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Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation established by the Australian Jesuits in 1977. [2] Originally based in Melbourne , Australia , it has expanded to include outreach programs in New South Wales and the Northern Territory .
This is a partial list of centres founded worldwide by the Society of Jesus which are directed primarily toward social and economic development for the poor and marginalized. Included in this would be research, training, advocacy, and action for human development, as well as direct services.
In 1996, it ceased most of its operations, because of a lack of funding. Some work continued, but only in three areas: Jesuit Refugee Service, ecological projects at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre and Catholic social teaching. [6] [7] In 1997, the Centre for Social Justice was created separately to carry on the work of the Jesuit Centre.
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) is an organization of lay volunteers who volunteer one year or more to community service with poor communities. JVC works in inner city neighborhoods and rural communities in about 36 different cities throughout the U.S. [1] JVC works with the homeless, abused women and children, immigrants and refugees, the mentally ill, people with HIV/AIDS and other ...
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For service to local government, and to Jesuit Social Services. Anne Jones: For service to community health through roles with Action on Smoking and Health Australia. Michael Angelo Kakulas: For service to the community of Perth through the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helene. William Kane
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ ʒ u ɪ t s, ˈ dʒ ɛ zj u-/ JEZH-oo-its, JEZ-ew-; [2] Latin: Iesuitae), [3] is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.
Kennedy is a member of ABC Friends (previously Friends of the ABC), the Graduate Union of The University of Melbourne Inc, Labor for Refugees, and Labor for a Republic and a monthly contributor to Jesuit Social Services, Médecins Sans Frontières and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He is not a member of any Labor ...