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CatholicCare’s Asylum Seeker Support Program |
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 Sunday 15 April 2012
IN DECEMBER 2010, CatholicCare joined with MacKillop Family Services and Jesuit Social Services to help care for unaccompanied minors and vulnerable families under the Community Detention Program.
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A broken system for broken children |
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 Thursday 29 March 2012
The system for protecting vulnerable children in Victoria is broken—too many children are subject to abuse and neglect, and our systems to prevent that, or to stop it recurring, must be improved.
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Health and justice |
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 Sunday 18 March 2012
At a breakfast briefing for leaders from Catholic health and community services in Melbourne on 22 February 2012, Fr Frank Brennan SJ argued that justice in health also requires that we tackle a range of socio-economic conditions and that we work towards a more equitable society.
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Hear the cry of the poor |
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 Thursday 1 March 2012
The Catholic community in Victoria provides extensive services for others—there are nearly 50 member organisations of Catholic Social Services Victoria, to which are added the works of Catholic health and education, the programs and activities of many parishes and religious congregations, and service to others by countless households and individuals. |
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A call for resolute action |
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 Thursday 16 February 2012
Gambling looms large in Australian culture, with an estimated three-quarters of the population engaging in some form of gambling each year. And gambling issues are never far from the headlines, particularly when there is a political element.
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A new hope for the world |
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 Sunday 5 February 2012
Pope Benedict XVI's statement for the World Day of Peace on 1 January 2012 is entitled 'Educating Young People in Justice and Peace'.
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Annually deepening our engagement with Christmas |
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 Sunday, 11 December 2011
Teachers are used to the refrain, "we've already done this – we learnt this last year!" And we can all tend to bring that approach to various issues and events that are repeated, either regularly or from time to time – it is by no means a feature of the young. |
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Disability inclusion and love of neighbour |
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 Friday 25 November 2011
Advent is a time of yearning to see the presence of Jesus in our world. As Christians, love of neighbour is one of the ways in which we are called to give witness to this presence.
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Looking forward to what really matters |
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 Wednesday 9 November 2011
By Denis Fitzgerald
At this time of year at secondary schools across the country, senior students are preparing to leave the relatively structured life of a senior school student.
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Affordable housing for all Australians |
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 Friday 28 October 2011
By Helen Burt
A coalition of housing, welfare and community groups has come together as Australians for Affordable Housing to campaign to get affordable housing on the national political agenda. Many members of Catholic Social Services Victoria are part of this coalition, and CSSV strongly supports the effort to ensure that all Australians have access to decent and affordable housing.
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