Schools
Tapping into real-life needs
Over the years Catholic school students have found many different ways to raise money for Caritas Australia’s annual Project Compassion Lenten appeal.
Schools
Over the years Catholic school students have found many different ways to raise money for Caritas Australia’s annual Project Compassion Lenten appeal.
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Taking over as CEO just before COVID hit, Kirsty Robertson says she is grateful to now be able to get out and meet in person some of the 60,000 Australian Catholics who support the work of Caritas Australia through the Project Compassion appeal each year.
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After nearly seven months travelling around Australia with his young family in a camper trailer, Dan Ryan has returned eager to be even more involved in parish life, jumping at the opportunity to promote the annual Project Compassion appeal.
Catholic school students were encouraged to build strong foundations in their lives and open their hearts to those in need around the world, as the 2022 Project Compassion appeal was launched in schools on Shrove Tuesday.
Project Compassion Sunday will be celebrated in all parishes on February 27 to mark the start of the annual Lenten campaign.
A change to the way Caritas Australia delivers its educational programs is helping school students to examine more closely Catholic social teaching, according to Deacon Paul Reid.
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