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Palm Sunday refugee walk
- 30 March 2015
Jesuit Social Services was one of many organisations who joined the Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Asylum Seekers in Melbourne. The colourful march displayed many banners. Towering over them was a life size cut-out image of Pope Francis displaying his own appeal for refugees. Mark Crohan, of Jesuit Social Services was the man behind…
Annual Dinner 2015
- 18 March 2015
We proudly welcomed 400 people to the MCG’s Members Dining Room on Saturday night for our annual fundraising dinner. Guests enjoyed a night of fine food, speeches, entertainment and an engaging Frank Costigan Address by the Honourable Justice Lex Lasry. Justice Lasry spoke about social justice, ethics and the “extraordinarily challenging” work being done by…
Remote communities: not a lifestyle choice
- 10 March 2015
Indigenous rights group SOS Blak Australia has declared today a day for action to stop the closure of remote communities. Visit the SOS Blak Australia Facebook page here Jesuit Social Services supports this call and rejects Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s recent categorisation of life in remote communities as a “lifestyle choice”. Such a comment ignores…
The importance of each human life
- 4 March 2015
Most Australians are shocked and saddened by the impending execution of Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumuran and their companions in Indonesia. They are being prayed for in churches and schools, and church leaders have pleaded for mercy. We at Jesuit Social Services deplore capital punishment because it does not respect human dignity. We focus on the…
Festival fun
- 4 March 2015
Jesuit Social Services staff and participants were out in force recently on the opening day of one of Australia’s biggest community events The Brunswick Music Festival. The recent festival opening day party held along Sydney Road Brunswick, had thousands of people flocking along to witness a smorgasbord of musical talent, taste multicultural food, check out…
World Day of Social Justice
- 20 February 2015
February 20 is celebrated around the globe as World Day of Social Justice. We continue to passionately work for the fair and just treatment of everyone in our community. Following last week’s release of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention we learnt even more about the abhorrent impact that detention has on children.…
End detention of children
- 19 February 2015
Jesuit Social Services together with over 230 organisations and community groups across Australia signed a joint statement calling for action to end the detention of children, once and for all. The statement urged the Australian Parliament to introduce legislation to prevent children from being held in closed immigration detention in the future and to take…
Call for funding security
- 11 February 2015
Jesuit Social Services has joined more than 50 non-profit organisations and peak bodies across the country in signing an open letter to Minister for Social Services Scott Morrison, calling for the Federal Government to commit to a four-year National Homelessness Partnership Agreement. The services are currently in limbo as the government has refused to commit…
ALEX Zine launch
- 6 February 2015
The ALEX zine project was officially launched on Monday 2nd February to an enthusiastic and supportive crowd. The project aimed to showcase the creative work happening in the LGBTQI and/or SSASGD communities and the launch was a great affirmation for all the young people involved. It truly was an evening of immense talent and joy.…
Interfaith Harmony Week (February 1 - 7)
- 31 January 2015
Of the United Nations Days and Weeks, Interfaith Harmony Week is one of the most recent and perhaps the most modestly celebrated. But it may also be the most needed. The week originated in a proposal of King Abdullah of Jordan, a Muslim. He recognised that the great religions were united by their call to…

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