Connection, Creativity, Community: Finding Hope in a Climate of Crisis
16 - 17 Nov 2020
Where:
Moonee Valley Racecourse, McPherson Street, Moonee Ponds,
Melbourne
Saints or Communists? Non-government organisations in Australia
Added on 07th Jun 2004
Dom Helder Camara, Archbishop of Recife, said "When I feed the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist."
Here in Australia, one might paraphrase the Archbishop: "When I feed the poor, they make me a charity. When I ask the Government why the poor have no food, they say they'll revoke my charitable status."