In the spirit of connection and support, a few weeks ago, the Archbishop, Fr John Petrulis and CSSV Executive Director, Josh Lourensz jumped in the car to visit three different Catholic organisations and some of their centres of service and care on the west side of Melbourne. Connection and solidarity was the brief for these visits – a demonstration of pastoral care and concern in understanding better their hopes and challenges.
The Governance and Finance Committee plays a crucial role in ensuring the effective management and oversight of of CSSV's operations, finances and governance.
With the recent announcement by Pope Francis that Fr Joe Caddy AM has been appointed as Bishop of Far North Queensland, CSSV would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank Fr Joe for his years of faithful service and guidance.
Tuesday 19 March marks World Social Work Day. This year’s theme ‘Buen Vivir: Shared Future for Transformative Change’, speaks to the important role of social work in both meeting the needs of individual persons as well as the importance of this work positively changing society and systems so that all may flourish.
Peter Diamond CSSV Engagement and Project Lead shares his reflections from the Mission Conference 2023: One heart many voices
Each month we compile a list of job opportunities, board vacancies and volunteering opportunities within our network of members. We encourage you to visit this page and spread the word among your networks. We hope this ‘Jobs Board’ will become a valuable resource among our readers.
In a spirit of anticipation and celebration, staff, friends and member representatives of Catholic Social Services Victoria recently gathered for the 2021 Commissioning Mass and annual general meeting. It has been more than 12 months since CSSV has hosted an 'in-person' event, given the onset of COVID-19 restrictions soon after the national Catholic social services conference held in Melbourne last February.
Significantly, Australian parishes make available a range of social service activities providing for those in need. In some ways, they can rach out to sections of the community that professional service agencies cannot. Services provided by parishes usually have a strong personal focus on those being served. The key role of parishes as centres of Catholic social services will be focus of the forthcoming Catholic Social Services conference.