News & Stories
Alanah’s Reflection
Issues of Justice: Meeting our Local Politicians On the 17th of June, a group of senior students, supported by Santa staff and Sam Dariol of Jesuit Social Services, organised and ran a meeting with Greens candidate Ms Alex Bhathal, who was contesting the seat of Batman in the…
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Standing in Solidarity – Circle of Silence – #BringThemHere
Standing in Solidarity is a National Day of Prayer & Action for Catholic schools during National Child Protection Week (September 4-10) to project a united Catholic voice expressing solidarity for people seeking asylum in Australia. We are aiming for 200 schools to be involved and to make this…
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Learning English at the Park
On Monday 11th July, a group from Jesuit Social Services’ English Language Support Program went to the Bundoora farm and Parklands. Xavier College Staff picked us up from Broadmeadows and Thornbury in the school buses and took us to the farm. We saw many farm animals cows, sheep,…
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Migrant & Refugee Sunday – Circle of Silence
This Refugee & Migrant Sunday, we are asking you to host a Circle of Silence in your local community. The Circle of Silence, started by the Franciscans in France in 2007, is an act of solidarity for those migrants and refugees are silenced and not listened to. You…
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Standing in Solidarity – Action Ideas & Resources
There are many different actions your school can take, these are just some ideas. The most important thing is that the action is meaningful for your school and that you email CAPSA at least one image or video of the action to be used for media purposes. Please…
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Ian’s Story
It was a friend in my Rotary club who mentioned volunteering to teach English to people seeking asylum. Having read a lot about their plight and having a background in language teaching, I was interested. It meant travelling from home for an hour each Monday morning to reach…
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Fablice’s Story
Fablice is a young African child soldier turned rapper. At age 11, he was forced to join the guerrilla army in Burundi, after which he spent three years in a Tanzanian refugee camp before settling in Australia. A participant of Jesuit Social Services’ Artful Dodgers Studios, Fablice now…
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Thiha’s Story
I am Thiha Yarzar, a political refugee from Burma. I arrived in Australia on 24th May 2012, just over 4 years ago. I would like to share some of my story with you about my life in Burma, my journey to Australia and my experience as a refugee resettled in…
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