Catholic Mission annual report 2015/16

ANNUAL REPORT

Contents 03 About Catholic Mission 04 Message from Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) President 05 National Director’s Report 06 Catholic Mission’s Work with Communities 08 Catholic Mission’s Work with Children 10 Catholic Mission’s Work with Church Leaders 12 Mission Formation Report 14 Fundraising, Communications and Donor Services Report 16 Financial Report

This image: A mother with her child in South Africa. With the help of Catholic Mission, she can receive the training she needs to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Cover image: Sister Evangeline Dunton, running the Rural Village Bicycle Project, in Cambodia.

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Who are we?

Catholic Mission is the international mission agency of the Catholic Church in Australia.

Compelled by the message, life and love of Jesus Christ, Catholic Mission forms Australians for mission and raises funds for mission—in Australia and around the world.

Our Mission

Locally and globally, we answer the call to love God and to love our neighbour, and work to establish the Reign of God through building communities of missionary disciples who share their faith by proclaiming the Word, serving people in need, acting for justice and creation, and adopting child-focused, community-based development programs.

Our Values

• Be Prophetic • Be Theologically Grounded • Be Missionary • Be Collaborative • Be Respectful • Be Affirming • Be Accountable • Celebrate!

“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

John 10:10

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Message from the president of the PMS Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Pontifical Mission Societies President

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National Director’s Report Greetings to our supporters, Thank you on behalf of Catholic Mission and the people we serve for your continued support over the past year. We owe a debt of gratitude to our donors, parish priests, bishops, partner organisations and friends in the media, who have helped us achieve strong outcomes in our financial year ending 31 March 2016.

You will see opposite a copy of a letter of thanks sent by Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, President of the Pontifical Mission Societies internationally.

Not quite half a year into my term as National Director of Catholic Mission, to receive this recognition for what we as an organisation are contributing to the Church’s work of mission around the world is certainly encouraging.

Indeed, we were pleased to have raised over $17 million here in Australia and to have again made valuable contributions to projects around the world. This included $1.99 million to remote Indigenous communities through the Australian Home Mission Fund, up on last year. In fact, we recorded growth in distribution of funds to our work with children, communities and church leaders.

Particularly pleasing was an increase in regular giving, of which a major benefit is greater assurance in our planning.

This report demonstrates the financial contribution Australia has made to the Pontifical Mission Societies; but as Pope Francis is keen to remind us, this is only part of the bigger picture. He said as much in his address to the national directors, on the centenary of the foundation of the Pontifical Missionary Union: ‘‘Although it is important that you are concerned with the collection and distribution of the economic aid that you diligently administer in favour of so many Churches and needy Christians, a service for which I thank you, I exhort you not to limit yourselves to this aspect.”

In his letter, Archbishop Rugambwa’s approach is similar; he mentions first the “various training activities and missionary promotion” that are characteristic of our mission formation activities and those of the Pontifical Missionary Union. In 2015/16 we strengthened our position as Australia’s leaders of mission with our role in organising the ‘Mission: one heart many voices’ conference. We released The Francis Effect II: On Care for our Common Home, the second in a series of books analysing Pope Francis’ historic encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’, and its impact. We continued our advocacy efforts, and we further developed our partnerships with both the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council and the Australian Coalition to End Immigration Detention of Children.

Archbishop Rugambwa writes that these formation activities, coupled with our financial offering, represent an “irreplaceable service to the universal Church”. Such an endorsement makes me very proud of what we have contributed in both formation and fundraising in 2015/16.

While annual reports are financial by nature, this report aims to tell the stories behind the numbers. In this year’s annual report, we feature a number of stories about how the work of the Catholic Church has touched lives all around the world. You will see from the reports compiled by our dedicated staff that we have approached our formation and fundraising goals with the zeal and missionary commitment expected of us as the Australian arm of the Pontifical Missionary Societies.

I hope you enjoy reading this report and I thank you again for your commitment to the missionary work of the Catholic Church through your support of Catholic Mission.

