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Anna’s winning story close to home
When Hang Thi Pham was escaping Communist Vietnam by boat in 1988, she was too scared to think about anything - even whether she would live or die.
Schools
When Hang Thi Pham was escaping Communist Vietnam by boat in 1988, she was too scared to think about anything - even whether she would live or die.
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More than 400 people from different cultures and nationalities celebrated the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees at a Multicultural Mass in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral on Sunday August 26.
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Standing on stage at the Catholic Schools Music Festival belting out a spine-tingling rendition of Louis Armstrong’s 'What a Wonderful World', 12-year-old Michaela Lucas knew in her young mind that this was where she belonged and she was determined to pursue a life on the stage.
For most South Australians February 16 passed like any other Friday, but for the small Lithuanian community in Adelaide it was a time to reflect and give thanks as they celebrated the 100-year anniversary of their homeland’s Declaration of Independence.
They are a long way from their country of birth and the culture that has shaped their lives, but for 20 Catholic Filipino families they are now proud to call the small country town of Bordertown ‘home’.
From humble beginnings in 2001, the St Vincent de Paul Society Migrant and Refugee Centre is now providing assistance to up to 30 people per day.
We are confronting a refugee crisis today that’s probably even worse than the one that confronted us at the end of World War II, according to Archbishop Philip Wilson in his latest podcast.
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