The Rising Seas: Climate Change and the Pacific

The Inter-Congregational Voice on Climate Change and the Pacific Islands is a group of Catholic Religious Congregations with historical and ongoing involvement among peoples in Pacific Island nations in the areas of education, health, community development and climate justice. These Congregations work with members on the ground in many Pacific Island nations and live and work among the people. Consequently they bring a wealth of experience and personal connection to Australia’s Pacific Island neighbours and this has motivated them tojoin together in order to amplify the voices of communities they have worked with.Member congregations include: Institute of the Sisters of Mercy; Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and Solomon Islands, Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary, Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education, Caritas Australia, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Congregation of the Christian Brothers, Franciscan Friars, Marist Fathers, Marist Brothers, Sisters of St Joseph, Good Samaritan Sisters, Marist Sisters, Society of Jesus, Presentation Sisters, Little Company of Mary, Sisters of Charity Australia, Missionary Society of St Columban, Bridgidine Sisters, Loreto Sisters, Sisters of Mercy Parramatta

The Inter-Congregational Voice on Climate Change in the Pacific, The Edmund Rice Centre, Pacific Calling Partnership and Good Samaritan Sisters.

His Excellency Anote Tong, who was president of Kiribati from 2003 to 2013, is among the most prominent advocates for urgent global action on climate change. Former President Tong’s country, the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, is one of the first places to confront sea level rise and other devastating real-life consequences of climate change.
Mr Tong is a strong voice for the Pacific and has been campaigning for climate justice for his people and those of the Pacific for many years. Bringing his voice to Australia is especially important in the current circumstances where Australians are engaged in a debate about greenhouse gas emissions and the continued mining and use of coal. The Pacific Calling Partnership is bringing Mr Tong to Australia in an effort to change the terms of the climate change debate in this country.
Join the Inter-Congregational Voice in Glebe for an evening with Anote Tong as he discusses the challenges facing Kiribati, Australia’s responsibility to tackle the climate crisis, and his vision for a more just and sustainable future.
Sr. Geraldine Kearney will serve as the event MC. Sr. Kearney, a Sister of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St. Benedict, has spent the last several years educating people in Australia and throughout the world about the impacts of climate change on low-lying islands in the Pacific.
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How can I contact the organiser with any questions?
Vincent Sicari, Project Officer, Pacific Calling Partnership 
vincents@erc.org.au
Tel: Vincent 0413707271

Function Room of the Good Samaritan Congregational Centre

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