Mission Today Summer/Autumn 2020/2021

SUMMER/AUTUMN 2020/2021

A to Zulu: local message, global reach World Mission Month 2020: Generosity maintains the beating heart of the Arrupe Centre Socktober: Kicking goals in a crazy year

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Editor: John Hyde Contributors: Bernadette Sullivan Photos: Simone Medri, Catholic Mission partners Design: Smarta By Design Printed by: Horizon Print Management

Cover image: Many faces: Connecting mission partners across the world, a local message with a global reach #WeAreStillHere

Catholic Mission acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we live and work.

This image: A parishioner from the Catholic village of Michael Puram, in Tamil Nadu, India

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In this issue...

A message from the National Director

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Community Partnerships; Programs updates

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Pauline Jaricot

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Here I am send me

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Our lives are enlarged by our encounter with others

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Generosity maintains the beating heart of the Arrupe Centre

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Pope Francis calls for collaboration and encounter; living the Gospel

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Your special edition poster

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Education, a golden opportunity to help break the cycle of poverty

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Kicking goals in a crazy year

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Catholic Mission TV – a selection for you

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A message from the National Director It would be an understatement to suggest that the year 2020 has been a challenging year.

For almost everyone, it has shaken our comfortable and predictable daily routine. No one could have imagined the length and depth of the disruption caused by COVID-19. In the midst of our own considerations, we should spare a thought and prayer for those hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their lives including, in many places, a disproportionate number of young health professionals.

Pope Francis committed funds to the Pontifical Mission Societies specifically for a response to COVID-19 in mission territories. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, Australia was able to contribute to support the Church in Bangladesh.

One positive outcome of the COVID-19 crisis has been a greater sense of international cooperation and solidarity among the different national directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Australia took the lead in developing a video resource, #wearestillhere. Consisting of a number of images of missionaries from all over the world speaking in their own language and reinforcing the theme we are still here, the video was a global sensation, even making the Irish news service. Using the very latest technology Marcello and Simone from Catholic Mission’s communications department were able to facilitate the translation of the subtitles in the video into numerous languages including Japanese, Zulu, Slovenian, Maltese, Arabic as well as the common European languages.

International solidarity was a very important theme in Pope Francis encyclical Fratelli Tutti. His forthright and practical approach reflects his Jesuit formation with its emphasis on the discernment of spirits and has been well received across all sections of the Church. Personally, I found this reflection inspiring.

Catholic Mission is the Australian arm of the international Pontifical Mission Societies (Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Society of Holy Childhood, Society of Saint Peter Apostle, and the Pontifical Missionary Union). Supporting Catholic Mission is a means of expressing discipleship, especially in those parts of the world that are vulnerable and disadvantaged. We, and those we serve, are grateful for your generous financial support that enables us to provide some of the basic necessities in the mission churches, and to assist the mission churches in their development towards self-sufficiency and sustainability.

Thank you for your ongoing prayers and support for the work of Catholic Mission.

Fr Brian Lucas National Director

115. At a time when everything seems to disintegrate and lose consistency, it is good for us to appeal to the “solidity”[88] born of the consciousness that we are responsible for the fragility of others as we strive to build a common future.

Solidarity finds concrete expression in service, which can take a variety of forms in an effort to care for others. And service in great part means “caring for vulnerability, for the vulnerable members of our families, our society, our people”.

In offering such service, individuals learn to “set aside their own wishes and desires, their pursuit of power, before the concrete gaze of those who are most vulnerable… Service always looks to their faces, touches their flesh, senses their closeness and even, in some cases, ‘suffers’ that closeness and tries to help them. Service is never ideological, for we do not serve ideas, we serve people”.

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Pauline Jaricot The Foundress of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Pauline Jaricot, was a woman with a vision for mission.

To coincide with World Mission Month, a new portrait by Austrian artist, Clemens Maria Fuchs, was unveiled by the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Archbishop Giampietro Dal Toso, in Vienna on 8 October, 2020.

She is depicted with her left hand on the globe and the rosary in her right hand as a reminder that she founded the Work of the Propagation of Faith in 1822 and the Living Rosary in 1826.

