Mark Raper SJ AM is current Provincial superior of the Society of Jesus[1] in Oceania. Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition A provincial superior is a major superior of a Religious order acting under the order's Superior general and exercising a general supervision over all the local superiors The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order
His work has entailed human rights, refugee[2] and social justice advocacy. Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a Society in which Justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than
From 1982 he was the first Director for the Asia-Pacific arm of the Jesuit Refugee Service. The Jesuit Refugee Service ( JRS) is an international Catholic organization that aids Refugees forcibly displaced peoples and Asylum seekers
In 2001 he held a Visiting Chair in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington DC and was named a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for his service to refugees. Georgetown University is a Jesuit Private university located in Georgetown Washington D Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race
After the 2002 Bali bombing, Raper spoke in Eureka Street Magazine of the need for the response to "combine effective and cooperative policing, strong and just legal systems, and networks of cooperation between people of diverse cultures"[3]. The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. Eureka Street is an Australian Magazine concerned with public affairs arts and theology started in 1989 by Michael Kelly SJ Morag Fraser
He received the 2004 Australian Council For International Development Human Rights Award for his work in East Timor, Indonesia, Bosnia, Burma and Thailand[4]. East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj
He attended St Ignatius' College, Riverview. Saint Ignatius' College Riverview is a Roman Catholic, day and Boarding school for boys located in Riverview, a small Suburb
References
- ^ "Mark Raper SJ: Provincial" — Australian Jesuits (retrieved 06 June 2006)
- ^ "Pro-Refugee Patrons" — 'One Man's Web' (retrieved 06 June 2006)
- ^ "Bali bombings: Mark Raper’s Eureka Street comment" — Eureka Street (retrieved 06 June 2006)
- ^ "Response by Mark Raper SJ AM on receiving the ACFID Award" — UNIYA Social Justice Centre (retrieved 06 June 2006)
- 1956, Karl Rahner, and all that follows, Encounter, ABC Radio National, 24 September 2006
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