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Your voice is powerful! Ahead of the election on May 3, contacting your local candidates (by letter, email or making a time to meet) and asking their stance on the current treatment of people seeking asylum in Australia, can make a real difference!Here are 3 simple steps you can take:Step (1):…
Read MoreNational Week of Prayer and Action 2024
16th – 20th September 2024Journeying togetherEach year, the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) holds a National Week of Prayer and Action (16–20 September) and celebrates World Day of Migrants and Refugees (“Refugee Sunday”- 29 September).Throughout the week we seek to engage the Australian Catholic community across…
Read MorePalm Sunday: Reflection from Fr. Andy Hamilton SJ
For many, perhaps, most Australians Palm Sunday is just a name, perhaps associated with the start of the football season. For some, too, it marks the annual march for refugees, a natural association for Christians for whom it is the beginning of a week dedicated to reflection on…
Read MoreAsh Wednesday: Reflection from Fr. Andrew Hamilton SJ
CAPSA commemorates Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. On this day, we share a reflection from Fr. Andy Hamilton SJ to mark the significance of today: Ash Wednesday is rich in associations with the testing times of our world. In Australia Ash Wednesday is associated most recently with…
Read MoreNational Day of Action Palm Sunday
Join CAPSA for this 2024 National Day of Action Palm Sunday, to support Justice for Refugees Across AustraliaEach year, Palm Sunday is celebrated around Australia as a day the community comes together to stand in solidarity with refugees and people seeking asylum, through a family-friendly event and walk…
Read MoreWorld Day of Migrants and Refugees 2023
Avoiding death and danger isn’t enough to live a life that’s truly free, writes Andy Hamilton SJ to mark this year’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees. Instead, we must dismantle cruel immigration policies and stand in solidarity with those whose “great spirit and resilience” sees them building…
Read MoreNational Week of Prayer and Action 2023 – Taking Advocacy and Action
In Conversation with Sister BrigidI would not say that I had a ‘blinding light’ experience leading me to work with refugees. I began working with refugees because there was a need, and quite an obvious need.I lived in Sunshine with the Brigidine Sisters, in the Western suburbs of…
Read MoreNational Week of Prayer and Action 2023 – Taking Advocacy and Action
By Neil ParaSri Lanka is a beautiful country, but Australia has embraced me warmly and is my home.Life was polarised in Sri Lanka during the war. People who wanted to be neutral or stay safe had to leave. Yet the Australian Government does not fully recognise the ongoing…
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