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Our Salvation is Bound Together: It’s Our Mission, Play Your Part
Welcome to the Catholic Mission Church Appeal for 2009. This year’s theme is a call to action. As missionaries in daily life, all of us are called to “play our part”, to reach out to each other, particularly to those who are marginalised and discriminated against. We are all called to a greater understanding that our neighbour’s salvation is bound-up with our own, our families and our communities. In this appeal we focus on the contribution of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to the Australian Church. As Pope John Paul II said:
”The Church herself in Australia will not be fully the Church that Jesus wants her to be until the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People have made their contribution to her life and until that contribution has been joyfully received by others.”
The appeal’s central image clearly depicts when we do reach out, we in turn receive and are supported. The contributions being made today by our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are great. We are blessed to have working in the Church inspirational indigenous leaders. These wonderful men and women are serving at the grassroots drawing upon a deep spiritual history connected to this land.
One such person is Sister Barbara Tippolay working and living in her community on the Tiwi Islands, just north of Darwin. After many years serving others in Papua New Guinea Sister Barbara now brings healing to those in her community.
A traditional land owner of the Tiwi Islands, she understands the hardships of her people well. Sister Barbara was part of the stolen generation and raised on a mission.
Sister Barbara and the sisters and priests she works with have faith that their practical and spiritual guidance is empowering the community.
Please give generously to the Catholic Mission Church Appeal.
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