Catholic Bishop Statements and Videos - Year 8 - RE - Catholic Social Justice

To Live To The Full: Mental health in Australia today - Bishop Long

The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2020–21 is titled ‘To Live Life to the Full: Mental health in Australia today’. The COVID-19 pandemic affected many members of our parishes, schools and communities. Understanding mental health will help us to be aware of those who need our support. The Statement encourages us all to reject stigmatisation, to work for the transformation of social determinants of mental ill-health, and to call for policies and service provision that meets the needs of the poorest and most marginalised members of our community.

The Statement calls us to invite all people to an abundant life that engages the whole self physically, psychologically, and spiritually. It acknowledges that God created us out of love and for love to live life to the full in community. It examines how our social, economic and cultural life can be welcoming and inclusive of those who live with mental ill-health.

Social Justice Statements

Citizens of the digital world
The Social Justice Statement 2019-20 amplifies Pope Francis’ call to ‘boldly become citizens of the digital world’, inspired by the Good Samaritan.
Making a home for everyone in our land
Social Justice Statement: A Place to Call Home: Making a home for everyone in our land

Podcasts

To Live Life to the Full
Five episodes of The Revolution of Tenderness and an interview with Office for Social Justice Director John Ferguson speaks with Journey Radio about the Social Justice Statement.

Catholic social justice teachings

The 10 Principles of Catholic Social Teaching
The following Ten Principles highlight major themes from Catholic social teaching
documents of the last century.

REFUGEES:

For Those Who’ve Come Across the Seas: Justice for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement 2015–16 challenges Australians to think again about our national response to asylum seekers, especially those who come to Australia by sea. It invites us to recognise the desperation that has driven these people to seek refuge far from their homes.

INDIGENOUS:

Dignity and justice for our Indigenous sisters and brothers
Reflections on Pope John Paul II’s 1986 Address to Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders

HOMELESSNESS:

Listen, Learn, Love
The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement for 2023-24 is titled Listen, Learn, Love – A New Engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Pope Francis on homelessness
As the debate over the appropriate response by rich countries to the global refugee crisis barrels on, Pope Francis said in a new interview that Catholics should offer housing or financial assistance to families settling in a new country, and, as Lent begins, he called on Catholics not to make excuses when it comes to giving to those asking for change.

Year 8 - RE - Catholic Social Justice: Catholic Bishop Statements and Videos

To Live To The Full: Mental health in Australia today - Bishop Long

Social Justice Statements

Podcasts

Catholic social justice teachings