,December 1st, 2023:
Marist Media (Australia) commence the 18 day countdown with Rotary, Kyiv, Ukraine to 18-12-2023.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2021
Friday 28th May, an
historic day:
Students of Marist
College Canberra are awarded the Marscom Shield for Marist
Communications.
Reg
Richardson A.M. alumni of MCC’s parent school, Marist Brothers Darlinghurst,
presented the
Shield that represents a decade of support by their Old Boys Union. Many priests of that
school
including
Fr. John
Anderson, Fr. Paul Chandler, Fr. John Doherty, Fr. Denis Hallinan, Fr. Pat
McAuliffe, Fr. Pat McMaugh, Fr. Eugene Szondi, Fr. John Worthington
and Fr. Paul Nully, Old Boy priest of Marist College Canberra have
all offered Mass for its success.
The 24-day vigil culminated on Universal
Children’s Day, 2020, launching a linkup of
children
across cultures in 12 languages, around the world.
~
Miracles do happen
~
2020 Nov. 20th.
~ Universal Children's Day ~ a global celebration of children. The statement
of rights, "The Children's Manifesto" is launched at 1pm by students of
Marist College Canberra following a 24-day vigil -
an historic occasion.
They are the first generation of the 3rd Millennium, Gen3M, and
their message stretches to children in the
farthest reaches of Planet Earth, in many languages, across many cultures,
confronting prejudice, defending the rights of children.
It is their legacy to future generations.
2019:
The youngest generation,
Gen3M,
born Jan 1st. 2001 – Dec 31st 2025, are
coming of age and
"The Children's Manifesto"
has
now been recorded in English,
Chinese, Farsi (Persian), French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish
and Sign Language.
[Ctrl
+ click to follow hyperlinks for mp3 and pdf]
2018: A formal request was passed to Julie Bishop M.P. for
recognition of Universal Children's Day on Nov. 20th. It has now been
recorded 10 languages and still more coming.
2017: A long journey reaches a critical point: It's
Universal Children's Day and UCD is still not recognised by the Australian
government on November 20th. Australia celebrates International Children's
Day in October.
2016: An SOS goes to
Matt Thistlethwaite M.P. who advises that he's taking The Children's
Manifesto to Parliament. It has now been translated into 8 languages
and growing.
2014 - 2015: It has now been translated into 7 languages and
growing.
2013: The children of the Philippines have picked up the
SOS. It's being translated into 6 languages with growing video support.
2012: Children from Brazil and Italy have picked up the
SOS. "The Children's Manifesto" is now conveyed in 5 languages.
2011: Children from China and Indonesia have picked up the
SOS. "The Children's Manifesto" is conveyed in 3 languages.
