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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210428T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210428T235959
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SUMMARY:1841: Death of St Peter Chanel in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
DESCRIPTION:St Peter Chanel was a Marist priest and the first martyr of the South Pacific. Read more about his life here. \n\n\n\nPrayer to St Peter Chanel \n\n\n\nYou left your homelandto proclaim Jesus\, Saviour of the world\,to the peoples of Oceania. Guided by the Spirit of God\,who is the strength of the gentle\,you bore witness to love\,even laying down your life.Grant that\, like you\,we may live our daily life in peace\, in joy\,and in fraternal love.May your prayer and examplecall forth from our midstmany workers for the Gospelso that God’s Kingdom may reachto the ends of the earth.Amen.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1841-death-of-st-peter-chanel-in-the-new-hebrides-vanuatu-2021-04-28/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210501T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210501T235900
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SUMMARY:St Joseph the Worker
DESCRIPTION:Resources including a video\, the full text of Bishop Long’s Pastoral Message for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker 2020\, and graphics are available here. \n\n\n\nDid you know that for over twenty years now the Catholic Church in Australia has marked the Feast of St Joseph the Worker with a pastoral letter? These letters place Catholic Social Teaching in dialogue with current work issues in Australia\, making a uniquely Australian contribution to the Church’s teachings on work. Initiated and created by laity and bishops together – they come from and belong to the whole church.  Bishop Terry Brady\, Pastoral Letter for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker\, 2019.\n\n\n\nOn 1 May the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St Joseph the Worker. The pastoral letters of the Australian Catholic Bishops for this occasion have addressed unemployment\, underemployment\, insecure and casualised work\, the meaning of work\, the quest for decent work and much more.   Find out more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-joseph-the-worker-2021-05-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210501T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210501T235959
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SUMMARY:1991: Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year) Encyclical issued by Pope John Paul II
DESCRIPTION:The Red Vineyard – Vincent Van Gogh\n\n\n\n\n\nIn the 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year)\, Pope John Paul II affirmed the groundbreaking encyclical Rerum Novarum from Pope Leo Xlll in 1891 where the fundamental rights and dignity of workers and work were clearly stated. It addressed any ongoing perceived conflict between the provision of capital and labour\, acknowledging work as central to vocation\, with a key social dimension that relates directly to the common good: \n\n\n\n“Work thus belongs to the vocation of every person; indeed\, man expresses and fulfils himself by working. At the same time\, work has a “social” dimension through its intimate relationship not only to the family\, but also to the common good\, since “it may truly be said that it is only by the labour of working-men that States grow rich.” Centesimus Annus\, #6\n\n\n\nEmployers were also challenged again to provide a living wage and humane conditions for their workers as foundational conditions of just employment: \n\n\n\n“A workman’s wages should be sufficient to enable him to support himself\, his wife and his children. “If through necessity or fear of a worse evil the workman accepts harder conditions because an employer or contractor will afford no better\, he is made the victim of force and injustice.” (CA\, #8). \n\n\n\nBoth Rerum Novarum and Centesimo Annos continue to speak powerfully today in regard to human dignity\, especially for workers and their families. Just work policies and practices are part of God’s work in and for our world. \n\n\n\nTo read more about Centesimus Annos: http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/centesimus-annus-2021-05-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210505T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210505T235959
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210514T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210514T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200228T051841Z
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SUMMARY:1971: Paul VI's Apostolic Letter Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action)
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1971-paul-vis-apostolic-letter-octogesima-adveniens-a-call-to-action-2021-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200228T052633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T022928Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
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SUMMARY:1931: Pius XI's encyclical Quadragesimo Anno (Reconstruction and the Social Order)
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200228T052938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T052941Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210517T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210517T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200228T053410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T052259Z
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SUMMARY:2005: Death of Fr Ted Kennedy
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2005-death-of-fr-ted-kennedy-2021-05-17/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210524T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210524T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200306T054030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200306T054036Z
