Keywords: Jesuit Social Services
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 14 October 2011
Mary visited Rome as a young religious woman when she was being persecuted by local bishops for being too independent. She got a good hearing from the Pope and great assistance from Fr Anderledy who became the Superior General of the Jesuits. If only Bishop Bill Morris could have received the same sympathetic hearing.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 02 May 2011
1 Comment
Jesuit Social Services recently set up a project in Alice Springs to resource the local parish and local Aborigines who want to take more control of their own lives. If we are to get our teeth into issues of acute injustice, we need to eyeball both the decision makers and those affected by those decisions.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Tony Vinson
- 25 October 2010
3 Comments
The new Jesuit Social Services study Moving from the Edge is not a tale of welfare woe. It is a celebration of lives that have 'come good'. Individuals and families have spoken in a basically human way about their transition from being 'outsiders' to social 'insiders'.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Vinson
- 25 October 2010
4 Comments
My mother never really coped while I was growing up. My dad died when I was seven and she had a nervous breakdown. My sister got murdered when I was about 15. She had just turned 18. That's when my life rolled out of control.
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AUSTRALIA
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 August 2010
18 Comments
In an election campaign characterised by the avoidance of commitment to any principle that might cost
votes, the Bishops' advice
avoided bagging particular political parties and enunciated broad humane criteria to guide voters. It could have offered more.
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AUSTRALIA
- Julie Edwards
- 10 May 2010
There are widespread calls for the stimulus measures to be wound
back as the Australian economy emerges from the global economic crisis. It might be better in this year's and subsequent budgets to continue the economic stimulus, but focused on our most disadvantaged
communities.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Fatima Measham
- 14 May 2006
The Rudder Project, an art-mentoring program sponsored by Jesuit Social Services, has helped make two young women’s dreams come true.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Andrew Hamilton is a Jesuit priest. He taught theology at the United Faculty of Theology for many years, and has contributed widely to theological and religious journals. He has had a long-standing engagement with refugee communities and issues. He is currently editorial consultant of Eureka Street and a policy officer with Jesuit Social Services.
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