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In Australia, World Day of Social Justice goes pretty much unnoticed. It is swamped by the start of the school year, the gathering speed and urgency in workplaces, and the last weeks of summer. These things leave little room for reflection. Catholics, too, may associate social justice with later months in the year when the…
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Australia Day offers an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between European settlers and our first peoples, and appreciate the lessons we can learn from honouring indigenous connection to land, culture and country, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ. Australia Day recalls the arrival of the First Fleet under Governor Phillip in 1788. It marked the beginning…
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New Years Day / World Day of Peace
New Years Day is also the World Day of Peace. It presents an opportunity to reflect on where we stand at the beginning of the new year, and to attend to how we wish to live personally and as a society in the coming year, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ. It can be hard to be…
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Christmas is marketed in fluffy and tinselling ways – in pastel colours, lots of emphasis on here today and gone tomorrow presents, chocolate and bubbly, friendly faces and cute children. The domestic reality, of course, is more mixed than that. It is certainly about showing children love, celebrations, and families coming together. But it is…
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Sharing meals during the COVID-19 pandemic
A shared meal can inspire discussions, creativity and connection. SHAUNA CARLON reflects on her time working with Jesuit Social Services’ Ecological Justice Hub, a space for all stages of the food system including growing, harvesting, cooking, sharing and redistributing. Shauna (right) and team members from the Ecological Justice Hub. My involvement with Jesuit Social…
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World Children’s Day is an opportunity to reflect on the gifts that children bring to our lives, as well as the impacts of polices and practices that lead to some children experiencing disadvantage, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ For most children, this year has been one of frustration. They have been unable to go to school,…