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SUMMARY:International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
DESCRIPTION:Female genital mutilation comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women.  \n\n\n\nIt is an attack on the human dignity and physical integrity of women and girls. It undermines their well-being\, and can threaten life itself. \n\n\n\nLearn more about female genital mutilation here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/international-day-of-zero-tolerance-to-female-genital-mutilation-2023-02-06/
CATEGORIES:UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230206T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230206T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191211T011400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T011400Z
UID:4429-1675641600-1675727999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:St Paul Miki & Companions
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-paul-miki-companions-2023-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230205T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230205T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T062155Z
UID:4419-1675584000-1675616400@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Word of God Sunday
DESCRIPTION:The Word of God Sunday is devoted to the celebration\, study and dissemination of the Word of God.  We will celebrate it in Australia for the first time on 7 February. So our podcast\, The Revolution of Tenderness\, will consider the Word of God in Catholic Social Teaching. With help from Scripture scholars\, we will explore passages of Scripture that are quoted in Catholic Social Teaching documents. \n\n\n\nEpisode 1 features Professor Mary Coloe.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/word-of-god-sunday-2023-02-05/
CATEGORIES:Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230205T000000
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DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191202T012633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T055822Z
UID:4418-1675555200-1675641599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Cape York Peninsula Heads of Agreement Signed
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/cape-york-peninsula-heads-of-agreement-signed-2023-02-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230204T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230204T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191202T012048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191202T012048Z
UID:4417-1675468800-1675555199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1939 Cumeragunja Mission Walk-off
DESCRIPTION:In 1939 the Aboriginal people walked off Cumeragunja Mission in New South Wales in protest at living conditions and restrictions.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1939-cumeragunja-mission-walk-off-2023-02-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230202T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230202T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191202T011132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191202T011132Z
UID:4415-1675296000-1675382399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Wetlands Day
DESCRIPTION:In 2021 World Wetlands Day marks the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention. Get more information about World Wetlands Day and a range of resources on how the Convention protects wetlands here. \n\n\n\nThe Convention on Wetlands of International Importance\, is called the Ramsar Convention\, after the Iranian city where the Convention was adopted in 1971. It is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.  It came into force in 1975. Find out more about the Ramsar Convention here. \n\n\n\nCoral reefs are among the wetland types covered by the Convention. In 2004\, the Catholic Bishops of Queensland issued a pastoral letter ‘Let the Many Coastlands Be Glad!’ on the need to care for the Great Barrier Reef. \n\n\n\nIn safeguarding the integrity of the waters of the Pacific and the Great Barrier Reef\, we are in a profound sense\, honouring and sharing in the life of the risen Christ. As St Paul taught us\, ‘So he who came down is the same one who went up\, above and beyond the heavens\, to fill the whole universe with his presence’ (Ephesians 4.10). This is the very same ‘presence’ that today fills the universe and lovingly graces\, impregnates\, stimulates and sustains the sparkling bluegreen waters and gloriously coloured coral necklace of Queensland’s eastern coastline we call\, ‘the Reef’. It should be understood\, that to do wilful harm to the integrity of the Great Barrier Reef is to diminish the image of Christ which is radiated to us through our world. Queensland Catholic Bishops\, Let the Many Coastlands be Glad\, 2004.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-wetlands-day-2023-02-02/
CATEGORIES:UN International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230201T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230207T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191202T010840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T055447Z
UID:4414-1675238400-1675789200@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Interfaith Harmony Week
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-interfaith-harmony-week-2023-02-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church,UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230129T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230129T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191202T001716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T054816Z
UID:4403-1674950400-1675036799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Leprosy Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-leprosy-day-2023-01-23/
CATEGORIES:UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230126T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230126T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191127T000910Z
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UID:4401-1674691200-1674777599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Australia Day / Survival Day
