2013/14 AnnuAl RepoRt
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CONTENTS 03 About Catholic Mission 04 Strategic Plan 2013-2017 05 National Director’s Report 06 Catholic Mission’s Work with Communities 08 Catholic Mission’s Work with Children 10 Catholic Mission’s Work with Church Leaders 12 Mission Formation and Education Report 14 Fundraising, Communications and Donor Services Report 16 Financial Report
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About Catholic Mission Catholic Mission is the official mission aid agency of the Catholic Church and aims to reach out, give life and call all people in the world to faith, justice and love. Internationally, Catholic Mission operates through the global Catholic network known as the Pontifical Mission Societies, or Missio, and is the Pope’s own mission aid agency. We form people for mission, and through our work with communities, children and Church leaders, we raise crucial funds for life-giving projects around the world. Compelled by the message, life and love of Jesus Christ, Catholic Mission forms Australians for mission and raises funds for mission—in Australia and around the world. This enables heroic missionaries to reach out to help children and communities in need, and provide vital training for seminarians and other young Church leaders. Catholic Mission supports grassroots needs, identified by local Catholics in 1,100 dioceses across 160 countries, including remote Australia. These initiatives give people the opportunity for a full, enriched life—physically and spiritually—regardless of race, stigma, religion or gender. Locally and globally: • We answer the call to love God and to love our neighbour. • We work to establish the Reign of God. • We build communities of missionary disciples of Jesus who share their faith by proclaiming the Word, serving people in need, and acting for justice and creation. To better emphasise this purpose, Catholic Mission unveiled its five-year strategic plan in 2013. The strategic plan details the goals of Catholic Mission across three primary elements: ‘Mission and Identity’, ‘Formation and Fundraising’, and ‘People and Partnerships’. Guided by the new strategic plan and the direction of Pope Francis, Catholic Mission is committed to remaining a leader in global mission—helping to form missionary disciples and building hope for communities in need around the world.
“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10)
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Strategic Plan 2013–17 to advancing along the path of a pastoral and missionary conversion which cannot leave things as they presently are.” Pope Francis 2013, Evangelii Gaudium 25
Catholic Mission endeavours to recognise—within our own organisation— Pope Francis’ call to be active leaders of mission and to challenge the status quo. This recognition fell in line with an ongoing process of examination years, resulting in the development of a new strategic plan. As we try to live the ‘Joy of the Gospel’ in our work and in our lives, this new strategic plan will guide us and form a genuine response to the challenge of Pope Francis to not “leave things as they presently are.”
Mission Catholic Mission is the international mission aid agency of the Catholic Church in Australia. Locally and globally: • We answer the call to love God and to love our neighbour. • We work to establish the Reign of God. • We build communities of missionary disciples of Jesus who share their faith by proclaiming the Word, serving people in need, and acting for justice and creation.
Guiding Principles and Values Be Prophetic • Be Theologically Grounded • Be Missionary • Be Collaborative • Be Respectful • • Be Accountable • Celebrate.
“Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.” (John 13:34)
Mission and Identity Commitment—We commit to a shared understanding of Jesus’ mission in our Church and our world so as to ignite in individuals a missionary spirit that gives life.
Formation and Fundraising Commitment—We are ambitious for the Catholic Church to deepen its capacity to love God and neighbour. We undertake integrated activities in fundraising and formation that are mission-focused.
People and Partnerships Commitment—We are a community of missionary disciples valuing initiatives and cultivate collaborative partnerships.
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National Director’s Report Thank you for your generous donations, prayers and active involvement in the work of Catholic Mission. Through your participation you continue to share the Good News, provide practical care and advocate for justice to the ends of the earth! I particularly thank the families of those supporters who left a bequest to Catholic Mission in 2013/14. Our new financial year—1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014—has been one of innovation and success across all aspects of the work of Catholic Mission. Most importantly you, our Australian supporters, have contributed to a record income of over $20 million in 2013/14. Thanks to your generosity we provided more than two million Catholics in 213 dioceses across fortyfour countries with practical care and the opportunity to grow in their faith and then reach out to others.
