Tag: CatholicCare

For three decades Margaret Wiseman has accompanied women and sometimes their unborn children in prison, seen God in the faces of convicted murderers, and deep inner growth in people she has heard rejected as “scum.”

From crying babies to troubled teens, over 30 years an expert team at Parent Line have heard and helped stressed-out parents and carers with it all. Parent Line Practice Manager Vanessa Harnischmacher says the free, confidential phone counselling service offered by Catholic Care across New South Wales is a crucial investment in children’s wellbeing needed more than ever as pressures on families continue to rise. 

Sister parishes St Joan of Arc parish in Haberfield and St John the Apostle in Wilcannia are sharing friendship, prayer and car-loads of brand new clothes and other items the city parishioners are delivering this month.

The sad truth is that in Australia, eventually most women receive the phone call, from their daughters, their sisters, mothers, aunts and friends. The call that starts something like, “Hi, it happened again and this time he really hurt me.”

In Horsley Park the rate of older people who became poor in the last few years more than doubled, with a 220 per cent reported increase. Lurnea-Cartwright saw a 131 per cent increase and Liverpool a 106 per cent increase.

CatholicCare advocate and passionate campaigner for the financial rights of First Nations people, Lynda Edwards, has won the prestigious 2023 NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year award.

Whether she’s whipping up a cappuccino, espresso, macchiato or a simple flat white, Thuy is brewing herself a bright future. One of the first graduates...

The Archdiocese of Sydney’s social welfare agency, Catholic Care is leading an innovative new program, which draws closely upon Catholic social teaching to help grow and foster relationships for life.

All are welcome to the October 7 launch of Living Well, Dying Well featuring expert speakers from medicine, nursing and pastoral care.

Described by Bishop Terry Brady as the “hands and feet of Jesus,” CatholicCare Sydney, along with Centacare and Catholic School students have prepared 400...

The city's most vulnerable need to know we care We recently marked Homelessness Week. At the last census it was estimated more than 116,000 Australians...

CatholicCare continues to provide Home Care services to seniors during this time of uncertainty Home Care is considered an essential service and should be maintained...