Slide 1:Social Justice Sunday Statement 2008 A RICH YOUNG NATION The challenge of affluence and poverty in Australia


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Slide 3:Social Justice Sunday Statement 2008 A RICH YOUNG NATION The challenge of affluence and poverty in Australia


Slide 5:You lack one thing; go sell what you own, and give the money to the poor. Then come, follow me.


Australia: a rich young nation :Australia: a rich young nation Spectacular economic growth and prosperity


Australia: a rich young nation :Australia: a rich young nation Spectacular economic growth and prosperity


Slide 8:Our international economic status has become a symbol of our national identity


Slide 9:Australia: a rich young nation Wealthy, but lacking one thing …


Slide 10:Too many are bypassed by economic growth and prosperity, and live in poverty


Slide 11:Affluenza Confusion between wants and needs Having, rather than being Yesterday’s luxury items become today’s necessities


Slide 12:Will we use our great wealth for the benefit of all? The Bishops’ Challenge - One


Slide 13:Poverty Having inadequate access to resources and services; Unable to do certain tasks that are essential for fulfilling one’s human potential and carrying out one’s social responsibilities; Being shunned, denigrated, blamed, patronised and ostracised by others; Having little opportunity to participate in decisions affecting one’s life; Being, and feeling, powerless, excluded, marginalised; Living in exile in one’s own society.


Slide 14:The rich man and Lazarus The rich man just did not notice the destitute man at his gate


Slide 15:Do we notice our sisters and brothers in need? The Bishops’ Challenge - Two


Slide 16:Indigenous families and communities


Slide 17:Families in distress and the working poor


Slide 18:Refugees and asylum seekers


Slide 19:People who are homeless


Slide 20:Are we a society in service to one another?


Slide 21:See the face of Christ in the poor,Release your hold on what the poor need to survive,Believe in God’s love for you and the possibility of change,Be converted to a demanding and radical discipleship. The Bishops’ Challenge - Three


Our response :Our response Rebuild relationships damaged by poverty and the division of wealth and opportunity


Our response :Our response Celebrate Eucharist as sisters and brothers


Our response :Our response Live simply, aware of what we needrather than what we want


Our response :Our response Live simply, aware of what we needrather than what we want


Our response :Our response


Jesus is the good news to the poor.As his followers, we are called to be the same. :Jesus is the good news to the poor.As his followers, we are called to be the same.


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