BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Office For Justice, Ecology and Peace - ECPv6.2.9//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Office For Justice, Ecology and Peace
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Australia/Sydney
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+1100
TZOFFSETTO:+1000
TZNAME:AEST
DTSTART:20210403T160000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+1000
TZOFFSETTO:+1100
TZNAME:AEDT
DTSTART:20211002T160000
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210528T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210528T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200306T060023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200306T060029Z
UID:1598-1622160000-1622246399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2000: 250\,000 people walk for reconciliation in Sydney
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2000-250000-people-walk-for-reconciliation-in-sydney-2021-05-28/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210527T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210527T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200306T055912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200306T055920Z
UID:1594-1622073600-1622159999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1967: Referendum allows the Commonwealth to make laws for Aboriginal people and count them in the census
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1967-referendum-allows-the-commonwealth-to-make-laws-for-aboriginal-people-and-count-them-in-the-census-2021-05-27/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200306T055344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200306T055348Z
UID:1584-1621987200-1622073599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1997: Bringing Them Home Report tabled in Parliament
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1997-bringing-them-home-report-tabled-in-parliament-2021-05-26/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200306T055600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T062114Z
UID:1586-1621987200-1622073599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2017: Uluru Statement from the Heart made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders
DESCRIPTION:People talking to Jesus in the Bough Shed (1995) – Queenie McKenzie\n\n\n\n\n\nFor Reflection\n\n\n\nThe Uluru Statement was issued in May 2017 on the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Australian referendum. In 1967\, Australians voted to amend the Australian Constitution\, allowing the Commonwealth to make laws for Aboriginal people and to include them in the census. 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders have endorsed the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart after an exhaustive and comprehensive two-year consultation process around Australia that was designed and led by Aboriginal people. Targeted structural change is called for through the Statement by establishing an ongoing First Nations Voice to Parliament\, and a Makarrata Commission ‘to supervise a process of agreement-making between governments and First Nations and truth-telling about our history’. In 1967\, Aboriginal people were counted as citizens of their own nation. Today\, they seek to be fully heard\, to walk with others\, and to build a better future for all Australians. \n\n\n\nRead the Statement here.  \n\n\n\nPrayer for Reconciliation\n\n\n\nGod of all creation\,as we journey together in this Great Southern Land\,we pray for healing\, forgiveness and unity\,creating a path of good will\, with justice and compassion. \n\n\n\nJesus\, through the power of your love\,you have given us the courage\, wisdom and strengthto share our gifts and talents in humility. \n\n\n\nIn peace and understanding we reconcile with each other. \n\n\n\nCreator Spirit\, we come together in prayer and thanksgivingfor the many blessings we have received.Allow your Spirit to wash over us and give us strength to walk together as one. \n\n\n\nAmen \n\n\n\nAboriginal Elder women and Reconciliation Church staff members\, 2014. \n\n\n\nMusic\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVoice\, Treaty\, Truth\, Now by Felix Riebl and Ollie McGillsung by Spinifex Gum and Marliya Choirs
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2017-uluru-statement-from-the-heart-made-by-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-leaders/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OSJ-PHM-202105-Queenie-McKenzie-1200x675-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T235900
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200306T055206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T073404Z
UID:1578-1621987200-1622073540@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:National Sorry Day
DESCRIPTION:Our Home (2019) – Patrice Muthaymiles-Mahoney OAM (1975 – )\n\n\n\n\n\nSorry Day has been observed since 1998\, one year after the Bringing Them Home report was presented in the Australian Federal Parliament. This report detailed the impact of the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families. Sorry Day offers an opportunity to reflect on the hardship faced when children were taken into institutional and foster care by governments and church agencies and placed with non-Indigenous families. These Stolen Generations suffered greatly from being removed from their loved ones at such an early age\, and for many the scars were life-long. However\, Sorry Day is also an opportunity to “acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations Survivors and reflect on how we can all play a part in the healing process for our people and nation.”  \n\n\n\nGoing Deeper\n\n\n\nhttps://www.reconciliation.org.au \n\n\n\nPrayer\n\n\n\nAlmighty and loving God\,  you who created ALL people in your image.  \n\n\n\nLead us to seek your compassion as we listen to the stories of our past.  You gave your only Son\, Jesus\, who died and rose again  so that sins will be forgiven.  \n\n\n\nWe place before you the pain and anguish of dispossession  of land\, language\, lore\, culture\, and family kinship that  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have experienced.  We live in faith that all people will rise  from the depths of despair and hopelessness.  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families have endured the pain and loss of loved ones\, through the separation of children from their families.  \n\n\n\nWe are sorry and ask God’s forgiveness.  \n\n\n\nTouch the hearts of the broken\, homeless\, and inflicted and heal their spirits.   \n\n\n\nIn your mercy and compassion walk with us  as we continue our journey of healing  to create a future that is just and equitable.  \n\n\n\nLord\, you are our hope. Amen.  \n\n\n\nAboriginal and Islander Commission of the National Council of Churches in Australia\, (NATSIEC) 2003.  \n\n\n\nArtwork\n\n\n\nOur Home (2019) by Patrice Muthaymiles-Mahoney OAM (1975 – )  \n\n\n\nMusic\n\n\n\nTook the Children Away by Archie Roach.  \n\n\n\n\n\nTook The Children Away – Archie Roach
