The latest bulletin from the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) is out now, with information about Refugee Week 2016, the Federal Election, action for asylum seekers and refugees in Catholic Schools, and more. To read the June bulletin, click here.
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeker Asylum (CAPSA) has released at ‘Guide to Asylum Seeker Policies’ for the 2016 Federal Election. The guide looks at where the LNP, ALP and the Greens stand on different issues relating to asylum seekers and refugees, and may help in your discernment in the lead up to… Continue Reading Read CAPSA’s guide to asylum seeker policies this Federal Election
To help with your discernment during the lead up to the Federal Election in July, the below prayer has been provided by the Catholic Bishops of Australia. Download the prayer here, or click on the image below.
Australia votes on 2nd July. Whoever wins the election, let’s make sure that the first thing they hear is our call for a world where all people live with dignity. Send us your message now and we’ll deliver it after the election to whoever becomes our new Prime Minister. “Dear Prime Minister, I… Continue Reading Caritas Australia | Ask our next Prime Minister to help build a Fairer World for All
NetAct, “A Project of Catholic Social Justice, Welfare and Educational Agencies,” have released a pre-federal election kit for Christians to use when preparing to vote in the upcoming Federal Election. The Kit invites the reader to consider particular issues relevant to this election from a Catholic Social Justice perspective. From the NetAct Committee: The approaching federal… Continue Reading 2016 Federal Election Catholic Social Justice Kit | NetAct
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