KITTY HOLLAND
THE LEADING figures behind Cori (Conference of Religious Ireland) Justice have founded a new advocacy and social analysis organisation, Social Justice Ireland.
Fr Seán Healy said Social Justice Ireland, which he has founded with Sr Brigid Reynolds, would receive no funding from the Catholic Church and would take over the programmes and advocacy projects that until now had been run by Cori Justice.
He said it would, like Cori Justice, work “to build a just society where human rights are respected, human dignity protected, human development is facilitated and the environment is respected and protected”.
Cori Justice, with Fr Healy and Sr Reynolds at the helm, had a long reputation for providing social analysis of government projects and budgets and their impact on the poorest people in society.
In this work, said Fr Healy yesterday, the organisation had been working increasingly with lay individuals and organisations, as well as religious ones. “We have been wondering for some time how best to reflect that reality, and this restructuring will allow lay organisations to join this new organisation.” This had not been possible before with Cori Justice.
He said Social Justice Ireland would be “completely independent” have a board that would now include lay people.
While Cori Justice had always made the voices of those lay groups it worked with heard, he said the move would enable the organisation to “better reflect the reality of what we have been doing for a long time anyway”.
Asked how the new group would be funded given that it would not receive church funding, he said it was in the process of applying for charity status and hoped people and groups would “want to support us”.
“A lot of people, groups and organisations, benefit from our analyses and advocacy, and we’ll see how it goes.”
Social Justice Ireland would “in time” list groups and people supporting it, but Fr Healy would not do so yesterday.
The organisation has moved from the Donnybrook, Dublin premises Cori Justice had occupied, and is now based in Sandyford, Dublin.
It also remains “rooted in Catholic social thought” said Fr Healy. “We don’t hide that.”
Its website includes opinion pieces about the “stark choice” facing the Government in framing Budget 2010, a copy of Fr Healy’s and Sr Reynolds’s submission to the Commission on Taxation, and an announcement about a new encyclical letter from Pope Benedict XVI, Charity in Truth , “calling for a new business order governed by ethics and the common good”.
The Social Justice Ireland website is www.socialjustice.ie
The Irish Times 07/09/2009
In today’s Irish Times, 08/09/2009 the following correction appears: An article in yesterdays edition, concerning the establishment of the new organisation Social Justice Ireland , stated that it would receive no funding from the Catholic Church. In fact the new organisation does expect to receive , and welcomes , funding from a wide range of sources including Catholic religious congregations.
Is there no end to the hypocrisy!
Herr Ratzinger or any front for the Catholic Church Limited calling for “a new business order governed by ethics and the common good” is a bit rich. He lives in a gilded palace running a global conglomerate raking in billions.
His organisation has made its billions from selling religious junk bonds, prostitution, child rape, its tax free status, operating as a State within a State above the law and just plain bare faced robbery.
All the Roman Catholic Church represents is the prosperity of lies.
With dwindiling ‘vocations’ what’s going to happen to all that ‘filthy lucre’ when they pop their clogs? What will happen to the Vatican, churches, cathedrals, properties and lands purported to be owned by the church? Were human rights acknowledged in the pursuit or acquisition of these riches? I fear not!
They will not hide certain things but money they will hide as we shall see when we wittness an example of social economic thinking at the meeting with the Irish government. They will play the “poor mouth” to the degree that they may very well leave the building with money instead of without money.
‘Waking the Dead’ really cut to to the quick – the actresses in the laundry scenes were exceptional. There is still an aura of respectability about the nuns in Ireland – they haven’t gone away you know, and the only people tackling the obscenity of their cloak of respectability is ourselves.
First of all let me say a big thank you to Mike Hull for your article about the catholic church 8 September 2009. You read my mind Mike. It is exactly what I would like to have expressed. The days of ever trusting the catholic church or those who work in their name are well and truly over in my mind.
