Australia’s Catholic bishops have joined the bishops of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in calling for detainees on Manus Island and Nauru to be resettled in Australia – eight years after the advent of mandatory offshore detention.
On 4 July the Catholic Church in Australia celebrated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sunday, marking the beginning of NAIDOC Week. At St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne, Archbishop Peter A Comensoli celebrated a Mass that incorporated several elements including a special Acknowledgment of Country, a traditional smoking ceremony ritual and music composed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Sacred Heart Mission has two positions available, each for a part-time Pastoral Care Worker based in St Kilda, in Melbourne's inner south. Applications close 18 and 19 July.
As we move deeper into Winter and Victoria tries to adjust to a ‘more normal’ COVID-safe existence, St Mary’s House of Welcome in Fitzroy is taking a stepwise approach to easing back to its mission work as an engagement hub.
CSSV is hiring! We're looking to employ a part-time Member and Community Relations Coordinator. Do you enjoy having an impact and being a connector of people? Bring your design thinking and program development skills to our small team to help deliver outcomes from connecting with member organisations and others.
Women In Work is an employment program within the Good Samaritan Inn (GSI) focused on finding employment for women who have experienced family violence. GSI's purpose is to help women build a thriving sense of self and generate a sustainable income through employment.
Rosies Oblate Youth Mission Inc provides young volunteers with the chance to actively live their faith alongside other young people who wish to do the same. Regular Rosies volunteers are aged between 18 and 30 and serve drinks and have a chat to those who come to the van at Federation Square every Wednesday and Friday evening.
Refugee Week (20-26 June) is Australia’s peak annual activity to inform the public about refugees and celebrate positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. World Refugee Day is marked on June 20. Andrew Hamilton SJ has written a reflection to mark this day.
Focussing on the theme 'More than a word. Reconciliation Takes Action', the 2021 National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June) highlighted the role we all play in fostering reconciliation and in collectively building relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' histories, cultures, and futures.
June 5 is World Environment Day. At this time, we call to mind the recent launch by Pope Francis of the Vatican’s seven-year Laudato Si’ action plan to implement environmental sustainability in different sectors of the Church.