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CALENDAR OF EVENTS for Justice, Peace and Community Week

Saturday 24 October 2015 – Saturday 31 October 2015

Theme: Let’s Build Inclusive Communities

All Archdiocesan Departments, Catholic Schools and Catholic organizations are encouraged to plan activities to observe Justice, Peace and Community Week (JPCW). Please use the Prayer Supplement that will be published in Catholic News for JPCW.

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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) – October 18

by Archbishop Joseph Harris
by Archbishop Joseph Harris

Gospel Mark 10:35-45

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” He replied, “What do you wish me to do for you?” They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” 

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How to craft peace

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

In preparation for Justice, Peace and Community Week (JPCW) from October 24–31, let us focus on the word “peace”. 

I share with you extracts from Pope Francis’ powerful homily at Sarajevo’s Olympic Stadium on June 6, 2015: “In the context of global communications we sense an atmosphere of war. Some wish to incite and foment this atmosphere deliberately, mainly those who want conflict between different cultures and societies, and those who speculate on wars for the purpose of selling arms.

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Homilies and Speeches from the visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia

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Family – the world’s greatest resource

by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI
by Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ and Director, CREDI

“Faith grows when it is lived and shaped by love. That is why our families, our homes, are true domestic churches. They are the right place for faith to become life, and life to grow in faith…I leave you with this question, for each one of you to respond to. In my home, do we yell, or do we speak with love and tenderness? This is a good way to recognise our love…Love is seen and felt in everyday gestures” (Pope Francis).

These profound words uttered by Pope Francis in his homily at the Mass for the conclusion of the recently held 8th World Meeting of Families (WMOF) encapsulate the heart of his message to us and to the world. The night before the Mass, in the midst of the amazing Festival of Families, he reminded us that: “Love is something we learn; love is something we live; love grows as it is ‘forged’ by the concrete situations which each particular family experiences. Love is born and constantly develops amid lights and shadows.” 

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