The Australian Catholic Social Justice Council’s (ACSJC) Briefing for July is now up on the website. The Briefing covers issues of Catholic social teaching in July 2018, highlighting resources, media items and diary events. It can be read here (ACSJC_Monthly Briefing_No 202)
Featuring:
- Australian Bishops’ Social Justice Statement on housing and homelessness
- NAIDOC Week
- Pastoral Letter for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker for 2018
- Justice system ‘failing’ young Indigenous Australians
- National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday
- Social Justice Events
Sea Sunday
From the Secretariat, John Ferguson:
Social Justice Sunday this year falls on 30 September.
The Australian Catholic Social Justice Council is preparing for the launch in September of the Australia Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2018–2019.
This year’s Statement for 2018–19 is titled A Place to Call Home: Making a home for everyone in our land. It confronts the growing challenge of homelessness and housing insecurity in Australia.
Homelessness is a challenge for all levels of society: for government, for Church and community, and for us as individuals. Each one of us can make a difference and, when we join with others, we can be a real force for change that ensures everyone has a place to call home.
jss.org.au/a-joint-catholic-statement-on-srss-income-cuts-for-people-seeking-asylum-in-australia
refugeecouncil.org.au-cuts-to-support-system
acrt.com.au-dignity-not-destitution-changes-to-support-services-for-people-seeking-asylum-srss/