Catholic Mission - Annual Report 2008

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2008

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Director’s Report About Catholic Mission Catholic Mission in Asia Catholic Mission in Africa Catholic Mission in Oceania Catholic Mission in the Americas Education Report Fundraising Report Finance Report

Catholic Mission is part of the international group of Mission Societies specifically commissioned by the Pope to promote a universal missionary spirit and provide spiritual and financial support to growing Churches around the world.

Cover artwork: The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Director’s Report The year the world came to inspire us It is virtually impossible for us Australians to imagine the vast richness of the Catholic Church around the world. Over 1.2 billion people in more than 200 countries, with thousands of different cultures, carrying out hundreds of thousands of different ministries to meet the spiritual and practical needs of the whole world-wide community. What a rich and wonderful embodiment of God’s spiritual power.

In 2008, that sharing of that richness of the Church became possible when 200,000 pilgrims descended on Sydney for World Youth Day. Australians, most probably you amongst them, were actually shocked (happily!) by the rich tapestry of cultures which are woven together in our universal Church. They were shocked again by the faith, caring, friendliness and enthusiasm of all the pilgrims. What a wonderful group of young people.

Catholic Mission helped bring, warmly clothe and host many thousands of pilgrims, especially through a cultural exchange where young Australians visited a Pacific country and then hosted the pilgrims coming from that country in return. Catholic Mission’s cultural displays and “sing-sings” welcomed and involved several thousand Australian and overseas pilgrims.

Now many of the pilgrims, teachers and students are signing up for more visits overseas to experience the richness of the Church and its people.

World Youth Day was an inspiration to the Church. Yes, we Catholics can do great things. We do have much to offer the international community. The Catholic Church is both the world’s largest spiritual organisation and the world’s largest humanitarian organisation.

Catholic Mission too has much to offer. A great opportunity exists to genuinely move the Australian Church into mission through an extensive Mission Formation program. Innovations in 2008 included Christian leadership programs in high schools, overseas immersions, the Village Space interactive theatre, selected international speakers, huge numbers of missionary speakers for parishes and more. In 2008 Catholic Mission reached more than 300,000 Australians young and old.

Financially 2008 was a solid year. Bequests were down by almost $2 million, which led to a similar decline in giving. Other giving was stable, with some increases, despite World Youth Day displacing some appeals. Income to our most active dioceses is not increasing however, as the declining churchgoing population means that new donors are becoming harder to find. Luckily our more than 100,000 donors gave even more in 2008 to support the work of the Church in outback Australia and needy countries.

Thank you for your support. Please pray harder than ever for the missionaries and local Church workers whose basic needs you meet through your donations. They bring the love of Jesus to others every day through their spiritual and practical care.

Please pray for the seminarians and novices you support, and for those who are still unable to take up their vocation due to a lack of available funds. Please pray for the millions of children you help throughout the world, and for the millions more in desperate need we hope to help together in the very near future.

We look forward to working with you in Mission in 2009.

Yours sincerely in Our Lord,

Martin Teulan National Director

“ Being Missionary is about getting your fingernails dirty” Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome

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About Catholic Miss

Catholic Mission’s GIG (Getting Involved Globally) program is designed to introduce Australians to life in the majority world through immersion experiences. These are held regularly and last year 43 Australians participated in immersion experiences in Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste.

Catholic Mission is the oldest Catholic mission aid agency. It was founded more than 185 years ago in France by Pauline Jaricot, a young lay woman.

The United Nations has a list of 60 priority countries for child survival.

Catholic Mission internationally has current projects in at least 55 of these.

We are the Pope’s own mission societies.

Internationally we are known as the Pontifical Mission Societies, each area of work is known as a society.

Our work with communities is known as the Propagation of the Faith, our work with Church Leaders is known as St Peter Apostle, our work with Children is known as Missionary Childhood.

Catholic Mission Annual Report 2008

In 2008 Catholic Mission was involved in a World Youth Day Exchange program sending over 120 Australian youths to neighbouring countries and assisting more than 1,000 international youths to come to Australia and participate in the World Youth Day events.

Catholic Mission’s GIL (Getting Involved Locally) program assists 14 children in Sydney with a homework program.

