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Charity Foreign Aid

Caritas welcomes Australia’s move to protect aid workers

Caritas Australia has welcomed the Australian Government’s move to take a leading role internationally in protecting aid workers.

Charity People

New state council president for St Vincent de Paul Society NSW

The St Vincent de Paul Society NSW has elected Peter Houweling as its new state council president for a four-year term, following the death of former president Paul Burton earlier this year.

Charity Ukraine

Caritas partners helping war-hit Ukrainians find safe haven

Caritas Australia’s Ukraine Appeal continues to support its charity partners, including Catholic Relief Services, as they help millions of Ukrainians in need due to the war with Russia.

Charity

Students burst into song for Vinnies

Schools across Sydney are bringing music to the streets of Parramatta as part of the annual “Busking for Vinnies” initiative. Source: St Vincent de Paul Society NSW.

Charity Human Rights

Caritas Australia condemns historic humanitarian death toll 

Caritas Australia has condemned the historic humanitarian death toll revealed by the United Nations this week, saying that aid workers in conflict zones should be protected.

Charity

Memory wants to build a better future with her own hands

Caritas Australia has launched its annual Women for the World appeal, which this year affords supporters the chance to give the life-changing, future-shaping gift of vocational training to women like Memory from Malawi.

Charity Religious Orders

Desperate Benedictine Sisters launch appeal to save abbey

The Benedictine Sisters of Jamberoo Abbey on the south coast of New South Wales are in desperate need of help to maintain and restore their property. Source: The Catholic Leader.

Charity Homelessness

Catholic charities in Queensland say demand for help has skyrocketed

Queensland charity Rosies and the St Vincent de Paul’s Society are seeing unprecedented levels of need as the housing crisis deepens across the state this Homelessness Week. Source: The Catholic Leader. 

Charity

Hope in every step as Jesuits walk for Myanmar

Participants in Jesuit Mission Australia’s “One Foot Raised” campaign helped to bring attention to the suffering of people in Myanmar and raised more than $53,000.