DESCRIPTION:2021 Australia Day Reflection from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council\n\n\n\n“We find ourselves pondering whether Australia will ever be the same after COVID-19? It might be more useful to ask whether it should be the same after the pandemic. Australia can continue to learn from the challenges of the virus and embrace the gifts of First Nation’s Culture to make it a better place for all. \n\n\n\nWhilst we should be talking about these things all year\, Australia Day is often the trigger for discussions around moving the date\, what our Country stands for or changing the National Anthem. For the record: \n\n\n\n– Yes\, we should change the date to May 27 (the day that Australia voted to grant citizenship to us Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and to remove us from under the Fauna and Flora Act in 1967)\, \n\n\n\n– Australia should stand for equality\, respect\, and compassion for all and\, \n\n\n\n– Yes\, the National Anthem should be representative of all.” \n\n\n\nRead more of NATSICC’s 2021 Australia Day Reflection here. Drawing on wisdom from the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities in dialogue with Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching\, it offers four recommendations: \n\n\n\n1. After suffering together through the pandemic\, Australians should forge forwards with humble hearts and a unity of mind and armed with a renewed sense of equality and care for one another. \n\n\n\n2. Continue to empower and acknowledge the dignity and worth of individuals\, created equally in the image of God\, through the extension of assistance schemes and the provision of a living wage. \n\n\n\n3. All Australians should acknowledge\, in our actions and in legislation\, that Elders/Old People are valuable and contributing members of society and that we are responsible to care for and love them – just as they did for us. \n\n\n\n4. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gifts\, skills\, and knowledge to be utilised for the betterment of First Nations Peoples and Australia as a whole. \n\n\n\n“As we enter 2021 with a sense of hope and ‘rebirth’ we ask that\, for the first time in post-colonial history\, Australians stand together to lift one another up. Stand alongside the Traditional Custodian. Stand alongside the migrant striving for a better life. Stand alongside the grandmother that has lived through so much. We are much stronger\, and much better when we are together.” 2021 Australia Day Reflection\, NATSICC.\n\n\n\nIn 2019 the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) first publicly joined calls for the date of Australia Day to be changed. They explained: \n\n\n\nThe 26th of January 1788 was not a day of celebration for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nor was it for the passengers upon the first fleet – a mix of prisoners and military personnel. Perhaps it is time that we rethink the date upon which our nation comes together as one to recognise and acknowledge the gifts that God has provided in our great southern land. For the past year\, those that sit upon the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council have asked their community\, peers\, friends and fellow Catholics if they celebrate Australia Day. The resounding response was no. That answer was not followed by hatred or vitriol\, it was simply that they felt it was not meant for them nor was it mindful of the hurt experienced by Australia’s First People. For many\, the opportunity to spend the day with family and friends is appreciated and our people understand and respect the pride that some Australians have for the day\, however the foundation of unity and inclusiveness is just not there.Celebrating our nation on a day that harbors grief\, invokes painful memories and ignores the true history of our society just doesn’t make sense. Given that the day has been celebrated on various dates and under different names in the past 100 years\, what will be lost by moving the date? National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council\, 2019. \n\n\n\nFor Reflection\n\n\n\nKey points from NATSICC’s statement: \n\n\n\nA majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholics feel that Australia Day is not for them.NATSICC endorses the call to change the date of Australia Day and suggests 27 May as a starting point for conversation. A ‘True History’ educational program should accompany Australia Day to educate and promote understanding of the story of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Every Catholic School in Australia should teach this history. The next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are carrying lots of pain and anger because of things like Australia Day. Something must change!
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/australia-day-survival-day-2021-01-24-2023-01-22/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230125T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230125T235900
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191126T052509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T053934Z
UID:4413-1674604800-1674691140@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1959 Pope John XXIII announces intention to convoke the Second Vatican Council
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1959-pope-john-xxiii-announces-intention-to-convoke-the-second-vatican-council-2023-01-28/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230124T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230124T235900
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191126T034150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T055230Z
UID:4412-1674518400-1674604740@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:St Francis de Sales
DESCRIPTION:St Francis de Sales is the patron saint of journalists. \n\n\n\nFake news is not new as Dr Margaret van Heekeren noted at the launch of the Social Justice Statement 2019-20. \n\n\n\n‘A week after Easter\, 85 years ago in 1934\, the then Pope\, Pius XI\, gave an historic audience to all foreign press correspondents in Rome – about 73 journalists\, responsible for providing news from the Vatican to more than 5\,000 newspapers around the world. Described as an ‘innovation’ by the London Times\, the papal audience can also be regarded as a political move. As historical research reveals\, the Vatican had\, by this time\, long been the subject of fake news\, much of it shared on wire services around the globe. Throughout the early 1900s fake stories included a proposal to edit the Bible\, the false report of a petition by French priests calling for their vow of celibacy to be dispensed and even an invented interview with Pope Pius X.’ Margaret van Heekeren\, Launch of the Social Justice Statement 2019-20.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-francis-de-sales-2023-01-27/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230122T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20210119T232628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210119T232628Z
UID:4402-1674374400-1674406800@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2021: International Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons enters into force.