Yours in Christ,

Father Brian Lucas National Director

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Catholic Mission’s Work with Communities

$4.1m

73

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Catholic Mission’s work with communities supports the life-giving work of missionaries in 160 countries around the world. Oftentimes, these men and women find themselves working in remote communities far from home. Despite the unfamiliar surrounds they adapt, and together with local missionaries they work to strengthen the faith community. This was the experience of Father Pedro Opeka, an Argentinian priest who has been working with some of Madagascar’s poorest communities since 1975.

Pedro Opeka was born in 1948 in a tiny suburb of Buenos Aires called San Martin. Throughout his childhood, Argentina was experiencing one of the most turbulent periods in its history.

President Juan Peron was overthrown in 1955 in a coup d’état amidst social upheaval caused by his populist policies.

Pedro’s Slovenian-born father Luis was no stranger to political turmoil. A decade earlier, he had fled to Argentina after being condemned to death by the Yugoslavian dictator Josip Broz Tito.

poverty in the streets surrounding the seminary where he was the director.

He hired a team of staff to help him manage day-to-day activities and began slowly growing the program.

distributed to our work with communities

churches and chapels built or repaired

From these humble, uncertain beginnings, Pedro grew to discover a calling to religious life. He boarded at the seminary for the Congregation of the Mission and identified strongly with the life of the order’s founder St Vincent De Paul. After some study in his parents’ homeland of Slovenia, Pedro moved to the Catholic Institute in Paris and travelled around Europe before eventually being ordained a priest in Buenos Aires in 1975.

From there, he was immediately assigned to Madagascar, where he would begin a life of service to the poor.

After years of working in remote rural areas of Madagascar, Father Pedro was called to the capital Antananarivo to begin training young seminarians. It was here in the bustling city that he began developing a program that would become one of the most significant social initiatives in the country today.

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‘Akamasoa’ means ‘the good and faithful friends’ in Malagasy, the native language of Madagascar. The program was established in 1989 after Father Pedro saw with his own eyes the

countries hosting catechists supported by Catholic Mission

Today, Akamasoa caters for around 30,000 people across 18 villages, including approximately 10,000 children. The building of 37 new schools over the program’s life means that each of the children supported by Akamasoa can attend school and have a chance at a better future.

Nearly one million Malagasy people have found life-saving support in the many ‘welcome centres’ established throughout the 18 villages. These centres provide food, like rice and bread, clothing, and a roof over the heads of people in their hour of need. Many of the 900,000 that have been cared for in this way have stayed only for a month, a week, or even a day.

Each year, Akamasoa builds new houses, schools, clinics and centres, employing up to 3,600 people. The remarkable social enterprise has now grown to be 75% sustainable in revenue, thanks to the creation of stone and gravel quarries, craft and embroidery workshops, and a compost centre.

With the support of Catholic Mission’s donors, Akamasoa has grown from one humble man’s idea of how to improve the lives of people in the community into a powerful vehicle for change in Madagascar. It is one of hundreds of community-oriented projects around the world supported by Catholic Mission.

Supported by Catholic Mission, Father Pedro Opeka is serving some of the poorest communities in Madagascar.

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Catholic Mission’s Work with Children

$3.3m

433,927

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With almost no rain between May and November, the small community of Laleia in Timor-Leste must find other sources of water. During dry spells, sometimes lasting up to seven weeks at a time, the parish would rely on whatever water could be stored in a 2,000-litre tank—the size you might find in an Australian family’s backyard. For the parish led by Portuguese Capuchin Friar Filipe Rodrigues, the alternative was to head down to the filthy river to gather water to cook, clean and wash with.

Frequently, this water caused severe illness and in some cases death.

Thankfully, with the support of Catholic Mission, the parish of Laleia was able to purchase a 40,000-litre water tank for the local community. The ability to store twenty times as much water during the wet season means that the townspeople will no longer harbour the gut-wrenching fear of running short on clean water. With a kindergarten and health clinic sharing the water from the larger tank, Frei Filipe believes the impact will be felt immediately by the parish and the broader community.

