Embedded Files
Post date: Jul 5, 2015 10:38:12 PM
JULY 2015 ISSUE 169
JULY 2015 ISSUE 169
Welcome to the monthly news and information briefing from the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, the social justice and human rights agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. This email contains highlights only. The full Briefing is online.
Welcome to the monthly news and information briefing from the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, the social justice and human rights agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. This email contains highlights only. The full Briefing is online.
IN THIS ISSUE
FROM THE SECRETARIAT: A groundbreaking encyclical
Laudato Si' may be as ground breaking as Pope Leo XIII's 1891 Encyclical, Rerum Novarum. Pope Leo addressed the disastrous and unequal impact of the industrial revolution on poor workers and their families. As it was in the late 1800s, so it is today. Pope Francis is addressing the great crisis of post-industrial times with his gaze firmly on the most vulnerable individuals. Read more
ISSUES: Catholic Social Teaching: Faith in a better world
CatholicSocialTeaching.org.uk is an initiative of livesimply, which seeks to make more explicit the link between faith and action, so that global social justice will become a mainstream concern for a more diverse range of Catholics. Read more
PUBLICATIONS: ACSJC taking orders for Social Justice Statement 2015-16
This year's Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Social Justice Statement is entitled 'For Those Who've Come Across the Seas: Justice for refugees and asylum seekers'. An order form, a letter from the President of the Bishops Conference and summary material are available on our website. Read more
EVENTS: 5-12 July - NAIDOC Week 2015
NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. Its origins can be traced to the emergence of Aboriginal groups in the 1920s which sought to increase awareness in the wider community of the status and treatment of Indigenous Australians. Read more
NATIONAL | NSW | ACT | VIC | QLD | SA | WA | TAS | NT
NEWS: Student inspired by UN human rights conference
Western Sydney Year 12 Sheneli Meneripityage Dona joined delegates from 54 countries in New York for the United Nations Special General Assembly on Youth. Read more
Recognition of these flags was recommended in Recognition Rights and Reform, a report to Government on native title social justice measures. They were officially proclaimed in the Commonwealth Gazette on on this day. Read more
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE COUNCIL
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE COUNCIL
PO Box 7836, Alexandria NSW 2015.
PO Box 7836, Alexandria NSW 2015.
Tel: (02) 8306 3499, Fax: (02) 8306 3498, Email: admin@acsjc.org.au Website: http://socialjustice.catholic.org.au. ACSJC Briefing is sent by email at the beginning of each month (except January). To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email toadmin@acsjc.org.au
Tel: (02) 8306 3499, Fax: (02) 8306 3498, Email: admin@acsjc.org.au Website: http://socialjustice.catholic.org.au. ACSJC Briefing is sent by email at the beginning of each month (except January). To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email toadmin@acsjc.org.au
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse