| We acknowledge the important service of the Australian Catholic Social Service Council ( www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au ) and the excellent work of Sr Helen Kearins RSC in preparing this resource . Some Marist dates may also be included. |
Social Justice and Marist Diary for Dec 2014 This month's anniversaries include XXXXX |
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| 1 | World AIDS Day |
| 2 | International Day for Abolition of Slavery |
| 3 | UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities 1874: Battle of the Eureka Stockade |
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| 5 | International Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Development Hanukkah ends |
| 6 | Second Sunday of Advent St Nicholas (Santa Claus) |
| 7 | UN International Civil Aviation Day 1965: Vatican II Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes |
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| 9 | UN International Anti-Corruption Day |
| 10 | UN Human Rights Day 1948: Adoption of United Nations Declaration of Human Rights 1968: Death of Thomas Merton 1992: Redfern Speech by Prime Minister Paul Keating, at launch of International Year of the World's Indigenous People |
| 11 | International Mountain Day |
| 12 | 1831: Sisters of Mercy founded by Catherine McAuley |
| 13 | Third Sunday of Advent |
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| 18 | International Migrants Day 1894: South Australia becomes the first state in Australia to give women the right to vote |
| 19 | UN International Day for South-South Cooperation |
| 20 | Fourth Sunday of Advent UN International Human Solidarity Day |
| 21 | 1991: Dissolution of the USSR and the founding of Commonwealth of Independent States including Russia 1993: Native Title Bill passed by the Australian Senate |
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| 23 | 1901: Immigration Restriction Act (White Australia Policy) enacted 1996: Wik High Court decision |
| 24 | Christmas Eve |
| 25 | Christmas Day |
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| 28 | Feast of the Holy Family |
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| 30 | 1987: Pope John Paul II's encyclical Sollicitudo Rei Socialis |
| 31 | 1946: Paid annual leave granted to workers in Australia |
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Social Justice Diary for NovemberThis month's anniversaries include Dili massacre (1991); Armistice Day (1918) [Posted Nov 02] |
| 1 | All Saints Day |
| 2 | Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed |
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| 6 | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict International Week for Science and Peace |
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| 8 | 1907: Justice Higgins hands down minimum wage judgment in Harvester case |
| 9 | Dedication of the Lateran Basilica 1989: Berlin Wall opened |
| 10 | World Science Day for Peace and Development 1995: Nine Nigerian environmentalists and human rights activists hanged Restorative Justice Week commences |
| 11 | Remembrance (Armistice) Day, commemorating the end of World War I in 1918 |
| 12 | 1991: Dili massacre, Timor-Leste: more than 271 people killed |
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| 14 | World Diabetes Day |
| 15 | 1875: Death of Fr Colin |
| 16 | Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time International Day for Tolerance 1989: Six Jesuit priests and co-workers murdered in El Salvador |
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| 20 | Universal Children's Day 1959: UN adopts the Declaration of Rights of the Child |
| 21 | World Philosophy Day World Television Day |
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| 23 | Christ the King |
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| 25 | International Day for the elimination of Violence Against Women 1981: Declaration of the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief |
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| 27 | 1998: First Sydney Peace Prize awarded to Muhammad Yunus |
| 28 | First Day of Hanukkah (Jewish Feast of Dedication) |
| 29 | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 1980: Death of Dorothy Day, Founder of Catholic Worker Movement |
| 30 | First Sunday of Advent 1971: Synod of Bishops Statement Justice in the World |
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Social Justice Diary for OctoberThis month's anniversaries include Uluru returned to traditional owners (1985); Bali bombings (2002) [Posted Oct 01] |
| 1 | International Day of Older Persons 2005 Bali bombings: 20 people killed and more than 100 injured |
| 2 | International Day of Non-Violence 1869: birth of Mahatma Ghandi |
| 3 | Day of Jewish and Christian Dialogue |
| 4 | Feast of St Francis of Assisi World Animal Welfare Day World Space Week commences 1957: First Sputnik launched by the Soviet Union |
| 5 | UN World Teachers Day |
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| 7 | World Habitat Day |
| 8 | |
| 9 | World Post Day World Sight Day |
| 10 | World Mental Health Day |
| 11 | International Day of the Girl Child 1962: Opening Session of Vatican Council II |
| 12 | Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Anti-Poverty Week begins 2002 Bali bombings: 202 people killed and 240 injured |
| 13 | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
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| 15 | UN International Day of Rural Women |
| 16 | World Food Day |
| 17 | International for the Eradication of Poverty |
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| 19 | Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time World Mission Sunday 2001: Sinking of SIEV X |
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| 24 | United Nations Day World Development Information Day Disarmament Week begins |
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| 26 | Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1985: Uluru returned to traditional owners, the Anangu people |
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| 29 | Fr Etienne Declas arrives at Cerdon, France, joining Frs Pierre and Jean-Claude Colin. 'Today the Society of Mary has begun', writes Fr Pierre to the bishop. |