We partner children from the Sudanese community, new to Australia, with other kids who can help them with their reading and writing. Most importantly, they foster friendships and have celebration days with more than 100 family members.

sion In Australia, Catholic Mission allocates funds to the work of the Church in Outback Australia and with the Aboriginal people, supporting priests, lay people and the many religious sisters and brothers who provide long term support for the communities.

Our regular giving programs start from $15 per month. We have programs for our work with Church Leaders, Communities and Children. The administration cost for the regular giving programs are much lower than for one-off donations, which means more money goes directly to the projects.

Last year we helped over 2.66 million children around the world. We do not discriminate against race or religion.

All children in the community benefit.

Every day the people we are assisting have to cope with extreme poverty, dramatic climate change, HIV/AIDS, persecution from military dictatorships and extremists, racial and religious wars, and the loss of family ties and land to commercial exploitation.

The allocation of project funding for each country internationally is a democratic process, with each country around the world having a vote.

For more information on the work that is supported by Catholic Mission, log onto our website www.catholicmission.org.au or freecall 1800 257 296

Catholic Mission is the only Catholic organisation with global works specifically dedicated to children.

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Catholic Mission in Asia

The past year’s news focused on parts of Asia. Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, Slumdog Millionaire put the focus on India, a country with huge growth but polarising poverty. Catholic Mission’s work in countries all over Asia continues before, during and after the news headlines, the cyclone or the Oscars.

India Myanmar

Thailand

Chetan Kankua

India Population

1,147,995,904

Infant Mortality

32.31 deaths per 1,000 live births

Life expectancy

69.25 years

Fertility rate

2.76 children born per woman

Literacy rate

total population: 61%; male: 73.4%; female: 47.8%

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Infant Jesus Minor Seminary Chetan Kankua is a seminarian from Infant Jesus Minor Seminary in Damcan, India. He is in Year 7 at school and is working hard to get good marks in all subjects.

Chetan writes, “Please pray for me that I may always fare well in my studies as well as in my spiritual life, and that I may always work to do the will of God. May God bless you abundantly especially for the great sacrifices you do for me in supporting me.”

Jet is helped by the Daughters of Charity in Thailand

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Myanmar Population

47,758,180

Infant Mortality

49.12 deaths per 1,000 live births

Life expectancy

62.94 years

Fertility rate

1.92 children born per woman

Literacy rate

total population: 89.9%; male: 93.9%; female: 86.4%

Adults with HIV/AIDS

1.2% of population

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Care for Abandoned Children In the diocese of Taungngu in the north of Myanmar/Burma, Catholic Mission’s funding has contributed to the maintenance of 18 boarding houses and orphanages, and the construction of a girls’ boarding house in Bawide.

The Sisters of Reparation run these boarding houses and orphanages, and take care of the children. Many of the children are not able to be cared for by their parents and have no family to turn to. Through this project, the Sisters have been able to provide them with basics like food, shelter, clothing and medical care, as well as fostering their spirit and providing a basic education, where possible.

The sisters helping children wash after lunch

“Your contribution is very much appreciated, because everything is expensive and we find it very difficult bringing up these poor children,” writes Mother Lucy Thein.

“Life would be even more difficult without your help. The Sisters and children pray every day for you.”

• $1,479,653 was sent to assist Communities in Myanmar from funds raised internationally

Thailand Population

65,493,296

• Cyclone Nargis killed at least 85,000 with more than 50,000 people still missing,

Infant Mortality

18.23 deaths per 1,000 live births

Life expectancy

72.83 years

• 450,000 homes were destroyed, 350,000 homes were damaged, 75 percent of health facilities damaged, as well as 4,000 or more schools.

Fertility rate

1.64 children born per woman

Literacy rate

total population: 92.6% male: 94.9%; female: 90.5%

Adults with HIV/AIDS

1.5% of population

• Around 600,000 hectares of farmland were destroyed.

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Daughters of Charity Sister Adelfa and Sister Amor belong to the Daughters of Charity order and are responsible for commencing awareness programs regarding HIV positive children.

The Sisters have run these programs with village leaders, families and teachers throughout the community, in order to eliminate the fear and stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. The Sisters aim to support families torn apart by this disease through such initiatives as establishing small income-generating projects. Some examples of these are fish farming on their land and also getting micro credits, which are paid back. The Sisters in turn are supported by Catholic Mission.

Jet is an eight-year-old boy who is HIV positive. His father is dead and his mother is unable to take care of him, while his older brother suffers from anaemia. Their tuition fees are paid for by the sisters. Jet is in year two at primary school, while his brother is in year five.

