Territory Intervention Rethink
The Will They be Heard? report questions the consultation process.  
NATSIEC critical of special measures.  
Catholic Social Services Australia slams extension of income management.  
Senate Committee details.  

Vatican Backs Renewable Energy
The Holy See delegation to the UN says renewabe energy is key to energy security, environmental protection, and climate change response.  

Copenhagen Hopes
Join Planet Prayer to receive daily prayer emails during the summit.  

What God has Promised
Advent reflections with the Sydney Justice & Peace Office.  

Walk Against Warming
Join a walk near you on 12 December.  

Evangelising Mission
Discover new expressions of mission like proclamation, dialogue, peace and reconciliation, liberation, justice and ecology.  

more events ...  

Online Advent Calendar
An excellent resource from the Redemptorists.  

Christmas Wish List
Help the Shelter Project brighten an asylum seeker's Christmas.  

Acting Justly
A free online course from Edmund Rice International.  

It is hard to believe that it is already Advent, and even harder to slow down and enter into this period of reflection and anticipation. The liturgical season seems somewhat at odds with the rhythm of Australian life.

How many Christmas Eve’s of our lives have we felt like we have fallen over the line like an exhausted athlete?

In contrast, the season of Advent invites us to stop. We wait on God. We prepare the way by doing the one thing necessary. We attend to the presence of God where God has come to meet us.  

Sandie Cornish
Editor

"Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family. No nation or business sector can ignore the ethical implications present in all economic and social development."
Benedict XVI, Message to the 7th Symposium of Religion, Science & Environment Movement, 7 September 2007.  

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