As a result of your generosity, in 2013/14 Catholic Mission in Australia contributed the most funds of any
Our Fundraising and Communications teams played a leading role last year in ensuring we remained the only Western country where donations are still growing strongly. Furthermore, we provided direct support and resources to improve fundraising capabilities in other international Catholic Mission offices, including Malta, Scotland, the United States, England and Wales, Switzerland, New Zealand and Germany. Together we are blessed with the talents and gifts to carry out the mission of Jesus Christ in Australia and abroad. We cannot underestimate what can be achieved if we work together towards Jesus’ goals with determined prayer and practical application. God never asks us to do more than what is possible with the resources He has given us. Thank you for being a key part of the mission of Jesus in Australia and to the ends of the earth!
country in the world to Children’s Mission Projects. Through your help Catholic Mission in Australia funded the training of thousands of seminarians and catechists in over 200 dioceses worldwide. As well as supporting thirteen Catholic radio and television stations, you built or repaired fifteen pastoral and training centres, twenty-five houses for Church leaders and ninety-three churches and chapels. Your donations also funded programs for education, emergency assistance, health and religious formation.
Martin Teulan BA Dip Ed.,MA Th. St. National Director
Last year our Mission Formation team worked around the clock to produce their book ‘The Francis Effect: Living the Joy of the Gospel’. In a world first, this comprehensive Australian response was published within two weeks of the release of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. The team also took 140 participants on overseas immersions to meet our partners and visit mission projects. Back home, around 265,000 teachers and students participated in Catholic Mission formation programs, such as Village Space, while our missionary speakers addressed more than 300,000 parishioners.
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Catholic Mission’s Work with Communities Through its Work with Communities, Catholic Mission funds global projects that assist whole parish communities in their pastoral work. These projects are local initiatives and range from practical activities such as nutrition programs for malnourished youth, to outreach for members of the community suffering from diseases such as HIV/AIDS and leprosy, to the building of parish community halls, convents and churches. For many young girls in Chennai, India, such work has been crucial to their survival. In India, child trafficking and child labour is a terrifying reality for twelve million children1. Over the past few years, Catholic Mission has helped support Sister Clara Deveraj and her fellow Salesian Sisters to work tirelessly throughout Chennai in India to rescue vulnerable girls from the horror of child labour.
five years old—by her stepmother to a family to be their domestic worker. With their safety now ensured and their inherent talents finally allowed to flourish, Shorti and Vandoosha are excelling at school. “Vandoosha is studying well and is good at arts and craft,” explains Sister Clara. “Shorti is great at singing and is a very affectionate young girl.”
The home is one of many community-focused initiatives funded by Catholic Mission every year. In 2013/14, thanks to our generous donors, $4,541,542 was distributed to Catholic Mission’s work with communities.
Thanks to generous donations from our supporters in 2013/14, Catholic Mission has been able to fund three brand new homes for the girls in the safer rural area of Chengalpattu, one hour south-west of Chennai. Each home will be smaller and more family-oriented than their current accommodation in the city and will include a chapel and a multi-purpose hall. Sr Clara hopes to open the doors to the new home by August 2014, and expects the move to provide significant benefits for the girls: “They will have a new home for themselves in a much healthier atmosphere,” she says.
As a result of this generosity, lives are being changed dramatically for the better. Two examples of this are Shorti, who was stolen as a baby from her mother to work as a street beggar, and Vandoosha, who was sold—at just
The support received from Catholic Mission is certainly not unnoticed by the girls who live at the home: “Thank you for taking care of me and loving me so much,” says Vandoosha. “I do appreciate your concern and kindness to me.”
