Justice & Advocacy
“The observance of Refugee Week invites us to recall their humanity, to ponder how their humanity might touch ours, and to challenge the narrative that we like to tell ourselves about being a generous country,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt
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“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
Refugee Week is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions refugees make to our communities, while raising awareness, remembering and honouring the perilous journey that refugees have taken to find safety and freedom – mark Refugee Week and World Refugee Day with these event, promotional, advocacy and ministry resources
The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt introduces Refugee Week 2019, which is celebrated this week, and invites us to share in the stories of the brave and resilient souls who have sought safety on our shores
The Rev’d Michael Stalley reviews the children’s book Jesus was a Refugee, which draws upon the biblical narrative in Matthew’s Gospel to bring attention to Jesus’, and his family’s, experience of seeking refuge from the political threat of violence
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