Dreams for the Amazon and Asia Pacific
Sandie Cornish reflects on Pope Francis’ post-synodal exhortation on the Amazon and on his Lenten Message 2020.
Resources
Lenten Eco Calendar
We can begin the process of ecological conversion in moments of quiet reflection and prayer, where we deepen our awareness of how each one of us has failed to treat Creation with due love and respect. Further reflection will bring to mind certain wasteful habits… Read More »Lenten Eco Calendar
Discussion Guide: Still Listening to the Spirit
This discussion guide accompanies the anthology Still Listening to the Spirit: Woman and and Man Twenty Years Later, providing starting points for engagement with each of the essays. It can be used for personal reflection, or in a parish, school or community group context. Several… Read More »Discussion Guide: Still Listening to the Spirit
Cardinal Turkson’s Press Statement at the World Economic Forum
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
Fiery Signs of the Times
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
World Day of Peace Message 2020
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
Mary Britt OP: A Passion for Social Justice
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
Making Real Connections
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
‘Us’ not ‘Them’: Disability and Catholic Theology and Social Teaching: Catholic Social Justice Series No 83
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
Into the Deep: Catholic Social Justice Series No 82
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