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National Close the Gap Day
- 16 March 2022
ANDY HAMILTON SJ reflects on the approaches needed to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The call for climate adaptation must leave no one behind
- 2 March 2022
The report makes clear that failing to mitigate and adapt to climate change will cost lives. Jesuit Social Services recognises that already disadvantaged and marginalised people are some of the first and worst affected by climate change.
Staff Q+A – Máire Wade – Policy, Research and Advocacy Coordinator
- 28 February 2022
In 2021, we contributed a submission to the Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System, proposing practical suggestions for a reformed system focused on prevention, early intervention, and restorative justice. The submission’s author is our Policy, Research and Advocacy Coordinator Máire Wade, who spoke with us ahead of the release of the inquiry’s report about the…
New Year's Day 2022
- 30 December 2021
The new year is an opportunity to ask more deeply where we wish to go, and use the challenges of COVID-19 to help us see what matters most deeply, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ. New Year’s Day is usually a bit like a cheap easter egg. It has a shiny outside but is pretty thin inside.…
Christmas Day 2021
- 23 December 2021
ANDY HAMILTON SJ reflects on a Christmas of simplicity and purpose. This year, many people are approaching Christmas Day both with longing and a little hesitation. For two years, the things that we take for granted at Christmas have been under threat. Family gatherings and reunions have been limited by restrictions. So have the buying…
Centre for Just Places builds climate resilience in the community sector
- 10 November 2021
In seeking to build a more just, inclusive and resilient society, we must strengthen the community sector to respond to the inequitable impacts of climate change, writes Jesuit Social Services’ Ecological Justice Support Officer, JACK PIPER. The Centre for Just Places was established in January 2021, with seed funding from the Victorian Government and Gandel…
CAPSA letter to Minister Andrews Re: Protection for Afghan people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas in Australia
- 17 August 2021
17 August 2021 The Hon. Karen Andrews MP Minister for Home Affairs Parliament House Canberra, ACT 2600 Re: Protection for Afghan people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas in Australia Dear Minister, Today we write to you as the Co-Chairs of the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) about…
CAPSA letter to Minister Hawke Re: Protection for Afghan people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas in Australia
- 17 August 2021
17 August 2021 The Hon. Alex Hawke MP Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs Parliament House Canberra, ACT 2600 Re: Protection for Afghan people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas in Australia Dear Minister, Today we write to you as the Co-Chairs of the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum…
International Youth Day
- 12 August 2021
12 August is designated International Youth Day by the United Nations. ANDY HAMILTON SJ calls us to focus on the impact our decisions in the present will have on the type of future we hand down to our young people in the decades to come. International Youth Day, like all international days, reminds us of…
The Feast of St Ignatius
- 30 July 2021
Ahead of the Feast Day of Ignatius Loyola (July 21), ANDY HAMILTON SJ writes that the Ignatian tradition of travelling lightly with firm and respectful commitments to people is designed for living in times of crisis and uncertainty. The Feast Day of Ignatius Loyola this year has been affected by the coronavirus and its restrictions.…

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