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Refugee Week 2022
- 16 June 2022
The theme of Refugee Week 2022 is healing, and this comes from the gentle re-making of connections. For refugees, healing comes from hospitality, from welcome, from friendship, from assurance of food, housing and medical care and from the possibility of beginning a new life, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ.
Reflecting on the Ignatian Year
- 28 May 2022
Jesuit Social Services' work is grounded in the Ignatian tradition of keeping one foot raised, ready to go where the need is – ANDY HAMILTON SJ charts the history and spirit of this Ignatian Year.
Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week 2022
- 24 May 2022
National Sorry Day, on 26 May, is an opportunity to acknowledge the trauma and loss that continues to affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and a chance to reflect on shared histories and healing – which is a focus of Reconciliation Week, and follows from 27 May to 3 June. In this post, ANDY…
Federal Election 2022: A humane immigration system
- 16 May 2022
Jesuit Social Services’ recently released Federal Election platform, A blueprint for a just recovery, builds on 45 years of advocacy and action, to outline our vision for a just society. In this fifth in a series of pre-Election blogs, we focus on creating a humane immigration system.
Federal Election 2022: Government must support organisations and communities to build climate resilience
- 28 April 2022
Jesuit Social Services’ recently released Federal Election platform, A blueprint for a just recovery, builds on 45 years of advocacy and action, to outline our vision for a just society. In this second in a series of pre-Election blogs, we focus on social and ecological justice.
Federal Election 2022: A fair social safety net
- 21 April 2022
Jesuit Social Services’ recently released Federal Election platform, A blueprint for a just recovery, builds on 45 years of advocacy and action, to outline our vision for a just society. In this first in a series of pre-Election blogs, we focus on Australia’s social safety net.
Easter Sunday
- 15 April 2022
From sin to forgiveness and despair to joy – ANDY HAMILTON SJ reflects on the triumph of Easter Sunday and how hope prevails.
Palm Sunday
- 5 April 2022
Palm Sunday, which recalls Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, is an opportunity to be in solitary with refugees fleeing Ukraine, to welcome the Afghan refugees newly settled in Australia, and to reflect on hospitality and welcome, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ.
World Water Day
- 21 March 2022
This World Water Day, Andy Hamilton SJ reflects on the impact of water, in both over-abundance and scarcity, on already disadvantaged people, and our collective responsibility to respect and share water.
Continuing our advocacy for a more humane immigration system
- 18 March 2022
When families are forced to flee their homeland due to a well-founded fear of persecution, this is not a choice, it is an act of survival. In order to survive, many people fleeing persecution will seek safety for their family regardless of the immense barriers that may lie ahead.