The Hon Linda Burney MP has contributed significantly to the development of Indigenous communities locally, regionally and nationally as an educator, championing reconciliation in Australia, as Member of the NSW Parliament, and as the Federal Member for Barton. In 2014 she received a NAIDOC Week lifetime achievement award. You can read the citation here.
Does your parish, school or Catholic organisation fly the Aboriginal flag? If not, perhaps you can consider doing so on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday and other special dates such as Sorry Day, NAIDOC Week and Reconciliation Week? Find out more about the Aboriginal flag here.
"Any act of war aimed indiscriminately at the destruction of entire cities or extensive areas along with their population is a crime against God and humanity itself. It merits unequivocal and unhesitating condemnation."Vatican II, Gaudium et Spes, n 80. The code name for the operation that lead to the first use of this weapon of… Read More »1945: Detonation of the first atomic bomb, New Mexico USA
"The ultimate destiny of the universe is in the fullness of God, which has already been attained by the risen Christ, the measure of the maturity of all things."Pope Francis, Laudato Si', n 83. Find out more about the moon landing here. For Reflection What difference does seeing the universe as a cosmos created by… Read More »Anniversary of the Moon Landing (1969)