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Catholics Pray to #Let Them Stay

WHAT: Solidarity Action for Refugees WHEN: Tuesday 16th February TIME: 11am-12pm WHERE: St. Patrick’s Cathedral FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1505130539792964/ In response to Federal government plans to send 267 people seeking asylum from Australia to Nauru, a contingent of Catholic school students, teachers, parishioners, service providers and Catholic leaders will…

Jessica’s Story

My name is Jessica Hackett. I’m a teacher at Killester College, a Brigidine school in Springvale, Melbourne. On the 16th January I set off on a walking journey from Melbourne to Canberra to hand deliver a petition to the House of Representatives. The petition, called The Welcome Petition…

Jovie’s story

My desire to care for other people started when I was young. I am from the Philippines, so migration and going abroad is a big part of my family history. I see us all as global citizens of a global planet – something that happens on the other…

Fran’s story

I have long believed that social action (working to change policies and structures) is critically important – alongside working at the coal face on injustice. However, social action needs to be a group endeavour: for impact, for access to information, and not least for a sense of solidarity.…

Rita’s story

My interest in the asylum seeker debate began in 2001 when John Howard said “we will decide who comes into our country, and the circumstances in which they come”. Then, I was working in an inner city Parish that had many asylum seekers in the pews at Mass…

Peter’s story

For me, Christians find Jesus in people who struggle to find dignity in society, in people who are excluded and condemned by others. In the past 14 years of working for a Catholic justice organisation, it’s been impossible to ignore the plight of asylum seekers – often locked…

Laxmi’s story

My involvement with asylum seekers is rooted in my own experience of migrating to Australia. My husband and I were forced to leave Kenya, his country of birth and the country of birth of my children. When we finally landed in Australia, the community assistance we were…

Carole’s story

I first met Sayed when the English Language Support Program for Asylum Seekers first started in October 2013. Jesuit Social Services had been approached by the local council to help library staff cope with the number of asylum seekers coming to the library each day requesting help with…

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