Each year, we run this event to provide a platform for dialogue among women from diverse backgrounds and faiths to foster learning, sharing, and unity in addressing various societal issues.

Over the years, the event has featured guest speakers from Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faiths.

In 2025, Rev. Faaimata Havea Hiliau addressed the crowd. She spoke about her upbringing, background, and her role as the Moderator of the Uniting Church Synod of NSW and ACT.   

The audience was moved as Rev. Faaimata recalled being a small child of only eight and being bundled into the family car in the middle of the night to head north to work picking fruit. It was decades later that she discovered that the family were illegal immigrants.

Her passion for climate change was apparent when we spoke of her experience of returning to her birthplace of Tonga and witnessing the destruction and disappearance of the small islands due to the rising tides.

Rev. Faaimata powerful message spoke of the need for women to be heard and recognised in our world.

A panel of four women representing, Baha’I, Anglican, Catholic and Uniting Church faiths spoke about their understanding of inclusion.  From connecting in community with African drum beats and tango lessons at 80 years of age, respecting those who are losing their hearing to the need to allow young people to feel comfortable and safe to ask questions.

These women spoke of the need to create a caring, loving community where people feel respected.

“The Sisters of Faith Dinner was a wonderful witness to how women are bringing peace to the world,” Mission & Evangelisation Partner – Participation Fiona Duque said.

“There is so much violence and hatred throughout different parts of the world, so it is lovely to see women of different faiths and Christian denominations coming together in a prayerful and deeply respectful way.”

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