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/national-sorry-day/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/OSJ-PHM-202105-Sorry-Day-Our-Home.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210520T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210520T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200228T053523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T053527Z
UID:1533-1621468800-1621555199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2002: Timor-Leste Constitution enters into force
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2002-timor-leste-constitution-enters-into-force-2021-05-20/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210517T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210517T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200228T053410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T052259Z
UID:1529-1621209600-1621295999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2005: Death of Fr Ted Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2005-death-of-fr-ted-kennedy-2021-05-17/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200228T052938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T052941Z
UID:1515-1621036800-1621123199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1961: John XXIII's encyclical Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1961-john-xxiiis-encyclical-mater-et-magistra-christianity-and-social-progress-2021-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200228T052812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T052816Z
UID:1511-1621036800-1621123199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1931: Pius XI's encyclical Quadragesimo Anno (Reconstruction and the Social Order)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1931-pius-xis-encyclical-quadragesimo-anno-reconstruction-and-the-social-order-2021-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200228T052633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T022928Z
UID:1507-1621036800-1621123199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1891: Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of the Working Classes)
DESCRIPTION:The Red Vineyard – Vincent Van Gogh\n\n\n\n\n\nRerum Novarum was a groundbreaking encyclical from Pope Leo Xlll in 1891 that laid the foundation for modern Catholic Social Teaching. It directly took up the issue of the dignity and rights of workers in a rapidly changing world where industrialisation had created an ever widening gap between the materially rich and the working poor. Rerum Novarum offered a just way forward for employers and workers\, naming human rights in every workplace as foundational for a just society. The encyclical emphatically stated that moral virtue was central to authentic Christian life. This includes just work policies and practices:  \n\n\n\n“…..it is more easy to understand that the true worth and nobility of man lie in his moral qualities\, that is\, in virtue; that virtue is\, moreover\, the common inheritance of men\, equally within the reach of high and low\, rich and poor; and that virtue\, and virtue alone\, wherever found\, will be followed by the rewards of everlasting happiness.”  Rerum Novarum #24\n\n\n\nTo view the Encyclical: \n\n\n\nhttp://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html   \n\n\n\nTo find out more about Catholic Social Teaching: \n\n\n\n\nCatholic Social Teaching an Introduction\n\n\n\n\nPrayer for Workers: \n\n\n\nDignity of Work and the Rights of Workers \n\n\n\nLord God\, Master of the Vineyard\,How wonderful that you have invited uswho labor by the sweat of our browto be workers in the vineyardand assist your workto shape the world around us. \n\n\n\nAs we seek to respond to this call\,make us attentive to those who seek workbut cannot find it. \n\n\n\nHelp us listen to the struggles of thosewho work hard to provide for their familiesbut still have trouble making ends meet. \n\n\n\nOpen our eyes to the struggles of those exploitedand help us speak for just wages and safe conditions\,the freedom to organize\, and time for renewal.For work was made for humankindand not humankind for work.Let it not be a vehicle for exploitationbut a radiant expression of our human dignity. \n\n\n\nGive all who labor listening heartsthat we may pause from our workto receive your gift of rest. \n\n\n\nFill us with your Holy Spiritthat you might work through us to let your justice reign. \n\n\n\nAmen. \n\n\n\nCopyright © 2019\, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. All rights reserved. This text may be reproduced in whole or in part without alteration for nonprofit educational use\, provided such reprints are not sold and include this notice. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/prayers-and-devotions/prayers/dignity-of-work-and-the-rights-of-workers-prayer \n\n\n\nArtwork:\n\n\n\nThe Red Vineyard by Vincent Van Gogh  \n\n\n\nMusic:\n\n\n\n\n\nGod of Day and God of Darkness – Marty Haugen
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1891-leo-xiiis-encyclical-rerum-novarum-on-the-condition-of-the-working-classes-2021-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/OSJ-PHM-202105-The-Red-Vineyard-1200x675-1.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210508T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210508T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200228T051507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T051511Z
UID:1489-1620432000-1620518399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1997: Wik 'Ten Point Plan' to extinguish native title announced
