Our stories Archives - Jesuit Social Services

Open Pantry helping provide food security and connection
- 7 June 2023
Hear how Open Pantry delivers healthy meals and community for the Western Sydney residents.
Music workshops encourage self-expression in Alice Springs school
- 7 June 2023
Hear how students at Yipirinya School have workshopped songs and laid down beats with ARIA Award-winning musician Adrian Eagle, as part of a new relationship between the school and Jesuit Social Services that will provide opportunities for performance, self-expression, and new narratives for First Nations young people in Mparntwe/Alice Springs.
Volunteer role helps Max remember his value
- 17 March 2023
How our Ignite Cafe provided a safe and supportive place for Max to build both hospitality skills and a stronger sense of self-worth.
Homework Club celebrates another year of achievement
- 14 March 2023
"It's fun, it's cool, it's nice," said Homework Club students at the volunteer-led homework support service's end-of-year celebration.
Former tutor supports Homework Club in new ways
- 25 October 2022
How former Homework Club volunteer tutor Jonathan supports the homework support service through fundraising.
Newly-arrived families grow their engagement with First Nations culture at Homework Club event
- 28 September 2022
Recently, close to sixty students and family members from Jesuit Social Services’ Settlement Program and Flemington Homework Club, gathered on Wurundjeri land to experience a Welcome to Country and play bush bingo and a scavenger hunt activity with an Indigenous lens.
CAPSA’s National Week of Prayer and Action 2022
- 11 September 2022
We can build a better future right now, together, wherever we might be. ...
Jesuit Social Services commemorates World Refugee Day and Refugee Week 2022
- 21 June 2022
Jesuit Social Services staff and volunteers have gathered to acknowledge people forced to flee their homelands, and affirmed our commitment to the fair and humane treatment of all people seeking asylum, at a reflective morning tea...
Engaging the social justice leaders of tomorrow
- 2 June 2022
Jesuit Social Services’ Schools and Community Engagement program encourages high school students to become more aware and active in social justice through volunteering. Beginning in 2014 and continuing throughout COVID-19 lockdown,
Trust and relationships at the heart of the Hub
- 2 June 2022
Jesuit Social Services’ Dropping off the Edge research into locational disadvantage, conducted over more than 20 years, finds that many communities in Western Sydney deal with multiple and complex forms of disadvantage.

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