The original remains in Vienna at the National Direction of Missio Austria.

We hope that Pauline Marie Jaricot will soon be beatified and that we will be able to officially call upon this amazing woman for her intercession.

“She is a figure of extraordinary importance for the history of the Church’s mission. She had a deep trust in God and despite the sufferings and injustices she suffered, she never lost faith.”

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Here I am send me (Isaiah 6:8) Cardinal Tagle in his message for World Mission Day reminds us that missionary commitment is a constitutive part of the identity of a believer.

“The theme of this year’s celebration ‘here I am send me’ invites us to make our own these words that manifest openness to the gift of God”.

He acknowledged that the whole human family is experiencing a moment marked by great challenges that could make us focus on ourselves alone, but through spiritual and material support the Pontifical Mission Societies, missionaries around the world are continuing their work.

It’s the cooperation of believers that makes the work of missionaries possible all over the world.

He finishes by encouraging all to take part in this missionary endeavour and to not forget that the mission continue. Where the most vulnerable and needy people are, there also are the missionaries who need our support.

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World Mission Month 2020

Generosity maintains the beating heart of the Arrupe Centre

Watch this video to learn more about the Arrupe Centre and outreach program.

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October is celebrated internationally as World Mission Month. It provides an opportunity for Catholics around the world to raise awareness, pray and fundraise for missions and missionaries in all corners of the globe.

Catholic Mission’s 2020 World Mission Month appeal highlighted the work of Bishop Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzalez. SJ and the Arrupe Centre in Battambong, Cambodia, and their dedication in supporting those in need.

The Arrupe Centre provides accommodation and services for children and youth living with disabilities as a result of landmines, polio or other illnesses. The Arrupe Centre goes beyond merely providing shelter, food and healthcare.

It provides a home and invests in education and career opportunities with a view to empowering all who need it. Through the Arrupe Centre they have opportunities to build their future and make an impact on the future of their families and their nation.

In conjunction with the Arrupe Centre, the Outreach Program is another Church-run mission project which provides practical support in the form of food, microloans, scholarships for the siblings, and home repairs for families of the Arrupe residents.

Despite the difficulties of 2020, the generosity of supporters continues to be astounding. Around Australia regular donors and supporters have joined the cause with their own mission this World Mission Month.

Bishop Enrique, Chen, Toy and Dara became the faces of the campaign. Their stories, and their futures have been shaped by the Arrupe Centre; Bishop Enrique as the founder and tireless advocate, and Toy, Chen and Dara are the daily inspiration that motivate him in his mission.

Dara Dara’s story is like that of too many children across Cambodia.

A carefree childhood, helping family and playing with friends, changed forever in an instant as a result of stumbling upon on a landmine.

As an inquisitive ten-year-old, Dara’s curiosity drew him to pick up something he found as he was exploring the hillside near his home. As he tapped the unexploded ordnance against a tree it exploded in his hand. As a result, he lost his hand and most of his eyesight and is now counted among the more than 25,000 amputees recorded in Cambodia.

Today, Dara calls the Arrupe Centre home. Even at his young age he can appreciate the opportunities it gives him.

“In the beginning, my disability made (life) difficult, but I can adopt and accept my truth”, he says “Everyone here has given me love”.

With very little money in the family, Dara’s parents embraced the opportunity that the Arrupe Centre offered, ensuring that their child received a quality education, and the chance to learn to live independently.

Dara is flourishing at the Arrupe Centre. His many friends are a testament to his outgoing nature.

He enjoys his studies and computers, and plays sports such as tennis, soccer and swimming, and dreams of one day visiting Australia.

Thanks to the Arrupe Centre, there is the hope that his dreams will one day come true.

View Dara’s story here.

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Khean Chen Khean Chen has experienced first-hand the life‑changing work of the Arrupe Centre. His hard work and eagerness to embrace every opportunity that the Arrupe Centre offered has contributed to his success today.

At the age of 16, while walking through the undergrowth on the hill beside his home Chen stepped on a landmine. He was rushed to hospital and his life was saved, but he lost both of his legs. Chen spent weeks physically recovering, but the greatest battle he faced was adjusting to just how different his life would be.

