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The Archdiocese of Adelaide has taken important steps in recent years to strengthen its safeguarding services and ensure a culture of integrity and accountability.
The Archdiocese of Adelaide has taken important steps in recent years to strengthen its safeguarding services and ensure a culture of integrity and accountability.
Parishes across the Archdiocese of Adelaide will come together on September 14 to mark Safeguarding Sunday, a dedicated day to reflect on our shared responsibility to protect children, young people and adults at risk by creating safe, inclusive and respectful Church environments.
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Over the past few weeks, training and safeguarding officers from the Integrity and Safeguarding Department have been busy visiting several parishes and multicultural Catholic communities to introduce the new-look Safe Environments For All (SEFA). This is a framework to guide parishes and communities to embed a culture of safeguarding across all aspects of the parish and community.
In March this year, communities across Australia came together to mark Harmony Week; a celebration of the cultures, languages and traditions that make our nation so vibrant. It was a time to honour our differences, recognise the strength in our diversity and reflect on how we build a society where everyone feels they belong.
Christmas is often seen as the most magical, family-orientated time of the year where families revel in the warmth of gatherings and traditions.
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