Shared Ministries
The following are some current examples:
Joseph’s Corner –Melbourne, Victoria
A not-for-profit support and counselling service for family members, friends and carers of those with alcohol and drug addiction: provided by the Westgate Deanery of the Melbourne Archdiocese, and co-ordinated by Sr Jeanne Dwyer, rsj. Joseph’s Corner, which now offers counselling out of three centres in Melbourne’s western Suburbs is funded solely by small grants, donations, fund-raisers and the profits of ‘Merrijig’, an ‘Op-Shop’ with a difference!
For more informations send us an email.
Reconciliation Circle Adelaide, SA.
This group meets monthly in South Australia under the guidance and leadership of one of our Aboriginal elders and our province Leader to give support and to raise awareness in the broader community on Aboriginal issues. Two Aboriginal women are regularly in attendance and are sometimes joined by other members of the Aboriginal community. A group of Josephites as well as two Carmelite Sisters make up the regular group. At the last meeting we were joined by a woman from the Norwood parish who had heard of our work and asked to attend the meeting. We strive to be an active group, working for justice, equity and respect for the Aboriginal community. All are welcome to join the group.
MacKillop Family Services – Melbourne and Geelong, Victoria
Resourcing children, young people and families with particular needs, empowering them to achieve their full potential within the wider community
(MFS Mission Statement)
MacKillop Family Services formally began operations on 1 July 1997. It continues the works of Mercy Family Care Centre North Geelong, St Anthony's Family Service Footscray, St Augustine's Adolescent & Family Services Geelong, St Joseph's Babies and Family Services Glenroy, St Joseph's Homes for Children Flemington, St Vincent's Boys Home South Melbourne, and St Vincent de Paul Child & Family Service Black Rock.
MacKillop Family Services is a Catholic welfare agency guided by the ethos and spirituality of the Sisters of Mercy, Christian Brothers and the Sister of St. Joseph. In the spirit of the Gospel, MacKillop Family Services works together to foster hope in every person by awakening them to an appreciation of their self-worth. Their vision is for an organisation where people are our priority and our values are evident in our process, relationships and practice.
For more informations visit the website or send us an email.
St Anthony’s Family Care Croydon
St Anthony’s Family Care provides a diverse range of flexible services across Sydney that support families in need.
- Sudanese Family Support Service supports families from Southern Sudan and other marginalised areas to settle into Australia.
- Flexible Respite Service offers a range of supports to families and carers of a child with a developmental disability from birth to 16 years.
- Family Support Service provides ongoing support to families of children with disabilities and Sudanese families to assist them to access generalist and community resources and services.
- The Dilly Wanderer provides a free mobile activity, community information and development service for residents by providing information and access to services and activities across the Wollondilly Shire.
- St Anthony’s Long Day Care Centre is a community based Centre for 46 children aged 0 to 5 years; this includes a special supported program for children with disabilities within the mainstream centre.
Mary MacKillop East Timor
Mary MacKillop East Timor is a group of religious and lay people who are dedicated to Jesus Christ, living his Gospel and seeking the Kingdom of God, specifically concerning Timor-Leste. Among the many avenues of inspiration which we draw from the Church, Mary MacKillop and her values have special significance.
The work of Mary MacKillop East Timor began with the response of the Sisters of St Joseph to the people of East Timor at the request of Bishop Carlos Belo. This response has grown to include a variety of religious congregations and individuals who recognise the particular gift which Mary MacKillop brought to the Church, and who wish to co-operate in that spirit with the East Timorese people in the building up of their society.
Mary MacKillop East Timor fosters a range of educational opportunities for the advancement of East Timorese people. MMET assists the Church in Timor-Leste in the work of literacy education, particularly through the Tetun language.
For more informations send us an email.
Peru
The first foundation was made in 1981 with a group of four Central Josephites. They have found that the Josephite charism fits into the Peruvian context. They have lived in Peru through a period of great political change and upheaval including several years in the late eighties and early nineties of revolution and violence. During this time, one of the sisters Irene McCormack, along with some of the leaders of the community in Huasahuasi, was executed by members of the 'Shining Path' movement.
They work with people of varying ages and circumstances: prisoners, families, women, children and youth. The usual way of working is with groups. They provide encouragement and supportive presence to help each person to realise her/his own potential and to promote leadership qualities. Some of this work is concerned with faith development while other initiatives nourish personal growth.
For more informations send us an email.
Josephite Counter Trafficking Project (JCTP)
The Josephite Counter Trafficking Project (JCTP) is a Congregational Ministry that responds to the needs of people who are trafficked. Trafficking of persons is a human rights violation with between 700,000 and two million persons being trafficked globally each year. Human trafficking is the second largest source of income globally and Australia is a country of destination. Men, women and children are brought into Australia under false pretences and end up in forced labour, including sexual servitude, sweat shops and work under appalling conditions. They are not free to leave because of fear of threat or harm to them and/or their families.
Members of the JCTP are Asian women or who have had long experience in Asia or in working in cross cultural situations. They offer flexible culturally-sensitive support to women of Asian origin who have been trafficked into Australia. They also offer collaboration with religious, government and NGO groups involved in providing services. They offer companionship in mother–tongue language in Chinese, Malaysian, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, and Khmer for women who need this re-assurance. They can provide culturally-sensitive mentoring to enable women who have been trafficked to Australia to make informed choices. They are developing programs to enable women to develop a sense of self worth. They continue to develop and maintain grass roots contacts in the Asia-Pacific region so that choices and options for women returning to their country of origin are clearly understood.
For more information visit the website or send us an email.
The Sisters’ Place, Fremantle, WA
A project undertaken co-operatively by five women Religious Orders, including the central Sisters of St Joseph, in partnership with St Patrick's Care Centre, Fremantle, WA.
The mission is to relieve suffering and bring hope by providing dignified night accommodation to temporarily homeless women. In the first year since opening in June, 2007, the Sisters' Place has offered over 700 "sleepovers" to the homeless women of Fremantle.
For more informations send us an email.
Common Josephite website
This website is a joint project under the supervision of the JVT as it is seen as a way to promote the core Josephite values and provide ease of access to all interested. It has flowed from the common WYD project which provided one set of material which called all to consider being Josephite as associate, sister or volunteer.
For more informations send us an email.
Josephite Community Aid (JCA)
JCA is made up of young people coming together as part of a community. Some work full-time with people who are poor, others have full time jobs, and work with people who are poor on a part-time basis.
There are others who live in their own homes and who also get involved in the work of the JCA. All, regardless of where they live, support each other with prayer and friendship.
They work in Sydney with people who are poor or powerless. These people include refugees, people with mental illness and anyone suffering distress or loneliness. They connect with people in need and offer them practical assistance.
"We are not a welfare agency, although each of us has skills in some field. We offer friendship and care to people who are isolated and lonely because this is their greatest need”
For more information visit the website or send us an email.
