The 2018-19 Social Justice Statement focuses on… A Place to Call Home Making a Home for Everyone in Our Land The Social Justice Statement confronts homelessness and the housing crisis facing Australia. We are called to make all feel welcome and the importance of ensuring their dignity, value and wellbeing are maintained.… Continue Reading Social Justice Sunday_30th September 2018
By The Most Rev Timothy Costelloe SDB Archbishop of Perth 27 August 2018 “Please find attached a Pastoral Letter regarding the presentation of the End-of-Life Care Report in Western Australia by a Committee of Inquiry last week. Over 700 submissions were received, including my own on behalf of the Catholic community in the… Continue Reading Archbishop’s MEDIA Release_End of Life Care in Western Australia
LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26). These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse… Continue Reading MEDIA RELEASE_LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD
ACMRO Media Release – Manus Island Five years on (2018) Australian Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office (ACMRO) ACMRO_Migrant & Refugee Kit 2018ACMRO ACMRO_Migrant & Refugee Kit POSTER A Migrant & Refugee Stocktake (Eureka Street) MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 104th WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES 2018 [14… Continue Reading World Day of Migrants & Refugees / Refugee & Migrant Sunday_26th Aug 2018
Read the full statement using the below link… Catholic Church Confirms Entry into National Redress Scheme “Since as early as 2013, the Catholic Church has called for a national redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse,” ACBC president Archbishop Mark Coleridge said. “We support the Royal Commission’s recommendation for a national redress scheme, administered… Continue Reading ACBC_Media Release_Catholic Church Confirms Entry into National Redress Scheme
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May 2018 Bishops Plenary Report Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Costelloe 20 May 2018 (Plenary Council 2020) perthcatholic.org.au-Week_5-Plenary_2020_journey_launched Plenary Council President Archbishop Tim Costelloe calls all to get involved… ‘As you may have heard, Pope Francis has just recently given his formal approval for the Catholic Church Australia to hold a Plenary Council in 2020‘…… Continue Reading Plenary Council 2020
Deacon Greg Lowe, Director of the Western Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (WACMRO) said, “It is not a time to inflict harsh measures on people who already face many challenges as they seek employment. Making people destitute does not help them find a job.” “The caring and sensible step to take is to… Continue Reading World Refugee Day_20th June 2018_Media Release from Church Leaders
Read the full statement using the below link… Catholic Church Calls for Boost in Minimum Wage The Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations has told the Fair Work Commission that the minimum wage is “manifestly inadequate” and hundreds of thousands of families are living in or threatened by poverty. “The level and depth… Continue Reading ACBC_Media Release_Catholic Church Calls for Boost in Minimum Wage
1. “REJOICE AND BE GLAD” (Mt 5:12), Jesus tells those persecuted or humiliated for his sake. The Lord asks everything of us, and in return he offers us true life, the happiness for which we were created. He wants us to be saints and not to settle for a bland and mediocre existence. The call… Continue Reading Apostolic Exhortation from Pope Francis on the call to Holiness in today’s world
Please read the ACBC full statement using the below link… Any Change to Marriage Law Must Include Protections for Religious Freedom “The Catholic Church, and many others who sought to retain the definition of marriage as it has been understood for centuries, continues to view marriage as a special union between a woman and… Continue Reading ACBC_Media Release – Any change to marriage law must include protections for religious freedom
Refugee Week Refugee Week is a national annual celebration of the contributions that refugees have made to Australian society, and a chance to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugees. Refugee Week is organised by the Refugee Council of Australia, and in 2017 is taking place from the 18th to the 24th June. The designated theme for Refugee… Continue Reading Refugee Week and World Refugee Day, 18-24 June 2017
June 15 is recognised by the United Nations as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). As the number of older people around the world is growing, the level of elder abuse is also expected to rise in coming years. This day is observed annually to raise awareness and help put and end to elder abuse in all… Continue Reading World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 15 June 2017 | United Nations
The 6th April is observed by the United Nations every year as the International Day of Sport for Development of Peace, to acknowledge and promote sport as a way to advance human rights, development and peace. On the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2017, the UN are launching the digital… Continue Reading International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, 6th April | United Nations
This coming Sunday 5th March, the first Sunday in Lent, is being recognized by the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) as a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Refugees and Asylum Seekers. As the NCCA says, “The situation of many thousands of refugees and asylum seekers throughout the world calls Christians to respond.… Continue Reading Day of Prayer and Fasting for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Sunday 5th March
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