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Social Justice Diary for SeptemberThis month's anniversaries include the first indigenous woman's election to Federal Parliament and the death of the last known Tasmanian Tiger. [Posted Sep 01] |
| 1 | National Wattle Day |
| 2 | 1991: Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act passed by Parliament |
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| 5 | International Day of Charity 1997: Death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta 2013: The Conventon Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers came into force |
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| 7 | Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Fathers Day National Threatened Species Day 1936: Death in Hobart Zoo of the last Tasmanian tiger in captivity 2013: Nova Peris became the first indigenous woman elected to Federal Parliament |
| 8 | International Literacy Day |
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| 10 | World Suicide Prevention Day |
| 11 | 2001: Terrorist attacks on World Trade Centre, New York, and on Washington DC |
| 12 | Solemnity of Holy Name of Mary, patronal feast of Society of Mary 1977: Death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Bilko |
| 13 | 2007: UN General Assembly adopts Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| 14 | The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Child Protection Sunday 1981: Pope John Paul II's encyclical Laborem Exercens |
| 15 | UN International Day of Democracy |
| 16 | International Day for Prevention of the Ozone Layer |
| 17 | |
| 18 | 1961: Death of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold |
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| 20 | 1938: Foundation of Australian Province of Marist Fathers |
| 21 | Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time International Day of Peace |
| 22 | |
| 23 | 1959: Australian Consumers Association launched |
| 24 | 1836: First Marist professions and election of Jean-Claude Colin as first Superior General |
| 25 | Rosh ha-Shanah (Jewish New Year) World Maritime Day |
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| 27 | Feast of Saint Vincent de Paul 1988: Aung San Suu Kyi forms Burma's National League for Democracy |
| 28 | Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Social Justice Sunday 1983: Death of John Pat in Roeburne Prison WA, prompting the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody |
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| 30 | 1975: Australia's Racial Discrimination Act proclaimed |
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Social Justice Diary for AugustThis month's anniversaries include Hiroshima and Nagasai anniversaries and death of Helder Camara. [Posted Aug 01] |
| 1 | 2010: Convention on Cluster Munitions comes into effect |
| 2 | 1965: First Indochinese refugees allowed to settle in Australia |
| 3 | Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time National Vocations Awareness Week begins |
| 4 | National Homeless Persons Week begins National Aboriginal and Islander Children's Day |
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| 6 | 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
| 7 | 1790: Birth of Jean-Claude Colin |
| 8 | St Mary MacKillop |
| 9 | International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki |
| 10 | Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time |
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| 12 | International Youth Day |
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| 15 | Assumption of Mary |
| 16 | 1975: Wave Hill Station, NT, returned to the Gurindji People |
| 17 | Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time |
| 18 | St Alberto Hurtado SJ Vietnam Veterans Day |
| 19 | World Humanitarian Day 2007: Beginning of protests led by Buddhist monks in Burma |
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| 23 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
| 24 | Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time |
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| 26 | 2001: MV Tampa rescues 433 asylum seekers from a sinking vessel. Australian Government sends troops to prevent disembarkation |
| 27 | 1999: Death of Dom Helder Camara |
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| 29 | International Day Against Nuclear Tests |
| 30 | International Day of the Victims of Forced Disappearances |
| 31 | Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Refugee and Migrant Sunday |
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Social Justice Diary for JulyThis month's anniversaries include birth of Dalai Lama (1935) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags become official (1995) [Posted Jul 01] |
| 1 | 2012: The Fair Work Amendment (TCF Industry) Act 2011 commenced, ensuring fair pay and conditions for outworkers in the garment industry International Tartan Day (Australasia) |
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| 5 | International Day of Cooperatives 1935: Birth of Dalai Lama - awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 |
| 6 | Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday NAIDOC Week begins |
| 7 | 1945: Blessed Peter To Rot - killed in Papua New Guinea, recognised as a martyr |
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| 10 | 1985: Sinking of Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland |
| 11 | World Population Day |
| 12 | 1971: Aboriginal Flag first flown in Adelaide |
| 13 | Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Apostleship of the Sea |
| 14 | 1995: Aboriginal Flag and Torres Strait Islander Flag proclaimed official flags of Australia |
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| 16 | 1945: First Atomic bomb detonated in New Mexico |
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| 18 | 1918: Birth of Nelson Mandela |
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| 20 | Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 1969: First moon landing accomplished by Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins |
