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It is confronting that opposition to the First Peoples’ Voice in the Australian Constitution relies on levels of disinformation. Two questions pose themselves: why is there so much untruthfulness abroad in the current public discussion, and what does it say about Australian society?...
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Staff from across CSPD’s 80 Western Sydney and Blue Mountains schools, office staff, the Jarara Cultural Centre team, Elders and Aunties came together in early August to hear Uluru Statement from the Heart signatory and Voice to Parliament ‘Yes’ campaign advocate Thomas Mayo explain the purpose and journey behind...
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Bishop Vincent's address to the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference's 2023-24 Social Justice Statement Launch - "Listen, Learn, Love: A New Engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples"
Holy Family Primary School, Emerton
17 August 2023...
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Australia’s Catholic bishops have called on the nation to seek “a new engagement” with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in their annual Social Justice Statement being launched today....
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Homily for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 55:10-11: Psalm 65; Romans 8:18-23; Matthew 13:1-9 16 July 2023 Today’s readings are full of life and promise. In the first reading from Isaiah, the rain comes down ‘watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide...
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In celebration of NAIDOC Week 2023, and to commemorate this year’s NAIDOC theme ‘For Our Elders’, Caritas Australia’s First Australian partner, Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation, held a cultural event in Mount Druitt in Western Sydney on Thursday 6 July....
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On Tuesday 4 July on the grounds of Holy Family Parish, Mt Druitt, hundreds of members of the Mount Druitt community joined with Aboriginal Catholic Care in celebrating NAIDOC Week....
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For thousands of years, Raukkan, 80 kilometres southeast of Adelaide, was an important meeting place for the Ngarrindjeri people. It is the home and heartland of Ngarrindjeri country, a place with a deep and scarred history.
So it is more than fitting that this year’s Kura Yerlo ‘Yartangka Tirkanthi’ camp,...
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As Christians, we are invited into a new life in Christ. The Uluru Statement From the Heart similarly invites us to live and journey together in hope.
This short reflection considers how Catholic Social Teachings (CSTs) might help us along the way....