Jesuit Mission relies entirely on the support of friends in Australia and New Zealand. Following are some of the ways you can get involved:

Volunteer

Jesuit Mission depends on the generosity of volunteers who set aside as much time as they are able to assist with a variety of jobs in the Sydney and Melbourne offices.

Parish Projects

St Canice's Parish, Elizabath Bay, runs a support group for Railaco Parish in East Timor. Project Lorosae: Timor Leste provides funding for a school, a hostel and a dispensary at Railaco. www.stcanice.com.au

The North Sydney Parish of St Mary's has a Leprosy Fellowship group. Read more of this on our China page.

The Immaculate Conception Parish Gardening Group in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn maintains a nursery of colourful cottage plants, proceeds from the sale of which support the Jesuit Mission mobile medical clinic at Railaco in East Timor. Prices range from $3 to $5 per plant. Download pictures and a pricelist here.

Alumni Class Projects

• with your classmates from school days adopt a Jesuit Mission project.
• Class of '81: Alumni of St Ignatius College Riverview Class of 1981 adopted a school in Nairobi, Kenya as a 'class project’, which they support by helping teenagers and AIDS orphans move from desperate poverty to a better future. Read more...

Prayers

• we ask for your prayers for our work and for our workers and for all the people we serve.
• Call to Mission

Newsletters & Appeals

• allow us to send you our annual appeals and our newsletter so that you may take an ongoing interest in our work. Phone or write by email or post and ask to be put on our mailing list.

Functions

• participate in one of the fundraising functions run in aid of Jesuit Mission
• contact us if you are interested in helping with fundraising functions run in aid of Jesuit Mission
• For more information on fundraising functions visit our events page.

Overseas Mission placements

Jesuit Mission is not able to offer short or long term lay volunteer placements in overseas countries. We may be able to assist with local contacts in some areas where our mission partners are, on a case by case basis.

Trade, Aid & Development

• take an interest in the problems and needs of people in the developing world and take in interest in the foreign and trade policies of your government, especially as they effect the poor in the developing world.