The Sisters do not believe in handouts, with the exception of school fees, as this is an investment in their future which will help them to break from the vicious cycle of poverty.

Jet is now living with his grandmother and his brother and is doing well with the help of antiretroviral drugs to support his immune system.

Sister Amor from the Daughters of Charity * Source: United Nations and CIA World Factbook

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Catholic Mission in Africa

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has lived th years of conflict, and in 2008 fighting left more than without shelter. Kenya had its own surge of violenc elections, while in many other countries of Africa ex and political uncertainty are the backdrop in which work tirelessly against. They offer food, education a where possible.

Uganda Displaced people in Kenya look to the Church for assistance

Kenya Population

36,913,721

Average Age

18.6 years

Life expectancy

55.31 years

Literacy rate

total population: 85.1% male: 90.6% female: 79.7%

Priests offer refuge In Kenya hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by post-election violence not seen for over 25 years, with many taking refuge in makeshift accommodation in church grounds organised by the local priests, with little or no access to food or water.

Fr Paul Brennan, a Patrician Father in the Kenyan town of Eldoret, helped villagers escape from the fighting and reported that local churches filled with families fearful for their safety.

Thousands fled to the main cathedral from their burning homes when the violence first erupted.

Following the torching of a church in Eldoret, sadly resulting in the death of 30 villagers (something never before witnessed in Kenya’s history) priests held grave concerns for the safety of people taking refuge in churches. Despite roads being blocked by vigilantes, the Patrician Fathers organised ambulances to transport survivors of the massacre to hospitals in Eldoret.

In the coastal city of Mombasa, hundreds of locals camped in a church run by the Kiltegan Fathers as a safe haven after rioting erupted in the slum districts. Fr Gabriel Dolan, who was awarded the Fr Kaiser Award for Human Rights, said the protests were peaceful to begin with, but descended into violence. Facilities were severely strained with no running water and dwindling medical supplies.

• $333,076 was sent to Kenya to support Religious in Kenya from international funds.

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Population

31,367,972

Median age

15 years

Life expectancy

52.34 years

Fertility rate

6.81 children born per woman

Literacy rate

total population: 66.8%; male: 76.8%; female: 57.7%

Adults with HIV/AIDS

4.1% of population

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Community Outreach Ruth Townley is a young Australian who gave two years of her life in Kitgum, Uganda, where many years of civil war have certainly tested the human spirit. Many have had to flee their homes in their own country. More than half of them are children.

Working in a Community Outreach program for young people, Ruth regularly met homeless youth, girls who had been forcibly impregnated by rebels, child heads-of-households and former child abductees. Catholic Mission supports the Archdiocese of Gulu, which helps fund the Outreach Program.

“I decided that what I have to try and offer to these people is hope, because they can’t hope for themselves right now, but I can hope for them,” said Ruth.

One of the former abductees was Kidega, who was just 12 years old when he and his friends were attacked by rebels.

“We climbed a tree to hide but were eventually found,” said Kidega. “They attacked us and my friend was shot dead. I was taken into captivity and forced to commit many atrocities.”

After fearing for his life for many years, Kidega risked his life and escaped one day during gunfire, with the help of a priest who took him in and helped him get amnesty. Kidega is now back at school and plans to go to university.

Kidega was trained by Ruth to be a volunteer for the Community Outreach program. Today he shares his story with other young Ugandan people. Many have been inspired by his courage to risk fleeing his captors, to return to his community, and to speak up to help others.

• $2,980,380 was sent to Uganda from international funds to support communities.

Communities

Democratic Republic of the Congo

hrough many n 100,000 people ce following xtreme poverty Missionaries and protection

Population

65,751, 517

Infant Mortality

65.52 deaths per 1,000 live births

Life expectancy

57.2 years

Fertility rate

6.37 children born per woman

Literacy rate

total population: 65.5%; male: 76.2%; female: 55.1%

Adults with HIV/AIDS

4.2% of population

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A Future in the Congo The Moyo Mupeluke Wamaria Grammar School is located in the city of Mwene-Ditu in the southern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Established in 1922, the school provides education and information to 835 nursing mothers and young people.

