4.5 Workshop:

Did I Just Walk Past Jesus?

Presenters: Ms Kirsty Robertson CEO, Mary MacKillop International and Ms Emma Dawson, Program Coordinator, Mary MacKillop International

The Good Samaritan Story provides us with a clear directive to help all who need us. But what happens in some of the poorest parts of our world when there are thousands of wounded men and women and when each one that is helped is replaced by another? “Just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do to me” (Matthew 25:45). How often have we walked past Jesus when he needed us because there were just too many people to help? Where is our personal responsibility in a problem of such scale? What does the Gospel and Catholic Social teaching tell us about who to help and how?

This workshop will be conducted in a highly participatory manner with interactive questioning and small group discussions.