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1997-wik-ten-point-plan-to-extinguish-native-title-announced-2021-05-08/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210508T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210508T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200228T051346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T051350Z
UID:1485-1620432000-1620518399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1970: First anti-Vietnam War Moratorium march in Australia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1970-first-anti-vietnam-war-moratorium-march-in-australia-2021-05-08/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210505T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210505T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200207T033033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T045657Z
UID:1376-1620172800-1620259199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2016: Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen appointed Bishop of Parramatta
DESCRIPTION:Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv is the first Vietnamese born bishop to lead a diocese outside of Vietnam and the first Vietnamese born bishop in Australia.  He was born in 1961 in Dong Nai in Vietnam. Since the fall of Saigon in 1975\, his family has been dispersed. \n\n\n\nIn 1984\, Vincent Long became a professed Conventual Franciscan friar (OFM Conv) and studied for the priesthood in Melbourne. After his priestly ordination on 30 December in 1989\, he was sent to Rome for further studies and was awarded a licentiate in Christology and Spirituality from the Pontifical Faculty of St Bonaventure. \n\n\n\nHe served as an assistant and then parish priest for seven years in Kellyville within the Diocese of Parramatta and for seven years in Springvale in Victoria before being elected Superior of the Order of Friars Minor Conventuals in Australia in 2005. He served as Assistant General in Rome from 2008 until 2011\, responsible for the Asia-Oceania section of his Order. \n\n\n\nIn 2011\, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne in which role he served for nearly five years.  On 16 June 2016\, Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv was installed as the fourth Bishop of Parramatta at St Patrick’s Cathedral\, Parramatta.  \n\n\n\nFind out more about Bishop Vincent here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2016-bishop-vincent-long-van-nguyen-appointed-bishop-of-parramatta-2021-05-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Long-van-Nguyen-crop.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210503T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210503T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200129T002604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200129T002607Z
UID:1327-1620000000-1620086399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1990: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission established
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1990-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-commission-established-2021-05-03/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210428T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210428T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200121T234620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T234624Z
UID:1278-1619568000-1619654399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1998: Death of Shirley 'Mum Shirl' Smith\, Aboriginal community leader
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1998-death-of-shirley-mum-shirl-smith-aboriginal-community-leader-2021-04-28/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210426T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210426T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200121T234204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T234207Z
UID:1265-1619395200-1619481599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1986: Nuclear accident in Chernobyl\, Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1986-nuclear-accident-in-chernobyl-ukraine-2021-04-26/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210425T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210425T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200121T234003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T234006Z
UID:1259-1619308800-1619395199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1945: First united Nations Conference opens
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1945-first-united-nations-conference-opens-2021-04-25/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210415T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210415T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200121T053634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210420T021723Z
UID:1229-1618444800-1618531199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1991: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission Final Report signed
DESCRIPTION:13th Station: Jesus’ Body is Taken Down from the Cross by Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann AO\n\n\n\nFor Reflection\n\n\n\n“… and you will know the truth\, and the truth will make you free.” John 8: 32\n\n\n\nThe 1991 Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission Final Report was a painful and key step in the process of radical truth telling in regard to the treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia\, especially when in police custody. There were over 300 recommendation from this report\, and many are still to be implemented. 434 Indigenous people have died in custody since 1991. There is still much listening and work to do to achieve real justice for all Australians. \n\n\n\nFrom the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart: \n\n\n\n“Proportionally\, we are the most incarcerated people on the planet. We are not an innately criminal people. Our children are aliened from their families at unprecedented rates. This cannot be because we have no love for them. And our youth languish in detention in obscene numbers. They should be our hope for the future. These dimensions of our crisis tell plainly the structural nature of our problem. This is the torment of our powerlessness.  