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STAND UP DAY 2008
This year STAND UP DAY will be held over 3 days
Friday 17th October
Saturday 18th October
Sunday 19th October
This will provide schools, churches, workplaces, individuals
and community groups the opportunity to stand up and speak out
in support of the world's poor.
"It remains an obligation in justice and the service
of human dignity to attain and even surpass the Millennium Development
Goals"
Cardinal Angelo Sodano
Vatican Secretary of State
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“Faces of a Forgotten
Emergency”
parishioner at St Leo the Great
Parish Altona North,
and political refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Further details [Powerpoint
Presentation HERE]
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BENENSON SOCIETY IS BORN
Returning to its fundamental principle of protecting
human
rights, Sydney School Principal, Fr Chris Midelton SJ has formed
the Benenson Society, named in honour of Catholic Lawyer,
Peter Benenson - founder of Amnesty International.
Find out more about the Society, and join online at
http://www.staloysius.nsw.edu.au/associations/benenson/default.asp
Benenson Society
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NOVARUM LECTURE.
The Melbourne launch of the 2007 Australian Catholic Bishops'
Conference Social Justice Sunday Statement was held on Thursday
20th September.
The Theme of the Statement
"Who is My Neighbour"
Lecture by Bishop Hilton Deakin.
[More here]
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL alienates
Catholic membership [More] [Further]
INDIGENOUS STUDENTS FORUM
Friday 24th August 2007
[More
here]
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CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM, Thursday 15th February
2007. Address by Fr Sean McDoangh [Details
here]
Further details on any of these events
can be obtained by contacting the Commission on (03) 9926 5710 or justice@melbourne.catholic.org.au
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