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Prosocial spending means spending money on other people, particularly gifts or donations to charity, and it is said to increase a person’s happiness and provide an emotional boost. People feel even happier when they give to a charity they have a personal connection to.

Featured in the latest edition of Pathways Magazine, we look at the challenges that come with the end of a separation for both parents and families, and how our Family Dispute Resolution services are there to support. 

A study by Monash University found that amongst the 84% of women in Australia who use a form of contraception, one in seven choose to use natural family planning methods.

Express. Empower. Get loud – this is the theme for Youth Week 2024, and it is embraced by CatholicCare Sydney.

Held on 7 April under the sponsorship of the World Health Organisation, World Health Day is celebrated globally with a theme selected each year to highlight a priority area of concern. ‘My health, my right’ is the theme of the 2024 World Health Day.

They first appeared a few days after Christmas, subtle but hiding in plain sight, chocolate Easter eggs in supermarkets. Admittedly Easter falls early this year, but eggs on sale before New Year’s Eve is surely a little too soon.

Dr Seuss once wrote, ‘why fit in when you were born to stand out’, a gentle reminder to all of us to not be afraid of who we are and to embrace the things that make us different. Easier said than done, but being different is celebrated in an amazingly uplifting way on World Autism Understanding Week– in fact, autism has been regarded as ‘a different brilliant®’.  

Embracing the diversity found within the walls of its Lakemba centre, the participants and team members from CatholicCare Sydney’s Disability Services celebrated Harmony Day with an inclusive and festive Multicultural Lunch.

We celebrated the opening of our expanded Fairfield office, joined by special guests and staff.