Dear Friends, The Feast Day of Saint Josephine Bakhita will be celebrated on Saturday 8 February. She is the patron saint of victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. On this day all Catholics are encouraged to pray for those affected by slavery and human… Read More »Feast of St Josephine Bakhita Highlights Modern Slavery
Cardinal Peter K.A. Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, has called for a ‘universal and intergenerational solidarity’ in response to the ‘cry of the earth and the cry of the poor’. Speaking at a press conference of the Interfaith… Read More »Cardinal Turkson’s Press Statement at the World Economic Forum
Here is the transcript of Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv STL DD’s 14 January 2020 interview with the German Catholic news service Verlagsgruppe Bistumspresse. In it he addresses the questions of the international community about the Australian bushfires and the Church’s response. Bishop… Read More »Bishop Long’s Bushfire Interview with Verlagsgruppe Bistumspresse
by Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv STL DD The Bushfire Crisis Twenty-four people have been confirmed dead and at least 1,500 homes have been destroyed in the bushfire crisis. Countless thousands of creatures have perished ,including precious livestock, and their habitats lay decimated.… Read More »Fiery Signs of the Times
Dear Friends, From the Office for Social Justice and on behalf of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, I would like to offer every best wish to you for the coming year. The Office is a small team of three. Dr Sandie Cornish is the… Read More »Welcome to Social Justice Trends
Pope Francis’ Message for the 53rd World Day of Peace is titled Peace as a Journey of Hope: Dialogue, Reconciliation, and Ecological Conversion. It affirms peace as the hope and aspiration of the whole human family, and explores the importance of dialogue, reconciliation and ecological… Read More »World Day of Peace Message 2020
This Dominican Sister had a Passion for Social Justice By Michael Costigan Sister Mary Britt OP, who died in Sydney on 5th December, a few weeks short of her 94th birthday, will be remembered for, among many things, the strength of her passion for social… Read More »Mary Britt OP: A Passion for Social Justice
Griffith University researcher Greg Cronan is using video conferencing to connect young school students and older people living in residential care. The resulting intergenerational learning is benefiting both groups by building a connected community of mutual learning, empathy, respect and faith. The school children are… Read More »Making Real Connections
Title: ‘Us’ not ‘Them’: Disability and Catholic Theology and Social Teaching Author: Justin Glyn SJ ISBN: 978-0-6483727-0-7 Paperback, 14 x 20.5 cm, 26 pages Published by the Office for Social Justice, June 2019. In Catholic Social Justice Series No 83, Justin Glyn SJ shares his… Read More »‘Us’ not ‘Them’: Disability and Catholic Theology and Social Teaching: Catholic Social Justice Series No 83
Title: Into the Deep: Seeking justice for the people of West Papua Author: Peter Arndt ISBN 978-0-9953710-6-4 Paperback, 14 x 20.5 cm, 33 pages. Published by the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, 2018. Peter Arndt shows us what it is to have a faith-based response… Read More »Into the Deep: Catholic Social Justice Series No 82