Category: Mary MacKillop Today
National Child Protection Week 2026
September 8, 2026Every conversation matters: turning safeguarding into everyday action
- September 7, 2026
The Welcome Day is one story among many. Community Grants from Mary MacKillop Today are deliberately close to the ground, up to $10,000 for practical, community-led projects that open-up learning, strengthen connection, and help communities thrive.
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Finding Her Voice: One Mother's Journey to Empowerment
August 31, 2026Arifa, a determined mother from Fiji, is one of many women whose life has been transformed through community workshops run in partnership with BIRTH Fiji and supported by Mary MacKillop Today.
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Weaving New Beginnings: Skills That Change Lives
August 31, 2026Across the Pacific, Mary MacKillop Today partners with local organisations to help people facing real barriers, single mothers, people living with disability, and unemployed youth, build the skills they need for a sustainable future.
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Growing Resilience: New Project Empowers Women Farmers
August 31, 2026By diversifying income sources and strengthening local governance, the project aims to build lasting financial resilience, especially for women, in the face of poverty and climate challenges.
- August 31, 2026
Mary’s courage, compassion, and commitment to helping those most in need left a lasting impression, one that stayed with Patricia into adulthood.
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Restoring the Land, Strengthening Communities
August 31, 2026Mary MacKillop Today Highways and Byways Small Grants Program helped fund a practical field day for 19 local graziers in a rural Queensland community, collectively managing over 28,000 hectares of land.
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A Soldier's Story: Saving Books, Building Futures
August 31, 2026Today, Steve is a regular giver to Mary MacKillop Today, supporting the education work he witnessed firsthand, work that gives Timorese children the foundation to build sustainable livelihoods and a self-sufficient future.
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Australia's leaders join the classroom activities in Dili
August 13, 2026A cross-party delegation of Australian federal politicians and international development leaders visited a preschool in Dili earlier this month to see Mary MacKillop Today’s EdTech for Early Learning project in action.
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A box of possibilities on the kitchen table
August 13, 2026For families in rural New South Wales, distance can quietly close doors. When programs are delivered online, a patchy internet connection or the cost of getting online can be enough to leave a family behind.