Once these frightened young girls are rescued, the Sisters provide for them loving care and shelter at the Marialaya Children’s Home. Additionally they offer education, medical care, vocational and leadership training, spiritual formation and counselling.
The sisters at Marialaya commit themselves to steering the lives of these traumatised girls on a new course, helping them see their worth as a beloved child of God.
Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, ‘State-wide Distribution of Working Children’, 2001 Census data
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Above: Sr Clara reaches out to the young and vulnerable in Chennai, India Opposite: A young girl stands alone in the streets of Chennai Catholic Mission | Annual Report 2013
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Catholic Mission’s Work with Children Catholic Mission’s Work with Children funds crucial local initiatives that specifically benefit children under the age of fifteen, such as schools, health and nutrition programs, orphanages and rehabilitation centres. Programs like the Rainbow Centre in Mongolia enable children to develop their physical, social, emotional and spiritual well-being, thus engaging in a holistic approach to child development, and additionally assisting whole families in desperate need. Sister Nirmala ‘Nimmy’ Rani was shocked and appalled when she first met Bian Berzen in a psychiatric hospital, four hundred kilometres from the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar. The infant was chained up as food was thrown to the floor around her. As she watched on, her heart breaking, Sr Nimmy swore that she would dedicate her life to saving children like Bian from such indignity and shameful treatment. As the Sister in Charge at the Rainbow Centre in Ulaanbaatar, Sr Nimmy is not only keeping that promise, she now watches over Bian, who is enrolled at the Centre. Catholic Mission’s work with children funds crucial local initiatives that specifically benefit children under the age of fifteen. One such beneficiary of this support is the Rainbow Centre, a safe and loving environment for young children with severe intellectual disabilities, many of them abandoned or orphaned. The overarching mission of the Rainbow Centre is to provide these children, many of whom arrive lacking even the most basic skills, with independence and confidence in their own abilities. The Centre offers day care, counselling, physiotherapy and nutrition, among other services
specifically tailored to the needs of the children. Sr Nimmy says the Rainbow Centre has three main aims: “Firstly we respond to the children’s often unspoken needs; secondly, we bring them a dignified life; lastly, we aim to allow them to realise their own potential and that they are a gift from God.” As it receives no government funding, the Centre is entirely self-funded. Temperatures in Mongolia plummet to below zero in winter and heating costs are prohibitive. Thanks to its generous donors, Catholic Mission continues to support the Rainbow Centre and the vital care it offers to vulnerable children. It is one of many child-focused projects around the world to which Catholic Mission distributed $3,651,880 in 2013/14. Sr Nimmy believes this support is vital to the Centre’s survival: “In the future I’d like people to know what work we are doing here. This is a free service for the people of Mongolia. I hope for the government to see we are offering this service to the people, their people. Maybe then they can help the Centre become bigger so more children can receive our help. That is my dream.”
