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SUMMARY:Saint Dominic's Feast Day (Australia)
DESCRIPTION:“Truth was Dominic’s motto and his goal. Dominic was born in Spain\, the youngest of four children. He was outstanding for his love of truth\, his clear thought\, his organizing ability\, and his sensitive\, loving nature. For Dominic\, love for people was part of his love for God.” Loyola Press
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-dominic-2022-08-08/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220806T000000
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SUMMARY:The Transfiguration of the Lord
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/the-transfiguration-of-the-lord-2022-08-06/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220808T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220808T235959
DTSTAMP:20260504T194138
CREATED:20200521T030428Z
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SUMMARY:St Mary MacKillop
DESCRIPTION:St Mary of the Cross Mackillop is the first Australian to be recognised as a saint. You can learn more about her life here. \n\n\n\nFor Catholics in Australia\, the life and work of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop has become an inspiration and a part of their identity. In Catholic Social Justice Series paper No 72\, Charity and Justice: St Mary MacKillop and Australian Society\, John Warhurst explores Mary’s unwavering vision: that a commitment to justice must go hand in hand with a commitment to hard practical work on behalf of people on the margins of society.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-mary-mackillop-2022-08-08/
CATEGORIES:Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220810T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220810T235959
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SUMMARY:Saint Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:What do you think are the real treasures of the Church? \n\n\n\nLittle is actually known about St Lawrence\, but the following legend\, recounted by Franciscan Media\, persists: \n\n\n\nAs deacon in Rome\, Lawrence was charged with the responsibility for the material goods of the Church\, and the distribution of alms to the poor. When Lawrence knew he would be arrested like the pope\, he sought out the poor\, widows\, and orphans of Rome and gave them all the money he had on hand\, selling even the sacred vessels of the altar to increase the sum. When the prefect of Rome heard of this\, he imagined that the Christians must have considerable treasure. He sent for Lawrence and said\, “You Christians say we are cruel to you\, but that is not what I have in mind. I am told that your priests offer in gold\, that the sacred blood is received in silver cups\, that you have golden candlesticks at your evening services. Now\, your doctrine says you must render to Caesar what is his. Bring these treasures—the emperor needs them to maintain his forces. God does not cause money to be counted: He brought none of it into the world with him—only words. Give me the money\, therefore\, and be rich in words.” Lawrence replied that the Church was indeed rich. “I will show you a valuable part. But give me time to set everything in order and make an inventory.” After three days he gathered a great number of blind\, lame\, maimed\, leprous\, orphaned\, and widowed persons and put them in rows. When the prefect arrived\, Lawrence simply said\, “These are the treasure of the Church.” The prefect was so angry he told Lawrence that he would indeed have his wish to die—but it would be by inches. He had a great gridiron prepared with coals beneath it\, and had Lawrence’s body placed on it. After the martyr had suffered the pain for a long time\, the legend concludes\, he made his famous cheerful remark\, “It is well done. Turn me over!” Franciscan Media
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-lawrence-2022-08-10/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220811T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220811T235959
DTSTAMP:20260504T194138
CREATED:20200619T061408Z
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SUMMARY:Saint Clare
DESCRIPTION:Clare was born of a wealthy family in Assisi\, Italy. As a teenager she became aware that Francis\, the handsome\, wealthy leader of youth in Assisi\, had greatly changed. Clare’s community wanted to live according to the rule of Francis. Her community still exists today\, the Sisters are called the Poor Clares.  Loyola Press
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-clare-2022-08-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220814T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220814T235959
DTSTAMP:20260504T194138
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SUMMARY:Saint Maximillian Kolbe
DESCRIPTION:Pope John Paul II said of Father Kolbe\, “He won a victory of love. He loved both his fellow prisoners and those who put him to death. There is no greater love than this.” Loyola Press
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-maximillian-kolbe-2022-08-14/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220815T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220815T235959
DTSTAMP:20260504T194138
CREATED:20200619T062400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200619T062400Z
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SUMMARY:Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
DESCRIPTION:On this day\, the Church celebrates the Feast Day of the Assumption of Our Lady when according to our faith\, the Holy Mother\, “having completed her course of her earthly life\, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” The Catholic Weekly provides some historical background information here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/assumption-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-2022-08-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220818T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220818T235959
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SUMMARY:Saint Alberto Hurtado SJ
DESCRIPTION:“Christ roams through our streets in the person of so many suffering poor\, sick\, dispossessed and people thrown out of their miserable slums: Christ huddled under bridges\, in the person of so many children who lack someone to call father\, who have been deprived for many years from a mother’s kiss upon their foreheads…Christ is without a home!” St Alberto Hurtado SJ\n\n\n\nAlberto Hurtado SJ (1901-1952) served the poor in Chile and founded the Hogar de Cristo or “Home of Christ” for the poor and abandoned young people. He was a staunch advocate of workers rights. Find out more about his life here. \n\n\n\nAs the Hurtado Jesuit Centre in the UK explain: \n\n\n\n“Alberto Hurtado realised the great dangers of his time. In opposition to exploitative capitalism and communist revolution under way in various countries of the world\, he\, inspired by the social teaching of the Church\, promoted a different path: a Christian Social Order\, based on the two great virtues of love and justice. But he did not want charity without justice. He said: ‘Many works of charity can bear our society\, but all this immense effort of generosity\, much to praise\, fails to repair the ravages of injustice. Injustice causes far more evils than can be repaired by charity. ‘ ‘We must be righteous before we are generous.'” Hurtado Jesuit Centre
