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Who are we?
The Australian Catholic Students Association is the national organisation of Catholic students, committed to witnessing to the Gospel message of hope as proclaimed by the Magisterium and Tradition of the Catholic Church. It joins itself with the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, when they said:
“The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the people of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ. Indeed, nothing genuinely human fails to raise an echo in their hearts. For theirs is a community composed of men and women. United in Christ, they are led by the Holy Spirit in their journey to the Kingdom of their Father and they have welcomed the news of salvation, which is meant for every person. That is why this community realizes that it is truly linked with mankind and its history by the deepest of bonds.”
(Preface, Gaudium et Spes)ACSA entrusts itself to Holy Mary, Mother of God under the title “Sedes Sapientiae” (Seat of Wisdom). as assigned by Pope John Paul II The Great as a gift to students in The Great Jubilee Year of 2000
“I entrust your journey to Mary, Sedes Sapientiae, whose image I entrust to you today, so that she may be welcomed as a teacher and a pilgrim…Mary supported the Apostles with her prayer at the dawn of the evangelisation; may she also help you.”
(Universities Need Credible Witnesses to Christ, 25 August 2000)The official motto of ACSA is Via Veritas Vita (The Way The Truth The Life) an allusion to Christ’s witness about our mission and life in the Trinity,
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”(The Gospel of St. John)