Growing Tertiary Chaplaincy:
Vulnerable Partnerships

2005 TCMA Conference
Sydney
September 26 – 30

• Conference Overview
• Conference Activities and Timetable
• Practical Information
• Sponsors

A common critique of Tertiary campuses in Australia is that they are becoming like corporatised degree factories with students and staff pushed to the limit to produce quantitative outcomes to meet government, student and industry targets. This has caused various stakeholders to ask questions like:

• What has happened to academic passion, the learning community and the development of people as leaders of the civil society in our tertiary institutions?
• How does multifaith tertiary campus ministry find expression in the university?
• What is the role of spirituality and theology in the work of knowledge production?

The 2005 conference will look at the points of vulnerability in the complex worlds of university life and religious expression. We will gather together to explore these and other questions with professionals in the field of tertiary education and ministry and professional facilitators who will help us create and prioritise goals and strategies. We will also bring our own expertise and experience.

The workshops and papers offered by participants will encourage peer sharing of expertise. We are well advanced in planning a stream of workshops that will offer an experience and time to reflect on multifaith prayer and meditation.

This conference will offer religious professionals in tertiary education a way to engage seriously as well as lightly in the challenges facing staff and students in our institutions.

This conference is open to all people offering religious services on campus which their institutions understand as chaplaincy, no matter what religion they practise. Every effort will be made to include and respect members of religious groups who are only represented by small numbers of participants.

• Conference Facilitators
• Timetable
• Excursions
• Workshops

• Dates and times
• Venue
• Accommodation
• Cost and Registration
• Transport and Parking
• Visiting Sydney

With thanks for their generous sponsorship to:

Australian Catholic University

University of New South Wales

University of Western Sydney

University of Technology, Sydney

Tertiary Campus Ministry Association (Australia)

For information about the conference contact:
Peter Maher (02) 9557 3197. Email: tcma05@bigpond.net.au 109 Lennox St Newtown 2042

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Uniting Church Chaplain
University of New England, Australia
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