Toy Toy’s life changed in an instant as an eleven-yearold when he stepped on a landmine while picking mushrooms on a nearby hill.

But it wasn’t only Toy who felt the effects.

“When the villagers came to tell me of the accident, I felt as though my soul was flying out of my chest,” Toy’s father says.

As he adjusted to life-changing injuries, his family also felt the impacts as they grappled with what their young children’s lives would now look.

“At the time, it was very difficult for the family, because we had to spend money to take Toy to the hospital,” says Toy’s father. “When Bishop Kike came, we felt hope and encouragement to keep going and give our son an education.”

Toy’s family are supported by the Arrupe Centre Outreach team.

The Outreach team provides educational scholarships to siblings, assistance in the form of basic necessities, food and microloans and carries out necessary home repairs.

A purpose-built village for families who have had to adjust to life with a family member affected by disability has been established. Toy’s family are among those who have been provided with a new home and income opportunities. They receive a stable, living income while enjoying a close support network of parents who have experienced similar realities.

“Immediately at the time of the accident, it was difficult to accept,” he remembers.

Chen admits he reached his lowest point as he feared his permanent disability would mean becoming a burden for his family.

Chen felt hope again when Bishop Enrique arrived on his doorstep to invite him to the Arrupe Centre and offer him a supportive home and the chance to continue his education.

“For me to complete my studies to the end and continue on to enter college, and in addition now I have a job to earn some income ... it is like I have a new life,” Chen says.

Ten years on from the accident, Chen has completed his secondary education, and with the help of the Arrupe Centre, he has gone on to study information technology processing at university, and gain employment at the La Paloma Textiles Centre, a Church-run social enterprise in Battambang.

With everything he has achieved, he dreams of a living a life that will help others in turn.

“I would love to work at any place that can help other people,” he says.

As one of the older residents at the Centre, Chen is a role model for the younger residents. Chen was supported through his greatest challenges and now supports other young people through theirs.

Even at his young age, Toy knows that the opportunities he embraces at the Arrupe Centre will go on to directly benefit his family, and he makes sure he embraces them all.

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“I came here to help in what is needed … I am ready.” needs of society determines. If tomorrow or in ten years we don’t have a hostel, we will be very happy because that means that all the children can grow in their own homes and families. But the Arrupe Centre will be always a welcoming place for people with disabilities.”

Bishop Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzalez SJ, Apostolic Prefect, Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang The man who all at the Arrupe Centre affectionally know as Bishop Kike, was born Enrique Figaredo Alvargonzalez, in the north of Spain.

Bishop Kike has been leading the Church in Battambang, in Cambodia’s north-west, for over twenty years and is passionate about rebuilding the Church in Cambodia after it was decimated by the Khmer Rouge regime and years of civil war. He and the priests in the Prefecture of Battambang are all keen to reach out and bring the Church to the many rural communities that have no local Church presence.

Having called Cambodia home for over 30 years, Bishop Enrique’s passion and love for the people and their culture is boundless, and the programs he has established are truly life-changing and will continue to be for generations to come.

After attending a youth synod in Taizé, France, he experienced what he refers to as his “enlightenment”, realising he wanted to be closer to people in need and to help them. He started on the path to the priesthood.

He first arrived in Cambodia in the late 1980’s, where he began working with refugees in the Thai border camps during the tumultuous years of civil war. And after being ordained a priest with the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits, in 1992, immediately returned to continue his mission in Cambodia. His love for the country and its people has only grown since then.

His service was noticed by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Luigi Bressan, and by 2000 he was appointed Apostolic Prefect of Battambang.

As a true missionary, it was Bishop Enrique’s closeness to the people that opened his eyes to their needs and as a result, the Arrupe Centre was established in 2001.

All of Bishop Enrique’s tireless work comes from his deep understanding that he meets God through the people. He feels the “sparks of God’s presence” through his conversations with people in the village, the rice fields and those in the Arrupe Centre.

It is this recognition of God’s presence in all who come to the centre, that is at the heart of its mission to restore the dignity and rights of those affected by landmines and empower them to build bright futures.

Bishop Enrique is always attuned to the needs of the people and dreams of a future where people with disabilities can flourish without the help of the Centre.

