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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200411T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200411T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145240
CREATED:20200121T053317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T053320Z
UID:1219-1586563200-1586649599@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.  You can read an introduction to the encyclical and find a link to the full text here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1963-pacem-in-terris-published-by-pope-john-xxiii/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200405T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200405T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145240
CREATED:20200117T030432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T030435Z
UID:1183-1586044800-1586131199@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/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200401T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200401T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145240
CREATED:20200115T053556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T053638Z
UID:1150-1585699200-1585785599@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/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200329T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200329T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145240
CREATED:20200106T054343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T054346Z
UID:980-1585440000-1585526399@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/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200325T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200325T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145240
CREATED:20200106T052836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T052839Z
UID:962-1585094400-1585180799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1877: Death of Caroline Chisholm
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1877-death-of-caroline-chisholm/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200323T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200323T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145240
CREATED:20200106T052020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T052023Z
UID:944-1584921600-1585007999@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/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200319T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200319T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20200106T050131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T050134Z
UID:898-1584576000-1584662399@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/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200319T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200319T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20200106T050012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T050015Z
UID:894-1584576000-1584662399@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/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200318T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200318T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20200106T045734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T044417Z
UID:888-1584489600-1584575999@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/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200312T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200312T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20200106T041611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T041614Z
UID:871-1583971200-1584057599@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/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200311T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200311T235900
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20200106T041431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200305T050919Z
UID:867-1583884800-1583971140@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/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200305T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200305T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20200106T035944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T040046Z
UID:855-1583366400-1583452799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1970: International Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/international-treaty-on-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200301T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200301T235900
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20200106T034407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T035354Z
UID:840-1583020800-1583107140@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1999: International Treaty to Ban Landmines enters into force.
DESCRIPTION:Find our more about the Treaty here. \n\n\n\nThe International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) provides advocacy tools for campaigners\, including multimedia resources\, ICBL statements\, partner resources\, and the Landmine Monitor\, to keep you up to date on the landmine issue.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1999-international-treaty-to-ban-landmines-enters-into-force/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200217T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200217T235900
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20200106T011411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200217T011844Z
UID:808-1581897600-1581983940@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2014: Murder of Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati in offshore immigration detention on Manus Island
DESCRIPTION:Today we remember twenty three year old asylum seeker Reza Barati who was killed in riots at the Regional Processing Centre (RPC) on Manus Island. A Senate Committee inquiry later found that the Australian Government had failed in its duty to protect him\, and other asylum seekers\, from harm. Here is an extract from the conclusions of the Committee. \n\n\n\n8.5        In summary\, the committee has found that the events of 16 to 18 February 2014 at the Manus Island RPC were eminently foreseeable\, and may have been prevented if transferees had been given a clear pathway for the assessment of their asylum claims. Many of the problems at the centre had their origins in the events of July to October 2013\, when the centre was transformed from a mixed facility into a single adult males facility and experienced a massive influx of new transferees\, reaching more than double the initial intended capacity of the centre in the space of approximately 12 weeks. The inability of the centre’s infrastructure to cope with this influx\, combined with the complete absence of any clear refugee status determination and resettlement framework to deal with these asylum seekers\, created an environment where unrest and transferee protests were the inevitable result.  8.6        It is clear from evidence presented to the committee that the Australian Government failed in its duty to protect asylum seekers including Mr Barati from harm.  Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs report\n\n\n\nThe Manus Island RPC was found to be unconstitutional by the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court in 2016 and was shut in 2017. A number of detainees were transferred to the Bomana Immigration Detention Centre.  \n\n\n\nIn November 2019 a delegation of representatives from the Australian Catholic community traveled to Papua New Guinea to gain a deeper understanding of conditions for asylum seekers there. Read their statement here. \n\n\n\nIndependent MP Andrew Wilkie has made a complaint about the conditions of detention in Bomana to the International Criminal Court (ICC). \n\n\n\nAs SBS News report\, Director of the jurisdiction\, complementary and cooperation division of the ICC office of the prosecutor\, Phakiso Mochochoko has found that the conditions of detention “appear to have constituted cruel\, inhuman or degrading treatment.”  Read more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2014-murder-of-iranian-asylum-seeker-reza-barati-in-offshore-immigration-detention-on-manus-island/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200213T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200213T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20191219T034516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T034518Z
