Brigidines acknowledge World Refugee Day on 20 June. We honour and celebrate the strength, courage, resilience and contribution of people of refugee background and people seeking asylum.
Across our Congregation, on World Refugee Day, we renew our commitment to stand in solidarity with people forced to flee – and to respond with welcome, hospitality and hope.
“Becoming a refugee is never a choice. But how we respond is.
So let us choose solidarity. Let us choose courage. Let us choose humanity.”
(António Guterres)
WATCH: Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres’ full message for World Refugee Day ’25: It’s never a choice
Or READ the transcript: World Refugee Day 2025
“Give them a chance, see who they can be.” (Lucky Karim US)
WATCH: From a Refugee Camp to the U.S. Congress: Lucky Karim’s tireless Work for Rohingya Refugees… Give them a chance
“Now more than ever, we must continue to show solidarity with refugees.
This World Refugee Day, solidarity means honouring refugees, listening and making space for their stories. It means advocating for their right to seek safety and for solutions to their plight. Refugees are change makers, individuals with unique skills, dreams and stories.
When given the opportunity, they become an integral and valuable part of the communities who welcome them.” (Source: UNHCR 2025)
Webinar opportunity
– Justice for Asylum Seekers (Australia):
Common Grace* is holding a special Webinar ‘End the Waiting’, Thursday 19 June 7:30pm – 9:00pm AEST, as an invitation to come together in prayer and to engage in upcoming opportunities to take action together for Justice for People Seeking Asylum. (Common Grace)
Brigid Arthur csb
will be one of the panelists
contributing to this webinar.
Register here
“I was a stranger and you made me welcome.”
* Common Grace is a movement of individuals, churches and communities seeking justice together for the flourishing of all people and all creation. https://www.commongrace.org.au/people_seeking_asylum
