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Refugees

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"There is hope on Palm Sunday"

“For the past six months I’ve had a very heavy sadness upon me as I watched the conflict in Gaza unfold…I think the cracks are beginning to appear in the edifice. And it’s because the population of the world can see what’s happening and is beginning to name it for what it is — it is genocide. That word is now being used freely…The cracks are beginning to appear here and it’s all because politicians actually do not lead…They’re followers, and our job is to point the direction to them…There is hope on Palm Sunday because people actually care…People come out and they stand up and policy does get changed…The cause is just,” says The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt

Homilies & Addresses

2023 Brisbane Peace Lecture

“The provision of basic human rights, and indeed peace itself that is so much under challenge right now in Europe and elsewhere, only come through the actions of people like you and I, and rooms like this all across Australia and throughout the world,” says Craig Foster

Justice & Advocacy

Compassion for refugees

Churchie Year 7 students recently welcomed a visit from former refugee Bishop Daniel Abot and refugee advocate and anglican focus editor Michelle McDonald who work together in the Episcopal Office