The 2015 – 2016 Social Justice Statement has just been launched by the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council. Entitled “For those who have come across the seas…” , it is about justice for refugees and asylum seekers. The title derives from the second verse of our national anthem, Advance Australia Fair: Beneath our radiant Southern Cross … Continue reading For Those Who’ve Come Across the Seas
Pope Francis has called on all European parishes and religious communities to each accept and house one refugee family. Interviewed on ABC Radio for The World Today program, Father Peter Smith has echoed this call and hopes the Australian Church will also provide refuge during the present crisis. Speaking on behalf of his own parish … Continue reading Pope Francis calls on Catholics to accept refugee families
“Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience“ – Pope Francis, Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ Pope Francis announced the “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation,” to give us “a precious … Continue reading World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Our August edition of Act Justly is out now! This month we discuss protecting disabled Australians from abuse, the World Day of Prayer for Creation and how a change of heart might just help eliminate entrenched disadvantage in our communities. Check it out now! https://justiceandpeace.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Act-Justly-Aug15.pdf
Former asylum seeker and refugee, Vietnamese-born Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM has called on all Australians to show the same kind of generosity shown to him and his family when they were forced to flee their homeland after the fall of Saigon and the Communist take-over. The then 21-year old, his parents and a … Continue reading Church Without Frontiers, Mother to All – World Day of Migrants and Refugees