“That single small water tank is all we had between the kindergarten, health clinic, a sewing group and catechism classes that we run here,” he says. “The 40,000-litre tank is enough to cover the whole mission.”

The health clinic adjacent to the kindergarten serves around 400 people per month. “Mostly, the patients that come here are local pregnant women and mothers of infants,” says Frei Filipe.

“We play a major role in going out to the community to educate people about nutrition, hygiene and health.”

The 38-year-old friar has seen great progress since first coming to Laleia.

“When I arrived here from Portugal in 2003, diseases like diarrhoea and malaria were widespread, with huge implications,” he says. “But since then, our health education has helped enormously, especially the education of young mothers, which then has a flow on effect for their children.”

distributed to our work with children

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children supported worldwide

by Catholic Mission

Mariquita has worked for four years as the cook at the kindergarten, preparing meals for 51 children, five days per week. A native of the parish, Mariquita knows better than anyone the impact that clean and safe water will have on the children. “It was common in the past for children to get very sick,” she says. “The water from the river, even when it is boiled, is not drinkable. The new tank will make a huge impact on the children, because at least five days per week they will be guaranteed good meals and clean water.”

countries in five continents felt the impact of our work with children

With four new taps and a 40,000-litre water tank to store enough clean water for drinking, cooking and hygiene, Frei Filipe believes the encouraging trend will continue. However, as the cost of running the kindergarten and the health clinic consumes most of the parish’s funds, the success of the project relies on the continued support of Catholic Mission’s donors like you.

Thanks to your ongoing generosity, Frei Filipe’s faith in the children’s future remains strong: “I would like for these children to become leaders, people of value and people of good health.”

Supported by Catholic Mission, the children in the community of Laleia, Timor-Leste can enjoy clean water and nutritious meals.

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Catholic Mission’s Work with Church Leaders

$1m

31

21,035

Domingos Godinho was only 13 years old when his family left everything behind and fled for the forest near his home in Foholau in northern Timor-Leste. They were one of thousands of families who were similarly escaping the violence perpetrated by Indonesian forces during retreat from the newly independent island nation in 1999. Reflecting on those days as he nears ordination, seminarian Domingos is hoping he can be the priest his country needs today.

Naturally, Domingos’ recollection of his country’s struggle for independence is stronger than his younger peers at the St Peter and St Paul Major Seminary in Dili, Timor-Leste’s capital.

It may be partly why the 29-year-old so clearly commands the respect of his fellow classmates. The third-year theology student is also well liked by his tutors, who can see his potential as a priest. When he is ordained this year, Domingos will join thousands of other young men and women making religious vows who have been supported through Catholic Mission’s work with Church leaders.

hiatus during the tumult following the referendum. He put thoughts of religious life on hold, and considered medicine and even following in the footsteps of his hero, José Ramos-Horta.

distributed to our work with Church leaders

houses built or repaired for priests and religious

Domingos was raised in a small village called Foholau, and when the Indonesian occupying forces were expelled following the historic 1999 referendum, the town was one of many that was ransacked as the country was trashed in a kind of parting shot. For Domingos, and every other child in Timor, those months of upheaval in late 1999 heralded the arrival of a new era of freedom they’d never known.

“The soldiers had occupied my town, throughout my primary school [in the early 1990s], says Domingos. “Even my teachers at school were soldiers.”

Ironically, it was an Indonesian priest that first inspired Domingos to consider a vocation to the priesthood. “In my third year of primary school, there was an Indonesian priest who visited, and the way that he spoke and acted made me want to be like him,” he recalls. Domingos could only resume secondary school in 2000, after a

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seminarians and catechists supported by Catholic Mission

Ultimately, Domingos returned to his original calling and entered the seminary with his father’s guidance. “I had never really thought I’d be in the seminary, but when I went through the process of applying, I asked myself, ‘why am I called to this? Why me?’ and that helped me discern what was right for me.”

