Pax Christi Australia (NSW)
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Rally at Electro Optic Systems Head Office, Elizabeth Street, Sydney August 8, 2019

This rally takes place every second Thursday of the month in opposition to their support for Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates in the war on Yemen. Notes from Fr Claude Mostowik's speech: In the eyes of some war making is sacrosanct. Pope Francis: Countries that sell arms have no right to talk about peace. In April he said that…

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12 August 2019
Australia / Militarism in the Pacific / Military spending / Pax Christi Australia / Pax Christi Australia (NSW) / Pax Christi Australia VIC / Peace Groups

No ! to US Missiles in Australia !Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) Media Release

MEDIA RELEASE               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6th August 2019 No ! to joining the U.S. in a battle with China ! “The suggestion that the Northern Territory should be host to American intermediate-range missiles, floated by U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, at the recent AUSMIN conference in Sydney must be immediately and totally…

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8 August 2019
Aboriginal affairs / Australia / Pax Christi Australia (NSW) / Pax Christi Australia VIC

Truth-telling: 80% say past injustices against Indigenous people should be recognised

A biennial report shows attitudes shifting in support of key aims of the reconciliation movement Ben Smee The Guardian February 11, 2019 Four out of five survey respondents supported a formal truth-telling process to acknowledge past injustices against First Nations people. Photograph: Glenn Hunt/EPA An overwhelming majority of Australians support a formal ‘truth telling’ process to acknowledge past injustices against…

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17 February 2019
Pax Christi Australia (NSW) / Philippines

‘My body is here in Australia but my heart is still there in the Philippines.’ Sr Patricia Fox

Written by Fr Claude Mostowik msc On December 1, 2018, St Mary’s Catholic Parish, Erskineville, hosted a visit by a very unassuming Sr Patricia Fox and (Sister of Sion). This event was organised by Action for Peace and Development in the Philippines and Migrante NSW. More than 40 people attended made up of religious people, parishioners and people from the…

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14 December 2018
Pax Christi Australia (NSW)

Pax Christi Australia (NSW) Convenor’s Report November 2018

NSW Convenor's Report November 2018 Pax Christi Australia endorsed the international Statement NO International Fleet Review at the Jeju Naval Base which protests any further re-militarisation of Jeju Island named 'The Island of Peace'. Former President President of Kiribati, Anote Tone spoke at  the Good Samaritan Congregational Centre, Glebe: Rising Seas: Climate Change in the Pacific, Fr Claude Mostowik, Chair of Inter-congregational Voice on…

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29 November 2018
Pax Christi Australia (NSW)

Pax Christi Australia (NSW) Convenor’s Report

The October Report includes news on the following: Launch of Social Justice Statement at Cathedral Hall in Parramatta on 6 September with links to addresses by Bishop Vincent Long, Jack De Groot and Netty Horton; MSC Conference: Orientation Day for Delegates (11 September) followed by Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Conference comprising three days (12, 13 and 14 September); Attendance at Aboriginal Reconciliation Church in…

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17 October 2018