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Social Justice Ministry in the Diocese of Bathurst
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Building Bridges, Not Walls
Read the Australian Cahtolic Bishops' 2011 Social Justice Statement HERE.
Read an article from our own Diocesan Prison Chaplains in the current
CATHOLIC OBSERVER.
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Who is involved?
Numerous members of social justice groups and individuals throughout the Diocese.
What they do
Social justice groups raise awareness of certain issues that they believe cause injustice in society. Where they can, they gather support for actions that keep the injustice issues before the public and try to work out how to go about changing the unjust situation or policy so that a more just situation results. Groups work more on the structural and systemic questions of justice rather than focusing on immediate needs, service provisoiion or welfare matters. Welfare and justice work closely together but ask different questions and engage issues at different levels.
Fr Paul Devitt
Fr Paul Devitt is the Parish Priest at St Mary & St Joseph's Parish in Orange.
Currently, he is the Diocesan Contact for the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council.
Fr Paul was a member of the ACSJC for nine years and had significant input into all annual social justice statements published by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and other publications of the ACSJC - justice trends, issues papers, social justice series, submissions to government, background papers.
He still acts as a reference person for the ACSJC on their published information in the area of Catholic Social Teaching.
Fr Paul was Chair of the Diocese's Justice-Peace-Ecology Commission established by Bishop Dougherty in 2008.
Fr Paul is happy to assist Parishes establish or workshop local Social Justice groups by:
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Presenting Catholic Social Teaching and the Social Justice Tradition of the Church to:
Social Justice groups
Parish adult education gatherings – Catholic and other
Workshops and seminars to specific groups, religious orders, etc
Spirituality In the Pub at various places
High school students – Catholic and State Conferences
Promoting a spirituality of justice and the integration of concern for social justice into the liturgy, worship and general life of the whole church;
Retreats to school staffs, parish groups, social justice groups, pastoral associates
Passing on educational materials produced by the ACSJC, Caritas, other national and international justice agencies
Fr Paul can be contacted at St Mary & St Joseph's Parish in Orange
Ph: (02) 6362 2378 - or email - stjora@netwit.net.au
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