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National 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…
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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 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…
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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…
Read MoreCAPSA’s National Week of Prayer and Action 2023 – Taking Advocacy and Action
By Dr. Rebecca FieldI don’t feel like I’m an advocate. In fact, I’m more often called an academic than an advocate. It’s a role often seen as elitist and detached, far removed from the frontline of action. I confess that I’ve sometimes succumbed to this perception myself.As I…
Read MoreCAPSA National Week of Prayer and Action 2023
Freedom to live for refugees and people seeking asylum The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) is about compassion for people seeking asylum. Co-convened by Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service Australia (JRS), CAPSA is an alliance of individuals, organisations, schools and parishes from across the…
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Walk with CAPSA this Palm Sunday at the Melbourne Walk for Justice for Refugees
In advocating for the just and humane treatment of people seeking asylum in Australia, the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) would like to invite you to walk with us alongside teachers, students, principals, parents, parishioners, priests and individuals from Catholic schools, churches and communities across Victoria…
Read MoreCAPSA in Action – using your TIME
TIME with People Seeking Asylum by Sr Veronica McDougall sgsSince 2015 I have been privileged in various ways and places to spend time with people seeking asylum in NSW. My main focus has been teaching English to adults and helping their children with schoolwork.As a retired teacher, I have…
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