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Australian politics have felt the need to introduce such
cruel and self-defeating policies as offshore processing
and indefinite detention.
September. This year’s Social Justice Statement is
titled: ‘For Those Who’ve Come Across the Seas:
Justice for refugees and asylum seekers’.
The Bishops’ invitation is to reflect on the call of Jesus
to welcome those in most need and to give comfort to
those who come to us in flight from fear and suffering.
The Statement addresses the divisive national
debate over asylum seekers, especially those who
arrive by boat. It reminds all Australians of the
need to welcome and comfort those who have fled
here from terror and danger, and to live out the
example of Jesus, who never turned his back on
those who were lost or suffering.
The Bishops issued a statement to be read in all
Australian parishes on Social Justice Sunday:
We celebrate Social Justice Sunday on 27th
Noel Pearson
M
r Noel Pearson, Founder & Director
of Strategy-Cape York Partnership, one of
Australia’s leading thinkers, is the inaugural speaker
for the Father James Grant Foundation Business
Networking Luncheon series.
Noel
Pearson
comes from the
Guugu Yimidhirr
community
of
Hope Vale on south
eastern Cape Yo