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| 22 | St Mary Magdalene |
| 23 | 1816: Promise at Fourviere to form the Society of Mary |
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| 25 | Schools Tree Day |
| 26 | 1833: Emancipation Bill approved, abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire |
| 27 | Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time National Tree Day National Missing Persons Week begins |
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| 29 | Eid-al-Fittr - Muslim breaking of the fast |
| 30 | International Day of Friendship |
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Social Justice Diary for JuneThis month's anniversaries include the destrucion of the Berlin wall (1989) Neville Bonner as the first Aboriginal Australian to hold a seat in Federal Parliament (1971) [Posted Jun 01] |
| 1 | Ascension of the Lord |
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| 3 | Day of Prayer for Catholic and Anglican Reconciliation 1992: High Court hands down decision in Mabo Case 1886: Catholic and Anglican Martyrs of Uganda |
| 4 | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 1989: Tiananmen Square Massacre |
| 5 | World Environment Day |
| 6 | 1840: Death of St Marcellin Champagnat |
| 7 | Sacred Heart of Jesus |
| 8 | Pentecost Sunday World Oceans Day |
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| 10 | 1838: Myall Creek Massacre 1935: Alcoholics Anonymous established in New York |
| 11 | 1971: Neville Bonner first Aboriginal Australian to hold a seat in Federal Parliament 1975: Australia ratifies the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| 12 | World Day Against Child Labour 1988: Barunga Statement presented to Prime Minister Bob Hawke by Aboriginal leaders |
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| 15 | Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time National Refugee Week commences |
| 16 | International Day of the African Child |
| 17 | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
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| 19 | 1945: Birth of Aung San Suu Kyi 1969: Arbitration Commission affirms principle of equal pay for women performing equal work |
| 20 | World Refugee Day |
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| 22 | Corpus Christi (The Body and Blood of Christ) |
| 23 | UN Public Service Day |
| 24 | The Nativity of John the Baptist |
| 25 | |
| 26 | International Day in Support of Victims of Torture International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking |
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| 28 | |
| 29 | Saints Peter and Paul Ramadan begins |
| 30 | 1945: Introduction of unemployment benefits in Australia |
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May 26 (since 1997) / May 07, 1945 |
| 1 | St Joseph the Worker International Workers Day 1991: Pope John Paul II's encyclical Centesimus Annus, on the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum |
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| 3 | World Press Freedom Day Fair Trade Fortnight begins |
| 4 | Third Sunday of Easter |
| 5 | Blessed Edmund Rice |
| 6 | 1992: Introduction of mandatory detention for asylum seekers in Australia |
| 7 | 1945: War ends in Europe |
| 8 | World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
1970: First Moratorium March against the Vietnam War in Australian cities |
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| 10 | 1994: Nelson Mandela's Inaugural Address as President of South Africa World Fair Trade Day |
| 11 | Fourth Sunday of Easter Wolrd Day of Prayer for Vocations Mothers' Day |
| 12 | International Nurses' Day |
| 13 | International Conscientious Objectors Day |
| 14 | 1971: Pope Paul VI's Apostolic Letter Octogesima Adveniens (A Call to Action) |
| 15 | UN International Day of Families 1891: Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum (on Capital and Labour) 1931: Pope Pius XI's encyclical Quadragesimo Anno (on Reconstruction of the Social Order) 1961: Pope John XXIII's encyclical Mater et Magistra (on Christianity and Social Progress) |
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| 17 | World Telecommunications and Information Society Day 2005: Death of Fr Ted Kennedy |
| 18 | Fifith Sunday of Easter Jubilee Sunday |
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| 20 | 2002: Timor-Leste Constitution came into force with Xanana Gusmao as first President |
| 21 | World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
| 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 23 | International Day to End Obstetric Fistula |
| 24 | Mary Help of Christians, Patron of Australia 1948: Foundation of World Council of Churches |
| 25 | Sixth Sunday of Easter Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non Self-Governing Territories commences Africa Day |
| 26 | National Sorry Day 1997: Bringing Them Home Report tabled in Parliament |
| 27 | National Reconciliation Week begins Week of Prayer for Reconciliation begins 1967: Referendum changes articles in the Australian Constitution that discriminates against Indigenous people |
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| 29 | International Day of UN Peacekeepers 1992: Torres Strait Islander flag launched |
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| 31 | World No Tobacco Day |
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| April |
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Apr 26, 1986 / Apr 25, 1915 |
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| 2 | UN World Autism Awareness Day 2005: Death of Pope John Paul II |
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| 4 | International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action |
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| 6 | Fifith Sunday of Lent International Day of Sport for Development and Peace |
| 7 | World Health Day Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwandan Genocide |
| 8 | Yom h-Shoah, Holocaust Memorial Day |
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| 10 | 1972: 120 nations sign treaty banning biological warfare |