A classroom in the DRC

Sister Pascaline Tokonga writes “… this school receives every year all the categories of learners whose parents were victims of war and political turbulence. We need a building and technical equipment in order to work in the good conditions so as to guarantee the future of those children as tomorrow’s Church depends upon them.”

Missionaries, such as Sister Pascaline Tokonga, teach subjects such as dressmaking, electrical and mechanical studies and general commercial skills in order to enable the community to be more productive. Without the school these people would be illiterate and hindered in their prospects for the future.

Uganda

Kenya

Democratic Republic of Congo

Sister Pascaline goes on to note, “The political situation has produced luckless consequences including the death of parents and the forsaking of children. We shall help them to become responsible and combat ignorance, idleness, unemployment and youth delinquency. There are so many and the need is continual.”

Catholic Mission supports the work of the local churches in all of the dioceses within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, funding hundreds of projects. The Moyo Mupeluke Wamaria Grammar School is giving the youth of Mwene-Ditu the greatest gift of all – a future.

• This year we are sending nearly $300,000 to the DRC for children’s projects alone.

• Internationally, we support DRC with over $8.4 million to all regions of the country.

• An estimated five million people have died or been killed in the past ten years.

• There are 47 Dioceses in The Democratic Republic of the Congo with around 30 million Catholics.

• HIV/AIDS causes the death every year of 1.5 million Africans. Almost 95% of Africa’s 15 million AIDS orphans live in the sub-Saharan region.

(Source: Fides)

Ruth Townley in Uganda * Source: United Nations and CIA World Factbook

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Catholic Mission... in Oceania

In Australia Catholic Mission has a “Home Mission Fund”, where monies raised goes towards funding projects in Outback Australia and with Aboriginal people. These funds contribute to everything from paying for priests’ stipends, or funding for an Indigenous College.

Solomon Islands

Fr Peter Huan enjoys working with the people of the Tiwi Islands

Australia Population

21,007,310

Infant Mortality

4.82 deaths per 1,000 live births

Life expectancy

81.53 years

Fertility rate

1.78 children born per woman

Literacy rate

total population: 99%;

Adults with HIV/AIDS

0.1% of population

Home Mission Fund Bathurst Island lies 80 kilometres to the north of Darwin, in the Arafura Sea and has been the home of the Tiwi Islanders for thousands of years. Father Peter Huan MSC has been the parish priest in Nguiu, the largest of several communities, since April 2008 and feels he has a missionary calling to people of different ethnic backgrounds, predominantly the Indigenous.

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Population

566,842

Infant Mortality

19.97 deaths per 1,000 live births

Life expectancy

73.16 years

Fertility rate

6.81 children born per woman

Thank you from Nazareth Apostolic Centre My name is Dennis Levi and I’m 22 years old. I am from a family of eight children in a small village at Marau Sound, East Guadalcanal.

Many people in my area depend mainly on gardening, fishing and copra. That’s how they earn their living. One good thing about Marau is that every body is Christian, no exceptions.

I attended Bishop Epalle Catholic School, then went on to KGVI to further my education.

I was convinced to join the religious life when I was at KGVI by one of my friends at school. He always shared with me * and encouraged me to join, saying that he himself will join the religious. Now I am here at NAC (Nazareth Apostolic Centre) under the requirement of the Marist Fathers in order to further my knowledge of the Catholic faith. At NAC we study English, spirituality, catechism of the Catholic Church, personal awareness, homiletics, essay writing and Vatican II documents.

Since I am studying about the faith of our church, the intention that I have for the future was to try to help other people with the knowledge that I have.

Please communicate to other benefactors my sincere gratitude for all your givings to our formation here at NAC.

Spending time in various parts of Australia, Father Peter spent six years working with the indigenous community at Daly River in the Northern Territory. Father Peter says of his role as a priest amongst the Indigenous community, “I am not here to teach the people, I am here to be with the people as a missionary and by the blessings of God they will experience conversion; not in the white way, not in the black way but in the way and time it is willed to be.”

Catholic Mission supports Father Peter and his parish on Bathurst Island with funding from Catholic Mission’s work with communities.

A reading during daily mass at the seminary

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Every project that is supported by Catholic Mission has to have some form of local contribution. Not only does this enable projects to get off the ground, it gives the local people a real sense of pride in their achievements. It can be anything from locals providing the labour or assisting with feeding the builders.

