light;
  where there is sadness, joy.
  O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
   to be consoled as to console,
   to be understood as to understand,
   to be loved as to love.
   For it is in giving that we receive,
   it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
  and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

 We are the instruments of love and peace in the world.

The Victorian Interfaith Networks response to the Sydney Events:

To view or download .pdf file, Click one of the two pages below

click on the link –> Victoria Multifaith Statement of Unity & Solidarity 2025-12-17

Saturday 4th JULY 2026

 NAIDOC WEEK EVENT

LOCATION:     Wheelers Hill Library Hall, 

                                860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill, 3150, Vic       

TIME:   10.00 am- 2.00 pm      COST :   Free 

 

NAIDOC WEEK  by the MIG Book Club

A very full room of guests enjoyed our NAIDOC Week event at Wheelers Hill Library.

We enjoyed a welcome to country, a smoking ceremony with Uncle Chris, who explained the ceremony thoroughly and

also presented a talk about possum skin cloaks, tools and weapons, Performances from Yeng Gali choir, and two book reviews. 

And together, we sang:

“We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come.
We share a dream and sing with one voice I am, you are, we are Australian.”

Friday 19th – 27th JUNE 2026

SRI LANKAN ART EXHIBITION

OPENING NIGHT
Friday 19 June, 6pm – 8pm

CONVERSATION SERIES
Sunday 21 June, 2pm
A space for shared dialogue and listening with artists and community members

 Off the Kerb  66B Johnston Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066

  This exhibition is an exploration of identity, fractured, layered, and constantly reshaped. For Sri Lankans who grew up in the shadow of war, economic collapse, ethnic divides, and faith tensions, identity has never been simple. It carries survival and memory, belonging and     exclusion, wounds that never fully close.  For the diaspora, another tension emerges: being caught between worlds. Between the cultures of home and elsewhere. Between memory and forgetting. Between inherited histories and the ones being made now.  Through painting and   artistic practice, the exhibition offers counter narratives to those that deny or erase these experiences: visual stories of grief and resilience, humour and love, the quiet acts of resistance that shape survival.  At the heart of the exhibition is the Identity Room, an immersive space for   written expression and reflection, holding poetry, prose, letters, fragments, and memories in any language carried from Sri Lanka. A space designed to hold both the spoken and the often unspoken.

  Proceeds from artwork sales support Nūl’s community-led work in Sri Lanka

 ARTISTS:

Amalaitharan Sivagnam	Asha Fernando	Barney Rathnayaka
Celina Kanae Samarakoon	Charitha Dissanayake	David Lee Pereira
Desh Balasubramaniam	Dharshi de Silva	Dhiren Bhagwandas
Kannan Arunasalam	Kiara Allis	Krishna Ratnasingam
Kuventhanan Arumaiththurai	Lashini Piyatunga	Manju Balasubramaniam
Melanie Bardolia	Miththun Krish Ramesh	Mohamed Nazeer
Neleisha Weerasinghe	Nirmalavasan Susiman	Nuwan Thenuwara
Peter Ponnaijah	Raja Segar	Rinoshan Susiman
Shini Pararajasingham	Thurkadevi Krishnasamy	Vigneswaran Thangeswaran
W. Molligoda

Saturday 20th JUNE 2026

 

NO AGENDA SOCIAL EVENT

HAVE YOU BOOKED YOUR PLACE?

Our next social gathering takes place on

Saturday 20 June, from 6:00pm,

at Cafe Oggi, 1 Lakeside Drive, Burwood East, VIC 3151.

If you’d like to join us, please get in touch with our president,

David via:  EMAIL: d.a.moffat1@gmail.com or

PHONE/TEXT: 04 02 944 889

BEFORE: Saturday 13 June, so we can book a table.

Wednesday 17th JUNE 2026

Refugee’s Week

Join Monash Council for a community screening of Freedom Stories (2015),

a documentary sharing the lived experiences of people seeking asylum in Australia.

The evening is designed as a space to reflect, learn, and engage with these stories.

Date: Wednesday 17 June 2026

        Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (arrive from 6:15 pm)

       Location: Clayton Theatrette – 9-15 Cooke Street , Clayton 3168

Light refreshments will be provided after the screening.

REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL via: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1582892

Thursday 11th JUNE 2026

ART THERAPY WORKSHOP & INFORMATION SESSION

1. Undercover Parking is available on site. Please take the lift to the ground floor
2.          Date: Thursday 11th June 2026             Time: 10:30 am – 1:30 pm 
3. Location: Manningham Uniting Church Community Space
4. 1109 Wood St, Templestowe VIC 3106
5. REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL via QR CODE Or Link:  REGISTRATION LINK

Saturday 9th MAY 2026 

HARMONY DAY CELEBRATION – UNITY IN DIVERSITY

BOOKING ESSENTIAL,

Booking: Click on Picture above  or on link below

link ->: Harmony Day Celebration Tickets, Mulgrave Community Centre, Mulgrave | TryBooking Australia

Enquiries: Sithy Marikkar  mob: 04 33 325 798

Harmony Day Celebration Unity in Diversity

World Renowned Guest Speaker:

  Heather Yelland

        Wednesday 25 March 2026.   

Back Your Neighbour – MIG Bi Monthly Meeting

a photo of those present.

WHEN: 7:30 pm on Wednesday 25 March 2026.

WHERE: Swedenborg Community Victoria, 3/20 Duerdin Street, Clayton VIC 3168

We very much enjoyed the presentation from Ann Ly, PhD, Mayoral and Councillor Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum, on Wednesday 25 March.

You can help make a difference by:

   . Liking and following the campaign on social media: @backyourneighbour

    . Sending a message of support: Click here Read more at Back Your Neighbour Campaign www.backyourneighbour.com.au.

Our speaker was Ann Ly, PhD, Mayoral and Councillor Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum.

We have joined the Mayoral and Councillor Taskforce Supporting People Seeking Asylum, as a community partner.

The Taskforce is made up of over 40 Councils across Australia and advocate to the Federal Government for fairness, compassion and dignity for people seeking asylum. We are dedicated to fostering a culture of welcome, respect, and inclusion. We celebrate the valuable contributions and the richness, people from refugee and asylum backgrounds bring to our community. Join us in building a community that is inclusive, welcoming, and supportive of all.

NOTE:

We welcomed Ann Ly, from the Back Your Neighbour campaign to our recent Bi-Monthly Meeting.

If you didn’t get a chance to hear her, you can so using this link. 

https://share.descript.com/view/5L74FJio5S6

PLEASE NOTE: it won’t be published to YouTube or our website.

Thursday 24 July 2025

ELECTIONS OF NEW EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 2025 – 2027

 Congratulations to the newly elected committee for 2025-27.