DESCRIPTION:In his encyclical\, Fratelli Tutti (On Fraternity and Social Friendship)\, Pope Francis questions nuclear deterrence as a way of promoting peace  noting “the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental consequences that would follow from any use of nuclear weapons\, with devastating\, indiscriminate and uncontainable effects\, over time and space” (n 262). He concludes that “the ultimate goal of the total elimination of nuclear weapons” is both “a challenge and a moral and humanitarian imperative” (n 262). \n\n\n\nThe International Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is an important response to this moral imperative. ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) have produced a booklet explaining the Treaty. You can read the full text of the treaty here. \n\n\n\nThe Holy See is a strong backer of the Treaty and was amongst the first to sign and ratify the Treaty. Here in Australia\, Bishop Terry Brady\, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Delegate for Social Justice\, has called on the Australian Government to sign the Treaty and work towards its ratification.  Bishop Brady says that the use of nuclear weapons is immoral as they are inherently indiscriminate and their impact is uncontainable in time and space. Furthermore\, their continued existence “poses an unacceptable risk of deliberate or accidental use\, and it diverts resources from the things that positively foster peace”. \n\n\n\nAction\n\n\n\nYou can join ICAN’s action to ask the Australian Government to sign the Treaty\, to encourage our cities and towns to support the Treaty\, and to ask superannuation funds to cut ties with companies that produce nuclear weapons. \n\n\n\nPray for an end to nuclear weapons. Printed copies of the prayer card can be purchased here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2021-international-treaty-prohibiting-nuclear-weapons-enters-into-force-2023-01-22/
CATEGORIES:UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230122T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230122T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191201T225632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191201T225632Z
UID:4400-1674345600-1674431999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy Established in Canberra
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1972-aboriginal-tent-embassy-established-in-canberra-2023-01-22/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230113T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230113T235900
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191126T023003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T023003Z
UID:4335-1673568000-1673654340@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1946 First UN General Assembly Opens
DESCRIPTION:Fifty one nations were represented at the opening of the first General Assembly of the United Nations in 1946. You can find out about the resolutions of this General Assembly here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1946-first-un-general-assembly-opens-2023-01-13/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230104T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230104T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191122T073017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T073017Z
UID:4198-1672790400-1672876799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1994 Native Title Act
DESCRIPTION:1994: Commencement of the Native Title Act
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1994-native-title-act-2021-01-06-2023-01-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230103T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230103T235900
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191126T021955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T053403Z
UID:4200-1672704000-1672790340@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1977 First loans offered by Grameen Bank
DESCRIPTION:The Grameen Bank was founded by Professor Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh. In 2006 he won a Nobel Peace Prize for this work. \n\n\n\nThe Grameen Bank\, known as the ‘bank for the poor’\, reversed conventional banking practice by removing the need for collateral. It created a banking system based on mutual trust\, accountability\, participation and creativity.  Yunus reasons that credit is a cost effective weapon to fight poverty and it serves as a catalyst in the over all development of socio-economic conditions of the poor. Find out more here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1977-first-loans-offered-by-grameen-bank-2021-01-01-2023-01-06/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230101T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230101T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20210112T061943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T061950Z
UID:4260-1672560000-1672592400@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Day of Peace
DESCRIPTION:Pope Paul VI instituted the World Day of Peace in 1968. It is celebrated each year on 1 January and the Pope issues a special World Day of Peace Message for the occasion. \n\n\n\nThe theme for the World Day of Peace Message 2021 is A Culture of Care as a Path to Peace. Pope Francis begins by reflecting that 2020 has shown us “how important it is to care for one another and for creation”. Hence he proposes a culture of care “as a way to combat the culture of indifference\, waste and confrontation so prevalent in our time”. \n\n\n\nIn the Message Pope Francis traces how care and protection\, love and compassion permeate the Christian story from creation\, throughout the life and ministry of Jesus\, in the early church and as the “beating heart of the Church’s social doctrine” today.  \n\n\n\nThe full text of the Message is available here.  Download our Discussion Guide here. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nYou can find Pope Francis’ World Day of Peace Messages here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-day-of-peace-2-2023-01-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230101T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20230101T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20191125T230818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T053059Z
