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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.  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-2023-04-11/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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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-2023-04-28/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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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-2023-05-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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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-2023-05-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230505T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230505T235959
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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-2023-05-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230514T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230514T235959
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UID:4789-1684022400-1684108799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2023-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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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-2023-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230515T235959
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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-2023-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100944
CREATED:20200228T052938Z
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UID:4793-1684108800-1684195199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1961: John XXIII's encyclical Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress)
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1961-john-xxiiis-encyclical-mater-et-magistra-christianity-and-social-progress-2023-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230524T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230524T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100944
CREATED:20200306T054030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200306T054030Z
UID:4938-1684886400-1684972799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2015: Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato Si' (On Care for our Common Home)
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2015-pope-francis-encyclical-laudato-si-on-care-for-our-common-home-2023-05-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230524T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230524T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T100944
CREATED:20200306T054223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200306T054223Z
UID:4939-1684886400-1684972799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Mary Help of Christians\, Patron of Australia
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/our-lady-help-of-christians-patron-of-australia-2023-05-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230526T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230526T235959
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CREATED:20200306T055206Z
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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-2023-05-26/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230527T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230527T235959
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CREATED:20200228T053410Z
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UID:4837-1685145600-1685231999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2005: Death of Fr Ted Kennedy
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2005-death-of-fr-ted-kennedy-2023-05-17/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230801T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230806T235959
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CREATED:20200117T031317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T070119Z
UID:4539-1690848000-1691366399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Youth Day
DESCRIPTION:World Youth Day is celebrated every year in local churches and every two or three years at the international level. It is now celebrated at a Diocese level on Christ the King. Lisbon\, Portugal will host the next international gathering for World Youth Day in 2023.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-youth-day-2023-04-05/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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