We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country. When we have power over our destiny our children will flourish. They will walk in two worlds and their culture will be a gift to their country.”  From the Uluru Statement from the Heart\, 2017\n\n\n\nPrayer\n\n\n\nReconciliation Prayer \n\n\n\nHoly Father\, God of Love\,\nYou are the Creator of all things.\nWe acknowledge the pain and shame of our history\nand the sufferings of Our peoples\,\nand we ask your forgiveness.\nWe thank you for the survival of Indigenous cultures.\n\nOur hope is in you because you gave your Son Jesus\nto reconcile the world to you.\nWe pray for your strength and grace to forgive\, accept and love one another\,\nas you love us and forgive and accept us in the sacrifice of your Son.\n\nGive us the courage to accept the realities of our history\nso that we may build a better future for our Nation.\n\nTeach us to respect all cultures.\nTeach us to care for our land and waters.\nHelp us to share justly the resources of this land.\nHelp us to bring about spiritual and social change to improve the quality of life for all groups in our communities\, especially the disadvantaged.\nHelp young people to find true dignity and self-esteem by your Spirit.\n\nMay your power and love be the foundations on which we build our families\,\nour communities and our Nation\, through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\n\n\nFrom the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council\, Wontulp Bi-Buya Indigenous Theology Working Group 13 March 1997 Brisbane\, Qld. \n\n\n\nMusic\n\n\n\nFirst Nation (2020) by Midnight Oil from The Makarrata Project                      \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                    
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1991-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-royal-commission-final-report-signed-2021-04-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Mirriam-Rose-Jesus-is-Taken-Down-from-the-Cross.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210411T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210411T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200121T053317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210420T020832Z
UID:1221-1618099200-1618185599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1963: Pacem in Terris published by Pope John XXIII
DESCRIPTION:The encyclical Pacem in Terris is known in English as Peace on Earth.  It was published in 1963 in the wake of the Cuban missile crisis. You can read an introduction to the encyclical and find a link to the full text here. \n\n\n\nPacem in Terris focuses on issues of peace in a nuclear age. It revisits the application of the just war theory criteria in the light of the development of these new weapons of mass destruction. It examines the relationships among human beings\, relationships between citizens and public authorities\, relationships between states\, and finally\, relationships among the people and states in the international community. It sets out rights and duties in all of these areas. While Pope Pius XII was so disappointed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that he passed it over in silence\, John XXIII welcomed and affirmed a broad range of human rights in this encyclical. It was seen as a Catholic charter of human rights. Sandie Cornish\, Introduction to Pacem in Terris.\n\n\n\nPrayer\n\n\n\nJesus\, Prince of Peace\,\nbanish from our souls\nwhatever might endanger peace.\n\nTransform us into witnesses\nof truth\, justice and love.\n\nEnlighten the minds of rulers\nthat they may care for their peoples\nand guarantee them the gift of peace.\n\nInflame our desires\nto break through the barriers that divide us\,\nto strengthen the bonds of mutual love\,\nto learn to understand one another\,\nto pardon those who have done us wrong.\n\nJesus\, Prince of Peace\,\nthrough your power and inspiration\,\nmay all peoples welcome each other to their hearts\nas sisters and brothers.\nAnd may the peace they long for\never flower and ever reign among them.\n\nAMEN\n\nAn Advent Prayer for Peace\, by Sandie Cornish\, adapted from Pacem in Terris n 171
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1963-pacem-in-terris-published-by-pope-john-xxiii-2021-04-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/OSJ-SJC-202103-knotted-gun-feature-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210405T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210405T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200117T030432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T030436Z
UID:1185-1617580800-1617667199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1997: Bringing Them Home Report published
DESCRIPTION:The report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families was published on this day in 1997. Read the Bringing Them Home Report here and access information and teaching resources on the Stolen Generations here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1997-bringing-them-home-report-published-2021-04-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210401T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210401T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200115T053556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T053639Z
UID:1152-1617235200-1617321599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1897: Death of Jandamarra
DESCRIPTION:Jandamarra was an Aboriginal resistance leader of the Bunuba people in Western Australia. Find our more about his story here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1897-death-of-jandamarra-2021-04-01/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210329T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210329T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200106T054343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T054346Z
UID:982-1616976000-1617062399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1941: Death of William Cooper
DESCRIPTION:William Cooper was an inspirational Aboriginal leader in New South Wales and Victoria in the early part of the 20th century and a founding secretary of the Australian Aborigines’ League. The league was created to lobby state and federal governments on behalf of Aboriginal people.  The powerful symbolic gesture of a Day of Mourning on 26 January\, along with a petition to the British monarch calling for Aboriginal representation in federal parliament\, inspired generations of activists working for justice for Indigenous Australians.  National Museum of Australia
