Our 2016 professional Development Program for Leaders in Catholic social services is now underway.

Presented by the staff of Catholic Social Services Victoria as part of our Catholic Social Teaching Series.

50 years ago, towards the end of the Second Vatican Council, Gaudium et Spes gave voice to a positive engagement of the Church with the world.  A gathering at Catholic Social Services Victoria on 7 December 2015 was an occasion to celebrate and explore the teachings of Gaudium et Spes, to better inform our Gospel-inspired work of service and work for justice.

Please join us for the Anti Poverty Ecumenical Prayer Service being held on Tuesday 13 October at 1.00pm in the Mary MacKillop Chapel, Daniel Mannix Building, ACU.
(Enter via 8 Brunswick Street Fitzroy).

Light refreshments afterwards.  Inquiries/RSVP to : justice@cam.org.au
 

 

Pope Francis has published his long-awaited encyclical Laudato Si (Praised Be To You) on our relationship with the whole of creation. The encyclical places the care of creation, our “common home”, at the heart of Christian theology. He calls on our fragile world to leave behind the myth of unlimited material progress and proposes instead a “sense of fraternity that excludes nothing and no one” and an understanding of the Earth as a “shared inheritance”.

In collaboration with Aboriginal Catholic Ministry, this three hour interactive workshop will provide community service practitioners and managers with the skills and resources needed to work respectfully with Aboriginal organisations and engage with Aboriginal clients.