As our nation moves towards a historic referendum on Indigenous Constitutional Recognition and a Voice to Parliament, we at the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education have produced resources to help teachers, students and the community at large to understand the Voice to Parliament referendum and the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Sue Osborne from the Independent Education Union NSW/ACT Branch visited ERC to interview the group of staff and volunteers involved in preparing the resources. All these resources are produced in collaboration with Dr Darryl Cronin, ERC indigenous research officer based in Darwin. Click here to read the article.

Click the following links to download the resources:

Uluru Statement from the Heart discussion resource kit

Uluru Statement from the Heart resource kit for teachers

Preparing for the Voice resource kit 

Twenty-first Sunday of the Year

One of the most important questions to us “Who do you say that I am?” The disciples tell Jesus what everyone else says. He was asking what they think. He also asks what we think. This is central for anyone who follows Jesus. The answer makes all the difference. We should note where Jesus asked this question. Caesarea Philippi, founded on a massive wall of rock, had a marble temple built in honour Caesar. Caesarea Philippi was a place of imperial power and authority and Jesus’ takes on a political nature. It flows an earlier political question: ‘Who do people say that I am?’ It comes down to asking who has taken the strongest stand against Israel’s oppressors. They mention Elijah, Jeremiah and John the Baptist. Then Jesus’ question takes on an anti-imperial tone, ‘What about me? Who do you say that I am?’