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Catholic Mission
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We
are the Australian arm of the Catholic Church's global mission
aid agency in a worldwide network known as the Pontifical Mission Societies.
For more than 185 years we have been working to achieve 'Life
for all' in more than 160 countries. Join us today.
Click here to find out more about Catholic Mission’s projects around the world
Give a gift that really matters with our Gift Registry
Click here to become a Children’s Mission partner.
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Catholic Mission
National Office
Level 5 - Tower Building
Chatswood Village
47 Neridah St
Chatswood NSW 2067
Tel (02) 9411 4611
Fax (02) 9411 4622
Freecall 1800 257 296
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We wish to gratefully acknowledge the use of the central image
created by Agnes Lorenzo - Artist, Garden Point Women's Centre, Tiwi Islands
Catholic Mission supports National Climate Emergency Rally
10 Jun 2009
Catholic Mission will be present at the National Climate Emergency Rally around Australia this Saturday 13 June 2009.
Climate change affects people all around the world and it is often the most vulnerable who are affected the most.
Catholic Mission’s Village Space program – an interactive performance educating school students about social justice issues through dramatised stories, is this year focused on climate change and its effect on people in the majority (developing) world.
Village Space will perform stories from Mexico, Kiribati, the Arctic Circle, Bangladesh and Australia to more than 15,000 students nationally.
“At Catholic Mission we realise the importance of understanding and addressing climate change. We support the Catholic Bishops and their call to change our ways of seeing, thinking and behaving as we accept our responsibility to protect the earth,” said Jenny Collins-White, Education Officer for Catholic Mission. ... more
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Year of the Priest - Catholic Mission Celebrating a Friendship of Patrons
4 Jun 2009
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Jean Vianney | On November 9 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte established the “Consulate” in France, in effect ending the French Revolution, which was a victory for him, and a few short years away from his reign as dictator. At this time Catholic Mission’s founder Pauline Marie Jaricot was four months old. Her later great-friend-to-be, Jean Marie Vianney, later to become known as the Curé d’Ars, was just over twelve years old. Both grew up knowing what it meant to be Catholic in those days; Pauline was baptised in secret, and, about four miles away, and at approximately the same time, the same persecution demanded that Jean’s First Holy Communion was also concealed from the outside world. ... more
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