“This is very special work where you can give your love and care for the children, especially those who do not have a family.” Sister Nirmala ‘Nimmy’ Rani
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Above: Sr Nimmy (right) caring for Bian at the Rainbow Centre in Mongolia Opposite: Mengee benefits from physiotherapy at the Rainbow Centre Catholic Mission | Annual Report 2013
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Catholic Mission’s Work with Church leaders Catholic Mission’s Work with Church Leaders provides funds to support the training of priests and religious brothers and sisters in their initial years of training or novitiate. Church leaders like priests, sisters and brothers are the arms of the Church, reaching out to people and often represent the only support that marginalised and impoverished communities receive. In many developing countries like Uganda, these men and women play a crucial role in establishing a network of trust and love with local communities and share the Good News in action and word. Robert Kayiwa’s stomach growls with hunger as he sits on a chair at the dinner table, his feet dangling just above the floor. The seven-year-old’s heart breaks as he watches his mother spoon porridge—again—into eight bowls around the table; desperately trying to make the meal extend to her whole family. Fast forward sixteen years to a cool, sunny day on the farm at St Mbaaga’s Major Seminary in Kampala, Uganda. Robert shouts instructions to the friends he has invited to help on the farm on a particularly busy day. His valuable agricultural experience helps as the men harvest fruit and vegetables to provide meals for the seminary. As the twenty-three-year-old takes a moment to reflect on his life, he draws inspiration from the persistent hard work and strong faith it took for him to get there. He knows that when he is eventually ordained a priest, the satisfaction of helping those in need will be worth the pain of his childhood. Robert’s training at the seminary is supported by Catholic Mission through its work with Church leaders. In 2013/14,
$1,089,918 was distributed through this program, which supports the initial training of priests and religious brothers and sisters. Robert’s path to priesthood is different to most. School fees were a constant struggle for his parents, resulting in weeks away from the classroom for Robert. However he taught himself using his sisters’ textbooks; earned impressive marks, and eventually received a sponsorship from overseas later in his school life. After he remarkably graduated atop his class, he acknowledged his calling and entered the seminary. Now nearing ordination, Robert plans to use his own experience to bring the Good News—and some agricultural expertise—to communities in need. “I can teach the people to work hard and develop the land so they can be selfsufficient,” he says. “I will also teach them the Gospel, so they are not poor in their hearts.” For your support in his quest to serve God and his people, Robert is extremely grateful: “Thank you very much,” he says. “Without you we would lack facilities; we could not manage. We pray for you. “Thank you!”
“Without you we would lack facilities; we could not manage. We pray for you. Thank you!” Robert Kayiwa
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Robert Kayiwa brings his farming and agricultural experience to St Mbaaga’s Seminary in Uganda Catholic Mission | Annual Report 2013
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Mission Formation and Education Report Each year, a hard-working and highly competent team of delivers wide-ranging programs in mission formation and education. The success of such an immense task, involving hundreds of adults and young people, is almost entirely dependent on the team working behind the scenes. From conferences, lectures, school visits and online programs to workshops, mission masses and other initiatives, the Mission Formation and Education teams at Catholic Mission work to inspire in young and old the mission of Jesus Christ in the world. We aim to share faith by speaking the Word, caring for people in need and acting for justice and creation. In Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis challenges us to be ‘missionary disciples’; a notion we at Catholic Mission work to nurture in ourselves and others.
World Mission Month During World Mission Month 2013 we presented the story of Mongolia, the world’s youngest Catholic Church, which carried the theme ‘I Will Build My Church’. With temperatures often plummeting well below zero, missionaries and local Catholics are faced with many challenges as they share God’s Word and live out their faith, including caring for vulnerable children and the homeless in winters that are said to often last nine months. We provided opportunities and resources for adults and young people to deepen their understanding about issues of mission and justice, encouraging them to participate in God’s mission and help build the Church in Mongolia.
228,055 students from around Australia were involved in mission formation throughout 2013/14 ‘Mission: one heart, many voices’ Conference 2013 Catholic Mission joined with Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) in 2013 to present ‘Mission: one heart, many voices’, a national conference celebrating the joy of living and leading conference was aimed at those passionate about mission, many of whom occupy leadership roles in communities, parishes and organisations.
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ABC’s John Cleary (left), with Elise Ganley and Bishop Eugene Hurley at the ‘Mission: one heart, many voices’ conference in Sydney
Over 370 participants joined together at the conference to leaders including Stephen Bevans SVD, Professor of Mission and Culture, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. The multi-sector dialogue explored the complexity of issues surrounding leadership, formation, theology and practice of mission and evangelisation. A highlight of the program was specialised workshop streams which enabled participants to explore a multitude of topics including mission, evangelisation, formation, aid and education. The conference was strongly supported by Archbishops and Bishops, as well as the leaders of many Catholic agencies and religious orders.