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SUMMARY:2015: Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato Si' (On Care for our Common Home)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2015-pope-francis-encyclical-laudato-si-on-care-for-our-common-home-2021-05-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210524T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210524T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200306T054223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T065411Z
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SUMMARY:Mary Help of Christians\, Patron of Australia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/our-lady-help-of-christians-patron-of-australia-2021-05-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210525T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210525T235900
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20210526T064200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T012110Z
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SUMMARY:Mary Help of Christians\, Patron of Australia
DESCRIPTION:Mary Help of Christians – Artist Uknown\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Help of Christians is the Patroness of Australia. The establishment of the feast has an interesting history\, and a unique place in the Catholic history of Australia. The feast focusses on Mary’s help to those in need through her intercession to confront sin and to stand against anti-Christian forces.   \n\n\n\n              Pope Pius VII established the feast in honour of Our Lady Help of Christians in              1815. After being imprisoned by Napoleon Bonaparte\, he established the feast in              thanksgiving for his release. Australia\, a new colony at that time\, had no Catholic              priests and therefore no Mass available. The faithful recited and relied on the               Rosary to sustain the Catholic community. In 1844\, Australia became the first               country in the world to have Mary Help of Christians as Patroness.                    – From the ACBC Resource Entrusting Australia to Mary Help of Christians\, 2020.  \n\n\n\nLearn more here: \n\n\n\nEntrust-to-Mary-Help-of-Christians-ACBC-ResourceDownload\n\n\n\nPrayer:\n\n\n\nMary Help of Christians\, Patroness of Australia  and of the Military Ordinariate  Almighty God\, deepen in our hearts our love of Mary Help of Christians. Through her prayers and under her protection\, may the light of Christ shine over our land. May Australia be granted harmony\, justice and peace. Grant wisdom to our leaders and integrity to our citizens. Bless especially the men and women of the Australian Defence Force and their families. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.  \n\n\n\nMary Help of Christians\, pray for us.  \n\n\n\nArtwork:\n\n\n\nMary Help of Christians – Artist Unknown \n\n\n\nMusic: \n\n\n\nSing of Lady by Liam Lawton \n\n\n\n\n\nMary Help of Christians by Liam Lawton
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/our-lady-help-of-christians-patron-of-australia/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210526T235900
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210603T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210603T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200318T064612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T064615Z
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SUMMARY:1886: Catholic and Anglican Martyrs of Uganda
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1886-catholic-and-anglican-martyrs-of-uganda-2021-06-03/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210608T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210608T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200331T053828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200525T052009Z
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SUMMARY:2004: Queensland Bishops issue 'Let the Many Coastlands be glad!' Pastoral Letter on the Great Barrier Reef
DESCRIPTION:“The Holy Spirit is clearly guiding us into a deeper sense ofcompanionship and care in regard to all the varied forms of life onplanet Earth. Not only is the Reef a precious ecosystem in itself\, but alsoan integral part of the one web of planetary life that connects us all –the human species and all species of the land and sea\, rainforest andreef\, mountains\, plains and inland desert.” Catholic Bishops of Queensland\, Let the Many Coastlands be Glad!\, 2004\n\n\n\nToday is a great day to read Let the Many Coastlands Be Glad! again. \n\n\n\nFor Reflection\n\n\n\nImagine you were helping the Queensland Bishops to draft a pastoral letter on the Great Barrier Reef today. What has changed for the Great Barrier Reef since Let the Many Coastlands Be Glad! was published? Are there new issues to address? How might you take the teaching of Pope Francis into account in updating the Queensland Bishops’ teaching?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2004-queensland-bishops-issue-let-the-many-coastlands-be-glad-pastoral-letter-on-the-great-barrier-reef-2021-06-08/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210622T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210622T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200331T055905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T055909Z
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SUMMARY:Sts John Fisher and Thomas More
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/sts-john-fisher-and-thomas-more-2021-06-22/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210624T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210624T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200331T060112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210706T104507Z
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SUMMARY:Nativity of John the Baptist