UID:4199-1672531200-1672617599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1901 Foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1901-foundation-of-the-commonwealth-of-australia-2023-01-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221231T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221231T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20201209T015322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T015322Z
UID:4191-1672444800-1672531199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1946: Granting of paid annual leave to workers in Australia
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1946-granting-of-paid-annual-leave-to-workers-in-australia-2022-12-31/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221230T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221230T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20201209T015204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T015204Z
UID:4190-1672358400-1672444799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1987: Pope John Paul II's encyclical Sollicitudo Rei Socialis ('On Social Concerns')
DESCRIPTION:“Pope John Paul II’s 1987 social encyclical Sollicitudo rei Socialis marks the twentieth anniversary of Populorum Progressio. Sollicitudo rei Socialis is also known by the English title On Social Concerns. It was the first major Catholic Social Teaching document to mark the anniversary of a social encyclical other than Rerum Novarum.” Source: Social Spirituality \n\n\n\nRead an introduction to Sollicitudo rei Socialis \n\n\n\nRead full text of Sollicitudo Rei Socialis
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1987-pope-john-paul-iis-encyclical-sollicitudo-rei-socialis-on-social-concerns-2022-12-30/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221228T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221228T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20201209T014537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T014537Z
UID:4189-1672185600-1672271999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Holy Innocents
DESCRIPTION:Read The Story of the Holy Innocents \n\n\n\n“The Holy Innocents are few in comparison to the genocide and abortion of our day. But even if there had been only one\, we recognize the greatest treasure God put on the earth — a human person\, destined for eternity\, and graced by Jesus’ death and resurrection.” Franciscan Media
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/holy-innocents-2022-12-28/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221226T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221226T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T050003
CREATED:20201209T013924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T013924Z
UID:4188-1672012800-1672099199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:2004: Devastating tsunami in South Asia\, killing 200\,000 to 300\,000 people
DESCRIPTION:The Indian Ocean tsunami traveled as much as 3\,000 miles (nearly 5\,000 km) to Africa\, arriving with sufficient force to kill people and destroy property. The epicenter of the 9.0 magnitude quake was under the Indian Ocean near the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra\, according to the USGS\, which monitors earthquakes worldwide. \n\n\n\nThe Indian Ocean tsunami caused waves as high as 50 feet (15 meters) in some places\, according to news reports. But in many other places witnesses described a rapid surging of the ocean\, more like an extremely powerful river or a flood than the advance and retreat of giant waves. \n\n\n\nSource: National Geographic: The Deadliest Tsunami in History?
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2004-devastating-tsunami-in-south-asia-killing-200000-to-300000-people-2022-12-26/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221225T000000
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SUMMARY:2005: Pope Benedict's XVI's encyclical Deus Cartias Est ('God is Love')
DESCRIPTION:Prayer of Pope Benedict from Deus Caritas Est\n\n\n\nHoly Mary\, Mother of God\, \nyou have given the world its true light\,\nJesus\, your Son - the Son of God.\nYou abandoned yourself completely\,\nto God's call\nand thus became a wellspring\nof the goodness which flows forth from him.\nShow us Jesus. Lead us to him.\nTeach us to know and love him\,\nso that we too can become\ncapable of true love\nand be fountains of living water\nin the midst of a thirsty world.\n\nBenedict XVI\, Caritas Deus Est\, n 42\n\n\n\nRead full text of Deus Caritas Est (‘God is Love’) by Pope Benedict XVI.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/2005-pope-benedicts-xvis-encyclical-deus-cartias-est-god-is-love-2022-12-25/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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CREATED:20201209T012900Z
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UID:4253-1671926400-1672012799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Christmas Day
DESCRIPTION:“The face of God has been revealed in a human face. It did not appear in an angel\, but in one man\, born in a specific time and place. By his incarnation\, the Son of God tells us that salvation comes through love\, acceptance\, respect for this poor humanity of ours\, which we all share in a great variety of races\, languages\, and cultures. Yet all of us are brothers and sisters in humanity! Our differences\, then\, are not a detriment or a danger; they are a source of richness. As when an artist is about to make a mosaic: it is better to have tiles of many colours available\, rather than just a few! The experience of families teaches us this: as brothers and sister\, we are all different from each other. We do not always agree\, but there is an unbreakable bond uniting us\, and the love of our parents helps us to love one another. The same is true for the larger human family\, but here\, God is our ‘parent’\, the foundation and strength of our fraternity.” Pope Francis\, Urbi et Orbi\, Christmas Day\, 2018.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/christmas-day-2022-12-25/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221224T000000
