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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220101T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220101T235959
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SUMMARY:1901 Foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1901-foundation-of-the-commonwealth-of-australia-2022-01-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220105T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220105T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191122T073017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T060218Z
UID:807-1641340800-1641427199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1994 Native Title Act
DESCRIPTION:1994: Commencement of the Native Title Act
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1994-native-title-act-2021-01-06-2022-01-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191127T000910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T054103Z
UID:1285-1643155200-1643241599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Australia Day / Survival Day
DESCRIPTION:2021 Australia Day Reflection from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council\n\n\n\n“We find ourselves pondering whether Australia will ever be the same after COVID-19? It might be more useful to ask whether it should be the same after the pandemic. Australia can continue to learn from the challenges of the virus and embrace the gifts of First Nation’s Culture to make it a better place for all. \n\n\n\nWhilst we should be talking about these things all year\, Australia Day is often the trigger for discussions around moving the date\, what our Country stands for or changing the National Anthem. For the record: \n\n\n\n– Yes\, we should change the date to May 27 (the day that Australia voted to grant citizenship to us Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and to remove us from under the Fauna and Flora Act in 1967)\, \n\n\n\n– Australia should stand for equality\, respect\, and compassion for all and\, \n\n\n\n– Yes\, the National Anthem should be representative of all.” \n\n\n\nRead more of NATSICC’s 2021 Australia Day Reflection here. Drawing on wisdom from the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities in dialogue with Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching\, it offers four recommendations: \n\n\n\n1. After suffering together through the pandemic\, Australians should forge forwards with humble hearts and a unity of mind and armed with a renewed sense of equality and care for one another. \n\n\n\n2. Continue to empower and acknowledge the dignity and worth of individuals\, created equally in the image of God\, through the extension of assistance schemes and the provision of a living wage. \n\n\n\n3. All Australians should acknowledge\, in our actions and in legislation\, that Elders/Old People are valuable and contributing members of society and that we are responsible to care for and love them – just as they did for us. \n\n\n\n4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gifts\, skills\, and knowledge to be utilised for the betterment of First Nations Peoples and Australia as a whole. \n\n\n\n“As we enter 2021 with a sense of hope and ‘rebirth’ we ask that\, for the first time in post-colonial history\, Australians stand together to lift one another up. Stand alongside the Traditional Custodian. Stand alongside the migrant striving for a better life. Stand alongside the grandmother that has lived through so much. We are much stronger\, and much better when we are together.” 2021 Australia Day Reflection\, NATSICC.\n\n\n\nIn 2019 the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) first publicly joined calls for the date of Australia Day to be changed. They explained: \n\n\n\nThe 26th of January 1788 was not a day of celebration for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nor was it for the passengers upon the first fleet – a mix of prisoners and military personnel. Perhaps it is time that we rethink the date upon which our nation comes together as one to recognise and acknowledge the gifts that God has provided in our great southern land. For the past year\, those that sit upon the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council have asked their community\, peers\, friends and fellow Catholics if they celebrate Australia Day. The resounding response was no. That answer was not followed by hatred or vitriol\, it was simply that they felt it was not meant for them nor was it mindful of the hurt experienced by Australia’s First People. For many\, the opportunity to spend the day with family and friends is appreciated and our people understand and respect the pride that some Australians have for the day\, however the foundation of unity and inclusiveness is just not there.Celebrating our nation on a day that harbors grief\, invokes painful memories and ignores the true history of our society just doesn’t make sense. Given that the day has been celebrated on various dates and under different names in the past 100 years\, what will be lost by moving the date? National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council\, 2019. \n\n\n\nFor Reflection\n\n\n\nKey points from NATSICC’s statement: \n\n\n\nA majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholics feel that Australia Day is not for them.NATSICC endorses the call to change the date of Australia Day and suggests 27 May as a starting point for conversation. A ‘True History’ educational program should accompany Australia Day to educate and promote understanding of the story of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Every Catholic School in Australia should teach this history. The next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are carrying lots of pain and anger because of things like Australia Day. Something must change!
