It’s Vegie Time
Basics
“It’s Vegie Time” is an exciting multicultural Food Fair taking place on Sunday 27 September 2009 at St. Kilda Town Hall.
Organised by the Buddhist Council of Victoria the event will showcase the vegetarian cuisines of the diverse ethnic groups within the Buddhist community of Melbourne.
This event is organised by the Buddhist Council of Victoria for the purpose of raising awareness of the cultural diversity within the Buddhist community in Victoria. The event aims to raise funds on behalf of the Victorian Buddhist community towards the organising costs of the upcoming Parliament of the World’s Religions (PWR) to be held in Melbourne, 3-9 December 2009, the world's largest interreligious gathering. Venerable Phuoc Tan from the Quang Minh Temple is a patron of the PWR and is assisting us in organizing this event.
We are expecting up to 1000 visitors from all walks of life and all faiths to join us for this exciting Sunday event.
We have invited all 40 of our Buddhist temple members and here are some of the highlights:
Yung Yang Temple will present Chinese Tea Ceremony and Tasting
Urasenke Japanese Tea School will present Japanese Tea Ceremony
Other confirmed guests from Government and other faith communities:
Rev.Helen Summers, The Interfaith Centre of Melbourne
Mr Yusuf Z. Vanlioglu, Council of Turkish Association of Victoria Inc
Rev.Dirk Ficca, Executive Director, Council for a Parliament of the World's Religion
Dr. Luigi Soccio, Community Liaison Officer, Multicultural Affairs Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Cr Judith Klepner, Deputy Mayor, City of Port Phillip
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Its Vegie Time Poster.pdf | 757.06 KB |
Worthy Causes
First held in Chicago in 1893, the Parliament of the World’s Religions brings together the world’s religious and spiritual communities, their leaders and their followers to a gathering where peace, diversity and sustainability are discussed and explored in the context of interreligious understanding and cooperation.
As the world’s largest interreligious gathering, the Parliament cost a lot of resources to organize. We hope that the local communities can help in this worthy effort.
People
The event is organised by a BCV subcommittee that consists of representatives from 7 different temples.
Buddhist Centres
Centers Represented on Organizing Committee:
Chan Meditation Centre
Yung Yang Buddhist Centre
Buddhist Vihara Berwick
Buddhist Society of Victoria
Quang Minh Buddhist Temple
Hoa Nghiem Buddhist Temple
Soen Buddhist Centre
Beaumaris Buddhist Centre
The BCV has 40 member temples and centres around Victoria many of which are sending their members.