Village Space Village Space is an education and animation program about issues of global justice and the meaning of mission. In 2013/14 the program was brought to schools around Australia, including country and rural areas from Tasmania to central Queensland. The scale of the journeys around the country is genuine witness to mission outreach. This dramatised storytelling reached just over 11,000 students and teachers. The response from the school communities has once again been outstanding, as indicated by these samples of feedback: “Village Space came to Wagga Wagga for a play. I was in that play as a Dinka kid and I thought about those people who had to go through the war; and I would like to help Catholic Mission.” – Year 6 student, Wagga Wagga.
“Before I saw Village Space I thought refugees should go back to their own country. After I saw it I was embarrassed that I had thought that way.” – Year 10 student, Brisbane.
participants. Upon their return, some participants engaged in further activities with Catholic Mission, including appeal speaking. We remain dedicated to further developing this program, which provides transformational opportunities in the personal development and formation of mission leaders.
Global Immersion Programs
Advocacy
Global Immersion programs continue to be an important
In 2013/14, Catholic Mission continued to focus its advocacy work on supporting two key social groups: children and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Mission. In 2013, fourteen immersion programs within lasting approximately two weeks, were conducted for 140
140 people participated in a Catholic Mission Immersion
Students of St James College, Brisbane, protest child immigration detention
Great persistence, dedication, energy and time were spent on highlighting the issue of children in immigration detention in Australia. Despite government policy, children are mandatorily detained in locked facilities with their families for indeterminate periods. Evidence and experience supports the position that this form of detention is damaging to children. to the formation of an Australian coalition of organisations and individuals, working to end the detention of any child in conditions that violate their human rights. The relationship between Catholic Mission and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) was strengthened with our involvement in key NATSICC meetings and their attendance and leadership in the ‘Mission: one heart, many voices’ conference. Catholic Mission engages in many forms of mission formation and education with the aim of forming a missionary spirit in hearts and minds, so all involved can more fully participate in God’s mission in the world. Peter Gates Deputy National Director A Catholic Mission immersion trip to Timor-Leste
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Fundraising, Communications and Donor Services Report The most wonderful thing about my role at Catholic Mission is having the opportunity to invite Australians to partner in God’s amazing work of giving life and hope to the world’s neediest children, communities and Church leaders. Then, being able to share with our supporters the impact of their financial contributions and prayers on positively changing so many lives. We were certainly able to do this with our 2013 Church appeal, titled ‘Do not be afraid … I will rescue you’. It featured the work of Sister Clara and her fellow Salesian Sisters in rescuing young girls from exploitation and providing a safe and loving environment for them at the Marialaya Children’s Home in Chennai, India. This campaign touched the hearts of so many people, especially when Sister Clara, Sister Nirmal Rose and our India National Director Father Faustine Lobo spoke of their work at events in over ten dioceses across Australia during May and June 2013.
Thanks to the incredible generosity of donors, we have been able to fund three new homes for the Marialaya girls so they can move out of their current dangerous community in the city to a safer rural environment. In 2013, our work with Church leaders raised funds to enable seminarians in Papua New Guinea to help communities involved in tribal conflict to ‘Seek Peace and Pursue it’ through their vital outreach work. Our generous donors once again showed the true spirit of Christmas in their giving to the 2013 Christmas appeal, themed ‘Please remember me this Christmas’. The appeal raised funds for the Lindalva Centre in Cambodia, which provides watchful care and education for children like Sreynet and Sreynuch; two very young sisters who were locked in their house for hours every day while their parents worked relentlessly, simply to provide the basic necessities. It was a true privilege to present the work of the Mongolian Catholic Church for our 2013 World Mission Month appeal. As it is the world’s youngest Catholic Church, having only formed following the fall of Communism in Mongolia twenty years ago, it was especially inspiring to highlight the stories of lives that have changed dramatically through new-found
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Gantulga and his family outside a Mongolian Ger church
relationships with Jesus Christ. We were blessed to host the current Bishop of Mongolia, Bishop Wenceslao Padilla— Mongolia’s first bishop—for three weeks as he travelled to dioceses around Australia, sharing the inspirational work of Catholic missionaries in his country. Our donors certainly responded positively to the call for help; with many contributing to specific church and school building projects and other Catholic outreach programs in Mongolia.