His time at the seminary, though challenging, will be remembered fondly

by Domingos. “In my pastoral year, I was able to work with a school and get to know each student and the reality of their life.”

After nine years of formation, Domingos is ready to go out and share the word of God. His personal mission is clear to him: “I want to be a simple priest.”

Domingos’ own experience has shaped his understanding of the needs of his community. “I believe the people of Timor-Leste want a priest who is simple and who knows them and knows their needs,” he says. “The people don’t want a priest who considered himself higher than them; to know their reality, a priest needs simplicity.”

Sadly, Domingos’ father passed away just a couple of years short of seeing his son become a priest. Domingos knows he will always be with him though. “I hope he will see my success, because I know he is watching over me.”

Domingos Godinho followed his call to be a priest to serve the people of Timor-Leste.

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Mission Formation and Education Report Jenny Collins-White, Lana Turvey, Co-Leaders Mission Formation Team

The Mission Formation team works to transform hearts and minds to live the joy of the Gospel and lead mission.

We facilitate opportunities to encounter God in the world through an immersive, interactive pedagogy of dialogue, encounter and experience which engages the whole person. Our formation and education programs and resources have local and global perspective and include: • International and indigenous immersion for students and adults; • School workshops for students; • World Mission Month resources for students, teachers and catechists; • Advocacy for children and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; • Professional development and learning programs of contextual mission for adults and leaders working in Catholic organisations, institutions and agencies across sectors of health, social services, education and diocesan local church.

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International & Indigenous Immersion

Schools Formation Programs and World Mission Month

The Catholic Mission cross-cultural immersion and exposure program provides participants with a unique opportunity for experiential learning in Australian Indigenous communities and in international majority world countries. In a three-phase program of preparation, in-country encounter and re-entry, participants immerse themselves in the culture and life situation of our sisters and brothers by engaging with key communities, community elders and Church leaders.

Catholic Mission in partnership with Australian Young Christian Students (YCS) have provided many opportunities for students in Catholic schools to engage with their faith in context of the issues of society today. Whether helping school communities understand the impact of the immigration detention of children, exploring scripture and Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’ to find inspiration for ecological justice or speaking with each other as peers, we have witnessed immense power in young people leading young people toward faith grounded in global and local reality.

Our immersion programs give participants an opportunity to discover global Church, seeing how we can become a more merciful and loving Church, they gain insight into the interconnectedness of global systems and structures, and the overall experience challenges participants to be advocates for others and agents for change, building a more just and peaceful world.

This year, the Catholic Mission Immersion team have worked tirelessly to improve the overall quality of the program: we increased the training and support for facilitators and worked more closely with host communities to deepen our relationship; we have developed the Phase one preparatory program to a standard of excellence and significantly improved the Risk Management practices and policies.

We successfully facilitated immersions to five Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and internationally 19 trips to Timor-Leste, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Spain and Kiribati.

In the last twelve months, 324 students and adults have experienced the Catholic Mission Immersion program. In 2017, we are confident that the quality of experience and the number of teams will continue to expand.

The interactive, face-to-face workshops for students and the online World Mission Month 2015 resources for students, teachers and catechists continue to be a source of rich learning experiences for those who access them across the country.

In 2015, the world mission month campaign was focussed on the efforts of the Church in Madagascar and the work to provide clean water. It helped many young people understand the impact clean water has on the health of children and entire communities.

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Adult Formation & Professional Development

continuing to provide high quality formation and learning tools for leaders, women and men who are living and leading mission through their professional work and personal lives across Australia. Additionally, we collaborated with Fr Denis Edwards, a globally renowned leader in the area of Ecology and Creation Theology to provide opportunities for groups of people to attend The Francis Effect colloquiums and unpack the riches of Laudato Si’ Praised Be You, Pope Francis’ Encyclical on Caring for our Common Home. The third book in The Francis Effect series, on The Mission of Love and Mercy is planned for publication before Christmas 2016.

