{"id":5,"date":"2008-11-15T07:16:51","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T07:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-07-10T14:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:17:35","slug":"opening-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><\/div>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/t-shirt-front-and-back.jpg\"><br \/><\/a>To unite with others to support Social Justice, Development and the Environment.<\/div>\n<div><strong>Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel, or, in other words, of the Church&#8217;s mission for the redemption of the human race and its liberation from every oppressive situation&#8221;&#8230;. Justice in the World, 1971 Synod of Bishop.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong><span id=\"{E1B295D5-D31B-43BF-B682-377763111266}\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Meeting dates for your diary: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next SJ Around the Bay Meeting: via Zoom: Saturday 29th August 2026<\/p>\n<p>To contact SJ Around the Bay:<\/p>\n<p>Convener: Phil Jones &#8211; adsl00rt(at).tpg.com.au, (m) 0410 712 433<\/p>\n<p>Refugee advocate coordinator: Bill Aitken, phone 94891662<\/p>\n<h2>On-Going Projects<\/h2>\n<p>Promoting the<a title=\"Laudato Si Action Platform\" href=\"https:\/\/laudatosiactionplatform.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Laudato Si Action Platform<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pope Francis invites you to the Laudato Si' Action Platform\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_aWppq44r-c\" width=\"273\" height=\"154\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Supporting Timor Leste<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofsoibada.com\/\">Catholic Parish of Pittwater<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/socialjustice.ffcp.org.au\/\">Catholic Parish of Frenchs Forest Social Justice Group<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Supporting Refugees<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Jesuit Refugee Services,<\/li>\n<li>Advocacy for refugees: contact Bill Aitken, phone 94891662<\/li>\n<li>Catholics for Refugees<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbrs.org.au\/\">Northern Beaches Refugee Sanctuary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Global Financial Transparency<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/resourcejustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Resource Justice Network Pay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxjustice.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tax Justice Network (Australia)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jubileeaustralia.org\/\">Jubilee Australia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aftinet.org.au\/\">Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Support for Indigenous Australians<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/voicefromtheheartalliance.com\/\">Voice from the Heart Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><\/div><p> To unite with others to support Social Justice, Development and the Environment. Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel, or, in other words, of the Church&#8217;s mission for the redemption of the human race [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Christian community concern for Human Dignity, Social Justice and the environment in the region of Broken Bay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"L3fEw_lvNf09b3PmvN1lBRgyy4XkTkZ5xV2RUO2QYN0\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SJ Around the Bay | Join Christians acting for Social Justice and the Environment in the Broken Bay Region\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SJ Around the Bay\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Christian community concern for Human Dignity, Social Justice and the environment in the region of Broken Bay\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"SJ Around the Bay\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A Christian community concern for Human Dignity, Social Justice and the environment in the region of Broken Bay\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Home\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SJ Around the Bay\",\"description\":\"Join Christians acting for Social Justice and the Environment in the Broken Bay Region\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/\",\"telephone\":\"+61410712433\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/sjaroundthebay-logo-smaller.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":189,\"height\":690},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#organizationLogo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"SJ Around the Bay\",\"description\":\"A Christian community concern for Human Dignity, Social Justice and the environment in the region of Broken Bay\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-11-15T07:16:51+11:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-10T14:17:35+10:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"SJ Around the Bay\",\"description\":\"Join Christians acting for Social Justice and the Environment in the Broken Bay Region\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sjaroundthebay.org\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"SJ Around the Bay","description":"A Christian community concern for Human Dignity, Social Justice and the environment in the region of Broken Bay","canonical_url":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"L3fEw_lvNf09b3PmvN1lBRgyy4XkTkZ5xV2RUO2QYN0","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Home","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org#listItem","name":"Home"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#organization","name":"SJ Around the Bay","description":"Join Christians acting for Social Justice and the Environment in the Broken Bay Region","url":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/","telephone":"+61410712433","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/sjaroundthebay-logo-smaller.png","@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#organizationLogo","width":189,"height":690},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#organizationLogo"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/","name":"SJ Around the Bay","description":"A Christian community concern for Human Dignity, Social Justice and the environment in the region of Broken Bay","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2008-11-15T07:16:51+11:00","dateModified":"2026-07-10T14:17:35+10:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/","name":"SJ Around the Bay","description":"Join Christians acting for Social Justice and the Environment in the Broken Bay Region","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"SJ Around the Bay | Join Christians acting for Social Justice and the Environment in the Broken Bay Region","og:type":"website","og:title":"SJ Around the Bay","og:description":"A Christian community concern for Human Dignity, Social Justice and the environment in the region of Broken Bay","og:url":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"SJ Around the Bay","twitter:description":"A Christian community concern for Human Dignity, Social Justice and the environment in the region of Broken Bay"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"5","title":"SJ Around the Bay","description":"A Christian community concern for Human Dignity, Social Justice and the environment in the region of Broken Bay","keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"website","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"WebPage","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":{"subject":"","preview":"","content":""},"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2022-06-11 06:16:09","updated":"2026-07-11 15:54:29","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tHome\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org"},{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":540,"href":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3900,"href":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/3900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}