Article from the Catholic Weekly: “Social justice gathering focuses on how Catholics can make a difference By Staff writers   June 8, 2016   0 Parishioners attended the social justice gathering a year after the release of papal encyclical Laudato Si’. Catholics across Sydney braved the weekend deluge to attend the Archdiocesan Social Justice Gathering at St … Continue reading Social justice gathering focuses on how Catholics can make a difference →

“Parishes to Dispose of Throw-Away Culture: Archdiocesan Social Justice Gathering Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese, 23 May 2016 The Archdiocesan Social Justice Gathering will take place on 4 June 2016 Catholics across the Archdiocese of Sydney have the opportunity to challenge the implications of a throw-away culture and implement some of the latest teachings of Pope … Continue reading Parishes to Dispose of Throw-Away Culture →

  “Voice for the voiceless: A statement by the Catholic Bishops of Australia on the election Source : Catholic Bishops of Australia Australia’s Catholic bishops have called for the voices of the thrown-away people to be heard in the long federal election campaign. The bishops today issued a statement on the 2016 Federal Election, addressed … Continue reading Voice for the Voiceless →

My first thought on seeing the video of Omid setting himself on fire was that he didn’t have a support person. If he did, they would have talked him through his suicidal thoughts in the night or the morning and he would have settled down. Reprinted from Eureka Street: http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=48299#.VywSbL9R6ao Di Cousens |  08 May 2016 … Continue reading A reply from an advocate to Peter Dutton about self-harm →