| 11 | 1963: Pope John XXIII's encyclical Pacem in Terris |
| 12 | 1845: First Marist priests arrive in Australia |
| 13 | Palm Sunday |
| 14 | 2002: Xanana Gusmao elected as first President of East Timor |
| 15 | 1991: Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Royal Commission Final Report signed |
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| 18 | Good Friday World Heritage Day 1955: Death of Albert Einstein |
| 19 | 2005: Pope Benedict XVI elected |
| 20 | EasterSunday |
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| 22 | International Mother Earth Day |
| 23 | World Book and Copyright Day |
| 24 | 1945: First United Nations Conference opens with 45 nations attending |
| 25 | Anzac Day - 99th anniversary |
| 26 | 1986: Nuclear plant accident in Chernobyl, Ukraine, causing thousands of deaths and widespread contamination in Europe 1998: Bishop Gerardi murdered in Guatemala |
| 27 | Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday 2014: Popes John XXIII and John Pail II to be canonised |
| 28 | 1841: St Peter Chanel, pioneer Marist missionary and first martyr of Oceania, martyred in Futuna, Western Pacific |
| 29 | 1836: Approbation of Society of Mary (Marist Fathers) Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare |
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| March |
Mar 19, 1866 / Mar 11, 2011 |
| 1 | International Death Penalty Abolition Day Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day 1999: International Treaty to Ban Landmines becomes effective |
| 2 | Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Clean up Australia Day |
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| 4 | 1979: Pope John Paul II's encyclical Redemptor Hominis |
| 5 | Ash Wednesday |
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| 7 | World day of Prayer: Theme - 'Streams in the Desert' |
| 8 | International Women's Day |
| 9 | First Sunday of Lent 1822: Pope Pius VII writes encouraging establishment of the Society of Mary |
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| 11 | 2011: Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, devastated by earthquake and tsunami, killing 18,500 people, destroying the nuclear plant and causing widespread contamination |
| 12 | 1913: Founding of Canberra as Australia's Capital |
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| 15 | World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16 | Second Sunday of Lent |
| 17 | St Patrick |
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| 19 | St Joseph, husband of Mary 1866: Beginning of Sisters of St Joseph at Penola, SA 2003: US and allies invade Iraq |
| 20 | National 'Close the Gap' Day |
| 21 | International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination World Down Syndrome Day World Poetry Day World Forestry Day Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination begins National Harmony Day (Australia) |
| 22 | World Water Day |
| 23 | Third Sunday of Lent |
| 24 | International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims |
| 25 | The Annunciation UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 1877: Death of Caroline Chisholm |
| 26 | 1967: Pope Paul VI's encyclical Populorum Progressio ('On the Progress of Peoples') 1975: Biological Weapns Convention enters into force |
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| 30 | Fourth Sunday of Lent Neighbour Day |
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| February | 
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| 2 | The Presentation of the Lord World Wetlands Day |
| 3 | World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life 1788: First Christian service in Australia |
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| 5 | 1996: Cape York Peninsula Heads of Agreement signed |
| 6 | Waitangi Day, Aotearoa New Zealand |
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| 9 | Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time |
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| 11 | World Day of Prayer for the Sick 1990: Nelson Mandela released from prison |
| 12 | 1965: The Freedom Ride commenced in Australia 2005: Sr Dorothy Stang murdered in Brazil |
| 13 | 2008: Apology to Stolen Generations by Australian Government |
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| 16 | Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time |
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| 20 | UN World Day of Social Justice |
| 21 | UN International Mother Language Day |
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| 23 | Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time |
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| 28 | 1873: Approval of Society of Mary's constitutions |
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| 1 | Mary, Mother of God World Day of Prayer for Peace. Theme: 'Blessed are the peacemakers' 1901: Foundation of Commonwealth of Australia 1994: Native Title Act commence operation |
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| 3 | 1977: First loans by Grameen Bank, founded by Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh |
| 4 | The Epiphany of Jesus |
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| 10 | 1836: Oceania mission confided to the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers) by Pope Gregory XVI 1946: First UN General Assembly opens with 51 nations represented |
| 11 | Baptism of the Lord |
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| 15 | 1842: Mary MacKillop born in Fitzroy, Victoria 1929: Martin Luther king Jr born in Atlanta USA |
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| 18 | Second Sunday in Ordinary Time |
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| 24 | Feast of St Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalism |
| 25 | Third Sunday in Ordinary Time 1959: Pope John XXIII announces his intention to convoke the Second Vatican Council |
| 26 | Australia Day / Survival Day 1972: Aboriginal Tent Embassy established in Canberra |
| 27 | International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust |
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