Theme for Project Compassion 2023
This year’s theme for Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion is “For All Future Generations”. Your generous support can help change lives today and For All Future Generations.
During our Ash Wednesday Liturgy, our Tutor groups received their Project Compassion boxes in commitment to support people like Laxmi. We join in solidarity with all women and men who are marginalised through events not of their own choosing. In the words of Pope Francis: the future does have a name, and its name is hope.
As a Marist community, we pledged together on Ash Wednesday to commit our support:
“With these ashes we have marked ourselves as people committed to the creation of a more just and compassionate world. In our own community and through our support of Project compassion we express our solidarity with those that continue to live in poverty and oppression. We celebrate the work of all who work for justice and especially pray for Caritas Australia. We believe in life which is full of hope. We believe in a future where poverty is history. We believe we can be the change that we wish to see.”
Case Study: Laxmi from Nepal
Our focus for this week is Laxmi from Nepal. After losing her father at a young age, Laxmi was at risk of falling further into extreme poverty. But with the support of our partner Caritas Nepal, Laxmi joined a child’s club, became a leader in her school and is now a mentor to other girls in her village. Her story can be viewed here through Caritas Australia’s website –
“If I don’t get to study, then I’ll experience hardship. I’ll have to struggle like mother. If I don’t get to study, then I’ll have no knowledge. I know we can only get good employment after we study,” Laxmi said.
Ms Samantha Ison, Assistant Religious Education Coordinator
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