Catholic Social Services Victoria invites members, friends and those we work with to our Annual Dinner on Friday 30 August 2019 at the Catholic Leadership Centre, East Melbourne, 6.30pm for 7pm. This is an opportunity to celebrate our work and to strengthen the links between those who are active within our broad community of service. The dinner will also be an occasion to honour Sr Brigid Arthur csb with Life Membership of Catholic Social Services Victoria; and an occasion to farewell our outgoing Executive Director, Denis Fitzgerald.  Download flyer, here.

Our August newsletter is full of the latest news in Catholic social services Victoria, and also features a large number of upcoming events, both from us and our members, such as Jesuit Social Services, MacKillop Family Services, McAuley Community Services for Women, CatholicCare, ACRATH and Wellsprings for Women, to name a few. Get all of the latest news and events info, here. 

The unique and enduring leadership and contributions by women of faith in Australia over the past 75 years was the topic of discussion at the annual John Wallis Memorial Lecture in Melbourne this week. More than 100 people attended the lecture, hosted by Highways and Byways – A Community of Service, to mark the 75th year of the Missionary Sisters of Service.

All are welcome to join with the John Pierce Centre community for its annual Ephpheta Mass on Sunday 18 August 2019, at 11am. The word Ephpheta means "be open" and has been used as a special celebration in the Deaf Catholic Community Calendar for many years. Mass will be celebrated by Fr Wayne Edwards (AUSLAN interpreted) at the John Pierce Centre, 25-35 High Street, Prahran.