Overall, it was another outstanding year... which gives us great joy knowing we are able to help so many more people in desperate need around the world. Sreynet, Sr Eulalia and Sreynuch at the Lindalva Centre, Cambodia
Our total direct fundraising income grew by 12% compared to the 2012/13 financial year, with another very impressive growth in campaign (direct response by mail or online) income of 18%, a growth of 6.5% in income from parish appeals, 19% from school fundraising, and 4% in regular giving income. Furthermore, our income for designated projects increased by over $700,000. After a successful trial in 2012, our new school fundraising initiative ‘Socktober’ was rolled out nationally to schools and workplaces across the country in 2013. Other new initiatives included the introduction of a comprehensive printed gift catalogue, with specific promotions for Easter, Christmas, Father’s Day and Mother’s Day, which raised close to $200,000 in 2013/14; increased online fundraising activities which contributed to a 71% growth in online donations; the introduction of a more comprehensive magazine-style regular newsletter; the introduction of a schools-specific DVD and fundraising collateral for World Mission Month; plus a new website design. Fundraising is also about improving processes and efficiencies to increase donor engagement and retention, and ultimately, the return on fundraising investment. Over the past couple of years we have focused intently on this, and it certainly paid off this year with an excellent result of a 6.5% net increase in the number of donors giving to Catholic Mission. Over the past several years the Catholic Mission fundraising and communications teams in Australia have led the way in helping our international partner countries focus on and improve their fundraising income. Eight countries— the United States, England and Wales, Scotland, Malta, Switzerland, New Zealand and Germany—are now using
our fundraising campaign and communication material and, with our help, have increased their fundraising activities. Other countries are now also coming on board. We have also implemented a new website called ‘Sharing the Word’, part of a greater project that aims to provide every Catholic seminary library in the world with affordable access to a comprehensive range of library services and resources. This service has already been implemented in Fiji, Myanmar, Zambia and Kenya. As we move into the 2014/15 financial year, our focus will be on continual improvement of the work we currently do, specifically in the area of donor service and communications, and on increasing our income from regular giving. We will also continue to increase our support of our partner countries around the world. I give huge thanks to every Catholic Mission staff member, volunteer and ambassador across Australia who has engaged with our donors over the past year and therefore contributed to our outstanding results, or provided administrative support to make everything happen. I must give a special thanks to the truly amazing and committed Fundraising, Communications and Donor Services staff who provide incredible support to me and who dedicate themselves in every way to achieving success for Catholic Mission so we can help more and more beneficiaries of our projects. Every day, we are all incredibly blessed to be a part of the work of Catholic Mission in enabling the Catholic Church and missionaries to reach out and give life to those in desperate need, and we thank God for this privilege and opportunity. Natalie Moses National Fundraising and Communications Director
