Catholic Social Services Victoria is pleased to announce that the fifth series of the Mission Inspired Leadership program will be conducted during 2019. The dates for the 2019 program will be Thursday evenings: 21 March, 11 April, 16 May, 13 June.This program is a professional development opportunity for leaders (Board members, managers and emerging leaders) in the Catholic social services sector. This series of facilitated workshops offers a local, accessible and self-regulating program of formation and networking, which is designed to complement other more national and tertiary programs of leadership formation currently on offer. 

Our new book, Hearing, Healing, Hope: The Ministry of Service in Challenging Times, builds on the reflections and challenges of keynote speakers, workshop leaders and engaged participants at the Catholic Social Services national conference held in Melbourne in February 2018. It includes an array of inspiring, practical and useful resources for all involved in Catholic social services, nationally. Click here to order your copy.

On Saturday 23 March 2019, Catholic Social Services Victoria is hosting a parish forum on the topic, Helping our Refugee Families and Friends at the Cardinal Knox Centre, East Melbourne, 9.30am-1pm. This follows the very successful parish forum on the same topic held in August in 2018. The forum will focus on how parishes can transform their desire to help asylum seekers and refugees into practical action, engaging their parish and co-operating with other parishes to maximise support. Forum sessions will be highly interactive, to harvest the good and best ideas, and to develop effective strategies for implementation. Save the date and book your place here. 

Catholic Social Services Victoria warmly welcomes Julien O’Connell AM as the incoming Chair of the Board at Villa Maria Catholic Homes, one of our member organisations.