Time for inspired leadership.
Peter Whiting
Malcolm Turnbull has replaced Tony Abbott as prime minister, promising a consultative leadership style. Undoubtedly, ‘leadership style’ matters, but what would inspired political leadership look like in these turbulent times?
Church calls for humane treatment of asylum seekers
Michael Walter
Australia’s Catholic bishops, in their 2015 Social Justice Statement, call for an increase in our intake of refugees, for immediate closure of offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru, and for all of us to build communities which welcome and support asylum seekers.
Forum for parishes & agencies
How we can support asylum seekers through action and advocacy.
Wednesday 14 October 9am-3:30pm
St Ambrose’s Community Centre 287 Sydney Road Brunswick
Program includes a Parish Expo and workshops. Organised by Adrian Foley at Catholic Social Services Victoria adrian.foley@css.org.au.
Guest speakers include
Phil Glendenning Chair of the Refugee Council of Australia and Director of the Edmund Rice Centre
Sr Brigid Arthur Coordinator of the Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project.
Enquiries Lucia Brick (03) 9287 5566 | lucia.brick@css.org.au | www.css.org.au
Bookings: http://www.trybooking.com/IDSR
Resettling Syrian & Iraqi refugees:
a program for government-community action
Arja Keski-Nummi & Libby Lloyd
Australians have welcomed the announcement from our government that Australia will accept 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees, with a focus on resettling women, children, and families who have sought refuge and are in camps in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. This means that, this coming year, Australia will resettle 25,750 refugees, including these 12,000 additional refugees from Iraq and Syria. Now the hard work begins.
Pope Francis in the USA:
reshaping the global agenda
Bruce Duncan
Pope Francis has not resiled from his strong critiques in his recent encyclical, Laudato Si’, of unregulated and unjust economic systems, despite criticism of some of his economics. His central themes include concern about the environment and climate change, and ending social and economic exclusion of the weak and marginalised. He particularly mentioned the need for firm agreements at the Paris Conference on Climate Change in December.
Pope works to reconcile Catholic teaching, population pressures,
& sustainable development
Bruce Duncan
The Pope is aware of the problems arising from rapid population growth, especially in light of environment issues. He has written his encyclical, Laudato Si, with two major events in mind. The first is the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to be endorsed by 193 countries at the UN General Assembly. The second event is the second session of the Synod of Bishops discussing family matters in Rome 4-25 October.
Crusader or conspirator? Henderson’s biography of Santamaria
Reviewed by Bruce Duncan
This biography of the energetic, influential, and deeply divisive Catholic activist B A Santamaria has been eagerly awaited. Gerard Henderson joined Santamaria’s National Civil Council in the mid-1970s, and worked for Santamaria himself in 1970-71, before eventually breaking with the organisation int he mid-1970s. He offers a valuable insider’s view of a complex man.
“Justice is inevitable, like birth”
Part of Anti-Poverty Week.
Thursday 15 October 10am cuppa for 10:30-noon
Gerald Ward House 43 Prospect Street Box Hill
Dr John Falzon CEO St Vincent de Paul National Council
MC Michael Walter Youth & Education Development Team
RSVP 8 October at rsvp@svdp-vic.org.au | (03) 9895 5935
Peace in Australia: the untold story
From military security to human security: beyond the Cold War & the War on Terror
Monday 26 October 7-9:30pm
Unitarian Peace Memorial Church 110 Grey Street East Melbourne
Launch of the Peace Museum
The road taken: from Vietnam to Afghanistan & Iraq
Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri OAM (La Trobe University)
Followed by questions and comments
The Road We Must Travel
Professor Camilleri in conversation with Professor Jacqui True (Monash University), Professor Robyn Eckersley (University of Melbourne), and Associate Professor Marianne Hanson (University of Queensland).
Presented by Pax Christi Victoria for the Anzac Centenary Peace Coalition
For further information: camrita44@gmail.com
Pope Francis at the UN & the
Sustainable Development Goals
Pope Francis at the UN and the Sustainable Development Goals, refugee issues, The Week in Review 26 September 2015
http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/watch/the-week-in-review-%E2%80%93-26-september-2015/4511920102001
The full text of the address by Pope Francis
http://www.popefrancisvisit.com/schedule/address-to-united-nations-general-assembly/
Pope’s address to US Congress 24 September 2015
http://www.popefrancisvisit.com/schedule/address-to-joint-meeting-of-congress/