Jamaica

Brazil Smiles all around

Jamaica Population

2,780,132

Infant Mortality

15.73 deaths per 1,000 live births

Life expectancy

73.12 years

Fertility rate

2.36 children born per woman

Literacy rate

total population: 87.9%;

Adults with HIV/AIDS

1.2% of population

More than just a school Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, situated in the Caribbean Sea. Sister Anne C. Quinn smsm proudly contributes to the school in Montego Bay, supporting and sustaining children. Romario is one of these children, who lives with his grandmother and sister, Ellen. His father does not have contact with his two kids and his mother was killed recently.

Romario has a vision impairment which cannot be rectified as his grandmother does not have the money to pay for the surgery; she owns a small shop and struggles to keep Romario and Ellen in school. Each year they rely on the generosity of people who supply funding to the Diocese of Montego Bay. Many schools in this area have breakfast programs in which the children are provided with a meal. They later receive a small lunch and often do not eat again until the following morning at the school. Sister Quinn writes, “I personally know the struggles of the people and am grateful for the generosity of my ‘church back home’.”

• $196,823 AUD was sent to Jamaica for children’s projects this year.

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One church costs $4,900 to build

Population

196,342,592

Infant Mortality

23.33 deaths per 1,000 live births

Life expectancy

71.71 years

Fertility rate

2.22 children born per woman

Literacy rate

total population: 88.6%;

Adults with HIV/AIDS

0.7% of population

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Churches for all Catholic Mission has assisted in building six new churches for small communities in the Archdiocese of Campo Grande in central western Brazil.

Monies were used to employ an organisation to build the main structures of each of the buildings measuring 10m wide x 15m long x 3.5m high. The locals of the newly populated townships contributed their own skills and labour to complete the remainder of the work. This work included making the window frames and doors, rendering and painting the walls and also creating the necessary pieces of furniture, such as the pews and altars.

Local Parish Priest, Fr Alexandre Agostini says “With the completion of these six churches we are witnessing a great increase in participation by the communities. All of the six communities are now well established, each with its own various necessary ministries and pastoral activities.”

The six communities are: • St Therese of the Child Jesus – serves 68 local and 20 rural families • St Leopold’s – serves 133 families • Our Lady of the Apparition – serves 100 families • St Anthony’s – serves 90 families • St Peter’s – serves 295 families • Our Lady of Perpetual Succor – serves 89 local and 25 rural families * Source: United Nations and CIA World Factbook

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Education Report The focus this year was a global one. Catholic Mission supported the Oceania World Youth Day and toured its Village Space drama dealing with global warming and its effect on the most vulnerable. The year culminated with a unifying global message of One World, One Family, One Mission of Love as part of an international celebration of World Mission Month.

World Youth Day Exchange Program In the lead up to the Oceania World Youth Day in Sydney in July, Catholic Mission facilitated 11 exchange visits of Australian youth to dioceses of the Pacific Rim: to Tonga, Gizo and Honiara of the Solomon Islands, to Alotau, Bereina, Aitape, Kiunga, Kundiawa and Bougainville of Papua New Guinea, to Wallis and Futuna, and to Timor Leste. Altogether approximately 120 young Australians from Lismore, Brisbane, Townsville, Rockhampton and Canberra had the opportunity to meet Christian youth in their home communities and build strong friendships and relationships. With a better understanding of the realities of the lives of their new friends, they were much better prepared to host them when they came to Australia for ‘Days in the Dioceses’ prior to World Youth Day.

Village Space Catholic Mission’s Village Space went on the road touring again, travelling throughout most of New South Wales to Bathurst, Cowra, Young, Wagga Wagga, Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Lismore, Terrigal and Sydney, and made its first foray into south Queensland to Toowoomba,

Following on the success of the these exchanges, in 2009 Catholic Mission is in discussion with schools and dioceses exploring the possibility of providing ongoing immersions for senior students and post-secondary youth as a positive and formative alternative to the ‘schoolies’ activities.

The second show dealt with the issue of climate change around the world. It brought to life how the changes are affecting the daily lives of vulnerable people, by focusing in on ‘snapshots’ from the Arctic north where the Inuit Indigenous are having to change their whole hunting lifestyle, through Bangladesh and the effects of floods, to the rising sea levels around the islands of Kiribati, drought in Australia, and the effects on food prices due to biofuel crops in Brazil and Mexico. Guided by Catholic Social Teaching, participants were challenged to respond to such complex realities with actions based on Gospel values.