The highlight of the campaign this year has been the conclusion of the national pilgrimage of the ‘Cage’, a life-size artwork representing the children who are in detention. The key event was a national gathering of all members of the coalition on the front lawns of Parliament House in Canberra, ACT. In front of the artistic display of the ‘Cage’, Youth Ambassadors from ChilOut shared their personal testimony and individual government members gave speeches sharing their support.

This event has been followed up with constituent members in individual electorates meeting with their local representatives to discuss making further positive change on this issue. We look forward to continued campaigning in 2016-17.

number of student participants in formation

The year began with a bang when Catholic Mission and Catholic Religious Australia’s Mission Network collaborated to host the second Mission: one heart many voices Conference in May 2015. More than 60 workshop presenters, 4 keynotes speakers, many sponsors, exhibitors, supporters and over 350 participants made the three-day conference a resounding success. The biennial conference is proven to be an excellent forum for multi-sector dialogue and celebration of Mission. The program inspires and challenges the people and institutions of the church to look forward and ‘go forth boldly’ to continue to become a church for God’s mission in today’s world.

The dates have already been set for the third conference to be held 15th – 17th May 2017 in Sydney, NSW. Another highlight of this year’s formation programs for adults has been the book and the colloquiums of The Francis Effect II, Praised Be You on Care for our Common Home. In partnership with Catholic Religious Australia’s Mission Network and Catholic Earthcare Australia, we published the second book in the series of The Francis Effect,

number of schools involved in formation activities

Advocacy for Children and with Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples This year, Catholic Mission’s commitment to the End Child Detention Coalition has been a great testament to living out our organisational values. Our leadership of the coalition has enabled the campaign efforts to apply pressure to end the practice of detaining children who are seeking asylum and refuge to make great strides toward legislative change.

Catholic Mission staff and supporters with Senator Christine Milne in Canberra, 2015.

number of participants across 24 Catholic Mission immersions

The other area of critical importance to Catholic Mission’s advocacy work is our partnership with the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC). In 2015 we sponsored the NATSICC Assembly and in 2016, their retreat program in Alice Springs. We are currently exploring ways to provide more formation programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders.

We expect to continue this dialogue and move forward with a pilot program in 2016-17.

A sincere and heartfelt thank you to the Mission Formation Team and to the many dedicated and hardworking people behind the scenes who make all of this great work of formation happen. It takes collaboration, passion and expertise to bring these ideas to reality and offer them as a contribution to the Australian Church.

We are deeply grateful for all of the support and encouragement we receive and we believe that Catholic Mission will continue to offer interactive and engaging programs and experiences of formation, and will continue to provide opportunities for people to encounter God in the world as they live and lead in Mission.

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Fundraising, Communications and Donor Services Report Matthew Poynting, Senior Communications Officer magazines, newsletters and online content, we try to deliver honest and compelling stories of the often hidden work of missionaries around the world to your home or parish. Our pleasing results this year indicate that we’ve been able to achieve this goal, while also showing just how crucial your support has again been in ensuring these incredible works of mission can continue.

Overall, we saw an increase in regular giving and especially strong returns during our Seminarian and Church Appeals. These results showed a strong commitment on the part of our donors to support a broad cross-section of Catholic Mission’s work with church leaders, communities and children respectively, and the strong numbers show the generosity of our supporters and their dedication to helping those in need around the world.

Catholic Mission is by nature an international organisation and one of the great blessings of this is that we have the opportunity to connect with and visit different communities around the world. Personally, I have been lucky enough to visit communities, missionaries and projects in four different countries over the past year.

After each one of these trips, I found that I returned with a renewed sense of personal mission, granted through having witnessed the unrelenting good work that is going on around the world literally every minute that I sit here at my desk. I know I share this feeling with my colleagues who have also visited mission countries.

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Our role in the Fundraising, Communications and Donor Services teams is to try to impart to you, our generous and loyal supporters, this sense of personal mission and inspiration, through the words and images that you see during the year.

