Tag: Homelessness

Home is more than property value or possession – it is belonging, welcome, and shared humanity. Professor Hayden Ramsay reflects on what makes a true home, and what homelessness reveals about our society.

More than half of Australians are cutting back on essentials to afford housing, new data shows, as the St Vincent de Paul Society launches its 2026 Winter Appeal.

The death of a homeless man in Sydney has sparked renewed attention on Australia’s housing crisis. A new church-led campaign is calling Catholics to recognise homelessness as a systemic issue and advocate for change.

A $250,000 donation from the PAYCE Foundation will support the work of Vinnies Vans in the Illawarra, helping deliver food, supplies and support to people in need.

As Australia’s Catholic bishops illuminated the nation’s struggle with homelessness and poor mental health in their social justice statement, local charities are struggling to support the new, younger face of homelessness.

This year’s Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s Social Justice Statement—Signs of Hope on the Edge—speaks directly to the mission of Catholic Health Australia and its members, who work every day to support the most vulnerable in our society.

Sydney's inner city faces a dramatic 24 percent increase in homelessness since 2024, with 350 people sleeping rough and many unlikely to survive winter. An annual memorial service remembered the rough sleepers who died in the past year.

This year, the Vinnies CEO Sleepout will mark its 20th anniversary, bringing together CEOs and senior executives from across Australia for a night outdoors to raise critical funds and awareness for Australia’s homelessness crisis.

Before entering the Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis donated one million euros to the homeless through the Don Roberto Sardelli Fund.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP invited Sydney’s most vulnerable to congregate together for lunch at St Mary’s Cathedral forecourt, 15 November.

Students at Tangara School for Girls have raised $6484 participating in the Vinnies’ Community Sleepout while praying for Sydney’s homelessness and disadvantaged but a big part of the challenge was going offline for the night.

Blacktown-based charity Marist180 offers children and young people a helping hand when they have nowhere to live and limited or no family support. Now it is aiming to raise $50,000 for its annual appeal, a Marist Noel, to provide each of them with something many of them never normally receive— a Christmas gift they’ve wished for.