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Rachel's Vineyard Retreat 2012 - Brisbane

Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat is a confidential healing ministry for the many people who have been touched by an abortion experience. Too often women and men are silenced by their abortions, and the retreats offer a safe place to express grief and to reclaim their voices in an understanding and compassionate environment.The retreats run from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.

Next retreat:

When: 5.30pm Friday 1 June - 1.00pm Sunday 3 June 2012.

Cost: $330 (includes accommodation and meals)

Contact: Gwen 0407 175 509 email: wellspringministries@tpg.com.au

Website: www.rachelsvineyard.org.au

Date added: Monday 31st of January 2011

Seminar with Dr Priscilla Coleman

Topic: The Psychology of Abortion: Knowledge to Practice. This presentation will provide an overview of the most defensible scientific evidence geared toward answering three basic questions: Who is most at risk for psychological harm following abortion? What are common negative post-abortion psychological responses? How strong is the evidence in 2012?

Thursday May 24, 2012, 1:00pm-2:30pm, Parliament House Annexe - Undumbi Room (Cnr George & Alice Streets, Brisbane City). $10 (includes tea or coffee). To register: http://pricelesslifecentre.org.au/events RSVP 22 May 2012

For further information please contact Priceless Life Centre, Phone: 07 3856 3007, Email: info@pricelesslifecentre.org.au

Dr Coleman is a Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She has published more peer-reviewed articles on the mental health implications of abortion than any other researcher. She recently published in the British Journal of Psychiatry her alarming findings of a meta-analysis of 22 international studies on abortion. She concluded that 20-30% of women who had an abortion suffered from serious, prolonged negative consequences including depression, anxiety and substance abuse.

Date added: Wednesday 9th of May 2012

Embracing Families in 2012: Riding the Waves of Faith, Love and Life

Keynote speakers Fr Chris Riley, founder of Youth off the Streets, "Pressures on Family Today and How We Can Respond" and Melinda Tankard Reist, co-founder of Collective Shout "The Sexualisation of Children: How do we respond?.

Workshops on marriage, parenting, a stream for children; a forum for young people, and much more.

Presented by the Logan Deanery and the John Paul II Centre for Family and Life supported by Youth & Children’s Ministry, Faith and Life.

Saturday 7 July 2012, St Edward the Confessor School, Chatswood Road, Daisy Hill.

Further information: Jean Tamblyn, Logan Deanery ph. 0400 488221 or Gail Godfrey, JPII Centre ph. 07 3366 2188, email familycentre@bne.catholic.net.au Website: www.embracingfamilies.org.au

Date added: Monday 14th of May 2012

Queensland Bioethics Centre

Queensland Bioethics Centre
202 Waterworks Road
Ashgrove 4060

PO Box 81
Ashgrove Q 4060

P: (07) 3366 2111
F: (07) 3366 2177
E: bioethics@bne.catholic.net.au