Religious Education and Social Justice

All In for National Reconciliation Week 2026

What is National Reconciliation Week?

The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.

Reconciliation must live in the hearts, minds and actions of all Australians as we move forward, creating a nation strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and futures.

The theme for National Reconciliation Week 2026 is All In, a call for all Australians to commit wholeheartedly to reconciliation every single day.

Taken from Reconciliation Australia

A Prayer As We Travel Together Towards Reconciliation

Creator God of Holy Dreaming

Bring us together as one,

Reconciled with you and one another.

Bless Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this land.

The first peoples to receive your blessings

 in this land.

The first peoples to see your beauty in the land, water, sky and nature.

The first peoples to hear your voice

 in ancient stories.

The first to give you praises in ancient places.

The first to know your love 

and love you in return.

God bless the Elders keeping culture

 and languages alive.

Bless all who work in Indigenous 

and non-Indigenous communities, 

making friends, growing partnerships 

to a deeper understanding of culture 

and languages, learning to love 

and grow together. 

Give us grace to travel together 

towards reconciliation 

for the sake of Jesus Christ. 

Amen

This prayer was written by 

Rev’d Canon Aunty Di Langham

Jane Wilkinson

Religious Education Leader