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Oasis at Flinders Oasis offers hospitality, promotes well being and fosters inclusive spirituality - inspiring a culture of care at Flinders University and in the wider community. Oasis does this by providing a safe, inclusive drop-in centre, facilitated by a team of volunteers who enable inter-personal, intercultural and interfaith respect and understanding. In this friendly, informal environment students can meet, make connections, find friendship and support, and give birth to initiatives that advance the Oasis ethos, extending to the wider, local, national and international community. Oasis also supports initiatives by staff, hosting inter-disciplinary, inter-cultural and inter-religious endeavour in keeping with the Oasis ethos.
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- 1. OASIS @ Flinders University Hospitality, Well Being, Inc lus iv e Spirituality … …inspiring a culture of care
- 2. Students come in to make themselves a tea or coffee, or heat up their lunch in a microwave...
- 3. ... to meet or make new friends…
- 4. ... to play or practice their music...
- 5. ... others, to pray or meditate…
- 6. …or to meet as a club or society.
- 7. Oasis is a free, non-commercial, friendly space open to all! The Quiet Space (medium) The Common Room (large) Drop-in/Reception (medium)
- 8. The Common Room is open for lunchtime socialising each weekday from 12 to 2 pm...
- 9. …and the outside area is a great place to meet!
- 10. Oasis is a Place of Hospitality
- 11. ... means the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality Henri Nouwen. Reaching Out: The Three Movements in the Spiritual Life. (1975 Doubleday. New York)
- 12. …where strangers can enter and discover themselves as created free; free to sing their own songs, speak their own languages, dance their own dances; free also to leave and follow their own vocations. Henri Nouwen. Reaching Out: The Three Movements in the Spiritual Life. (1975 Doubleday. New York)
- 13. The Hosts – The Oasis Team The University has appointed an Oasis Coordinating Chaplain (Geoff Boyce) and an Oasis Administrative Officer (Lisa Chandler) A team of volunteers promotes well being within Oasis and the University Dr Abul Farooque Muslim Chaplain Dr Shaowen Qin (Tonsley) Kylie Davis Pagan Chaplain Dr Sheila James (Sturt) Maureen Howland Dilip Chirmuley Hindu Chaplain Rev Dave Williamson Uniting Chaplain Alan Larkin
- 14. The Oasis Team give support to students and respond to their various needs... English Conversation for spouses of international students in partnership with International Students Services Relaxation! Maureen giving knitting lessons!
- 15. ... and share their experiences with the wider local, national and international community Human Rights Symposium Interfaith Program, Woodville High School Sheffield Conference, “ Multifaith Chaplaincy in the UK Public Sector”, from left, Geoff Boyce, Christopher Chester CA, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire Workplace Chaplaincy and conference host, Rev Debbie Hodge, Chief Officer Multi Faith Group for Healthcare Chaplaincy in the National Health Service and Andrew Cropley, Executive Director for Strategic Planning and Business Development at The Sheffield College, which provided the conference venue.
- 16. Oasis offers hospitality, promotes well being and fosters inclusive spirituality - inspiring a culture of care at Flinders University and in the wider community. ... a safe, friendly place to be!
- 17. Oasis does this by providing a safe, inclusive drop-in centre, facilitated by a team of volunteers who enable inter-personal, intercultural and interfaith respect and understanding. In this friendly, informal environment students can meet, make connections, find friendship and support, and give birth to initiatives that advance the Oasis ethos, extending to the wider, local, national and international community. Oasis also supports initiatives by staff, hosting inter- disciplinary, inter-cultural and inter-religious endeavour in keeping with the Oasis ethos.
- 18. Concept Drawing – Oasis Redevelpment. Open February 2016
Editor's Notes
- When I picture an oasis in my mind, I see a pool of clear, refreshing water and the shade of some palm trees. Travellers gather, looking for a cool, safe and friendly place to pause and refresh on their journeys to a thousand destinations. They have heard about the hospitality of Oasis, a place to relax from the journey and make new friends among other journeyers on their way. As they gather by the waters and experience its refreshment, they feel at ease. They begin to swap stories over cups of tea and coffee and shared meals – the stories of their lives - their cultures, values and beliefs. They share survival tips that have helped them endure the harsh conditions of the desert. Then they move on, more motivated and wiser as a result of their sojourn, some inspired to share such hospitality with others when they reach their destinations and settle down. Such is the transforming power of Oasis at Flinders – relief from a world of ‘telling’, to experiencing a world of sharing and mutual support, regardless of difference.
- Omar from Saudi Arabia came out to Adelaide to help settle his daughter, Safa (on his left in the photo) in a new flat. Safa had recently been going through a dificulult time - Lisa and Maureen (back row) had been listening ears thoughout her crisis; and Oasis became a home-away-from-home for Safa and her friends. Safa has a talent for design and her redesign of the architect’s drawings for our new Muslim Prayer rooms were accepted as superior! So the morning before Omar was to fly home to Saudi Arabia we arranged a morning tea for him, his daughter and her friends. Two members of the International Student Services team, with whom we collaborate, also came. Omar left for home relieved in the knowledge that he was leaving his daughter in good care.
- The team comprises two university appointed staff, chaplains appointed by religious bodies, voluntary members of staff and volunteers from the wider community. Each works autonomously within the culture of Oasis and its methodologies to achieve agreed Oasis goals. A weekly shared meal provides a regular meeting point for sharing and decision-making.
- Oasis does this by providing a safe, inclusive drop-in centre, facilitated by a team of volunteers who enable inter-personal, intercultural and interfaith respect and understanding. In this friendly, informal environment students can meet, make connections and find friendship and support.