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Financial Report For 12 months ending 31 March 2014
2013/14 Distribution of Australian Funds to Overseas Projects# From 2012/13 Income
Catholic Mission’s Work with Communities
$AUD
Bangladesh
88,408
Cambodia
442,714
Ethiopia
350,854
Guinea
27,627
India
630,029
Indonesia
122,113
Kazakhstan
31,073
Kenya
466,564
Kiribati and Nauru
116,498
Mongolia
94,007
Nigeria
170,185
Papua New Guinea
671,862
Peru
106,278
Philippines
54,971
Rwanda
345,130
Tanzania
109,404
Timor-Leste
123,261
Tonga
86,628
Uganda
195,235
Zambia
308,701
Total Disbursements
4,541,542
Catholic Mission’s Work with Church Leaders $AUD Cambodia and Myanmar
99,987
Democratic Republic of Congo
59,858
Guam
17,167
Guinea
4,421
Kenya
137,235
Papua New Guinea
116,388
Timor-Leste
77,561
Vietnam
504,712
Zambia
72,589
Total Disbursements
1,089,918
Catholic Mission’s Work with Children Albania Azerbaijan Bangladesh Democratic Republic of Congo Ethiopia Ghana India Jamaica Kenya Kiribati and Nauru Liberia Madagascar Malaysia Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines South Africa Rwanda Sri Lanka Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Ukraine Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe
Total Disbursements
$AUD 55,330 4,383 98,609 161,867 39,221 100,103 1,129,835 10,568 280,486 16,435 163,885 163,252 40,539 95,322 102,882 42,730 127,862 113,948 89,843 112,852 38,348 77,791 17,256 389,942 116,139 62,452
3,651,880
Designated Projects
$AUD
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Timor-Leste, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam, Zambia
Total Overseas Disbursements
866,958
10,150,298
# These amounts are extracts from the audited financial statements of Catholic Mission for the periods specified. Full audited financial statements are available on request from Catholic Mission’s National Office. Where changes in accounting standards have required re-statement of balances, prior year comparisons have also been amended.
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The Home Mission Fund supports Indigenous communities across Australia
2013/14 Distribution of Australian Funds to Australian ‘Home Mission Fund’ Projects# From 2012/13 Income
Diocese
$AUD
Armidale
15,000
Broome
958,000
Cairns
38,000
Darwin
422,000
Geraldton
155,000
Port Pirie
33,000
Rockhampton
53,000
Toowoomba
10,000
Townsville
155,000
Wilcannia-Forbes
77,209
PALMS Volunteers
45,000
Total
of total funds raised in Australia were distributed to our work with communities; 36% to our work with children; 11% to our work with Church leaders; and 8% to special projects.
2013/14 Global Distribution by Catholic Mission From 2012/13 funds Figures have been converted to AUD from USD at a rate of 1 AUD = 0.97
Catholic Mission’s Work with Communities Africa Asia Americas Oceania Europe
$AUD 45,286,230 21,772,539 3,798,843 2,505,217 287,850
Total Disbursements
73,650,679
Catholic Mission’s Work with Children
$AUD
Africa Asia Americas Oceania Europe
Total Disbursements
12,196,488 7,974,687 781,382 291,662 90,402
21,334,621
Catholic Mission’s Work with Church Leaders $AUD Africa Asia Americas Oceania Europe
Total Disbursements
15,485,812 6,154,214 276,709 280,579 71,759
22,269,073
# Where changes in accounting standards have required re-statement of balances, prior year comparisons have also been amended.
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Financial Report For 12 months ending 31 March 2014 Catholic Mission changed its financial year period from 1 December-30 November to 1 April-31 March. This resulted in an interim four-month financial period from 1 December 2012 to 31 March 2013.
