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The Catholic Church’s annual Lenten Appeal, Project Compassion, is now in its second week. During the six weeks of Lent, Caritas Australia is featuring feature human stories from the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Australia, Vietnam and Fiji. Through this year’s theme, ‘Love your neighbour’, Caritas Australia demonstrates how this approach can...
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By Cecilia Zammit, Catholic Outlook At each of the weekend Masses we are dismissed with the command to ‘share the good news of Jesus Christ’. Armed with the necessary authorisation cards, their teaching manuals, music, craft and a smile some 900 women and men from our 47 parishes have...
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In support of the world’s poor, including millions in our immediate region, thousands of parishes, schools and community leaders across Australia are putting their compassion into action, during Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion Lenten Appeal. The World Bank estimates that 90 million people live in extreme poverty in Australia’s neighbouring...
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By Sr Louise McKeogh FMA, Catholic Outlook, November 2016 St Patrick’s Cathedral hall in Parramatta was filled with the sounds of 100 excited Year 9 student leaders on 12 October 2016, all seeking to learn more about creating a place at the table, this year’s Social Justice Statement from...
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Posted on 7 July 2017 Thousands of generous supporters, including schools and parishes across Australia, joined in solidarity with the poorest communities globally in 2016, to help Caritas Australia raise more than $11 million nationally during Project Compassion. Caritas Australia’s annual Lenten fundraising and awareness-raising campaign brings together thousands...
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Posted on 24 May 2016 The Silver Jubilee Celebration of the Catholic Association of Sydney Tamils (CAST) commenced with a Mass of Thanksgiving at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Greystanes on 5 March 2016. A special guest at the festivities and principal celebrant for the Mass was...
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Posted on 7 March 2016 ‘We are God’s work of art, created in Christ Jesus to live the good life as from the beginning He meant us to live it.” Ephesians 2:10. When Evangeline left high school she had a limited vision for her future. But the training she’s...
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Posted on 29 February 2016 ‘Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.’ Hebrews 13:16. Participating in the Caritas Australia supported Community Conversations program has empowered Dominic and the people of his village to create a new way...
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Posted on 17 February 2016 Duangmala wishes for a bright future for her son Hum Noy, who is living with a disability. But faced with discrimination and limited learning opportunities, Duangmala feared he might never reach his full potential. Thankfully, a program supported by Caritas Australia has opened up...
The Catholic Church’s annual Lenten Appeal, Project Compassion, is now in its second week. During the six weeks of Lent, Caritas Australia is featuring feature human stories from the Philippines, Timor-Leste, Australia, Vietnam and Fiji. Through this year’s theme, ‘Love your neighbour’, Caritas Australia demonstrates how this approach can...
By Cecilia Zammit, Catholic Outlook At each of the weekend Masses we are dismissed with the command to ‘share the good news of Jesus Christ’. Armed with the necessary authorisation cards, their teaching manuals, music, craft and a smile some 900 women and men from our 47 parishes have...
In support of the world’s poor, including millions in our immediate region, thousands of parishes, schools and community leaders across Australia are putting their compassion into action, during Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion Lenten Appeal. The World Bank estimates that 90 million people live in extreme poverty in Australia’s neighbouring...
By Sr Louise McKeogh FMA, Catholic Outlook, November 2016 St Patrick’s Cathedral hall in Parramatta was filled with the sounds of 100 excited Year 9 student leaders on 12 October 2016, all seeking to learn more about creating a place at the table, this year’s Social Justice Statement from...
Posted on 7 July 2017 Thousands of generous supporters, including schools and parishes across Australia, joined in solidarity with the poorest communities globally in 2016, to help Caritas Australia raise more than $11 million nationally during Project Compassion. Caritas Australia’s annual Lenten fundraising and awareness-raising campaign brings together thousands...
Posted on 24 May 2016 The Silver Jubilee Celebration of the Catholic Association of Sydney Tamils (CAST) commenced with a Mass of Thanksgiving at Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish in Greystanes on 5 March 2016. A special guest at the festivities and principal celebrant for the Mass was...
Posted on 7 March 2016 ‘We are God’s work of art, created in Christ Jesus to live the good life as from the beginning He meant us to live it.” Ephesians 2:10. When Evangeline left high school she had a limited vision for her future. But the training she’s...
Posted on 17 February 2016 Duangmala wishes for a bright future for her son Hum Noy, who is living with a disability. But faced with discrimination and limited learning opportunities, Duangmala feared he might never reach his full potential. Thankfully, a program supported by Caritas Australia has opened up...