“We have the privilege of knowing it, we have the responsibility to understand it, we have the duty to protect it and we have the honour of living it!”
— MARIA MCGUINESS
HUMAN DIGNITY
“The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others.”
— DAG HAMMARSKJOLD
Service of the Poor
“While we place all our confidence in God, we must act as if all depends on our exertion. ”
— CATHERINE MCAULEY
SOCIAL JUSTICE
“Join hands in the building of a world in which less people will be forced to flee, and in which refugees are protected until they can safely return home one day.”
— SADAKO OGATA
MERCY & COMPASSION
“While there are no easy answers to homelessness, the issue is multi dimensional. However, evidence has shown us that one of the solutions is to provide permanent supportive housing.”
— MERCY FOUNDATION
From October 4-29, delegates representing bishops, priests, religious and lay people from around the world are meeting in Rome to discuss issues of vital importance to the Catholic Church.
Australia’s Catholic bishops say the issues surrounding the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice “are not just political”, but are also “moral and ethical”, in a statement ahead of next month’s referendum.
Mercy Day—September 24—is the anniversary of the opening of the first “House of Mercy” in 1827 in Dublin, Ireland, the initiative of Catherine McAuley.
With the upcoming global Synod on Synodality just weeks away, Catalyst for Renewal, in cooperation with Catholic Religious Australia, is inviting participants to a public forum entitled, ‘What does radical inclusion really mean for a modern, synodal Church?’