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.
VMCH is looking for compassionate and caring people to volunteer non-clinical support, care and practical help for people in their final stages of life, and their loved ones
May 26 marks National Sorry Day in Australia, which is followed by National Reconciliation Week from 27 May to 3 June. Reconciliation is a journey for all Australians – as individuals, families, communities, organisations and importantly as a nation.
Towards the end of 2021 the University of Divinity, Australia’s oldest and largest theological school, will launch its Indigenous Studies Centre. The purpose of the Centre will be to encourage the development of Christian theologies that have their roots as much in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imaginations as they do in the perspectives brought from Europe by colonists.
In light of, and in response to, the disruptive and tragic outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic Social Services Victoria offers this Budget Priorities Discussion Paper and recommendations as input to the 2021/22 Victorian Budget process.
Earlier this month, the Cabrini Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Hub held their annual fundraising event in Brunswick, welcoming trustees, donors and other special supporters such as Federal MP for Wills, the Hon. Peter Khalil. The Hub's clinical staff took the opportunity to showcase the important progress that the Hub has made over the past years.