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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-2021-12-21/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211223T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211223T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20201209T012312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T012319Z
UID:3547-1640217600-1640303999@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-2021-12-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211223T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211223T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20201209T012517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T012529Z
UID:3552-1640217600-1640303999@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-2021-12-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211224T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211224T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20201209T012709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T012720Z
UID:4118-1640304000-1640390399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Christmas Eve
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/christmas-eve-2021-12-24/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211225T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211225T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20201209T012900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210112T060947Z
UID:4252-1640390400-1640476799@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-2021-12-25/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211225T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211225T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20201209T013627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T013639Z
UID:3569-1640390400-1640476799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2021-12-25/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211226T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211226T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20201209T013924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T013932Z
UID:3575-1640476800-1640563199@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-2021-12-26/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211228T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211228T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20201209T014537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T014543Z
UID:3648-1640649600-1640735999@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-2021-12-28/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211230T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211230T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20201209T015204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T015215Z
UID:3651-1640822400-1640908799@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-2021-12-30/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211231T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20211231T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20201209T015322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T015331Z
UID:3654-1640908800-1640995199@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-2021-12-31/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220101T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220101T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20191125T230818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T053137Z
UID:806-1640995200-1641081599@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-2022-01-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220101T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220101T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T092719
CREATED:20210112T061943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211224T061033Z
UID:4259-1641024000-1641056400@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 2022 is Dialogue Between Generations\, Education and Work: Tools for Building Lasting Peace. \n\n\n\nPope Francis begins by reflecting on the messenger of Peace and how peace makes the world beautiful. This is in contrast to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor which has intensified after the pandemic\, the intensifying effects of climate change\, economic exclusions and hunger and thirst increasing. \n\n\n\nIn the Message Pope Francis provides three key tools for responding to these cries and building a lasting peace: dialogue between the generations\, education and teaching to build a flourishing civil society and work which realises human dignity. \n\n\n\nThe full text of the Message is available here.  Download our Discussion Guide here.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-day-of-peace-2-2022-01-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220103T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220103T235900
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191126T021955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T053344Z
UID:992-1641168000-1641254340@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-2021-01-01-2022-01-07/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220105T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220105T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191122T073017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201118T060218Z
UID:807-1641340800-1641427199@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-2021-01-06-2022-01-05/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220110T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220110T235900
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191126T023003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T053742Z
UID:1141-1641772800-1641859140@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-2022-01-14/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,UN International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220122T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20210119T232628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T222654Z
UID:4376-1642838400-1642870800@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-2022-01-22/
CATEGORIES:UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220124T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220124T235900
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191126T034150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T055255Z
UID:1338-1642982400-1643068740@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-2022-01-28/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220125T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220125T235900
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191126T052509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T053914Z
UID:1284-1643068800-1643155140@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-2022-01-22/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191127T000910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T054103Z
UID:1285-1643155200-1643241599@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-2021-01-24-2022-01-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220126T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191201T225632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220121T021537Z
UID:1286-1643155200-1643241599@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-2022-01-23/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220130T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220130T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191202T001716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T054633Z
