Connecting Peace, Ecology & Justice from the Gospel Perspective 
This month - March 2016
This month we look at some of the issues around hunger. The Lenten invitation of fasting is challenging for me. We live in such a consumerist culture and the temptations are everywhere. A vast array of food choices and dining out options are a wonderful part of Australian life.
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Anne Lanyon
Co-ordinator of the Centre for Peace, Ecology and Justice
Contents:
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Peace, Ecology and Justice Do you know what pulses are? What do they have to do with hunger, sustainable development and the hungry?
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Reflection - Meat pies were out It’s the edginess that can help us ask the right questions about our priorities, to distinguish want from need, luxury from necessity. It’s the edginess that can enable us, at least in some small way, to be aware of what millions face every day, for whom fasting and hunger are matters of life and death, not lifestyle choices. (read more) |
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Growing a Culture of Peace Bulletin for Parishes and Schools Fasting, Hunger and Generosity: I will never forget the generosity of the poor rural people in Northern Bangladesh. We were visiting villages where the people mostly struggled to feed their families a decent meal each day. Hunger was a constant companion. (Download PDF Bulletin) |
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News from the Centre The Columbans are involved in a significant Church initiative towards Just Peace. (read more) |
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Take Action The UN says that more than 10 million people are short of food in Ethiopia as drought has caused crops to fail. (read more) |
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