Notice Board
18 February, 2018
World Day of Social Justice: 20 February
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the observance of World Day of Social Justice. The UN designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions for international awareness and action on...
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7 February, 2018
Lent: An Opportunity to Begin Again in 2018
14 February this year is both St Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday, the first time since 1945 that these days overlap. Pope Francis' message for Lent references hearts, love and being ardent,...
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6 February, 2018
Tenth Anniversary of the Australian Parliament’s Apology to the Stolen Generations: 13 February
This month Australia will mark the tenth anniversary of the Australian Parliament's Apology to the Stolen Generations. In Parliament House Canberra on the morning of 13th February 2008, the then...
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4 February, 2018
Say ‘No’ to Corruption: February Prayer Intention of Pope Francis
We are all invited to join with Pope Francis and his worldwide prayer network in praying this month's intention: Say "No" to Corruption. Pope Francis' Intentions for 2018: English (PDF) Text of...
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4 February, 2018
Fourth World Day of Prayer, Reflection and Action Against Trafficking in Persons: 8 February
Thursday, 8 February marks the Fourth World Day of Prayer, Reflection and Action Against Trafficking in Persons. Human trafficking is the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud...
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4 February, 2018
World Day of the Sick : 11th February
11th February, Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, is the World Day of the Sick.World Day of the Sick was instituted by Pope Saint John Paul II in 1992 as,...
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28 January, 2018
World Interfaith Harmony Week, 1st-7th February
This first week of February is World Interfaith Harmony Week, a resolution unanimously adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2010. World Interfaith Harmony Week focuses on promoting peaceful...
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18 January, 2018
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: 18th-25th January 2018
Traditionally, the week of prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated between 18th and 25th January, between the feasts of St Peter and St Paul. The theme for the week of...
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14 January, 2018
World Day of Migrants and Refugees: 14th January 2018
The theme of Pope Francis’s 2018 Message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees is '“Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating migrants and refugees” In his message for this day celebrated...
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8 January, 2018
Religious Minorities in Asia: January Prayer Intention of Pope Francis
We are all invited to join with Pope Francis and his worldwide prayer network in praying this month's intention: Religious Minorities in Asia Pope Francis' Intentions for 2018: English (PDF) Text of...
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1 January, 2018
‘Migrants and refugees: men and women in search of peace’: 51st World Day of Peace Message, 1 January 2017
In his message for the 51st World Day of Peace: "Migrants and refugees: men and women in search of peace", celebrated on 1st January, Pope Francis reminds us that there are...
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22 December, 2017
Christmas: An invitation to bring God into the world of our everyday living
The events we celebrate this Christmas season cover the spectrum of human experiences that are familiar in our world of 2017. The flight of the holy family from Bethlehem...
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24 November, 2017
16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence (25 November – 10 December)
25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marks the start of the United Nations-declared 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, finishing on December 10 –...
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8 November, 2017
World Day of the Poor Presents A Challenge to Us All – 19 November 2017
On Sunday,19 November we shall be commemorating the first World Day of the Poor, announced by Pope Francis at the end of his 2015-16 Jubilee Year of Mercy in the...
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24 October, 2017
An Economy that Works for All
Australia now has the second-highest net worth per person in the world. But we cannot justify this wealth if, in accumulating it, we have left behind those who are most...
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13 October, 2017
Global Week of Action on Food, 15-22 October
The global Week of Action on Food includes the International Day for Disaster Reduction (13 October), the International Day of Rural Women (15 October); World Food Day (16 October) as...
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3 October, 2017
Season of Creation Ends but our Work Continues
The Season of Creation (1 September – 4 October) concludes on the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, honoured by the Catholic Church as the Patron Saint of animals and...
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20 September, 2017
International Day of Peace, 21 September
The International Day of Peace, or World Peace day as it is often referred to, is observed each year on 21 September. On this day each year we, all of us—...
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