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
Title: An Economy that Works for All Author: Joe Zabar, introduction by Frank Brennan SJ AO ISBN 978-0-9953710-4-0 paperback, 14 x 20.5 cm, 33 pages Published by the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, 2017. Focused on economic justice, An Economy that Works for All is… Read More »An Economy that Works for All: Catholic Social Justice Series No 81
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2019 – 2020, Making it Real: Genuine human encounter in our digital world, affirms the positive possibilities for encounter and solidarity offered by new digital media, while warning of those elements of our digital world that may be harmful.
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2018–19 is titled A Place to Call Home: Making a home for everyone in our land. It confronts the growing challenge of homelessness and housing insecurity in Australia. The latest Census figures show that more than 116,000 Australians are homeless – something unacceptable for a rich and well-resourced nation like ours.