Catholic Mission Village at World Youth Day During the first four days of World Youth Day Catholic Mission mounted its own Catholic Mission Village in the centrally located Historic Mint. This formed a wonderful welcoming space for many of the overseas guests, especially those who had participated in the Pacific Exchange program. It also formed a welcome place of reflection and peace, inspired by our exhibition of projects we support around the world.

Throughout the four days there were various presentations of Catholic Mission’s Village Space of dramatised story telling on social justice issues. Having pilgrims in the audience from Timor Leste, Bougainville and African countries visibly moved at seeing their people’s story brought to life gave poignancy to the presentations and heightened stridency to the Gospel message.

The week finished with a cultural festival of dance and song, performed by pilgrims from Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the ‘islands nation’ of Wallis and Futuna.

Over 50 performances were given to upper primary and secondary students of 58 schools with some evening sessions for adults, reaching a total audience of 5,690.

Two different shows were presented throughout the year.

The first dealt with the theme of Reconciliation in Uganda and Bougainville following civil wars, and how reconciliation is being achieved in Australia.

World Mission Month Our promotion of World Mission Month in October developed the World theme further by celebrating ‘One World, One Family, One Mission of Love’. The parish and schools materials highlighted the diocese of Thare Nonseng in north eastern Thailand where, with the support of Catholic Mission, the diocese has embarked on an ambitious program of forming 5,000 lay leaders of Basic Christian Communities. The program of forming community groups centred around faith sharing inspired by the Gospels has renovated the whole diocese with flow on work in childcare, support for HIV orphans, elderly mutual support groups, and agricultural programs benefiting poorer families. The diocese is a living example of forming families in faith who are living out one mission of love.

This year Catholic Mission produced our World Mission Month material in five other languages: Vietnamese, Italian, Tagalog, Polish and Croatian.

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Fundraising Report Thirty-three million people are affected by HIV/AIDS throughout the world.

Over 80 per cent of people with disabilities live in poverty. More than 150 million children are estimated to be living on the streets in the Asia-Pacific region.

With the global economic crisis, 2008 was a challenging year for many Catholic Mission supporters. However, seeing the love of Christ in action has been inspirational as supporters gave as they could to help the world’s poor through Catholic dioceses.

Overall support was down on the previous year. Many parishes juggled support for World Youth Day with maintaining support to Catholic Mission and other agencies. Bequest income was also down, however direct mail appeals saw an increase in the amount donated. Media coverage has been a great boost for local and national initiatives.

Improving our systems and processes so we can provide better donor service is an ongoing priority. Your patience as our new database was introduced this year is appreciated.

In the coming year, we will be trialling ways to improve the effectiveness of our fundraising. This will help stretch your donations even further – to help more people. For example, regular giving helps to keep costs low, so more of your gift goes to provide direct assistance. Leaving a bequest to Catholic Mission in your will is an important way to keep your generosity alive for years to come. Making a major gift enables tremendous support on a large scale, and we will be investigating ways of making it easier for supporters to give in this way.

Most of all, thank you for your support. Thank you for your passion to see a better life for all, despite gender, religion or race. You inspire us.

Looking ahead, we want to get to know you better. And, we want to give you the opportunity to know Catholic Mission better and how your generosity is making a difference in more than 160 countries. Your ideas for how to raise more money is important to us, as is hearing how we can support you locally to inspire others to follow your generous lead.

Fundraising is about linking people with people. Every letter we send you, every parish appeal we make, every phone call or visit, seeks to do just that. Every time you are inspired to give is like a hand reaching out in kindness and friendship to children, to seminarians, to sisters and priests providing care to the poorest people in the world and Indigenous Australia.

Online Interactive World Map Part of Catholic Mission’s work is to engage and educate all Australians in global mission. Our interactive project map on our website shows some of the projects that we contribute to around the world.

You’ll find lots of information including country profiles and project information.

Click on the map, zoom in on the region and choose a country.

Here you see some country statistics on the local people, and some of the projects in that country that we are involved in.

The interactive website is great for students, teachers or anyone who wants to know more about the work of Catholic Mission. It is a comprehensive tool for educating Australians about Catholic Mission’s work overseas.

Visit www.catholicmission.org.au/projects

Gift Registry In our 2008 financial year, we also launched Catholic Mission’s Gift Registry.

