Join in Laudato Si’ Week as Australians respond to the social and ecological crisis facing our world. You can choose to participate individually or as part of a school or parish community. This is a call to action to hear The Cry of the Earth and The Cry of the Poor and to engage in critical ecological and social justice action.

The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference, in conjunction with the Justice Ecology Development Office (JEDO), have last week launched the Social Justice Statement 2021-2022: Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor at Newman College. The Statement calls for an economic and ecological conversion, asserting that “humanity is called to recognise the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.”

Attendees joined Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton at Newman Siena Centre on Thursday 15 October for a Twilight Retreat inspired by the Social Justice Statement 2020-21: To live life to the full, Mental Health in Australia Today.

Divine Mercy Sunday, the last of the eight days of special rejoicing and celebration of Easter, was inaugurated by St John Paul II to highlight that at the centre of Holy Week and Easter, lies the immense compassion and mercy God has for all people. The greatest sign of the love of God for us has been the sending of Jesus, who by enduring his passion inflicted on him by scheming men, would bring about our salvation and freedom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO5rWBcedN8&feature=youtu.be From left to right: Derek Boylen, Director of Centre for Life, Marriage and Family, JEDO Director Carol Mitchell, The Shopfront Director Damian Walsh, Laura Allison, registered psychologist and team leader of the Psychology Service for Catholic Education WA, Perth Auxilliary Bishop Donald Sproxton and Deacon Paul Reid. Photo...

The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) has this week encouraged parishes and local communities to make the critical subject of mental health in Australia a top priority in its Social Justice Statement 2020-2021.

The St Vincent de Paul National Council welcomed the release on Friday 21 February of Poverty & Inequality in Australia, the report published by ACOSS and UNSW in Sydney tabulating the latest research and data on the financial conditions of struggling Australians.

Catholic Social Services Western Australia (CSSWA) held its Members Showcase last week, Thursday 14 November, bringing together a diverse range of agency directors from across the social services sector.

The Record Magazine Issue 21. Front Cover: Feby Plando. In this Issue 21 of The Record Magazine, we take a look at the topic of Effective Communication. With the recent release of the Australian Catholic Bishops 2019 Social Justice Statement, Making it Real, Genuine Human Encounter in our Digital World, the topic is ever more relevant for our Church today. In his 2014 message for World ...