Tag: CatholicCare

CatholicCare Sydney’s family support worker Meher Banu has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the community, receiving the Excellence and Impact: Frontline Worker Award at the NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) 90th Anniversary Awards, held on 28 October at the Australian Museum.

On 1 November, the Australian Government’s long-awaited Support at Home program was officially launched, marking a major reform in how older Australians receive care and support in their own homes. “Essentially, it’s an upgrade of the whole aged care system,” says Geoff Aigner, executive director at CatholicCare Sydney Home Care Services.

A message of inclusion, understanding and connection came to life on 30 October when CatholicCare Sydney’s Disability Services Centre at Belmore opened its doors to the community for an open day.  

In Australia, Natural Fertility Methods are slowly gaining popularity as alternatives to hormonal contraception. The ‘natural method’ allows women and families an option that aligns with their personal or religious/cultural preferences.

CatholicCare has held the grand opening of their new BariStars coffee cart, which is located behind St Mary’s Cathedral.

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.

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