Gross Income by Diocese for 2013-2014# Diocese
Year Ended 30 November 2012 $AUD
Four Months Ended 31 March 2013 $AUD
Year Ended 31 March 2014 $AUD
Adelaide
407,965
76,208
385,091
Armidale
95,096
52,770
142,326
Ballarat
166,946
37,215
497,059
Bathurst
311,983
69,041
175,265
Brisbane
1,724,123
417,305
1,691,735
Broken Bay
1,761,828
196,802
864,531
Broome
9,040
1,990
10,552
Bunbury
96,141
32,598
94,493
Cairns
117,595
43,422
180,679
Canberra and Goulburn
381,376
93,413
436,324
Darwin
45,146
18,269
45,518
Geraldton
41,142
15,752
59,610
Hobart
66,058
22,090
101,160
Lismore
198,490
62,402
196,355
Maitland-Newcastle
495,866
134,105
518,985
Melbourne
4,206,627
694,079
3,622,118
Parramatta
629,818
164,333
770,988
1,608,765
341,948
3,129,205
95,277
35,754
83,861
217,645
49,495
218,960
Sale
80,397
31,653
92,302
Sandhurst
87,000
35,711
292,777
1,885,114
642,589
3,587,858
Toowoomba
110,653
42,611
164,082
FAMILy NAME
Townsville
130,579
29,069
145,247
Wagga Wagga
187,580
60,973
587,987
18,884
3,644
31,049
638,544
137,672
704,607
Maronite
23,080
15,850
28,675
Ukrainian
5,953
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-
1,900,486
253,362
1,624,715
17,745,197
3,812,125
20,484,114
Alderman Anderson Baker Battley Brown, HA Brown, MT Buchhorn Bugden Burchell Callaghan Carroll Casey
Perth Port Pirie Rockhampton
Sydney
Wilcannia-Forbes Wollongong
Other ~
Total
In Memory Catholic Mission would like to acknowledge the following faithful supporters who, though they have passed away, through the gift of their bequest continue to inspire our work and ensure that we may ‘reach out, and give life’ for years to come:
Clune Cusack Danaher Devlin Dixon Eliot Grant Gregory Guernieri Halpin Haman Hansen
~ Other includes investment distributions, interest, cost recover initiatives, partnerships and any other non-operational income. # These amounts are extracts from the audited financial statements of Catholic Mission for the periods specified. Full audited financial statements are available on request from Catholic Mission’s National Office. Where changes in accounting standards have required re-statement of balances, prior year comparisons have also been amended.
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Catholic Mission | Annual Report 2013/14
Above: A Mass procession in Ossu, Timor-Leste
Year Ended 30 November 2012 $AUD
Four Months Ended 31 March 2013 $AUD
Year Ended 30 March 2014 $AUD
Funds Distributable for Overseas
9,790,652
2,182,977
9,338,363
Funds Distributable for Home Mission Fund
1,878,251
295,475
2,049,265
Community Education
2,756,684
809,058
2,893,506
Transferred to/(from) Reserves
- 431,748
- 564,872
1,331,563
205,129
54,156
803,827
3,546,235
1,035,331
4,067,590
17,745,203
3,812,125
20,484,114
Year Ended 30 November 2012 $AUD
Four Months Ended 31 March 2013 $AUD
Year Ended 31 March 2014 $AUD
Work with Communities
8,817,246
1,626,494
9,752,604
Work with Children
6,041,604
1,535,191
7,075,791
Work with Church Leaders
1,885,136
527,905
2,393,973
Designated Projects
1,001,211
122,535
1,261,746
17,745,197
3,812,125
20,484,114
Distribution of 2013-2014 Income
Project Administration Net Operating Expenses
Total
Funds Raised by Works in 2013-2014
Total
48% Work with Communities 35% Work with Children 12% Work with Church Leaders 5%
Hawkes Hickey James Jendra Kean Kelly Kerr Kovacs Mackay Millichap Morrisey O’Brien
Pace Rafter Regan Ricketts Sciberras Screen Smith Sorensen Stannard Thorpe Truelson Vedegalo Wilson
Designated Projects
“If we see someone who needs help, do we stop? There is so much suffering and poverty, and a great need for good Samaritans.” Pope Francis via Twitter, 10 December 2013
For information about leaving a lasting legacy through your Will, please contact your local Catholic Mission Diocesan Director for a confidential discussion. You can find their contact details on the back page.
Catholic Mission | Annual Report 2013/14
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Dates to remember in 2014 / 2015 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
World AIDS Day
1 December
9 August
Human Rights Day
International Literacy Day
10 December
8 September
World Day of Social Justice
International Day of the Girl Child
20 February
11 October
World Health Day
Anti-Poverty Week
12-18 October
7 April
World Mission Sunday 19 October
International Day of Families
Children’s Mission Day
World Day Against Child Labour
15 May
22 October
12 June
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