STAND UP DAY Stand Up Day will this year occur on Friday 17th October 2008.
It's a great chance for schools to STAND UP in support of the world's poor.
For information on the day, go to our main Commission website: www.justiceunit.com
“People from different religions and cultures throughout the world are convinced that achieving the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by the year 2015 is one of the most important tasks in today’s world.Moreover, they also hold that such an objective is indissolubly linked to world peace and security. They are ready to play their part in such efforts and they support your commitment in a spirit of solidarity. " His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
Social Justice Sunday Statement 2008
We celebrate Social Justice Sunday on 28 September. The subject of this year’s Social Justice Sunday Statement, ‘A Rich Young Nation’, is the challenge of affluence and poverty in Australia.
Australia has experienced spectacular economic growth and prosperity in recent years, and increasingly our international economic status has become a symbol of our national identity.Yet in Australia there are many who are wealthy, but live in spiritual poverty, and there are those who have been bypassed by the economic growth and live in material poverty.
For further details about the Catholic Bishops’ Statement, visit the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council website www.acsjc.org.au or call (02) 8306 3499.
Teacher's Justice Inservice Day
The Justice Unit/CEO teacher inservice on issues of justice in schools will be held this year on Wednesday 13th August. Topic: "POVERTY IN AUSTRALIA AND AROUND THE WORLD"
The keynote speaker Is JACK DE GROOT national Director Caritas Australia.
Forr bookings please see the normal CEO PD processes.
We hope it will be a stimulating day.
The Christian in the Public Square
Some challenges from the Catholic Social Justice Tradition
Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of Ireland
Where are the principal points of contact and indeed the principal points of conflict between the Christian message and contemporary culture? Where should the Christian be engaging within the complex public square of our times in order to witness to the light of Christ in the most effective way?
Refugee and Migrant Sunday is a celebration of the contribution refugees have made to Australia organised by the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA). This year it has changed to a weekly event and will take place from 25 - 31 August 2008.
Last year's Education Kit focuses on the international community's responsibility to protect civilians in Sudan and Burma
from genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The kit contains education sheets and education and liturgical resources to help celebrate the day and take further action.
1. How to us this kit - includes kit cover + contact details
2. Peace and Protection
3. The Responsibility to Protect
4. Genocide in Darfur, Sudan
5. Burma's Dirty War
6. Palestine and Israel
7. The 2007 RMS Ecumenical Liturgy
8. Reach Out Flyer
STAND UP DAY 
The Justice Unit/CEO teacher inservice on issues of justice in schools will be held this year on Wednesday 13th August.
Refugee and Migrant Sunday is a celebration of the contribution refugees have made to Australia organised by the National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA). This year it has changed to a weekly event and will take place from 25 - 31 August 2008.