Tag: Jesuit Social Services

Mobilising Media for Mission and Advocacy Forum, 28 February 2020

Effective engagement with the media is essential for those working in Catholic social services. Mobilising Media for Mission and Advocacy, on Friday 28 February, from 2pm-4pm, at the Catholic Leadership Centre in East Melbourne, will be an informative, practical and inspiring forum, involving interaction with media professionals to gain insight into how to engage with the media effectively to advance the mission of Catholic social services, and how to effect powerful advocacy.

Presentations given at Hearing Healing Hope National Conference

The recent national Catholic social services conference, Hearing Healing Hope, from 21-23 February in Melbourne, included an array of eminent and highly qualified keynote speakers and workshop presenters.

REVIEW, REIMAGINE, RENEW: Mission making a difference in a changing world

February 2016 conference: Review, Reimagine, Renew: Mission making a difference in a changing world. Much of the benefit of such gatherings is from the opportunity provided to engage with others there. Speakers were insightful and challenging, and helped us focus on key issues, including family violence, how we behave as organisations, and our alignment with the Pope's lived narrative of mercy.

Review, Reimagine, Renew: Mission making a difference in a changing world

The challenge to make a real difference to those on the margins of Australian society are immense-intergenerational disadvantage, drug and alcohol challenges, increased inequality all cry out for renewed commitment to building a more just and compassionate country. At the same time, rapid changes in Australian society, in the Church, and in the way Governments work all challenge faith-based organisations in their mission-inspired work.

Mission making a difference in a changing world

About 50 colleagues and friends of Catholic Social Services Victoria gathered in the Cardinal Knox Centre in East Melbourne last night for the launch of Review, Reimagine, Renew: Mission making a difference in a changing world. In the book, officially launched by Archbishop Denis Hart, leaders from Catholic social services and the broader church explore what it means to be a Catholic ministry, and what difference that makes to the communities being served.