{"id":5,"date":"2008-11-15T07:16:51","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T07:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T01:52:49","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><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: Nov. 15th 2025, Our Lady of Dolours, 94 Archer St Chatswood,\u00a0 Parish Meeting Rooms, 2.00 -3.30pm<\/p>\n<p>To contact SJ Around the Bay:<\/p>\n<p>Convener: Phil Jones &#8211; pfjones(at)tpg.com.au, (m) 0410 712 433<\/p>\n<p>Refugee advocate coordinator: Bill Aitken, phone 94891662<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 83.8329%; height: 117px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 57.6487%;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Up Coming Events: &#8211;<\/strong><\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong>T-Shirts no longer available for purchase<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/t-shirt-front-and-back.jpg\">https:\/\/www,voicefromtheheartalliance.com<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3737 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/t-shirt-front-and-back.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"842\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/t-shirt-front-and-back.jpg 842w, https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/t-shirt-front-and-back-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/t-shirt-front-and-back-768x584.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/t-shirt-front-and-back-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sjaroundthebay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/t-shirt-front-and-back-400x304.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 0.849858%;\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40.085%;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\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>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:\/\/www.pwyp.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Publish What You 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<\/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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 57.6487%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 0.849858%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 40.085%;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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. 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