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/australia-day-survival-day-2021-01-24-2022-01-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191201T225632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220121T021537Z
UID:1286-1643155200-1643241599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy Established in Canberra
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1972-aboriginal-tent-embassy-established-in-canberra-2022-01-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220204T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220204T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191202T012048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T031500Z
UID:4144-1643932800-1644019199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1939 Cumeragunja Mission Walk-off
DESCRIPTION:In 1939 the Aboriginal people walked off Cumeragunja Mission in New South Wales in protest at living conditions and restrictions.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1939-cumeragunja-mission-walk-off-2022-02-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220205T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220205T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191202T012633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T055749Z
UID:4146-1644019200-1644105599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Cape York Peninsula Heads of Agreement Signed
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/cape-york-peninsula-heads-of-agreement-signed-2022-02-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20210112T062155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T102815Z
UID:4266-1644134400-1644166800@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Word of God Sunday
DESCRIPTION:The Word of God Sunday is devoted to the celebration\, study and dissemination of the Word of God.  We will celebrate it in Australia for the first time on 6 February. So our podcast\, The Revolution of Tenderness\, will consider the Word of God in Catholic Social Teaching. With help from Scripture scholars\, we will explore passages of Scripture that are quoted in Catholic Social Teaching documents. \n\n\n\nEpisode 1 features Professor Mary Coloe.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/word-of-god-sunday-2022-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220208T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220208T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191213T042755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T043644Z
UID:4210-1644278400-1644364799@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-2022-02-08/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220212T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220212T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191217T012533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191217T012533Z
UID:1385-1644624000-1644710399@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-2022-02-12/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220213T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220213T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191219T033720Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210212T044522Z
UID:1390-1644710400-1644796799@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-2022-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220213T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220213T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191219T034516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191219T034516Z
UID:1391-1644710400-1644796799@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-2022-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220216T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220216T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20191219T033245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T060007Z
UID:4214-1644969600-1645055999@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-2022-02-13/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220305T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220305T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200129T002604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T071748Z
UID:2041-1646438400-1646524799@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-2022-05-03/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220312T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220312T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200106T041611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T041611Z
UID:1615-1647043200-1647129599@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-2022-03-12/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220315T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220321T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20210212T015934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T060505Z
UID:4461-1647331200-1647882000@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Harmony Week
DESCRIPTION:Australia celebrates Harmony Week in the days leading up to the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It is a time to celebrate cultural diversity and share the message that everyone belongs. \n\n\n\nFind out about Harmony Week events near you here. It is a great time to reflect on chapters 6 and 7 of Fratelli Tutti (On Fraternity and Social Friendship). \n\n\n\n“The image of a polyhedron can represent a society where differences coexist\, complementing\, enriching and reciprocally illuminating one another\, even amid disagreements and reservations. Each of us can learn something from others.” Pope Francis\, Fratelli Tutti\, n 215.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/harmony-week-2022-03-15/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220317T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220317T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20210112T063800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T060720Z
UID:4276-1647504000-1647536400@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:National Close the Gap Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/national-close-the-gap-day-2022-03-18/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220318T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220318T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200106T045734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T044417Z
UID:4218-1647561600-1647647999@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-2022-03-18/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220318T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220318T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200106T050508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T064254Z
UID:1667-1647561600-1647647999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence
DESCRIPTION:This national day is observed in Australia. Find resources to help you to mark this day here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/national-day-of-action-against-bullying-and-violence-2022-03-20/
CATEGORIES:Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220319T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220319T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200106T050012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T050012Z
UID:1656-1647648000-1647734399@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-2022-03-19/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220324T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220324T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200106T052020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T064730Z
UID:1676-1648080000-1648166399@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-2022-03-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220325T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220325T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200106T052836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T052836Z
UID:1720-1648166400-1648252799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1877: Death of Caroline Chisholm
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1877-death-of-caroline-chisholm-2022-03-25/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220329T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220329T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200106T054343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200106T054343Z
UID:1724-1648512000-1648598399@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-2022-03-29/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220401T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220401T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200115T053556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200115T053556Z
UID:1824-1648771200-1648857599@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-2022-04-01/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220405T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220405T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200117T030432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T030432Z
UID:1834-1649116800-1649203199@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-2022-04-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220415T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220415T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200121T053634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T053634Z
UID:1858-1649980800-1650067199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1991: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission Final Report signed
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1991-aboriginal-deaths-in-custody-royal-commission-final-report-signed-2022-04-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220425T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220425T235900
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200121T233841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220425T001830Z
UID:1255-1650844800-1650931140@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:ANZAC Day
DESCRIPTION:Detail from Poppy Fields in Summer by Laurentiu Lordache.\n\n\n\nFor Reflection\n\n\n\n“…nation shall not lift up sword against nation\, neither shall they learn war any more” (Isaiah 2: 4). \n\n\n\nAnzac Day has come to be considered one of the most sacred days in the year for many Australians\, honouring the sacrifice of those who gave their lives so that others could live in peace and freedom. We remember grieving families\, cities in rubble\, and fields turned to mud and ashes. We remember broken bodies\, spirits\, minds\, and lives: the terrible cost of war. We remember children\, women\, and men killed or maimed in military operations. We remember all Australians who served\, and who serve today. We continue to work wholeheartedly for justice and peace in our world so that war will be no more. \n\n\n\n“They shall grow not old\, as we that are left grow old;\nAge shall not weary them\, nor the years condemn.\nAt the going down of the sun and in the morning\nWe will remember them.”\n\nFrom For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)\n\n\n\nPrayer\n\n\n\nGod of love and liberty\,\nwe bring our thanks this day for the peace and security we enjoy\, which was won for us through the courage and devotion of those who gave their lives in time of war.\n\nWe pray that their labour and sacrifice may not be in vain\, but that their spirit may live on in us and in generations to come. That the liberty\, truth and justice which they sought to preserve may be seen and known in all the nations upon earth.\n\nThis we pray in the name of the one who gave his life for the sake of the world\,\nJesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\nfrom the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee\n\n\n\nMusic\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Last Post (Composer unknown\, 17th Century\, Britain).
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/anzac-day-2022-04-25-2/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220425T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220425T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200121T233841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T233841Z
UID:1936-1650844800-1650931199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:ANZAC Day
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/anzac-day-2022-04-25/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220428T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220428T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200121T234620Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200121T234620Z
UID:1941-1651104000-1651190399@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-2022-04-28/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220505T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220505T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200207T033033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200207T033033Z
UID:2199-1651708800-1651795199@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-2022-05-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220506T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220506T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T053345
CREATED:20200228T045915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T045915Z
UID:2201-1651795200-1651881599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1992: Introduction of mandatory detention of asylum seekers in Australia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1992-introduction-of-mandatory-detention-of-asylum-seekers-in-australia-2022-05-06/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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