NEWS

Religious Call Government to Support Indigenous Declaration
Mark Raper SJ, President of Catholic Religious Australia, has called on the Federal Government to reverse Australia’s opposition to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.   [More..]

Share Your Eco Story
Church Resources initiative, Greening Communities is inviting Church and not for profit organizations to share stories of how they have made a difference for the environment. Fill in this template and email it to greeningcommunities@churchresources.com.au.

2020 Summit Participants Chosen
Frank Brennan SJ and Julie Edwards, CEO of Jesuit Social Services, will be among the 1000 ‘best and brightest’ at the 2020 Summit, but no religious women or brothers have been chosen. John Warhurst reflects on the challenges ahead.   [More..]

Calma’s Ten Point Plan
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma has issued his Social Justice Report for 2007. It includes a rights analysis of the Federal intervention in the Northern Territory and a ten point plan to bring it into line with Australia’s international human rights obligations.   [More..]

RESOURCES

Climate Change & Human Rights
This Background Paper from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission provides a rights analysis of the impact of climate change, and demonstrates how a human rights approach to adaptation policies might function.   [More..]

Call to Justice in Scripture
This PowerPoint presentation from the Loyola Institute provides stimulus material to encourage reflection on how the Scriptures call us to live justly. It is suitable for individual, classroom or small group use.   [More..]

WHAT'S ON

National Close the Gap Day
On 22 April actions all over the country will focus on closing the gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous health outcomes. The Oxfam website provides more information including a clip of Missy Higgins visiting the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern.   [More..]

Reconciliation Learning Circles
St William’s Parish Social Justice Group will hold an information evening explaining what Reconciliation Learning Circles involve and how they could help to promote reconciliation in Australia. 23 April at the Daly Centre at St William’s, Dawson Parade, Keperra, Queensland. For more information: Tel 07 3355 2667.

Anti Trafficking Action & Film
A meeting to build a more active human trafficking action group in the Brisbane area will be held on 26 April in the Duhig Hall, Lourdes Hill College, 86 Hawthorne Rd, Hawthorne. Sr Pauline Coll, Chair of Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) will speak on 7 May at the Daly Centre, St William’s Parish, Dawson Parade, Keperra, Queensland. A screening of the Australian film, The Jammed, which is based on the court records of an Australian human trafficking case, will be held 15 May at the Duhig Hall, Lourdes Hill College. For more information about these events contact Sr Pauline: email Pauline@brisnet.org.au or Tel 07 3395 6872 or Mobile 0417 498 880.

A Preferential Love for the Poor
The Loyola Institute will host workshops exploring the concept of the preferential option for the poor, its foundations in Scripture and place in Church teaching, and how the Jesuits have understood and responded to this option since the 1970s. Sydney workshops will take place on 2 May with a repeat on 3 May and Melbourne workshops will be held on 6 June with a repeat on 7 June. For more information: email Loyola@loyola.org.au or Tel 02 8918 4152.

Bali Road Map
This workshop on 27 May for Year 11 and 12 students at congregational schools in New South Wales will look at how we can respond to the Bali Climate Change Conference.   [More..]

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