DESCRIPTION:John the Baptist is the herald for the Messiah\, his cousin Jesus. He forms a bridge between the Old and New Testaments\, and like Jesus\, pays the ultimate cost for speaking truth to power. John challenged what was evil and immoral in his day\, witnessing to the promise of a loving God. John was often portrayed as mad and wild\, wandering through physical and social deserts\, and existing mainly on the bounty of the land. The prophet’s road is one where we find inspiration and courage\, and baptism is our ongoing call to live lives that bring justice and peace to those around us. The cost can be high for embracing God’s love in the everyday reality of our lives. The cost of not embracing it is even higher.  \n\n\n\nWho are the prophets in our midst who we would rather not hear? How can we lift them up and work with God’s love\, alive and active in our world today? What do we need to change to follow the baptismal call to conversion of life?   \n\n\n\nPrayer:\n\n\n\nJohn the Baptist\, Witness to Truth  \n\n\n\nGod\, source of our hope\,  through John the Baptist you gave us an example of a man close to the concerns of your own heart\, and alive to the needs of his time. May we too draw on his courage\,  forthrightness and love of you and your people. May we live into his characteristics  and become more fully witnesses  to Christ’s love for today’s world. We ask this\, confident of your generosity and encouragement.   Amen.   \n\n\n\nAdapted from the Sisters of St Joseph\, Evening Prayer\, 2010.  \n\n\n\nArtwork: \n\n\n\nThe Baptism of Christ (c. 1448 – 50) byPiero della Francesca (c. 1415 – 1492)  \n\n\n\nMusic: \n\n\n\nBenedictus by Steve Angrisano 
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/nativity-of-john-the-baptist-2021-06-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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SUMMARY:Day of the Seafarer
DESCRIPTION:Courage\, I am with you. Matthew 14: 27  \n\n\n\nThe International Day of the Seafarer is co-ordinated each year by the International Maritime Organisation. In 2021\, the focus is again centred around encouraging governments to support seafarers amid the pandemic. The organisation is calling for a fair future for seafarers. Major issues include fair treatment\, fair working conditions\, fair training\, and fair safety: ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention  \n\n\n\nA new declaration calling for seafarers to be considered essential workers is gaining support across international boundaries\, with almost 70 countries signing on. Catholic agency Stella Maris Australia supports this declaration; the Catholic agency provides spiritual and practical support to seafarers\, while also engaging in international advocacy on their behalf. The agency also actively supports local efforts to approach the Australian Government in regard to the ongoing rights and wellbeing of seafarers. The Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change calls for better practices in facilitating changes of crew\, and for early access for seafarers to COVID-19 vaccinations. Many seafarers are affected by expiration of contracts\, the inability to disembark at some ports\, and physical and mental health challenges. The Neptune Declaration states:   \n\n\n\n               “This is not an acceptable way to treat seafarers\, who are the frontline workers                 of the maritime industry\, carrying 90 per cent of global trade….Fatigue after               extended periods at sea has significant consequences on the physical and mental               wellbeing of seafarers.”   \n\n\n\nClick here to access the Neptune Declaration.  \n\n\n\nFor resources from Stella Maris for Sea Sunday\, July 11\, 2021: stellamarisaustralia.org \n\n\n\nPrayer: \n\n\n\nA Prayer for Seafarers   \n\n\n\nBe with Seafarers\, Lord\, on all their voyages\,  to cheer them and keep them safe in all dangers.  Let nothing afloat or on shore cut them off from you.  May they please you in everything they do.  Bless all on board their ship\, whatever their responsibility.  Enable everyone to do their duty.  Help them to be good shipmates and bring them back again safely to their homes and to those who long for their return\,  through Jesus Christ\, our Lord.   \n\n\n\nAmen.  \n\n\n\nFrom The National Liturgy Office of New Zealand.  \n\n\n\nPhoto: \n\n\n\nInternational seafarers with staff of Stella Maris\, Melbourne.  \n\n\n\nMusic:  \n\n\n\nEternal Father\, Strong to Save by John Bacchus Dykes. 
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/day-of-the-seafarer-2021-06-25/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210629T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210629T235959
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CREATED:20200331T060645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T060651Z
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SUMMARY:Saints Peter and Paul\, Apostles
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saints-peter-and-paul-apostles-2021-06-29/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210629T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210629T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200331T060809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200521T081357Z
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SUMMARY:2009: Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth)
DESCRIPTION:“Knowing that we\, as persons and communities\, are part of God’s family gives us a vision and energy to serve a truly integral human development.” Pope Benedict XVI\, Caritas in Veritate\, n 78.\n\n\n\nRead a general introduction to Caritas in Veritate here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2009-pope-benedict-xvis-encyclical-caritas-in-veritate-charity-in-truth-2021-06-29/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210703T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210703T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200504T031635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T053157Z
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SUMMARY:St Thomas\, Apostle
DESCRIPTION:We feel great kinship for the apostle Thomas because\, like him\, most of us curiously combine faith and doubt. We sometimes share the enthusiasm St. Thomas expressed when upon Lazarus’s death Jesus decided to go to Bethany. “Let’s go too\,” Thomas said to the other disciples\,“that we may die with him” (see John 11:16). But also like him we sometimes wonder where Jesus is headed and where he is taking us (see John 14:5).
