Connecting Peace, Ecology and Justice from the Gospel Perspective

This Month - October 2015

Times change, so at the beginning of 2015, our PEJ Centre moved to a monthly electronic newsletter. We recently took a look back at the old hard copy Columban Connections which first started in August 2002. Hannah Cifuentes who joined us in late January found it really interesting, so she jotted down her observations. Thus we have decided to devote the last three editions of E-Connections for 2015 to looking back at the issues we have been working on, how they have evolved over those 13 years and where they are heading at this time. In this edition, we look at how our collaboration with Jubilee Australia has evolved.

Anne Lanyon
Co-ordinator of the Centre for  Peace, Ecology and Justice

Observations from a Gen Y perspective
In 2002, I was an eager 12 year old with eyes glued to the whiteboard in my year seven classroom at St Pius X Catholic School in Brisbane. My world back then was simple. (read more)

Contents

	Peace, Ecology and Justice PEJ’s original collaboration was with Jubilee’s Drop the Debt Campaign calling for debt cancellation. In 2002, when Jubilee Australia emerged, the campaign broadened to activities such as “debt for health” swaps. More recently, Jubilee Australia has focused on research and lobbying in relation to the Australian Government’s accountability for its economic activity in South East Asian countries, especially involvement in the mining industry. The articles in this issue show the formidable results of this hard work. Not on My Watch  (read more) Sovereign Debt: A New Home for an Old Idea (read more) Charity Ends at Home (read more)
	Reflection The Gospel makes for some pretty uncomfortable reading. When Jesus challenges the rich young man to sell all that he had, give the money to the poor and come and follow him, the young man does not respond because it meant that he would have to let go of all that gave his life meaning and security. (read more)
	Growing a Culture of Peace Bulletin- Life and Hope Of the 12 million Syrians forced to flee war, half are children. They suffer physically and psychologically. Their education is affected. They lack shelter and safety. (read more)
	News from the Centre It is with great pleasure that I inform you that Jubilee Australia has merged with The Australia Institute (TAI) and will be called the Jubilee Australia Research Centre (JARC). (read more)
	Take Action The report - Charity ends at home: The decline of foreign aid in Australia, shows that the Minister Julie Bishop has presided over the largest cuts to foreign aid since its inception. (read more)

Read other eConnections editions:

• November 2015
• October 2015
• September 2015
• August 2015
• July 2015
• June 2015
• May 2015
• April 2015
• March 2015