Our stories

Building a just society means elevating everyone by supporting all people to reach their full potential. Every success story is crucial because none of us can flourish, until we all do.

Hammertime returns to the Hub
- 19 October 2022
Hammertime – Jesuit Community College’s introduction to woodworking course – has returned to the Ecological Justice Hub after a break of several months.
Policing students celebrate diversity program graduation
- 5 October 2022
Twenty-three participants from 14 countries are the most recent graduates of the Victoria Police Diversity Recruitment Program – a pathway towards a possible future career in policing – after a recent course completion ceremony in Melbourne.
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.
A second chance at employment
- 12 September 2022
Some employers might put people who have criminal convictions or who have exited prison in the ‘too hard basket’, but Jesuit Social Services’ employment programs don’t give up on people.
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. The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) is about compassion for people seeking asylum. Co-convened by Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service Australia (JRS), CAPSA is an alliance of individuals, organisations, schools and parishes from across the Catholic community who…
Worth A Second Chance podcast returns
- 10 September 2022
In the first episode of our relaunched podcast, Liana Buchanan – the principal commissioner at the Commission for Children and Young People in Victoria – discusses her office’s role in scrutinising conditions inside detention facilities, the harm caused by ‘tough-on-crime’ media narratives and some of the effective practices within Victoria’s justice system she wants to…
Justice in Jobs: The importance of employment to youth in the justice system
- 9 September 2022
Finding work with a criminal record is fraught – and often, maintaining employment in complex and changing circumstances can be even harder. Yet evidence and experience show many justice-involved job-seekers are motivated workers, capable of making the most of opportunities when given a chance. And employment and training provide the stability, purpose and resources young…
Maya makes a life in Melbourne
- 8 September 2022
“It has meant a life for me.” Hear how the support of our Settlement and Jobs Victoria Employment Service programs helped Maya and her family find new life and opportunity in Australia.
Mustafa's second chance
- 7 September 2022
Hear how our employment programs helped Mustafa reset his life after involvement with the criminal justice system.
Megaphone stage for Melbourne’s up-and-coming music talents
- 24 August 2022
Some of Melbourne’s most talented emerging artists spent the eve of International Youth Day onstage at the Arts Centre’s Channel contemporary performance space, sharing original music with a captivated crowd at the Artful Dodgers Studios’ Megaphone showcase event.