Catholic social thought & action for more just, peaceful & sustainable world. Office for Justice, Ecology & Peace of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
On this day in 1945, an atomic bomb was detonated over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 100,000 people were killed. Here are the stories of six survivors first published in 1946:
https://t.co/whDRYnrSFR
The ACBC Office for Justice, Ecology and Peace expresses its solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We all need to hear their on-going calls for healing and justice.
Let us entrust to the intercession of the Mother of God the universal desire for peace, in particular for tormented Ukraine, which suffers greatly. With God’s help, peace is possible; disarmament is possible. May Our Lady help us to convert ourselves towards God’s plans.
Be sure to check out https://t.co/kerzOH6bOr for all the latest findings, advocacy campaigns and resources as #16Days of Advocacy against gender-based violence comes to a close.
I wish you all a good #Advent journey made up of many small gestures of #peace every day: welcoming gestures, gestures of understanding, closeness, forgiveness, and service... Gestures from the heart, like steps towards Bethlehem, towards Jesus, the King of peace.
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, #PopeFrancis said that by promoting the dignity and inclusion of all, the Church fulfills its prophetic mission.
https://t.co/mTFtn14oP1
On International Day of People with Disability we pray together:
You desire all people to use their gifts to enrich the world around them.
Help us to celebrate and support
the participation and leadership of people with a disability in our communities.
#IDPWD2022
Today we celebrate International Day of People With a Disability!
Today is an opportunity for us to have conversations, break down barriers & promote the representation & inclusion of people with disability in all aspects of community life!
Resources:
https://t.co/f78w2O7dM7
WATCH: Each speaker's input to our International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women event is now available!
Watch our speakers
Bishop Vincent Long @acbc1
Michael Jeh @smallsteps4hannah
Christine Carolan @acrathau
Shatha Jajo @JRS_Aus
https://t.co/VysPVGwXoZ
The Australian Catholic Bishops reject domestic & family violence in all its forms & call for the individual & social transformation needed for all to live in peace, dignity, mutuality & love.
Use our resources to share the message in the community: https://t.co/L1QWkL3G3w @acbc1
A number of Bishops and Bishops Conference staff members are pleased to be attending the #acuinterfaith prayer breakfast this morning. A chance for fellowship with believers of many faiths and to pray together
Join us online on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. https://t.co/NCKD4Jr6zC
Speakers include Bishop Vincent Long, Michael Jeh, Ambassador - Small Steps 4 Hannah, Sr Christian Caralan - @ACRATHumans & Shatha Jago - @JRS_Aus
Each time we join our hands and open our hearts to God, we find ourselves in the company of anonymous saints and official saints who pray with us and intercede for us as older brothers and sisters who have preceded us on this same human adventure. #Prayer
Join us online on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. https://t.co/NCKD4Jr6zC
Speakers include Bishop Vincent Long, Michael Jeh, Ambassador from Small Steps 4 Hannah, Sr Christian Caralan from @ACRATHumans & Shatha Jago from @JRS_Aus
For your sakes Christ became poor. Cor 8:9
Pope Francis says the state of the world is a chance for us not to give up but to renew ourselves and our shared sense of purpose. To search for new solutions, led by the poor:
https://t.co/n3AhVKWarw
Poor people are not “outside” our communities. They are brothers and sisters whose suffering we share, in order to alleviate their difficulties and marginalization, so that their lost dignity might be restored, and to ensure their necessary social inclusion. #EndPoverty
Today is International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Preparing for disasters is crucial, especially for vulnerable communities in countries like the Solomon Islands, situated on the Ring of Fire.