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
The 2016 Rio Olympics have just come to an end, so now is an ideal opportunity to reflect upon what it means to be a good sport, and how sporting events can be fair and just for all involved, and how sport can bring us together, rather than divide us. The 2014-15 Social Justice Statement, “A… Continue Reading A Prayer for Sport | Rio 2016 Olympics
Every day, thousands of women and children around the world need to cover many kilometres each day to fetch water, obtain food, get to school or market, or simply to survive. Running in the City to Surf is an opportunity for you to educate your friends, family, work colleagues and other in your community on… Continue Reading Caritas: City to Surf
Help the Edmund Rice Centre Mirrabooka support children and families from Refugee and Aboriginal backgrounds through sport, art and leadership programs. Read more: Support Perth’s Refugee and Aboriginal Children | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising
Issue #3 of the JEDO Newsletter is out now – read the electronic version below. Issues #1 and #2 are available to read here. To read the full version, click on the above image.
At the Perth launch of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) Social Justice Statement last September (2014), ‘A Crown for Australia: Striving for the Best in our Sporting Nation’, the transformative capacity of sport to lead us toward justice and peace was discussed. We were also reminded of the statement by Nelson Mandela that sport… Continue Reading Thank God for the gift of Sport – 17th May 2015
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