03/07/2022
Today 3rd July 2022 is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday: 3rd July 2022
The Harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few. Get up! Stand up! Show up!
is the theme this year for the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday that is celebrated on the first Sunday of July every year.
Every year, on the first Sunday in July, Catholics come together across Australia to acknowledge and celebrate the gifts of Australia’s First Peoples in the Catholic Church.
This year is particularly important because of the need to reconnect due to the COVID 19 Pandemic and its impact on the ways in which we interacted and made contact with one another.
For 2022 NATSICC is asking for everyone to come together, but also consider practical ways in which they can support Australia's First Peoples - not just for this special day, but every day.
Artwork
Mumeri was created by Dr Lisa Buxton in August 2013 to celebrate the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney’s inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mass held at St Mary’s Cathedral. The theme for the Mass ‘Holy Spirit in this Land’ was captured in the artwork through the use of Aboriginal and Catholic symbolism.
See more information here: https://www.natsicc.org.au/2022-atsi-sunday.html
