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International Migrants Day and International Day of Human Solidarity 2021
At Christmas, the larger story behind Jesus’ birth models the solidarity that is the proper response to migrants and other people who find themselves in need, writes ANDY HAMILTON SJ....
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The Afghanistan crisis: it’s time to give refugees a permanent home
It has been almost four months since the fall of Kabul and the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. ...
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Staff Profile – Nasser Yawari, Jobs Victoria Advocates Program
As hundreds of Afghan families fled captured Kabul in August and September, the diaspora community was waiting with open arms. One Melbourne-based community member, Nasser Yawari, works for our Jobs Victoria Advocates Program. Here, he tells how he coordinated within different Jesuit Social Services...
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Catholic communities urge Australian Government to do more to protect people from Afghanistan
Jesuit Social Services co-convenes with Jesuit Refugee Services the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA), which has today reflected on the outcome of their recent federal electorate campaign - advocating for a more generous welcome for people fleeing the crisis in Afghanistan....
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Centre for Just Places builds climate resilience in the community sector
In seeking to build a more just, inclusive and resilient society, we must strengthen the community sector to respond to the inequitable impacts of climate change, writes Jesuit Social Services' Ecological Justice Support Officer, JACK PIPER....