slavery

Friday, September 20

Izzy Salter inside the United Nations hall in New York.

Justice advocate back from the Big Apple

When Izzy Salter’s feet touched the tarmac in New York late last year, she was nervous about the internship she was about to embark on with Mercy Global Action (MGA).

Catherine Edwards and Isabel Salter at the Talitha Kum General Assembly in Rome.

Global effort to eliminate slavery

Two young Catholic women from Adelaide joined 140 delegates at the Talitha Kum General Assembly in Rome in May to forge a five-year plan to combat modern slavery.

St Josephine Bakhita Mass

The World Day of Prayer, Reflection and Action Against Human Trafficking was held on February 8, the feast of St Josephine Bakhita, who is the patron saint of Sudan and victims of slavery. Members of the African Catholic community gathered to honour the Canossian Sister at a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Patrick O'Regan in the Cathedral on Sunday February 13. Pictures: Ben Macmahon.

Reflections of a modern day slave

As a young boy growing up in Cambodia, Vannak Anan Prum loved drawing in the dirt with a stick, his artistic talent clearly evident to those in his small village. Little did he realise that decades later he would use his skills as an illustrator to send an important message to the world about the scourge of modern-day slavery.

Catholic agencies and schools unite to end slavery

Hundreds of Catholic schools and agencies across Australia are showing their commitment to buy and eat only slavery-free chocolate this Easter.

Honouring St Josephine Bakhita

Canossian Sisters joined members of the African Catholic community in celebrating the feast of St Josephine Bakhita in St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral earlier this month.

Call to end slavery around the world

As Catholics prepare to celebrate the feast of St Josephine Bakhita this week they are being urged to work together, through grass roots action and corporate governance, to end slavery around the world.