Perils of the Deep
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill raises questions about the Christian response to the environment and ethical investment by Catholic institutions and individuals. The London weekly Catholic magazine, The Tablet examined these issues in a recent editorial.  

In ‘An undefined future for the Gulf’, the National Catholic Reporter illustrates the human cost of the Gulf Spill.  

Alongside the oil catastrophe, the impact of environmental changes on communities around the world is increasing. America magazine records the human cost of rising sea levels in the Pacific.  

This National Catholic Reporter editorial calls for behavioural change as a key part of the fight against global warming.  

NAIDOC Week
In Social Justice and Wellbeing, Mick Gooda, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner presents a human rights approach to Indigenous wellbeing.  

Read Frank Brennan’s ‘Letting Aboriginal Australians speak for themselves' in Eureka Street.  

Refugee Debate
Is the debate on refugees becoming a key platform of the 2010 Federal Election? In Comfort all who flee fear, Julian Burnside QC provides a much needed humanitarian perspective on the debate.  

Justice and Bloody Sunday
Irish Jesuit Brian Lennon SJ reflects on the historic apology of the British Government for the events of Bloody Sunday and the subsequent Saville Inquiry.  

Language of Poverty and Justice
Is the language of the Make Poverty History campaign and other movements for justice sufficient? Read Ben Coleridge’s thought provoking piece, ‘Anti poverty protesters miss the language of justice’  

NAIDOC Week: Unsung Heroes
Celebrations throughout the country for NAIDOC week.  

Throughout July and August the Edmund Rice Network is holding a course on “Indigenous Perspectives and Ways of Continuing Reconciliation and Justice” in Brisbane.   

The documentary film “A Northern Town” examines racism in Kempsey through the world of an indigenous aged care facility. It will be shown to celebrate NAIDOC Week at the Surry Hills Library in Sydney on the 22nd July. For more   

"Committed and Convinced: Lay People at the Heart of the Church for the World"
The fourth annual Walter Silvester Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Donna Orsuto Director, Lay Spirituality Centre, Rome, Professor, Spiritual Theology, Gregorian University, Rome on the 20th July at 6.30pm, Christ Lecture Theatre, ACU, Fitzroy, Melbourne.  

Protection and Care for our Environment
Catholic Social Services Victoria and Catholic Earthcare Australia invite Melbournians to a breakfast on the Thursday 15th July on ‘Protection & Care for our Environment: A challenging focus of Catholic Social Teaching.  

Jesuit Refugee Service Winter Ball
Always a highlight of Sydney’s social calendar, make sure you book tickets for JRS’s Winter Ball on 24th July at the Westin Hotel, Sydney. For more information and bookings.  

Amnesty International Youth Activism Workshop
Amnesty International is running a free panel discussion and workshop on social change and leadership for young people. To be held on Friday August 6th in Sydney.  

Simone Weil Lecture on Human Value
‘To whom must we answer? Responsibility, Community and Criminal Law.’ Professor Antony Duff from the University of Stirling, Scotland will deliver the Simone Weil Lecture in Sydney on August 2nd and in Melbourne on August 5th. For more information see  

The Road to Rome
In the lead up to Mary MacKillop’s canonization in Rome, many events will be held throughout Australia. For more see  

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Social Justice Sunday 2010
Begin preparations for Social Justice Sunday on September 26th with these introductions the Bishops’ statement for 2010, “Violence in Australia: A message of Peace.”  

The media have missed much as they focus on the forthcoming federal election. The elevation of Julia Gillard as Australia’s first female Prime Minister had left obscured other milestones for women’s equality in Australia. 

Madeleine Marson
Acting Editor

'A just society can become a reality only when it is based on the respect of the transcendent dignity of the human person. The person represents the ultimate end of society, by which it is ordered to the person.'

Pontifical Council for Justice & Peace, Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, n 132.

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