15 October 2021 The Catholic Church’s peak social services group, Catholic Social Services Australia, has described findings in a recent ABS report detailing suicide deaths in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children as a national disgrace. The report, Causes of Death, Australia, released late last month found that during the period 2016-2020 suicide was the leading...
12 October 2021 Increases in income support, more social housing and a boost to mental health funding are necessary to address the ‘out of control’ demand for homelessness assistance according to the Catholic Church’s peak social services group, Catholic Social Services Australia. According to data released this week by Homelessness Australia the number of Australians with...
CENTACARE FNQ PRESS RELEASE 13 July 2020 Since 2018, Centacare FNQ has been facilitating Our Place - a federally funded, assets based and community driven project which aims to build on the strength and resilience of community. The project is based in the Cairns West suburbs of Manoora, Manunda and Mooroobool, a community rich in cultural...
10 June 2020 As published in CathNews An outback priest has been recognised for his dedication to his local community and the Church by being named a Queensland Great in the state's annual awards. Mt Isa parish priest Fr Mick Lowcock was one of nine Queenslanders to be recognised in the Queensland Greats awards, which celebrates extraordinary...
16 September 2019 From Centacare.com Centrecare Director and Valuing Children Initiative’s Founder, Adj. Professor Tony Pietropiccolo, is currently in Geneva at the United Nations HQ to take part in the Committee on the Rights of the Child as part of a group representing Australia globally. Please note the video link is at the bottom of the...
30 April 2019 A personal story, Johns experience with the Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) program Since the age of 15, John has been in and out of prison. He spent about six years in custody over the past 15 years of his life and had no stable accommodation for 10 years. When John was released from prison,...
