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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.
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Reflecting on the Ignatian Year
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.
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Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week 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 HAMILTON SJ writes on the courage needed to pursue truth and reconciliation.
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Federal Election 2022: Pathways to education, training and employment
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 sixth and final in a series of pre-Election blogs, we focus on pathways to education, training and employment.
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Federal Election 2022: A humane immigration system
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.
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Federal Election 2022: Raising the age must be a priority of incoming Federal Government
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 third in a series of pre-Election blogs, we focus on fair justice systems.
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Federal Election 2022: A fair social safety net
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.
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Time for a just transition plan to reach net zero
To keep warming at around 1.5 degrees and avoid catastrophic and irreversible effects on people and planet, Australia should do its fair share: immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reach a reduction of 75% of 2005 levels by the end of this decade, and hit net zero by 2035, according to the Australian Climate Council.