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Sydney parishes provide invaluable assistance
Jesuit Social Services General Manager – Western Sydney Dave Hammond with Haberfield Parish priest, Fr Phillip Zadro This year, four Sydney Catholic parishes have partnered with Jesuit Social Services’ Ignite Food Store, inviting us to share our story during the Mass and asking parishioners to donate food and financial assistance. The parishes of Our Lady…
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Support to no longer suffer in silence
Peter lost his partner Des to suicide After Peter-Josef Miesen’s partner Des took his own life in 2015, Peter “suffered in silence” for months. “I saw one or two doctors but they just wanted to give me anti-depressants. I took them but nothing made me feel better. In a way they made me feel worse…
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Podcast provides suicide bereavement support
A new podcast, co-produced by our Support After Suicide program, Joy 94.9 and Switchboard Victoria, provides support, conversation and comfort to people affected by suicide. Let’s Talk about Suicide, a 13-episode podcast launched in October, has a particular emphasis on suicide bereavement in the LGBTIQA+ communities. Research shows that young LGBTI people aged 16 to…
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Role models can free our men and boys from the Man Box
As we begin the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, MATT TYLER, our Executive Director of The Men’s Project, reflects on the vital importance of working to create and equip role models of healthy and positive masculinity, to lead in challenging deeply engrained attitudes and behaviours towards women. “You don’t ask, you don’t get”.…
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Raising sons to embrace healthy, positive masculinity
The Men’s Project recently collaborated with leading girls’ rights agency Plan International Australia and Promundo, a global leader in engaging men and boys in promoting gender equality and preventing violence, to produce a guide for parents to help boys embrace healthy, positive masculinity. The guide offers parents nine simple, practical tips to talk to their…
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Launch of Stop it Now! scoping study
Jesuit Social Services’ The Men’s Project, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, was pleased to recently launch a scoping study into the feasibility of a Stop it Now! service in Australia to prevent child sexual abuse and offending involving child exploitation material. Dr. Gemma McKibbin, Matt Tyler, Julie Edwards, Jesuit Social Services CEO, Patricia…
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Supporting boys and men to be their best selves
Executive Director of The Men’s Project, Matt Tyler Following the tragic murder of Courtney Herron, the words of Assistant Police Commissioner Luke Cornelius are indicative of an important shift. Commissioner Cornelius rightly stated that violence towards women “is about men’s behaviour, it’s not about women’s behaviour.” We welcome these remarks which move the discussion towards…
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Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service to jointly convene CAPSA
Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service have signed an MOU to jointly convene the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA). Carolina Gottardo (Director, Jesuit Refugee Service), left, and Julie Edwards (CEO, Jesuit Social Services) sign the MOU This collaboration comes out of a mutual desire to ensure a Catholic welcome is more widely…
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Application deadline extended until Sunday, 8 June. We believe more needs to be done to promote positive change towards more gender equality and around what it means to be a man today – and we want to support boys and men to be their best selves and live happy, healthy, safe and respectful lives. Modelling…
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Like many new arrivals, Akee faced considerable challenges when she arrived in Australia. Originally from Tibet, she came to Australia to join her husband after living in exile in India for seven years. Akee is finding her place with the support of our Settlement Program “I came here on the partner visa, so I was…