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UID:4186-1671840000-1671926399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Christmas Eve
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/christmas-eve-2022-12-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221223T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221223T235959
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CREATED:20201209T012517Z
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UID:4185-1671753600-1671839999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1996: Wik High Court decision
DESCRIPTION:In The Wik Peoples v The State of Queensland & Ors; The Thayorre People v The State of Queensland & Ors [1996] HCA 40 (‘Wik’)\, the High Court held that native title rights could coexist on land held by pastoral leaseholders. The High Court decided that: \n\n\n\n– a pastoral lease does not necessarily confer rights of exclusive possession on the pastoralist– the rights and obligations of the pastoralist depend on the terms of the lease and the law under which it was granted; – the mere grant of a pastoral lease does not necessarily extinguish any remaining native title rights– if there is any inconsistency between the rights of the native title holders and the rights of the pastoralist\, the rights of the native title holders must yield.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1996-wik-high-court-decision-2022-12-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221223T235959
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CREATED:20201209T012312Z
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UID:4184-1671753600-1671839999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1901: Enactment of Immigration Restriction Act (White Australian Policy)
DESCRIPTION:At the end of the 19th century\, Australian colonies had concerns about who was migrating to Australia. With a rise in the number of migrants from China and the Pacific\, many colonies passed tough immigration legislation. The Immigration Restriction Act was one of the first Commonwealth laws passed after Federation. It was based on the existing laws of the colonies. The aim of the law was to limit non-white (particularly Asian) immigration to Australia\, to help keep Australia ‘British’. The ‘White Australia Policy’ was not fully removed until 1972.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1901-enactment-of-immigration-restriction-act-white-australian-policy-2022-12-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221221T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221221T235959
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CREATED:20201209T011949Z
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UID:4183-1671580800-1671667199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1993: Passage of Native Title Bill by the Australian Senate
DESCRIPTION:The Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA) is a law passed by the Australian Parliament that recognises the rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in land and waters according to their traditional laws and customs. It established a process for claiming and recognising native title lands and waters in Australia. The NTA aims to balance Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples’ rights to land\, and sets out how native title rights and interests fit within Australian law.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1993-passage-of-native-title-bill-by-the-australian-senate-2022-12-21/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221220T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221220T235959
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CREATED:20201209T011654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T011654Z
UID:4182-1671494400-1671580799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:International Human Solidarity Day
DESCRIPTION:International Human Solidarity Day is a day to celebrate our unity in diversity\, a day to remind governments to respect their commitments to international agreements\, a day to raise public awareness of the importance of solidarity\, a day to encourage debate on the ways to promote solidarity for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals including poverty eradication\, and a day of action to encourage new initiatives for poverty eradication. \n\n\n\nSolidarity is identified in the Millennium Declaration as one of the fundamental values of international relations in the 21st Century\, wherein those\, who either suffer or benefit least deserve help from those who benefit most. Consequently\, in the context of globalization and the challenge of growing inequality\, strengthening of international solidarity is indispensable.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/international-human-solidarity-day-2022-12-20/
CATEGORIES:UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221218T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20221218T235959
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CREATED:20201209T011524Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T011524Z
UID:4181-1671321600-1671407999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:1894: South Australian Parliament\, the first in Australia to give women the right to vote
DESCRIPTION:On 18 December 1894 the South Australian Parliament passed the Constitutional Amendment (Adult Suffrage) Act. \n\n\n\nThe legislation was the result of a decade-long struggle to include women in the electoral process. It not only granted women in the colony the right to vote but allowed them to stand for parliament. \n\n\n\nThis meant that South Australia was the first electorate in the world to give equal political rights to both men and women. \n\n\n\nRead more about Women’s Suffrage here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/1894-south-australian-parliament-the-first-in-australia-to-give-women-the-right-to-vote-2022-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Australian
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