Sophia Skarparis, a year 10 Monte Sant Angelo, North Sydney student is putting her faith into action by carrying out the mammoth task of gathering 10 000 signatures for a petition to ‘Ban the Bag’. Heavy and single-use plastic bags are not banned in NSW, unlike in many other states, and though many supermarkets and … Continue reading Ban the Bag – Local Catholic Student’s Campaign
Today, like most Australians, we are dissecting and taking in the Federal Budget. Most of the major dailies have put out tax tables to make it easy to see how much you will or won’t get back in the centre piece of the budget – tax cuts. But we want to direct some of our … Continue reading The Budget – Beyond the Tax Cuts
As we hear that 30% of the Great Barrier Reef coral was ‘cooked’ to death in 2016 and as our brothers and sisters across Oceania call on our Bishops to ‘care for our common home’, it seems more urgent that we each do what we can to care for the Earth who is crying out … Continue reading Solar Bulk Buy Closing Soon!
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Come and join us for our first Social Justice Gathering for 2018! We will have panels of speakers on a variety of topics related to our theme for the day which will focus on solar energy and anti-slavery projects. There will be a mix of practical and informative sessions and time to renew or begin … Continue reading Social Justice Gathering – Caring for God’s Creation, Caring for God’s People