Hanora Brennan:
Hanora, in reference to your remark “Good job they can’t ask for pennies for the black babies”. What makes you think Hanora, that the catholic church and those who act and work in their name didn’t help themselves before to the black babies boxes?!!! They commited every other crime under the sun and lets face it, they did it in God’s name. They are unscrupulous enough and low enough to stoop to stealing from the poor boxes.
Re-read Mike Hull’s remarks about the catholic church. I think Mike has got the mix absolutely right. Could not have put it better myself.
Mary Chaplin, England
Nothing new then.
The truth will out.
Did any one watch “Waking the Dead” with Trevor Eve on Sunday and Monday evening this last week end.
The so called good,holy and lovely sisters of Mercy were shown for their REAL talent as Criminals. How come this organisation or those still living have not had a Criminal Conviction imposed upon them.
As for the Little Black Babies or otherwise known and referred to by the Nuns as the “Savages” I doubt if they ever received any of the Pennies put into the Boxes.
Kathleen O’Malley.
Catholic Social Thought AKA Catholic Social Policy as advocated by ArchBigot McQuaid which approved of the Magdalen Laundries obscenities, and the Industrial Schools calamities.
Since the exposure of the Catholic Church’s complicity in the rape, buggery, enslavement and physical brutality of thousands of women & children in Ireland the Church has been struggling to find a PUBLIC role for itself with little success – meanwhile back at the reservations (bishops palaces) the Church has been busy salting away the spoils of it war against Irish women and children.
Social Justice From the Church. Another money making Charity. 76 years later I am still waiting for Justice from Catholic Ireland
May
The only social thought that the catholic church is aware of is: Starvation, slave labour, torture, and other forms of physical and emotional abuse. The list of abuses is too numerous to mention.
Also, remember, green is the new red and beware of these thugs in black getting a foothold in your government using environmental covers, or your on the road back to the bad old days.
Why, prior to this were they excluding lay people? With dwindling vocations these RELIGIOUS(?) are going to have to deal with lay people and perhaps then have their eyes truly opened to the real world out there. I see they still have the begging bowls out. Good job they can’t ask for pennies for the black babies. I know a goodly portion of my pocket money (hard earned) went back into the black babies box on a Monday morning. Ye gods!
What is it Father Healy, that remains “rooted in Catholic social thought”? Is there something we should all know? Ah go on, share it with us in the spirit of Ecumenism
Social Justice Ireland will
“Within these programmes Social Justice Ireland:
Plays an active part in the national Social Partnership process.
Produces and publishes an annual Socio-Economic Review and regular Policy Briefings on relevant topics.
Resources and supports the MA in Social Justice and Public Policy programme in All Hallows College, Dublin City University.
Leads a Budget project which includes the analysis and critique of Government’s annual Budget.
Organises an annual social policy conference on a relevant topic with broad participation from across a wide range of sectors.
Networks with other groups and organisations.
Maintains a website with relevant up-to-date material on a wide range of social justice topics.
Facilitates events in support of its strategic objectives.
Makes submissions to Government and other relevant bodies on policy issues as appropriate.
Maintains representation on a range of public bodies as appropriate. ”
That shows a happy marriage between the Catholic Church and the Government- with the church controlling from behind the scenes.
No change then.
It also remains “rooted in Catholic social thought” said Fr Healy. “We don’t hide that.”
Deceptive Intelligence at its finest.
Still, like all cults, they never give up trying to deceive the sheeple.
Perhaps Opis Dei might be funding their “charity”.
The seek charity status to avoid paying tax.
With these men of God- follow the money to find the truth.
http://www.socialjustice.ie/node/367
Bit ODD Paddy, checking through their website went to reports page. They have every report going back to early 200 and not the Ryan Report. Not a mention
Don’t think you should be advertising this crowd on your website.
It also remains “rooted in Catholic social thought” said Fr Healy. “We don’t hide that.”
Are they going to tell us what “THEY” are hiding?