ACMRO News September 2022

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Australian Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office

International Catholic Migrant Commission

108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

Pope Francis has chosen the theme, Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees, for the 108th World Day of Migrant and Refugees, commemorated in Australia on Sunday, 25 September 2022.

Included in the Migrant and Refugee Kit are stories from local communities, reflections and prayers of the faithful to assist parishes, schools, families and other Church communities in celebrating this important event.

To download the Migrant and Refugee Kit 2022, please click here.

To download resources, please click here.

10th Bishop Joseph Grech Memorial Colloquium on Ethics and Migration

The Tenth Bishop Joseph Grech Memorial Colloquium on Ethics and Migration will be held on Wednesday, 26 October 2022 from 1.30pm-3.30pm at Monsignor Peter Jeffrey Centre Shepparton at Saint Brendan's Catholic Parish - 121 Knight St, Shepparton.

The Colloquium provides a formal platform to dialogue on migrant and refugee issues from an ethical perspective. This year’s topic will be “Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees”.

Keynote speaker Fr Frank Brennan SJ will talk about Pope Francis’s purpose in widening his message for Migrant and Refugee Sunday, emphasising the need to “renew our commitment to building a future that conforms ever more fully to God’s plan of a world in which everyone can live in peace and dignity”.

National Online Conference for Evangelisation

The Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry will host a national online conference from 20 to 22 October.

The conference will promote understanding and explore practices of evangelisation in Australia through encounters with Christ, formation in discipleship, and mission in the world. It seeks to empower Catholics to carry forward the Church’s evangelising mission after the second assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.

For more details, please click here.

National Week of Prayer and Action 2022

Each year the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) holds a National Week of Prayer and Action (NWPA) to encourage and assist the Australian Catholic community to take action and stand in solidarity with people seeking asylum.

NWPA 2022 will run this year from Sunday 25th September 2022 (World Migrant and Refugee Sunday) to Friday 30th September.

The theme of this year’s World Migrant and Refugee Sunday is ‘building the future with migrants and refugees’.

In line with this, during NWPA we are calling on the CAPSA community to use their voice, hearts, resources and time to engage in actions we can take now, that will help build the future we want: an Australia that welcomes people seeking asylum and treats them with humanity and compassion.

For more information, please click here.

Have a story to share?

Submit your stories and photos from events and we will consider publishing in future newsletters at info@acmro.catholic.org.au