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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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