Justice & Advocacy
“When smoking was more common, priests were advised to ‘keep your pipe filled’. This meant listening more than speaking,” says Ukrainian Catholic priest and Churchie Old Boy, Fr Martin Arnold, as he shares about spiritually and pastorally caring for Ukrainians locally
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Voices For Peace is a new resource from the Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma — whom the ACSQ is affiliated with through the Queensland Community Alliance and the BRASS Network — featuring community members and leaders sharing their thoughts and advice on what building a socially inclusive future entails
“As welcoming celebrations continue in Biloela, and the Tamil family starts to rebuild their lives in peace after more than four years in immigration detention, it would be easy for us to return to our busy lives and miss the lessons from this inspiring story. To me there are many things we can learn from Angela Fredericks and the Bilo community,” says Peter Branjerdporn as Refugee Week approaches
“The immigration detention of tennis world number one Novak Djokovic leading up to the recent Australian Open brought the international spotlight onto the plight of people who have been detained for much, much longer than him,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn
“Every action, big or small, absolutely makes a difference! Last week, 50 men who spent nearly seven years trapped in Immigration detention on Manus and Nauru plus up to two years locked up in a Kangaroo Point hotel were released with a Bridging Visa into our community,” says the Justice Unit’s Peter Branjerdporn
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