UID:751-1581552000-1581638399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2015: Death of Faith Bandler AC
DESCRIPTION:Faith Bandler AC\, activist for Indigenous and South Sea Islander rights\, passed away on this day in 2005. An obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald highlighted her achievements: \n\n\n\nFaith Bandler changed people’s hearts and minds in support of human rights and social justice. Her smile\, no doubt\, helped. The National Trust listed her as a national living treasure in 1997 and the Herald\, in 2001\, included her among the 100 most influential Australians of the 20th century. The Good Weekend\, in 2011\, included her in a list of 50 women considered the most influential in the world. \n\n\n\nHer greatest achievement was her 10-year campaign for Aboriginal rights leading to the 1967 referendum which changed the Constitution and included Aborigines in the census. She worked for Aboriginal education and housing\, was a founding member of the Women’s Electoral Lobby and the Australian Republican Movement\, campaigned for the rights of South Sea Islanders and wrote six books\, including Wacvie (1977)\, a biographical novel about her father. \n\n\n\nRead the full text here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2015-death-of-faith-bandler-ac/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200213T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200213T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20191219T033720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T044522Z
UID:746-1581552000-1581638399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2008: Apology to the Stolen Generation by the Australian Government
DESCRIPTION:On this day Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized to Indigenous Australians\, and especially the Stolen Generation\, for past government policies of removing First Nations children from their families. The National Museum of Australia explains here how the journey to a national apology began with the Bringing Them Home Report. \n\n\n\nWatch the apology in the video below.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2008-apology-to-the-stolen-generation-by-the-australian-government/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200213T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200213T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20191219T033245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T043836Z
UID:740-1581552000-1581638399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1958: Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders established
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1958-federal-council-for-the-advancement-of-aborigines-and-torres-strait-islanders-established/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200212T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200212T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20191219T033045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T033354Z
UID:738-1581465600-1581551999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2005: Murder of Sr Dorothy Stang in Brazil
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2005-murder-of-sr-dorothy-stang-in-brazil/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200212T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200212T235959
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20191217T012533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191217T012535Z
UID:729-1581465600-1581551999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1965: Freedom Ride in Australia Begins
DESCRIPTION:A group of Sydney University students organised a bus tour through western and coastal New South Wales towns in 1965. As the National Museum of Australia website explains: \n\n\n\nTheir purpose was threefold. The students planned to draw public attention to the poor state of Aboriginal health\, education and housing. They hoped to point out and help to lessen the socially discriminatory barriers which existed between Aboriginal and white residents. And they also wished to encourage and support Aboriginal people themselves to resist discrimination. The students had formed into a body called Student Action for Aborigines (SAFA) in 1964 to plan this trip and ensure media coverage. \n\n\n\nCharles Perkins\, an Arrente man born in Alice Springs\, who was a third year arts student at the university\, was elected president of SAFA. The group included Ann Curthoys who would later write a history of these events\, Jim Spigelman who would later become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Darce Cassidy\, an arts student who was also a part-time reporter for the ABC. \n\n\n\n Source: https://indigenousrights.net.au/civil_rights/freedom_ride\,_1965
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1965-freedom-ride-in-australia-begins/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200208T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20200208T235900
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20191213T042755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T043643Z
UID:713-1581120000-1581206340@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1973: Woodward Royal Commission into Land Rights
DESCRIPTION:On this day in 1973 the Woodward Royal Commission into Land Rights in the Northern Territory was established. The Central Land Council situate this event in its historical context here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1973-woodward-royal-commission-into-land-rights/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20191129T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20191129T235900
DTSTAMP:20260406T145241
CREATED:20191126T002534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200706T064526Z
UID:568-1574985600-1575071940@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1986 Meeting of St John Paul II with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Alice Springs
DESCRIPTION:‘You are part of Australia and Australia is part of you. And the Church herself in Australia will not be fully the Church that Jesus wants her to be until you have made your contribution to her life and until that contribution has been joyfully received by others.’ St John Paul II\, Alice Springs\, 1986.\n\n\n\nThirty years later\, John Lochowiak\, Chairperson of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council\, reflected on the importance of St John Paul II’s visit. \n\n\n\n‘As Saint John Paul II spoke\, a wind storm picked up the red soil from the Earth and swirled it amongst our people. The dust seemed to intertwine with the words of love\, hope and empathy. The message touched our souls and it touched our skin. Never before had we felt so welcome in the house of Jesus. The impact of this day on our lives cannot be measured. It provided the encouragement for the establishment of Aboriginal and Islander Catholic Ministries all over Australia and it lit the fire our hearts which still provides the warmth\, energy and strength for us to continue. We now have over 120\,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholics in Australia and the support of our Australian Catholic Bishops on our journey of faith.’ John Lochowiak\, NATSICC Chairperson\, 2016
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1986-meeting-of-st-john-paul-ii-with-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-in-alice-springs/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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