This is designed for those people who are difficult to buy for, who may have everything they need, but would appreciate a donation on their behalf.

Choose the gift and the recipient of the gift will receive a certificate explaining which area of work your donation will go to.

Visit www.catholicmission.org.au/gifts

Finance Report Year ended 30 November 2008 2008 distribution by Australia from funds raised in 2007

Home Mission Fund (Working with Communities) distribution in 2008 by Diocese AUD

Working with Communities India Madagascar Indonesia Tarawa-Nauru Noumea Total Disbursements

1,332,600 1,939,514 592,379 96,133 87,778 4,048,404

Working with Children Burundi Eritrea Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Madagascar Nigeria Democratic Republic of the Congo South Africa Tanzania Zambia Malawi Zimbabwe Argentina Jamaica St Vincents India Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Albania Fiji Islands Sudan Total Disbursements

55,889 5,556 122,250 211,111 150,000 140,000 163,333 200,000 82,222 170,000 131,832 87,363 96,556 2,556 33,333 23,333 1,000,000 72,222 65,556 58,889 56,667 26,667 55,556 3,010,891

Working with Church Leaders India Thailand Papua New Guinea Total Disbursements Total Overseas Disbursements Home Mission Fund Total

Catholic Mission Annual Report 2008

62,257 545,878 23,530 631,665 7,690,960 1,804,000 9,494,960

AUD

Armidale Broome Cairns Darwin Geraldton Port Pirie Rockhampton Sale Toowoomba Townsville Wilcannia/Forbes PALMS Total

12,000 875,000 65,000 350,000 140,000 50,000 50,000 5,000 7,000 150,000 50,000 50,000 1,804,000

Money distributed through Pontifical Mission Societies internationally from 2007 funds AUD

Working with Communities Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Total Disbursements

73,097,967 7,304,458 41,941,101 2,847,154 4,694,444 129,885,124

Working with Children Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Total Disbursements

12,823,963 2,039,576 12,262,051 307,011 562,571 32,995,173

Working with Church Leaders Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Special subsidies Total Disbursements

30,455,039 2,020,873 12,837,419 118,185 598,632 4,034,412 50,064,561

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Funds raised by works in 2008

Communities

Home Mission Fund

2008 AUD

Working with Communities Working with Children Working with Church Leaders Burma Appeal Other Total

6,992,296 4,516,098 932,635 53,025 83,500 12,577,553

Gross Income by Diocese for 2008 Diocese

Adelaide Armidale Ballarat Bathurst Brisbane Broken Bay Broome Bunbury Cairns Canberra/Goulburn Darwin Geraldton Hobart Lismore Maitland Melbourne Parramatta Perth Port Pirie Rockhampton Sale Sandhurst Sydney Toowoomba Townsville Wagga Wagga Wilcannia/Forbes Wollongong Other TOTAL

2007 AUD

2008 AUD

257,680 271,057 68,798 78,170 141,440 109,293 271,610 92,581 1,077,061 1,046,846 605,458 585,050 9,174 10,391 134,350 148,981 100,920 112,984 339,136 335,852 38,212 36,912 31,950 25,359 65,587 66,531 203,504 275,119 785,133 808,002 3,965,620 3,204,553 740,871 514,724 1,196,736 1,219,380 142,097 92,628 128,507 97,234 31,953 62,242 161,652 134,021 2,551,029 1,975,183 115,720 317,890 94,537 124,785 137,811 146,652 16,781 21,233 620,395 580,401 93,193 83,500 14,126,912 12,577,553

Allocation of 2008 Income

Home Mission Fund India Madagascar Indonesia Tarawa-Nauru Noumea

Children

Armidale Broome Cairns Darwin Geraldton Port Pirie Rockhampton Sale Toowoomba Townsville Wilcannia Forbes PALMS

Burundi Eritrea Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Madagascar Nigeria DRC South Africa Tanzania Zambia Malawi Zimbabwe Argentina Jamaica St Vincents India Pakistan Sri Lanka Thailand Albania Fiji Islands Sudan

Church Leaders 2008 AUD

Funds distributable for overseas Funds distributable for HMF Community Education Burma Appeal Withdrawal from Reserves Net operating expenses Total Percentage of net operating expenses over total income

7,837,948 1,764,434 679,206 41,214 (381,171) 2,635,922 12,577,553

20.96%

India Thailand Papua New Guinea

12/13

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