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1941-death-of-william-cooper-2021-03-29/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210325T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210325T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200106T052836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T052840Z
UID:964-1616630400-1616716799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1877: Death of Caroline Chisholm
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1877-death-of-caroline-chisholm-2021-03-25/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210323T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210323T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200106T052020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T052023Z
UID:946-1616457600-1616543999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2005: Abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2005-abolition-of-the-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-commission-atsic-2021-03-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200106T050131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T050134Z
UID:900-1616112000-1616198399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2003: Invasion of Iraq by USA and Allies
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2003-invasion-of-iraq-by-usa-and-allies-2021-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210319T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200106T050012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T050015Z
UID:896-1616112000-1616198399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1866: Beginning of Sisters of St Joseph at Penola\, SA
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1866-beginning-of-sisters-of-st-joseph-at-penola-sa-2021-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210318T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210318T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200106T045734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T044417Z
UID:4217-1616025600-1616111999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2019: Death of Deacon Boniface Perdjert
DESCRIPTION:Deacn Boniface\, a respected Elder and the first Aboriginal permanent deacon\, passed away in 2019. As the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council’s tribute page for Deacon Boniface says: \n\n\n\nHis words and actions spoke loudly to the members of the Wadeye Community – of which he was a deeply loved and respected Elder – but also to the Catholic Hierarchy with whom he shared his wisdom on many official occasions.  http://www.natsicc.org.au/a-tribute-to-deacon-boniface.html \n\n\n\nOn the first anniversary of Deacon Boniface’s death we share for your reflection these words that he wrote in the later 1970s: \n\n\n\nGod did not begin to take an interest in people with the incarnation of his Son\, nor with Abraham. My people existed here in Australia thousands of years before Abraham. In all that time God was with my people. He worked through their culture. He was saving us despite human weakness. He was preparing us for the day when he would see the features of Aboriginals in the image of his Son. So i must recognize\, I must use the things of God that are in my culture. I mus use them in his service. If I do not do this\, my faith and my service are shallow. They are pretending. They belong to someone else\, not me. God has asked us t love him with wjhole mind\, heart and soul. So i must give myself to God as an Aboriginal. This is what God wants or he would not have made me what I am.  http://www.natsicc.org.au/a-tribute-to-deacon-boniface.html
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2019-death-of-deacon-boniface-perdjert-2021-03-18/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210313T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210313T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20210112T063639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T063644Z
UID:4270-1615622400-1615654800@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2013: Election of Pope Francis
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2013-election-of-pope-francis/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210312T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210312T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200106T041611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T041614Z
UID:873-1615507200-1615593599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1913: Founding of Canberra as Australia's captial
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1913-founding-of-canberra-as-australias-captial-2021-03-12/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210311T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210311T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T003254
CREATED:20200106T041431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200305T050920Z
UID:869-1615420800-1615507199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2011: Fukushima Earthquake and Tsunami
DESCRIPTION:On this day an earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan killed 18\,500 people. Damage to a nuclear power plant in this event caused widespread contamination and the displacement of thousands of people. Reflecting on these events\, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan called for the abolition on nuclear power: \n\n\n\nWe\, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan\, appeal to all people who share our common home called Earth that we join hands\, rise together and act in solidarity to end nuclear power generation. For that purpose\, we turn first to the Catholic Church throughout the world\, seeking cooperation and solidarity. Then\, building on that\, we hope to develop a global solidarity that transcends religions\, races and nations. Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2011-fukushima-earthquake-and-tsunami-2021-03-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Fukushima-Japan-quote-20161111.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR