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Effective use of housing stock will help ease homelessness: CSSV
As the national conversation intensifies around housing supply, Catholic Social Services Victoria has released a discussion paper, encouraging creative solutions for utilising existing housing stock effectively.
Social Justice Statement to be launched this week
The Australian bishops’ decades-long tradition of publishing an annual Social Justice Statement continues this week, with the launch of Listen, Learn, Love: A New Engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples on Thursday. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Celibacy a gift that ‘fulfils’ priests
It might “go against the grain” outside the Church, but Professor Renee Kohler-Ryan insists there is a strong case for Catholic priests to stay celibate. Source: The Australian.
Staff at Queensland Catholic schools take industrial action
Up to 2000 staff at 34 Queensland Catholic schools are set to strike today after talks with the Catholic Education Commission fizzled out over a new enterprise bargaining deal. Source: The Courier-Mail.
Charter promotes partnership between parents and school community
Described as an asset for school communities and families, the new charter for Catholic School Parents South Australia is providing the framework for parents and carers to feel empowered in their child’s journey in Catholic education. Source: The Southern Cross.
Putting faith in the front seat for millennials
Faith can often take a backseat to the constant “go-go-go” of adult life. It is a challenge that Evangelisation Brisbane’s Arnie Hurdoyal and David Kruse know all too well. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Cardinal Parolin arrives in South Sudan to encourage peace process
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin yesterday began a four-day visit to South Sudan to show the Church’s solidarity with the disaster-struck region of Malakal and to reaffirm the nation’s efforts toward peace. Source: Vatican News.
‘For us, it’s like a miracle’: Hawaii fires spare historic Catholic church
The devastating fires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have spared a historic Catholic church in Lahaina, providing a symbol of hope amid catastrophic destruction. Source: CNA.
Interfaith gathering an ‘opportunity to live out Pope’s teaching’
More than 6000 people representing scores of religions and belief systems are expected to convene in Chicago this week for what organisers bill as the world’s largest gathering of interfaith leaders. Source: NCR Online.