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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-2022-04-28/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220501T235900
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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-2022-05-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220501T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220501T235959
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UID:2039-1651363200-1651449599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2022-05-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220505T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220505T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
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:20220514T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220514T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200228T051841Z
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UID:2499-1652486400-1652572799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1971: Paul VI's Apostolic Letter Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1971-paul-vis-apostolic-letter-octogesima-adveniens-a-call-to-action-2022-05-14/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200228T052633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210602T022929Z
UID:2501-1652572800-1652659199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2022-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200228T052812Z
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UID:2502-1652572800-1652659199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1931: Pius XI's encyclical Quadragesimo Anno (Reconstruction and the Social Order)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1931-pius-xis-encyclical-quadragesimo-anno-reconstruction-and-the-social-order-2022-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220515T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220515T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200228T052938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T052938Z
UID:2503-1652572800-1652659199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2022-05-15/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220524T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220524T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200306T054030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200306T054030Z
UID:2658-1653350400-1653436799@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-2022-05-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220524T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220524T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200306T054223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T065411Z
UID:4302-1653350400-1653436799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Mary Help of Christians\, Patron of Australia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/our-lady-help-of-christians-patron-of-australia-2022-05-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220526T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220526T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200306T055206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T073407Z
UID:2749-1653523200-1653609599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2022-05-26/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220527T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220527T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200228T053410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T072829Z
UID:2506-1653609600-1653695999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2005: Death of Fr Ted Kennedy
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2005-death-of-fr-ted-kennedy-2022-05-17/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220603T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220603T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200318T064612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T064612Z
UID:2810-1654214400-1654300799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1886: Catholic and Anglican Martyrs of Uganda
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1886-catholic-and-anglican-martyrs-of-uganda-2022-06-03/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220608T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220608T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200331T053828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T053828Z
UID:2853-1654646400-1654732799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2022-06-08/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220622T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220622T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200331T055905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T055905Z
UID:2959-1655856000-1655942399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Sts John Fisher and Thomas More
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/sts-john-fisher-and-thomas-more-2022-06-22/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220624T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220624T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200331T060112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T060112Z
UID:3113-1656028800-1656115199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Nativity of John the Baptist
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/nativity-of-john-the-baptist-2022-06-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220625T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220625T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200331T060215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T060215Z
UID:3114-1656115200-1656201599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Day of the Seafarer
DESCRIPTION:As the Day of the Seafarer celebrates its 10th anniversary this year\, seafarers are on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. \n\n\n\nRead about the Church in Australia’s support for seafarers on the Ruby Princess here. Find out more about the work of the Apostleship of the Sea here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/day-of-the-seafarer-2022-06-25/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220629T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220629T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200331T060645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T060645Z
UID:3117-1656460800-1656547199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Saints Peter and Paul\, Apostles
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/saints-peter-and-paul-apostles-2022-06-29/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220629T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220629T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200331T060809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200331T060809Z
UID:3118-1656460800-1656547199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2022-06-29/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220703T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220703T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200504T031635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T053157Z
UID:4232-1656806400-1656892799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2022-07-03/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220703T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220703T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200504T032035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200704T231200Z
UID:3190-1656806400-1656892799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday
DESCRIPTION:Bishop 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. This year\, due to COVID-19 restrictions\, there will be an online Mass for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday steamed live from the Adelaide Cathedral. \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\nThe National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) is producing materials to help parishes organisations and schools to celebrate this special Sunday in an appropriate manner. Check out this page on their website for videos and images that you can use in your own liturgical celebrations\, whether face to face or streamed. \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-2022-07-03/
CATEGORIES:Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220707T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220707T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200511T071800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T071800Z
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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-2022-07-07/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church,Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220709T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220709T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200511T072219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200511T072219Z
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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-2022-07-09/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220715T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220715T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200511T075943Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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-2022-07-15/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220722T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220722T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200512T030308Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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-2022-07-22/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220725T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220725T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200512T030952Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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-2022-07-25/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220729T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220729T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200512T031718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200512T031718Z
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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-2022-07-29/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220731T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220731T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200512T034335Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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-2022-07-31/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220803T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220803T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200619T040115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T075020Z
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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
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220806T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T082305
CREATED:20200521T024900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200521T024900Z
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SUMMARY:The Transfiguration of the Lord
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/the-transfiguration-of-the-lord-2022-08-06/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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