Tag: Homelessness

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.

For the entire month of July parishioners at St Declan’s Penshurst have been busy cooking up a storm to serve those most in need during some of the coldest night of the year across Sydney.

For nearly 50 years Cana Communities has offered a home for the poor, addicted, and friendless. Now it literally has a new lease on life thanks to the generosity of one of Sydney’s famous foodie families.

The growing numbers of homeless on Sydney’s streets need our support and genuine friendship says Bishop Daniel Meagher.

The Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service, now in its fourth year, was held on the 21 June winter solstice to honour those who have died homeless, on the streets or in unstable housing.

The St Vincent de Paul Society’s NSW CEO says an acute housing crisis and costs of living are forcing record numbers of people to seek help for the first time while the charity itself is under increasing financial pressure.

Tonight, I will participate in the 2024 CEO Winter Sleepout in order to help meet the needs of homeless people. For me, this is a practical way of putting my faith into action. The sleepout is a good cause because it gives very practical help to those in need by raising money and community awareness.

At least 140 people die while homeless every year, and with numbers increasing due to cost-of-living pressures, the church’s annual memorial service on 21 June is more needed than ever.

In a year of rising interest rates and financial hardships, volunteers at Sydney’s charities have found they’re giving more than usual.

The final hours of my father’s life were eerily silent, broken only by his occasional laboured breathing. He laid unconscious, his brain and body ravaged by a devastating stroke.