Orange Sky

While Orange Sky is not an Edmund Rice Project it has been inspired and led by two young men who were themselves inspired as students of Gregory Terrace College to participate as volunteers in a college sponsored Food Van project. After leaving school they saw that the homeless needed more than just food. They needed somewhere to wash clothes.
Jesus tells us in today’s gospel, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches." Matthew 13:31–32
Paul Kelly's song "From Little Things Big Things Grow" also takes up this theme with reference to the Australian Aborigines’ fight for land rights.
These two young men, Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett, have started one of these ‘little things’ which is growing and having a mighty impact.
View their website and be inspired to help their projects to grow.  View the Website

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Former President of Kiribati to visit Australia 

Highlights of Visit to Australia by Former President of Kiribati

Anote Tong, former President of Kiribati is currently midway through a comprehensive speaking tour of Australia. He has already attracted much publicity at events and interviews. His background speaking on the world stage at many UN Climate Change Meetings has given him authentic knowledge and also a lived experience of the reality of climate change effects of his home communities in Kiribati.

Mr Tong was here to speak about the IPCC report, the Pacific Islands and climate change. The following links will show you how the media responded.

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National Apology
by the Prime Minister of Australia
to the Survivors of Institutional Sexual Abuse

22nd October 2018

The Christian Brothers Oceania Province stands with other institutions in fully endorsing the National Apology to the Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse.

The National Apology, to be delivered by the Prime Minister, will be conducted in the Federal Parliament in Canberra on Monday 22nd October 2018.

This is an opportunity for us all to recognise the terrible impact of abuse committed on children in institutions – both government and non-government – and to acknowledge the hurt and pain caused to so many.

The Christian Brothers have openly acknowledged that some of our own Brothers as well as lay people employed in our institutions have committed abuse against children in our care.

That such things ever occurred is a matter of enormous regret and deep sorrow.

On behalf of all Christian Brothers and all in our Edmund Rice Community I reiterate to any person who suffered abuse whilst in our care our unreserved apology profound regret.

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Catholic Religious Australia Pathways

"Our redeemer is young because he is alive, He radiates life," he said. "But if Jesus Christ is gloriously young, then His Body, the Church, is likewise meant to be young. This is the Church our young people want to discover, one that is vital and alive in Christ. Our task is to rediscover this young Church, as a new gospel fire." But, he asks if the Successors of the Apostle have stagnated in the Spirit, "lost our missionary fire and become beholden to a 'fake gospel' of religious maintenance? Then let a pebble of spiritual disruption be dropped into our stagnant pools, to stir us back to Pentecost!"

This edition includes the topics:

• Catholic Religious to follow National Apology with Day of Sorrow & Promise
• Indigenous Catholics 'a young and growing group in the Church'
• Fr Gerald Arbuckle calles on Catholic healthcare to respond to growing problem of loneliness
• Faith groups meet on reportable conduct scheme
• Man Box study to look at attitudes & behaviours of young men
• CRA supports faith leaders & refugee advocates in campaign for more humane policies
• CRA supports faith leaders & refugee advocates in campaign for more humane policies
• Sr Maureen providing for those doing it tough in Hall's Creek
• No age limit on mission for senior SVDs

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UN Landmark Climate Change Report

The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released a landmark report which warned there are only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5 degrees Celsius and limit a climate change catastrophe.

The release of the report comes as the Edmund Rice Centre's Pacific Calling Partnership initiative is preparing to host a two-week visit by former President of Kiribati Anote Tong, who will use his visit to intensify his call for Australia to take urgent action to combat climate change.

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Eco-spirituality and
Journeying Together

A paper-back book edited by Br David Gibson cfc

Ecospirituality and Journeying Together offers a rich selection of articles on this topic. Over the years, Christian Brothers have been reflecting on the New Universe Story and have sought to connect the new knowledge that has come from cosmology to their spiritual practices.

There are articles by: David Gibson, Moy Hitchen, Mark O'Loughlin, Michael Godfrey, Trevor Parton, Peter Harney and others.

This paperback is available through AMAZON and will cost $9.

Purchase it Now

https://www.amazon.com/Eco-spirituality-Journeying-Together-David-Gibson/dp/1724650394/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1537487945&sr=1-2&keywords=Journeying+Together

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