“The future of the Arrupe Centre will be one that the

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Be inspired by Bishop Enrique’s mission.

The Arrupe Centre goes beyond merely providing necessities for those who live there and use its services.

By restoring the dignity of all who call the Centre home, the effects are felt far beyond its wall and will be felt across the generations in Cambodia.

By focussing on sustainable long-term projects that shape the lives of people in Cambodia, Catholic Mission is committed for good. The Arrupe Centre knows it can count on Catholic Mission funding, and donors know that they are supporting an established, effective program that will make a difference in the lives of those affected by disability in Cambodia for generations to come.

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In a keynote address in April this year, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo highlighted the importance of faith leaders in building peace. ‘The role of religions in building a nation of peace and development: Peace is possible, peace is the only way.’ (Image: Simone Medri)

Kicking goals in a crazy year

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With over 2,000 registered Socktober Stars, 380 participating schools and a whopping $100,000 raised for children in need around the world, Australian Catholic school students kicked plenty of goals in a difficult year.

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Socktober, Catholic Mission’s annual schools and community engagement program, launched at St Laurence’s College in Brisbane back in July amid fears of lockdowns and COVID-induced chaos.

While those fears became reality for thousands of families as classroom life was turned on its head, one thing remained constant throughout 2020: the generosity of Australian Catholic schools.

Matt Poynting, National Community Engagement Officer at Catholic Mission, said the circumstances every school faced in this year made it a special Socktober. “It has been the strangest and most challenging year we can remember,” he said. “But Catholic school students across the country rose to the occasion and put the needs of children in Cambodia and around the world ahead of their own.”

“The most impressive thing we’ve seen this year is not the dollar amount, although that is outstanding.

It is the commitment of students to learn about the reality of their brothers and sisters overseas and do something practical to support them.

That is most inspiring.”

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Students were asked to create an individual supporter page to record their progress through the six-week Socktober Challenge and to gather sponsorships from friends and family for their efforts. It was the forum for many students sharing why they were taking part.

“Many of the stories we have seen from students about why they are doing Socktober are quite profound,” says Matt. “The students may not realise it, but sharing those stories is being missionary, and mission is what is at the heart of Socktober.”

He indicated the stories may be published, with student names hidden, to inspire others toward taking action. Others have shared what they are doing as a school community. St Patrick’s Primary School in Lochinvar, NSW, was featured on the Socktober website for its comprehensive environmental program, a focus of Week 3 of the Socktober Challenge, which linked to Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si. With the prospect of a return to normalcy in our classrooms from Term 1 next year, Matt says the future looks bright for Socktober and the children supported by the program. “We hope to have many more schools and students engaged next year, as we shift our focus to supporting children in Thailand,” he said. “With so much great feedback coming from teachers around Australia who have engaged this year, I expect we will see many more school communities rise to the challenge in 2021.”

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Community partnerships Missionaries are at work all over the world, sharing their faith and journeying with others in their endeavour to support themselves and their loved ones. Catholic Mission is proud to join these missionaries in their life-giving work.

Our work is rooted in mission development that incorporates sharing God’s word and love through partnering with local communities to achieve their goals. We offer a wide variety of support from the start, collaborating with individuals in-country to plan out and implement a project, journeying with our partners to achieve their goals and create self-sustainability.

As a part of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS): The Propagation of Faith, St Peter Apostle, Holy Childhood, and the Pontifical Mission Union, Catholic Mission is able to partner with communities across the globe.

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St. Victor’s Seminary Farm, Ghana In the Tamale Archdiocese, in Ghana, St. Victor’s Seminary offers seminarians the unique opportunity to receive agribusiness training while completing their studies.

The seminarians receive training in piggery, poultry and rabbit keeping, crop and vegetable farming, all the way to budgeting, marketing and business management. Not only does this project generate income for St. Victor’s but it equips the seminarians with vital skills they can use in their future parishes to build up the community, providing for themselves and others.

