Categories
The categories that involves spiritual matters, prayer and worship
Religious
This religious denomination established many of Australia's earliest schools, especially in rural and regional areas
Catholic Christianity
This organisation is the largest non-government provider of health and aged care in Australia.
Catholic Health Australia
This group of settlers faced discrimination and restrictions on worship in early colonial Australia
Irish Catholics
Catholic organisations advocate for this freedom in political debates
religious freedom
The category involving art, architecture, music, drama and the deeper cultural norms of society, etc
Culture
This group of Catholic educators, known for their commitment to teaching and discipline, founded many schools across Australia.
The Christian Brothers
This female religious order was instrumental in founding many Catholic hospitals in Australia.
Who are the Sisters of Charity
This 1836 law granted equal funding to Catholic and Protestant churches.
the Church Act
The Church has influenced debates on marriage equality and this end-of-life issue.
euthanasia
The category that includes:
Service - caring for those in need, the poor, the sick (physically & mentally), etc. and
Foreign aid - providing welfare for the wider human family
Functional agency
In 1962, this event involving a Catholic school in Goulburn led to major changes in government funding for non-government schools.
The Goulbourn School Strike
This principle from Catholic Social Teaching prioritises care for the poor and vulnerable.
preferential option for the poor and vulnerable
This Prime Minister was known for integrating Catholic values into his leadership
Tony Abbott
Catholic agencies deliver this proportion of Australia’s community services.
two thirds (66%)
Religion as a guardian of society’s morals pertains to...
The law or what is socially acceptable or not.
Despite being non-government institutions, these schools educate over 1 in 5 Australian students and continue to shape values-based learning across the country.
Catholic Schools
Catholic hospitals were among the first to care for patients during this health crisis in Sydney in the 1980s.
AIDS epidemic
This papal document launched modern Catholic Social Teaching
Rerum Novarum
Catholic Social Teaching influences policies on migration, workers’ rights, and this environmental issue.
Climate Change
The Political category of public influence represents:
groups of people with common interests and can include but not limited to governments and institutions
This female religious order focused on educating girls in Australia
The Sisters of Mercy
Catholic health services aim to be a sign of this in the modern world
The Gospel message of compassion and salvation
This referendum was the topic of the Bishops Social Justice Statement in 2023-24
The Voice in parliament for First Nations people.
Catholic politicians often use this type of vote to express moral convictions
Conscience vote