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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…
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.
Strengthening support for culturally diverse women experiencing violence
- 20 March 2022
Family violence happens across all cultures and communities. In Jesuit Social Services’ work with migrants and refugees, we sometimes come into contact with women experiencing, or at risk of domestic or family violence, in those communities too. Our new partnership with the Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights (AMWCHR) is part of an ongoing…
Homework support more than just educational
- 18 March 2022
Speaking about the highlights of his time with the Homework Club, Tom says: “One of the most fulfilling and moving developments is seeing individuals regain their sense of confidence and really seize the opportunity — which they deserve — to speak for themselves and really recognise themselves as individuals who have something to contribute to…
How Kim supports Vietnamese migrants on their citizenship journey
- 16 March 2022
A decade ago, Kim — who works in our Settlement program — noticed a gap in the support available to Vietnamese people seeking Australian citizenship. While they could find help filling out their forms, no one was supporting them to study for the citizenship test itself.
A warm welcome for refugee families in Melbourne
- 8 December 2021
The thoughtful, quick and collaborative response of the Ecological Justice Hub meal drop program is an example of how our organisation honours its Ignatian heritage – living with one foot raised, ready to go wherever the need is greatest.
Jesuit Social Services commemorates Sorry Day with rescheduled concert
- 23 November 2021
Musicians, artists and Jesuit Social Services staff and volunteers have gathered to commemorate Sorry Day with a rescheduled concert at Melbourne’s Blak Dot Gallery. Held nationally on 26 May since 1998, Sorry Day remembers the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which are now…
The show goes on
- 25 June 2021
Despite a massive structural change and a second COVID lockdown, Jesuit Social Services’ Just Voices program has continued its long-time fruitful relationship with Catholic Boys College (CBC) in Windsor. This year the College merged with the former Presentation Convent for Girls College and St. Marys Primary School to become the newly established St. Mary's College.…

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