Pyinya Sanyae Institute of Education, Myanmar The Pyinya Sanyae Institute of Education (PSIE) is facilitating great change in Myanmar where education has been recognised as the key to rebuilding the country after years of conflict and unrest. This innovative teacher training college is building up individuals to be missionaries in their local communities. Currently 51 trainees are studying at PSIE daily, with a further 24 skilled teacher trainees who have graduated and are teaching over 800 students from grades one to nine in various schools across the country. By providing trainees with a wide range of skills to teach future generations PSIE is equipping individuals who can make a significant difference in their communities.

Kroonstad Diocesan Development Agency, South Africa The Diocese of Kroonstad in South Africa, through its Diocesan Development Agency, is caring for more than 1,200 orphans and vulnerable children across 21 informal settlements. Thousands of children in the Diocese are suffering from malnutrition and hunger. Adding to this issue many children are affected by the HIV/AIDs pandemic either by directly contracting it themselves or being orphaned when parents and caregivers have passed on because of it.

The Diocese is working hard to help these children and their communities overcome this challenge, ensuring families are supported and children are able to remain in school, feel safe, loved and are healthy.

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Pope Francis is calling us to participate in an inclusive church and work through the challenges of the modern world together using our faith as the tool to do so. Catholic Mission is embracing this call as we actively engage with communities in need all over the world.

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Our lives are enlarged by our encounter with others Immersion is first and foremost an experience of being with others. Just as God the Father, through Jesus, came to be with us; as Jesus sat at the table of the poor, the outcast and vulnerable.

A Catholic Mission Immersion is where a small group of adults or students visit church and school communities in an Australian indigenous context or an overseas country for 10 to 12 days. The purpose of an Immersion is for participants to experience life, faith and justice from a new perspective and return home inspired to live a personal sense of Catholic ‘mission’ in Australia.

As Pope Francis is challenging each of us to live the ‘Joy of the Gospel’, participants learning and experience continues long after they have returned home. They return with newfound friends and a broader vision of God’s family and their responsibility to continue the mission of Jesus in the world.

The hope is that participants will try and carry out in their own lives what they learned from the immersion experience.

“Persons always live in relationship. We come from others, we belong to others, and our lives are enlarged by our encounter with others.” Pope Francis, ‘The Light of Faith’ 38 Whether it’s spending time in an indigenous community in Australia or assisting in the Lavalla Disability Centre in Phnom Penh Cambodia, teaching English to a group of Timorese students in Maliana, helping village women to prepare a local cuisine in a village in the Philippines or celebrating the Eucharist in a parish in Thailand, your experience will open your eyes and your heart.

The immersion’s team at Catholic Mission does all the work; from the preparation of participants, registration,

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bookings and managing the immersion while on the ground through an experienced facilitator who has knowledge of the destination and knows the host community well.

Costs vary depending on location, but unless otherwise specified, the cost of an immersion covers: • Flights departing from an Australian capital city, including taxes and visas.

• Travel insurance and Risk Management monitoring and support services.

• All accommodation, meals & bottled water and • All local transport.

• Donations to host communities as a gesture of thanks and to aid in the running of their services.

• A Catholic Mission facilitator.

The current international travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic do mean that immersion opportunities are restricted to Australian destinations at this time.

However, Catholic Mission is moving forward with the possibility of recommencing international Immersions in the second half of 2021.

For further information on Immersion experience; joining or organising a group, please call or email John Kerrigan on 0400 745 390 or jkerrigan@catholicmission.org.au or visit catholicmission.org.au/get-involved/immersions.

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Pope Francis calls for collaboration and encounter – The Mission Formation team is already there!

In October 2020, Pope Francis released his latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, speaking about how we can live together as one human family, ‘Isolation and withdrawal into one’s own interests are never the way to restore hope and bring about renewal. Rather, it is closeness; it is the culture of encounter’ (#30).

The Mission Formation team at Catholic Mission has been building its programs using this very philosophy for the last twenty years and according to our evaluations we are doing so successfully. Our Immersion Programs facilitate an encounter experience with Indigenous and overseas communities where the participants are challenged to see God in the world and draw close to people whose stories they are learning for the first time. More recently we have begun a program pilot that will provide an encounter experience across faith boundaries.

