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May 17, 2013
No CommentsExpanding Australia’s excision policy is not a solution
17 May 2013, Media Release The excision policy has been in place since 2001 and since that time we have still had thousands of people turn up on our shores asking for help. The decision yesterday by the government to expand the excision policy to cover asylum seekers arriving by boat at any part of...
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May 17, 2013
No CommentsTruth, Justice and Healing Council CEO meets Wollongong Bishop and people of Diocese
Media Release, 16 May, 2013 Mr Francis Sullivan, CEO of The Truth, Justice and Healing Council, established by the Catholic Church to coordinate the Church’s response to The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, visited Wollongong yesterday to meet with Bishop Peter Ingham, clergy, religious, school principals, and employees from the Catholic...
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May 16, 2013
No CommentsPastoral Series on Life and Death released by Church
Media Release, 16 May, 2013 The Australian Catholic Life Council today released a short video series “God So Loved The World” as a pastoral resource to educate, inform and provide information about life issues. This pastoral series of videos was developed in collaboration with Respect Life Offices around Australia, bioethicists, theologians, doctors, academics and pastoral...
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May 16, 2013
No CommentsTruth, Justice and Healing Council Launches Website
Media Release, 16 May, 2013 A new website designed to provide information on the way the Catholic Church will approach its engagement with the Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse has been launched today. The website provides material from the Truth Justice and Healing Council, which has been established by the Catholic...
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May 16, 2013
1 CommentA Permanent Nazareth | Family Life in the Mission of the Church | A Pentecost Pastoral Letter
PENTECOST PASTORAL LETTER 2013 A PERMANENT NAZARETH: FAMILY LIFE IN THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH BISHOP CHRISTOPHER PROWSE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF SALE Dear Friends in Christ, It was in 2010 that the Catholic Diocese of Sale began considering a pastoral plan for the diocese in the years ahead. This valuable time has enabled us to...
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May 15, 2013
Comments Off20,000 Humanitarian Program Will Save Lives
15 May 2013 Media Release The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office applaud the government’s commitment to provide refuge for 20,000 of the world’s most vulnerable people through the humanitarian program. Over the last 15 years Australia has resettled around 13,500 refugees and humanitarian entrants each year. Following the recommendations from the expert panel report...
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May 15, 2013
No CommentsNo time to be at the margins of society – Budget 2013
Media Release, 15 May, 2013 Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) says that for the 800,000 Australians on income support this Federal Budget provides very little comfort. “CSSA welcomes the modest increase to the income free threshold of $19 per week for Newstart recipients,” said Executive Director of CSSA, Mr Paul O’Callaghan. “However the large majority...
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May 15, 2013
No CommentsInstallation Ceremony of Bishop Antoine Tarabay, 4th Maronite Bishop of Australia
With the Grace of God His Excellency Bishop Ad ABIKARAM, Maronite Bishop of Australia, extends a warm invitation to you to attend THE INSTALLATION CEREMONY of His Excellency Bishop Antoine TARABAY as the 4th Maronite Bishop of Australia To be held on MONDAY 3 JUNE 2013 AT 6:30PM at St Maroun’s Cathedral 627 Elizabeth Street,...
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May 13, 2013
No Comments“Harvesting the Fruits of the Year of Grace”: Survey to capture Catholics’ hopes and dreams for Church
Survey on experiences of the Year of Grace Pentecost Sunday, 19 June, marks the official end of the Year of Grace, an initiative of the Australian Catholic Bishops. In some places this was to be celebrated with a closing ritual. In other places it was decided simply to merge with the Year of Faith proclaimed...
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May 10, 2013
No CommentsNew Appointment: Chair of the National Catholic Education Commission
We are delighted to announce that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has recently confirmed the appointment of the Honourable Greg Crafter AO as the Chair of the National Catholic Education Commission. Mr Crafter will take up this responsibility from 1 July this year. Mr Crafter was Minister of Education in South Australia from 1985 to...