UID:1287-1643500800-1643587199@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Leprosy Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-leprosy-day-2022-01-24/
CATEGORIES:UN International
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220201T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220207T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191202T010840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T055419Z
UID:4155-1643702400-1644253200@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Interfaith Harmony Week
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-interfaith-harmony-week-2022-02-01/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church,UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220202T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220202T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191202T011132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T052301Z
UID:4202-1643760000-1643846399@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:World Wetlands Day
DESCRIPTION:In 2022 World Wetlands Day marks the 51st anniversary of the Ramsar Convention. This year the theme is Value. Manage. Restore. LOVE wetlands. 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. \n\n\n\nFor more information World Wetlands Day go here \n\n\n\nWWD2022_Infographic_English_Print@homeDownload
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/world-wetlands-day-2022-02-02/
CATEGORIES:UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220204T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220204T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191202T012048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T031500Z
UID:4144-1643932800-1644019199@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-2022-02-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220205T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220205T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191202T012633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T055749Z
UID:4146-1644019200-1644105599@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Cape York Peninsula Heads of Agreement Signed
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/cape-york-peninsula-heads-of-agreement-signed-2022-02-04/
CATEGORIES:Anniversary,Australian
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191211T011400Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T032041Z
UID:4149-1644105600-1644191999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:St Paul Miki & Companions
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URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-paul-miki-companions-2022-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191212T232645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T032357Z
UID:4151-1644105600-1644191999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
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-2022-02-06/
CATEGORIES:UN International
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191212T235446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201209T032604Z
UID:4153-1644105600-1644191999@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:Waitangi Day
DESCRIPTION:Waitangi Day marks the signing in 1840 of a treaty between representatives of the British Crown and over five hundred Māori chiefs. Claudia Orange explains that: \n\n\n\nMost chiefs signed a Māori-language version of the treaty. The English- and Māori-language versions held different meanings\, and Māori and Europeans therefore had different expectations of the treaty’s terms. Ever since\, resolution of these differences has presented New Zealand with challenges.  Claudia Orange\, ‘Treat of Waitangi’\, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand  \n\n\n\nIn a 2008 statement on the International Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples\, the Catholic Bishops of New Zealand said: \n\n\n\nThe Church may have initially been slow to recognise the injustices caused to indigenous peoples as part of colonisation\, but Catholic social teaching on the rights of indigenous people is now clear and unequivocal. Ecclesia in Oceania\, specifically written for our region\, asked for forgiveness for times the Church had been a party to injustices done to indigenous peoples in Oceania\, and expressed the support of the regional Bishops for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In statements on the Treaty of Waitangi (1990 and 1995) and Indigenous Peoples (1993)\, we have affirmed the Church’s commitment to work to resolve historic injustices and to reconcile peoples.  A Statement from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference on 10 December 2008.
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/waitangi-day-2022-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Overseas / regional
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T080000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220206T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20210112T062155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220125T102815Z
UID:4266-1644134400-1644166800@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 6 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-2022-02-06/
CATEGORIES:Australian,Liturgy & Church
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220208T000000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20220208T235959
DTSTAMP:20260404T092720
CREATED:20191213T011355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210118T073305Z
UID:4206-1644278400-1644364799@socialjustice.catholic.org.au
SUMMARY:St Josephine Bakhita
DESCRIPTION:St Josephine Bakhita was kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery. Her feast day is now observed as the International Day of Prayer and Awareness  Against Human Trafficking. The video below outlines her story. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Resources\n\n\n\nThe Diocese of Parramatta\, which includes a significant Sudanese community\, has prepared a range of resources for the celebration of the feast of St Josephine Bakhita. They include a poster\, social media tile\, bulletin notice\, homily notes and prayers of the faithful.  Catholics in the Diocese of Parramatta are encouraged on this day to pray for all those affected by the crimes of modern slavery and human trafficking\, and the people that volunteer and work to eradicate this crime. Join them by downloading resources here. \n\n\n\nThe following prayer was prepared by Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans. \n\n\n\nPrayer for All Who are Trafficked\n\n\n\nWe pray for all who are trafficked. We ask\, Lord\, that you strengthen the fragile-spiritedand broken-hearted.We pray earnestly that all who suffer the loss of freedomand the indignity of being used to serve the need and greed of otherswill be freed and find freedom in a home where they are respected.Let them experience a love that is tender and good. We pray for all who exploit others\,that their evil deeds will be exposedand that their hearts will be changed.We pray for ourselves\, who live in safety and peacewith more than we needand for all who work against trafficking in humans:give us the wisdom and courageto stand in solidarity with all who suffer lack of human dignity.Help all who work against human trafficking to find waysto ensure for all the freedom that is your gift to all of us.We make our prayer through Christ Our Lord.Amen. https://acrath.org.au/prayer-for-anti-trafficking-advocates/
URL:https://socialjustice.catholic.org.au/event/st-josephine-bakhita-2022-02-08/
CATEGORIES:Liturgy & Church
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