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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.

Walking Towards Wellbeing: How Nature and Connection Are Supporting Carers in Melbourne’s West
- 15 July 2025
At Jesuit Social Services' Western Metro Mental Health and Wellbeing Connect Centre, a series of therapeutic nature walks is offering carers something they rarely have: time to breathe.
“These are the people who make us feel safe”: Building belonging through First Nations art and culture in Western Sydney
- 1 July 2025
When Robyn moved to Western Sydney from the mid-north coast six years ago with her four children, she barely knew anyone. Originally from the Dunghutti mob in Kempsey, settling into a new place came with challenges—but it also opened up new opportunities.
10 years of Laudato Si’ – Jesuit Social Services’ commitment to Ecological Justice
- 29 May 2025
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the late Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical Laudato Si’, in which he called for urgent, unified action in response to what he described as “one complex crisis that is both social and environmental.”
Brewing Skills and Confidence: Graduation day for Jesuit Community College's Barista and Café Operations students
- 19 May 2025
“The more I came to class, the more I never wanted it to end.” That’s how Michael, one of Jesuit Community College’s newest graduates, described his experience in the Barista and Café Operations course — a three-month program designed to give young people hands-on skills in hospitality, food safety and café service.
Jesuit Social Services' 2025 Annual Dinner
- 16 April 2025
On Friday 28 February, Jesuit Social Services welcomed over 210 guests to our Annual Dinner at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. The event brought together representatives from Government, community services, health and education as well as members of the Jesuit community and donors to celebrate our collective efforts over the past year and to look…
All are welcome: Homework Club families gather for Iftar
- 15 April 2025
After more than 20 years working with school-aged students living on or around the Flemington public housing estate, Jesuit Social Services’ Homework Club program has built strong connections with the community surrounding those students.
Embedding faith in action
- 14 April 2025
‘Act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with your God’. This is the mission of St Columba’s Catholic College in Springwood NSW, a school community that makes faith in action come alive for their students.
From community voices to collective power: advocating for a just and liveable Sydney
- 11 April 2025
Staff from Jesuit Social Services’ Centre for Just Places in Western Sydney recently attended the Sydney Alliance Assembly, joining nearly 850 community members in a powerful demonstration of collective action. The event brought together representatives from community organisations, unions, faith groups, and schools to advocate for a fairer Sydney, focusing on critical issues such as…
Serious fun helping kids connect after loss
- 9 April 2025
It’s a Wednesday morning in the school holidays. Some children are playing together in a school hall. It could be any regular school holiday program. Yet something more, something serious, brings these children together. They have all lost a parent to suicide. This is Support After Suicide’s program tailored to children: Serious Fun.
A place to call home leads young people away from crime
- 8 April 2025
Home should be a place where you feel safe and secure. While many of us might take that for granted, not all young people moving into Jesuit Social Services’ Perry House have had that experience.