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National Week of Prayer and Action – Journeying Together
Reflections by Loloma Tonnochy“There is nothing we want more for them than to provide a safe place to call home.”We all have our own roles in which to contribute to ensuring that refugees settling in Australia are welcomed and able to feel at home.It just depends on our…
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Reflections by Sister Brigid Arthur“We humans are at our best when we have empathy and walk in the shoes of another.”The experience of being a refugee is unique. Only refugees themselves actually know what it is like to suffer displacement by persecution, war, or extreme discrimination. However, we who…
Read MoreWEBINAR: NATIONAL WEEK OF PRAYER AND ACTION 2024
WEBINAR: ‘Journeying together with Refugees and People Seeking Asylum’ 18 September 7pm, Online Watch the Webinar recording here SPEAKERS: David Manne – Human rights lawyer and Executive Director, Refugee LegalDavid Manne is a human rights lawyer and Executive Director of Refugee Legal. He has worked in various capacities assisting refugees and asylum…
Read MoreJourneying together during CAPSA’s National Week of Prayer and Action
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) has officially launched its National Week of Prayer and Action, which runs from September 16 to 20, and seeks to engage the Australian Catholic community across schools, organisations and parishes to act and stand in solidarity with people seeking asylum.“The…
Read MoreOn 11th anniversary of resumption of offshore processing, CAPSA continues calls for Federal Government to end inhumane offshore detention and extend permanent protection
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) acknowledges, with deep sadness, the 11th anniversary of the Federal Government’s resumption of offshore processing for people seeking asylum who arrive in Australia by boat. CAPSA continues to call on the Federal Government to permanently end offshore detention, extend permanent…
Read MoreReflective Piece by Fr. Andy Hamilton SJ
Our business at CAPSA is to care for people who seek asylum in Australia and across the globe. That care leads us also to attend to the forces that drive people from their homes to seek asylum. Today these include people from Gaza. We are also deeply concerned…
Read MoreCAPSA launches National Week of Prayer and Action 2023
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) has launched its National Week of Prayer and Action, a week of events and action from September 4th to 8th that aims to engage the Australian Catholic community in solidarity with people seeking asylum. This year’s theme, ‘Freedom to Live’,…
Read MoreCAPSA welcomes Federal Government’s humanitarian intake increase
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) welcomes the Federal Government’s move to increase the humanitarian intake by 2,125 places per year, calling it a positive step towards a more compassionate and principled response to people seeking asylum.CAPSA, co-convened by Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service…
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