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-alberto-hurtado-sj-2022-08-18/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220820T000000
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SUMMARY:Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
DESCRIPTION:St Bernard of Clairvaux is a Doctor of the Church and one of the founders of the Cistercian order. He earned a reputation for being able to settle disputes\, and was called to various countries to give advice on affairs of Church and of government. Find out more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-bernard-of-clairvaux-2022-08-20/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220822T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220822T235959
DTSTAMP:20260504T194138
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SUMMARY:The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
DESCRIPTION:The feast of the Queenship of Mary was instituted by Pope Pius XII in 1954. Find out more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/the-queenship-of-the-blessed-virgin-mary-2022-08-22/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220827T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220827T235959
DTSTAMP:20260504T194138
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SUMMARY:1999: Death of Dom Helder Camara
DESCRIPTION:“When I give food to the poor\, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor\, they call me a communist.” Dome Helder Camara\n\n\n\nDom Helder Camara (1909 – 199) was a Brazilian archbishop from 1964-1985. Richard Rohr explains that “under his guidance\, the Catholic Church in Brazil criticized the country’s military dictatorships and worked for social change. Camara spoke and wrote against using violence to repress rebellions that resulted from injustice and poverty in other countries as well. In 1971\, he published Spiral of Violence\, which shows how basic structural injustice leads to escalating rebellion\, which then leads to new repression. If you don’t nip this spiral in the bud\, recognizing violence at its lowest structural level\, it is much harder to stop it at the later stages.” \n\n\n\nThe process for recognising Dom Helder Camara as a saint has begun.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1999-death-of-dom-helder-camara-2022-08-27/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220828T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220828T235959
DTSTAMP:20260504T194138
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SUMMARY:Saint Augustine of Hippo
DESCRIPTION:“You have made us and directed us toward yourself and our heart is restless until we rest in you.” Confessions 1.1\n\n\n\nSaint Augustine was one of the great founders of monasticism in the Western Church. The Augustinians in Australia describe his spirituality in the following way: \n\n\n\n“In Augustinian spirituality love for God is experienced as love for one another. Where love for another person is present God is present too. ‘Honour God in each other’. We come to God through love of one another\, since love for a human being is much more concrete than love for God. In the teaching of Augustine human love has divine love running within it. \n\n\n\nThe warmth of friendship is likewise essential for Augustine.’Without a human being who is our friend\, nothing in the world appears friendly to us.’ Life shared with others culminates in friendship – the gift of loving and being loved. In his spirituality it is as important to relate to one another as it is to pray with them. Thus as we strive for union with others we do so in a shared love for God. \n\n\n\nAugustine models for us prayer of the heart\, longing to know and to see God. In prayer we progress to God who is human happiness itself.  \n\n\n\nIn Augustinian spirituality all good things come back to the one thing: love\, the very centre of Christian existence.”
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-augustine-of-hippo-2022-08-28/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220828T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220828T235959
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SUMMARY:Social Justice Sunday
DESCRIPTION:From 2020 forward\, Social Justice Sunday will be celebrated on the last Sunday of August. Previously it was celebrated on the last Sunday in September. \n\n\n\nA Long Tradition\n\n\n\nThe celebration of Social Justice Sunday is a long tradition in the Catholic Church in Australia. For almost every year since 1940\, our bishops have joined together to issue a major social justice statement at this time.  \n\n\n\nOf course\, the bishops also make statements on matters of social and ecological justice at other times throughout the year too. These are often issued by individual bishops delegated as spokespersons for particular issues\, or by commissions of bishops. By contrast\, the social justice statement issued in time for Social Justice Sunday is approved by and issued in the name of the whole bishops’ conference. It is hoped that these statements will inspire reflection and action throughout the whole year.  \n\n\n\nSocial Justice Statement 2020-21\n\n\n\nThe Social Justice Statement 2020-21 is titled To Live Life to the Full: Mental health in Australia today. You can  download Statement and accompanying prayer card on this page of our website and via the ACBC Online Shop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 2020–2021 Statement\, To Live Life to the Full: Mental health in Australia today\, encourages faith communities\, governments and each one of us\, to make mental health a priority. It is a timely message in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic is affecting many members of our parishes\, schools and communities.Understanding mental health will help us to be aware of those who need our support. The Statement encourages us all to reject stigmatisation\, to work for the transformation of social determinants of mental ill-health\, and to call for policies and service provision that meets the needs of the poorest and most marginalised members of our community. \n\n\n\nPrevious Statements\n\n\n\nView and download Social Justice Statements and associated resources from 2014 – 2019 here. \n\n\n\nThe Social Justice Statements from 1988 – 2013 have been published together in a book called Building Bridges.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/social-justice-sunday-2022-08-28/
CATEGORIES:Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220829T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220829T235959
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SUMMARY:Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/beheading-of-saint-john-the-baptist-2022-08-29/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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