The work of the Mission Formation team can never be carried out without external partners. We have learnt the need for collaboration and ‘closeness’ with others and it is this philosophy which drives our success. We are always working in partnership with Catholic schools, parishes and agencies to deliver our adult formation work and school programs, but it is our advocacy work that has called us into new spaces.

Our work with the End Child Detention Coalition allows us to work with church, community, NGOs, and multifaith groups.

There is a power that comes from this interconnection that is palpable, it’s the strength that comes from unity and the support of others. Our experience echoes Pope Francis’ truth.

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Living the Gospel

by John Short The Catholic faith has always been central to our family life and one of active engagement. It has helped us to appreciate the important things in life and the wonderful daily experiences that can so often be taken for granted. It also has given us a solid foundation to guide our judgements in the ups and downs of life.

I connected with Catholic Mission through a combination of Church appeals and the faithful support of a number of family members and friends over the years. Catholic Mission is important as it reflects, among other things, the Universal Church and spreading the message and good deeds of the Faith to those less fortunate than ourselves.

I have grown to take a real interest in the work of Catholic Mission and the support of vocations, especially in relation to education and training.

Mission to me means living the Gospel message as a source of holiness, inspiration, love, compassion and hope in conjunction with disadvantaged communities so that they may be empowered over time to reach their full potential.

I am choosing to leave a gift in my Will because it is important that Catholic Mission has the resources to continue its faithful work well beyond the lifetime of any one individual.

My hope is that those who will be reached through this gift will come to experience the love, joy and peace of God in their lives, and that they can then set an example for others to follow.

Thank you, John, for choosing to make Catholic Mission a part of your legacy. Please consider doing the same by calling 1800 257 296 or emailing admin@catholicmission.org.au.

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Education, a golden opportunity to help break the cycle of poverty With the support of the scholarship program at the Lideta Catholic Cathedral School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, children from disadvantaged and vulnerable backgrounds like 11‑year‑old Kaleb are able to access quality education to help them break out of the cycle of poverty and create bright futures for themselves.

Initiated by Sister Carmen Sammut SJA, after she recognised the local needs, the scholarship program assists children whose families struggle to cover the standard school fees. The program is the focus of Catholic Mission’s 2020 Christmas appeal.

Having provided the gift of education for over 1,500 children in the past, the scholarships provide a vital service to children who would otherwise be unable to go to school, but it can only continue through ongoing generous support.

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“For the students, this is a golden opportunity to access a scholarship to one of the best schools in the country. The ethical formation of the school impacts students positively and helps them to become good citizens, educated and give back to the community,” says Sr Carmen.

The generous spirit of Catholic Mission donors sustains this program, and many others like it, and allows us to reach out to children in need around the world, says Catholic Mission National Director Fr Brian Lucas.

“Kaleb is just one of many children at the Lideta Catholic Cathedral School who can access education through the support of the schools’ scholarship program,” says Fr Brian.

Give the gift of education for children in need, like Kaleb, this Christmas at catholicmission.org.au/christmas, or by returning the coupon on the back page.

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Tune in and subscribe today to discover playlists with a The best way to stay up to date with everything range of updates, education resources, inspirational videos that’s happening at Catholic Mission is through and heartfelt messages for supporters.

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Mission in 360

COVID-19 has presented the world with new challenges in 2020, but Catholic Mission employees, partners and beneficiaries are still here. In this playlist you’ll find a collection of updates from Australia and around the world where the missionary endeavours are continuing amid the turmoil of 2020.

Don’t let travel restrictions hold you back from exploring the world. You’ll find videos that allow you to take a closer look at communities around the world in 360 degrees, and guide you through a deeper exploration of what you’re seeing. Great for kids and adults of all ages.

World Mission Month

Socktober

The Arrupe Centre in Battambang, Cambodia was the focus of Catholic Mission’s World Mission Month for 2020. Here is a collection of clips that will help you get to know Chen, Dara and Bishop Enrique better and see first-hand the difference the Centre is making in their lives.

You’ll be inspired by the witness of children around Australia playing their part in combating inequality and poverty through their participation in Socktober. You can find out more, meet the Socktober ambassadors, and even learn how to make your own sockball with this collection of clips.

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