Social Justice

Catholic social teaching: 'a huge treasure for the whole Church to learn from'

Monday 13 May 2013

CATHOLIC social teaching forms part of the core of our faith, and has developed over time to inspire and guide much work for a more just and compassionate society.

Sharing the Mission

Friday 26 April 2013

ON Thursday 14 March, members and friends of Catholic Social Services Victoria (CSSV) gathered for the annual Commissioning Mass and Annual General Meeting, followed by supper.

An abiding impact

Monday 25 March 2013

A TRADITION has developed that a newly elected pope’s first encyclical will address an issue that he sees as central for the Church at that time. Pope Benedict XVI issued his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est (God is Love), on Christmas Day 2005, eight months into his papacy.

Thursday 7 March 2013

EARLIER this year, reports emerged of a new ‘grand plan’ by the State Government to provide public housing in a different way—through developments that mix public or social housing with private dwellings and commercial ventures.

The widening gap

Thursday 21 February 2013

ACCORDING to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), at 30 June 2012, there were 8000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prison, equivalent to 27 per cent of the prisoner population in Australia. The over-representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system is a sad reflection on Australian society, and a challenge to all who seek to build a more just society.

Blessed are the peacemakers

Wednesday 6 February 2013

EXECUTIVE Director of Catholic Social Services Victoria, Denis Fitzgerald, reflects on how peace is a universal human longing, which is central to human wellbeing, and that working for peace is a core part of our Gospel calling.

Reaching out at Christmas

Tuesday 18 December 2012

CHRISTMAS is an anchor point in our Australian year. Even more so than Melbourne Cup Day or Grand Finals Day, it is a recurring milestone, around which much of our annual planning and scheduling is structured.

Disability and the Body of Christ

Thursday 29 November 2012

AS the International Day of People with a disability approaches, Catholic Social Services Victoria Executive Director, Denis Fitzgerald reminds us that while it is easy to dismiss international days, conventions, or to be cynical about them, disability issues should be close to our hearts.

Fighting poverty with human rights

Tuesday 13 November 2012

EXECTUTIVE Director of Catholic Social Services Victoria, Denis Fitzgerald takes a closer look at what was learnt during the conference entitled 'Human Rights Matters' which organised by a consortium of community organisations including St Vincent de Paul and Catholic Social Services Victoria to mark Anti-Poverty week last month.

Supporting Families

Friday 28 September 2012

EACH year the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference releases a social justice statement addressing a particular aspect of contemporary society. This year the statement is issued to coincide with Social Justice Sunday, which the Australian Church will observe this Sunday 30 September.

Lifting learners into the future

Tuesday 16 October 2012

OVER the past 15 years, Sr Trish Franklin IBVM has given more than 25,000 disadvantaged and disabled kids in Vietnam a chance to be educated, loved and nurtured, and a future to look forward to.

Kathy brick: lay missionary

Tuesday 16 october 2012

Kathy Brick reflects on the three mission trips she has undertaken during her 25 year association with Palms, working in Samoa, South Africa and her current placement, teaching English at Edmund Rice Secondary College in Arusha, Tanzania.

Fighting to survive on the streets

Tuesday 16 October 2012

CELEBRATING its 21st anniversary this year, the Kuya centre, which was established as an initiative of an association of religious brothers from various congregations, has helped hundreds of street children change their way of life and restore their hope in the future.

Catholic Mission

Tuesday 16 October 2012

CATHOLIC Mission is the mission aid agency of the Church, known internationally as the Pontifical Mission Societies. Catholic Mission’s Diocesan Director, Kevin Meese, spoke to Kairos Catholic Journal's Fiona Basile about the agency.

Restoring hope

Tuesday 16 October 2012

THIS year World Mission Day is Sunday 21 October. Around the world Catholics will reflect on the urgency to proclaim the Gospel in our times and pray that we will be more committed to Christ’s mission of salvation for the world.

Called to act justly

Tuesday 2 October 2012

MEMBER of the St Jude’s Social Justice Group, Scoresby, Colin Maslen, writes about the responsibility that all Catholic have in seeking to address social justice needs in our own parish communities.

ACRATH visits Canberra

Monday 10 October 2012

15 women from Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH), gathered in Canberra to advocate on behalf of ‘things that matter’ in relation to trafficking in humans.

Supporting Families

Friday 28 September 2012

WITH Social Justice Sunday this weekend, Executive Officer of the Office for Justice and Peace in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, Mark Clarke, gives an overview of the 2012 – 2013 statement ‘The Gift of Family in Difficult Times.’

The family: reaching beyond ourselves

Friday 27 Septemeber 2012

Executive Director of Catholic Social Services Victoria, Denis Fitzgerald, reflects on 'The 2012 social justice statement' from the point of view that family ties make a real difference to life chances and happiness.

Friday 28 September 2012

WITH the focus of the Social Justice Statement 2012 on the importance of family in tough times, Dorothy Day’s spirit of solidarity and kindness as the key to recognising kinship still rings true more than 30 years after her death.

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