Members of the Baha’i Faith read from the Baha’i sacred Writings at an Interfaith Youth Pilgrimage held in Melbourne on 13 July 2008 as part of the Roman Catholic World Youth Day celebrations.
The Baha’i group, with participants from as far away as Geelong and Kilmore, carried a Baha’i banner on a walk from the central city to Federation Square.
There they joined with Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Indigenous, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh youth for a peace ceremony, which was chaired by young Muslim and Hindu representatives.
The ceremony included prayers from different faiths and an address by a Catholic clergyman followed by followers of different religions reading an “intention to peace, unity, reconciliation.”
Two Baha’i readers, Amelia Ghofrany and Kylie Payman, read from the Baha’i Writings for the “intention to unity” section.
After the ceremony, participants were given a gum leaf as a symbol of reconciliation.