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St Dominic’s Justice & Peace Group – Mental Health Portal

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​Click here for the the Social Justice Prayer for Mental Health

Following the 2020 Social Justice Statement from the Australian Bishops on Mental Health and their earlier document on parish support for mental health, St Dominic’s parish has adopted mental health as one of our pastoral priorities.

​Key Documents
Click here for ‘Life to the Full:  Mental Health in Australia today’,
the 2020 social justice statement by the Catholic Bishops of Australia.
 
​Click here for ‘Healing Wounds and Warming Hearts: 
​Supporting people with mental illness in your parish’ 
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Our first mental health first aid program has been fully booked. For information about future programs, please contact the parish secretary on tel 9912 6870 x 3, or


At a parish webinar on 30 September 020 we heard from the experts in the field:
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  • Bishop Terry Brady – social Justice leader [click here for video presentation]​​​

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  • Dr Caroline Johnson, parishioner and mental health practitioner – [click here for power point]
 

  • Ms Trish Mowbray OAM, mental health advocate and pastoral adviser – [click here for power point]

Our Justice & Peace undertaking is to
  • build our own awareness of mental health issues, and that of the parish as a whole
  • explore the offering of mental health first aid
  • ensure that mental health and those affected is recognised in our liturgies, including special liturgical recognition
  • work with the whole parish to ensure that we are as welcoming and engaging as we can be
  • advocate to address the social determinants of mental ill-health and the availability of social and professional support.
For further information, or to get involved, contact Manuela Brambilla, Parish Secretary, at 03 9912 6870 ext. 3 or secretary@stdominics.org.au.
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The banner at the top is a detail from the stained glass windows in the church.  The dog is an heraldic symbol of St Dominic. A legend tells that when his mother was pregnant, she dreamed that she gave birth to a dog, with a fiery torch in its mouth.  It ran around the world, setting it on fire. 
There is also an old Latin pun.  "Domini canes" means "dogs of the Lord", while "Dominicani" means "Dominicans".
St Dominic was in fact named after St Dominic of Silos, sometime abbot of a famous Benedictine abbey near our saint's birthplace of Caleruega, Spain.  The name "Dominic" means "the Lord's man."