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Justice & Advocacy

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"Like the cyclone, the trajectory of our common life is far from straightforward or linear"

“Saturday was International Women’s Day. It is the day on which we acknowledge that the vision my 13-year-old self of 50 years ago thought would be achieved in a few short years is still years away from being achieved. In fact, the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report suggests that at the current rate of progress gender economic equality is still 134 years away,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt

Justice & Advocacy Woman deacon putting out mats, blankets and pillows for rough sleepers at a Cathedral Justice & Advocacy

Our Ministry with those sleeping rough at St John’s Cathedral

“We realised that up until that point we had been letting homeless people sleep on our property — we had been doing things for them, but not really treating them as part of our community. By opening up our kitchen and inviting them to share our resources…made a significant difference, not just to them, but to us,” says The Rev’d Dr Ann Solari

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