Blogs
Taking part in volunteer work gives you the opportunity to share your passions and use your abilities and skills to strengthen your community. Volunteering doesn’t just positively impact your community...
19th May, 2023
Case study: positive outcomes for young woman and her sister in Mercy Community kinship care program
The background
When Shannon and Trinity’s Nan lost her husband in 2022, she could no longer care for the two sisters. Nan had been supported in caring for the sisters by Mercy Community for many years...
3rd May, 2023
Pictured above: Debbie Everett, Communications Advisor for Mercy Community.
One of the great benefits of having worked in many diverse workplaces during a long and at times convoluted career, is the ability...
6th April, 2023
As a Catholic ministry we are passing through the season of Lent (for Christians a time of preparation and examination of our own lives and how we live what we profess), to enter the Easter period. For...
6th April, 2023
A message from Barry Lenihan – General Manager, First Nations
At Mercy Community, our mission is to create a world where individuals, families and communities are safe, healthy, and resilient.
Our...
16th March, 2023
Mercy Community’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Regional Cultural Lead, Laurie Stewart, and General Manager First Nations, Barry Lenihan.
Culture, footy and community building were winners...
3rd March, 2023
Increasing energy prices, climate change disasters, and environmental degradation are all signs to alter our consumption for the good of humanity.
Today (February 28) marks the start of a series of high-level...
27th February, 2023
The origins of Ash Wednesday can be traced back to ancient Rome in the 11th Century. There, sinners and penitents dressed in sackcloth and were sprinkled with ashes to start their period of public penance...
22nd February, 2023
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