This Christmas and holiday season, many of us will be spending time with people who are very quick to recite what they hear on talkback radio or read in the tabloid press. That’s why we’ve put together The Edmund Rice Centre’s Guide to Speaking up for Social Justice this Christmas. The Guide has… Continue Reading Edmund Rice Centre | Speak up for Social Justice this Christmas
The 2016 Christmas newsletter from Catholic Earthcare Australia is now available to read here. Christmas message from the newsletter: Dear Earthcare Friends, As 2016 draws to a close we wish to share with you the address from Pope Francis to the gathering of Scientists at the Vatican Pontifical Academy of Science on 28th November 2016. For us it… Continue Reading Read the Christmas 2016 newsletter from Catholic Earthcare Australia
A Christmas message from the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council Dear Friends On behalf of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council and its staff, I send you my blessings and prayers for a joyous Christmas and a happy and fulfilling New Year. The birth of Our Lord is an extraordinary gift to us… Continue Reading A Christmas message from the Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council
The 20th December 2016 is International Human Solidarity Day, which is observed every year by the United Nations to promote and celebrate the concept of solidarity, which is central to the aims of the United Nations as an organisation, and to the Sustainable Development Goals. The United Nations says that International Human Solidarity Day… Continue Reading International Human Solidarity Day, 20th December 2016
The 18th December 2016 is International Migrants Day, a day observed annually by the United Nations and countries throughout the world to acknowledge and celebrate the rights of migrants and to draw attention to the current issues and opportunities surrounding global migration. The United Nations recently (September 2016) adopted a set of committments known as the New York… Continue Reading International Migrants Day, 18 December 2016 | United Nations
The combined Catholic churches of Maylands will be holding a special service and discussion of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference 2016-17 Social Justice Statement, “A Place at the Table: Social justice in an ageing society,” on Sunday 19th February 2017. This latest statement was launched nationally on 6th September and in Perth on 20th… Continue Reading Maylands Catholic Community Event: Discussion of the ACBC Social Justice Statement on Ageing
The Caritas November eNews contains all the latest information on Caritas Australia’s work at home and overseas. Read the newsletter here, or sign up to receive the newsletter by heading to their website: http://www.caritas.org.au/. Promoted in the latest newsletter is a joint statement of subsidiarity produced by Caritas Australia and its First Australian partners. The… Continue Reading Read the Caritas November Newsletter | Caritas Australia and First Australians Joint Statement on Subsidiarity
Thursday 16 June 2016 Four Australian Catholic organisations have announced they are completely divesting from coal, oil and gas in what they say is the first joint Catholic divestment anywhere in the world. The move comes as prominent Jewish rabbis, Muslim clerics, Anglican bishops and other religious leaders call on the Australian government… Continue Reading Catholic orders take their lead from the pope and divest from fossil fuels | Environment | The Guardian
Catholic Mission invites you to join them at their Christmas event, “Finding a Place: a Christmas Reflection in Word and Music.” This evening of sacred music, readings and congregational carols will be held at the Basilica of St Patrick in Fremantle on Thursday 15th December at 7pm. Proceeds from the evening will support Catholic… Continue Reading Catholic Mission Christmas Event, 15th December 2016: Finding a Place
By Caroline Smith Attendees at a recent talk by Irish eco-theologian Father Sean McDonagh were told that Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical Laudato Si marked a significant shift in Catholic social teaching, and offered a new vision of interaction between human beings and the rest of creation. Approximately 100 people attended the lecture at the… Continue Reading The Record | Laudato Si offers unique insight into our responsibility towards creation, says eco-theologian
01 December 2016 The days from 25 November to 10 December have been set aside for a campaign called “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.” The campaign began on United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and will run through Human Rights Day. The World Council of Churches (WCC), along… Continue Reading Eliminating gender-based violence focus of 16-day campaign — World Council of Churches
The 5th December 2016 is designated World Soil Day by the United Nations; a day to raise awareness of the critical importance of soil to everyone’s lives, and the issues affecting soils today. The 2016 theme for World Soil Day is “Soils and pulses, a symbiosis for life.” Pulses contribute many positive properties to soil, which… Continue Reading World Soil Day, 5th December 2016 | United Nations
Friday 2nd December 2016 is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, a day that is observed by the United Nations every year to spread awareness about the need to eradicate modern forms of slavery. Slavery still exists in many forms around the world, including human trafficking, forced marriage, sexual exploitation, child labour and… Continue Reading International Day for the Abolition of Slavery | 2nd December 2016
Thursday 1st December is World AIDS Day 2016, a day to raise awareness, educate, show support for people living with HIV, and commerorate those who have died. HIV still exists in Australia and around the world; globally, there are an estimated 34 million people who have the virus, and many lack HIV diagnosis… Continue Reading World AIDS Day | 1st Decemeber 2016
UNIVERSAL PRAYER INTENTION: End to Child-Soldiers “That the scandal of child-soldiers may be eliminated the world over.” Caritas Australia works in conflict-torn regions worldwide, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, and focuses their work on the victims of conflict, including child soldiers and affected communities. Help Caritas in continuing their… Continue Reading Pope Francis’ Universal Prayer Intention for December
Read current and past issues of the JEDO Newsletter here, and catch up on the social justice work of the Justice, Ecology and Development Office within the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. Continue Reading
The use of acknowledgement plaques on entrances to homes, churches, workplaces and other buildings, serve to remind Australians of the presence of the Aboriginal people in our land millennia before the making of the Australian colonies and the Australian nation Continue Reading Aboriginal Acknowledgement Plaque Orders