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-thomas-apostle-2021-07-03/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210704T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210704T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200504T032035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210624T233204Z
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SUMMARY:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Access resources for the celebration of this Sunday produced by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council here. We provide an overview here. \n\n\n\n\n\nThese videos were produced in 2020 however they still contain useful messages for the celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday. \n\n\n\n\n\nBishop Don Sproxton’s Message for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday\n\n\n\nAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday is the first Sunday in July.  NAIDOC Week follows because it is always celebrated in the first full week of July.  \n\n\n\nHere is an online Acknowledgement of Country that you can use at your own events. \n\n\n\n\n\nOnline Acknowledgement of Country from NATSICC\n\n\n\nFind out more about NATSICC’s concerns for First Nations communities facing COVID-19 and the ways in which NATSICC is responding here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-sunday-2021-07-04/
CATEGORIES:Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210707T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210707T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200511T071800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T071805Z
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SUMMARY:1945: Blessed Peter To Rot
DESCRIPTION:On this day in 1945 Blessed Peter To Rot was martyred in Papua New Guinea. Find out more about his life here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1945-blessed-peter-to-rot-2021-07-07/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210709T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210709T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200511T072219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T072222Z
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SUMMARY:St Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions
DESCRIPTION:Augustine Zhao Rong was a Chinese soldier who accompanied Bishop John Gabriel Taurin Dufresse of the Paris Foreign Mission Society to his martyrdom in Beijing. Not long after his baptism\, Augustine was ordained as a diocesan priest. He was martyred in 1815. Beatified in groups at various times\, these 120 martyrs were canonized together in Rome on October 1\, 2000. https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-augustine-zhao-rong-and-companions/\n\n\n\nFind out more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-augustine-zhao-rong-and-companions-2021-07-09/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210715T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210715T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200511T075943Z
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SUMMARY:St Bonaventure
DESCRIPTION:Saint Bonaventure … played an important role in both the medieval Church and the history of the Franciscan Order. A senior faculty member at the University of Paris\, Saint Bonaventure certainly captured the hearts of his students through his academic skills and insights. But more importantly\, he captured their hearts through his Franciscan love for Jesus and the Church. Like his model\, Saint Francis\, Jesus was the center of everything—his teaching\, his administration\, his writing\, and his life. So much so\, that he was given the title “Seraphic Doctor.” Franciscan Media\, Saint of the Day.\n\n\n\nIt is through Saint Bonaventure’s writings that we have learned much of what we know about the life of St Francis of Assisi.  \n\n\n\nTrivia question: how many times did Pope Francis quote St Bonaventure in his encyclical Laudato Si’ on the care of our common home?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-bonaventure-2021-07-15/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210722T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210722T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200512T030308Z
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SUMMARY:Saint Mary Magdalene
DESCRIPTION:St Mary Magdalene is remembered as the ‘apostle to the apostles’ because she was the first to announce the resurrection of Jesus. The apostles did not believe her and went to see for themselves. According to John\, Mary Magdalene was specially privileged to see and speak to the risen Lord on Easter morning.   \n\n\n\nFor Reflection\n\n\n\nToday is a good time to listen to what faithful women are saying about God’s call to the Church in Australia at this time. Still Listening to the Spirit: Woman and Man Twenty Years Later is a collection of essays for the twentieth anniversary of research into the participation of women in the Catholic Church in Australia. It is available in bookshops and ebook platforms and can be ordered from the Office for Social Justice.  \n\n\n\nBuy it here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-mary-magdalene-2021-07-22/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210725T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210725T235959
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CREATED:20200512T030952Z
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SUMMARY:Saint James
DESCRIPTION:“Very early in his public life\, Jesus called James to follow him. Along with Peter and John\, James was one of the favored three to witness the Transfiguration of Jesus\, the raising of Jairus’s daughter\, and the agony in the garden on Holy Thursday night.” Loyola Press\n\n\n\nFind out more about St. James here. 
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-james-2021-07-25/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210729T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210729T235959
DTSTAMP:20260405T111556
CREATED:20200512T031718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200512T031721Z
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SUMMARY:Saint Martha
DESCRIPTION:“One of the most precious things in life is to have a home where you can go at any time and find people who accept\, love\, and understand you. The home Jesus found in Bethany was not only in the house but in the faithful heart of a woman named Martha. She welcomed him and served him\, and they developed a special bond of friendship.” Loyola Press\n\n\n\nRead more about St Martha here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-martha-2021-07-29/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210731T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210731T235959
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CREATED:20200512T034335Z
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SUMMARY:Saint Ignatius of Loyola
DESCRIPTION:One of the many gifts of St Ignatius to the Church is his understanding of the process of discernment. Discernment is more than simply deliberating and making wise decisions. It is about prayerful attentiveness to God’s presence in us and in the world\, and openness to answering God’s call to us\, both personally and collectively.  \n\n\n\nThe examen prayer\, which St Ignatius asked Jesuits to pray twice daily\, is a fundamental practice of discernment. It helps us to cultivate awareness of God’s action in us and in our world\, and to pay attention to our response. It is not an examination of conscience\, like our reflection in preparation for the sacrament of reconciliation\, but rather and examination of our consciousness\, and so it is sometimes known as the consciousness examen. \n\n\n\nThere are many contemporary versions of the examen. They share five steps or elements that can be summarized as expression gratitude\, seeking insight\, reflecting\, noticing\, and looking forward. \n\n\n\nFind out more about St Ignatius of Loyola here. \n\n\n\nImage Credit
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saint-ignatius-of-loyola-2021-07-31/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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