TODAY, Sunday Sept 25, is observed as Social Justice Sunday.
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has issued the annual statement titled “A Place at the Table – Social Justice in an ageing Society”.
It draws our attention to an ageing population and our journey into old age which presents us with challenges and opportunities. The elderly are men and women, fathers and mothers, who came before us on the same road, in our houses and in our daily lives. The statement emphasises the role and value of the older person in our society, and for the need to treat the elderly with dignity and respect and not reduce them to a “through-away culture.
A limited number of copies of the ACBC Statement are available in the narthex or can be downloaded here