In our annual campaigns, appeals, fundraising materials, reports,

In 2015/16, Catholic Mission introduced changes to our programs, in line with new requirements for deductible gift recipients. For example, our Children’s Mission Partners program offered taxdeductible and non-tax-deductible gift options, while our Friends in Faith and Leaders for Life program remained non-tax-deductible. The change saw some of our supporters move between programs, but generally it was a smooth transition without disruption.

Although Friends in Faith saw a drop in total donations, it was offset by a 78 percent increase in funds given to our Children’s Mission Partners on the back of gaining nearly 4,000 new supporters.

With over three million dollars given to this program in 2015/16, this represents a very encouraging result. Overall, we experienced the slightest of increases in regular giving, which is satisfying in what was a year of change and trialling new things at Catholic Mission.

Each year, Catholic Mission holds two major parish appeals—our Church

$4.4m

1,100

30%

Appeal and our World Mission Month Appeal. We saw a 60 percent increase in funds raised through our Church Appeal, while our World Mission Appeal recorded a lower yield than in past years.

These two results reflected a growing trend among many dioceses of choosing to hold just one appeal in a year.

9,000 kilometres away. Meanwhile, our parish appeals introduced Sister Alma Cabassi, a Josephite missionary based in one of the world’s most remote dioceses, our very own Broome. There, she ministers to the largely Indigenous population, running vocational training, education and suicide prevention programs. This campaign raised over $1.2 million. Some dioceses also received a visit from the Bishop of Broome, Christopher Saunders.

the financial year we saw an astonishing 30 percent increase in online donations through the main website, compared to the previous year.

funds raised through our regular giving programs

Once again, our annual appeals shone a light on a fairly broad cross-section of issues. Our 2015 Seminarian Appeal tackled the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa, where nearly 19 percent of adults are HIV/AIDS-positive. The appeal raised funds for the training of seminarians who are both ministering to the sick, and helping to provide education and awareness about prevention through safe practices and abstinence. Over five and a half thousand supporters offered their support to the tune of nearly $700,000.

Our Church Appeal showed a very different side of Madagascar to what we know from the animated films. One of the most amazing facts about Madagascar is that around 90 percent of the wildlife there can be found nowhere else on earth. Just as surprising is the level of poverty; the same percentage of people live on less than two dollars per day. Among the many detrimental effects of this is poor health and hygiene due to a lack of infrastructure. Our Church Appeal told the story of Sister Rose Rasoavololona, who, at her school in Vatomandry, has installed toilets and water pumps so that the children in her care can access safe drinking water. This appeal, which asked supporters to help provide ‘Living Water’ to Madagascar, raised nearly three million dollars.

For the first time ever, our hallmark celebration, World Mission Month, focused on two separate mission areas.

In schools, the Madagascar campaign continued, and students learnt of Sister Rose’s efforts to bring physical and “living” water to their contemporaries

hours spent watching videos on Catholic Mission’s YouTube channel

In 2015, we focused the Christmas appeal on the Philippines as we profiled the Our Lady of Divine Providence Home in Cebu City. This appeal told the story of Helen, whose children Henny and Jelly suffer from severe malnutrition. Helen had no choice but to ask the Baptistine Sisters to care for her children; she could not afford to provide for them any longer. In turn, Sister Corazon Riconalla and her fellow sisters provide loving care, nutritious food and a warm and happy Christmas for these beautiful children. We are extremely grateful to our supporters who opened their hearts and gave over $716,000 to this appeal.

increase in online donations at the end of the financial year

All of these facts and figures are brush strokes in a larger picture, but they point to a fundamental truth: the work of Catholic missionaries in communities around the world is absolutely inspiring.

It is impossible to showcase all of it, but we are thankful that you have allowed us to share just some of their stories with you in 2015/16. We are more grateful still that you have chosen to support it.

In Communications, we pushed for coverage in print and online publications around Australia and internationally. We were successful in securing Catholic and secular media coverage across a range of issues from our fundraising and advocacy campaigns, to special events and conferences. Throughout the 2015/16 financial year, more than 77,000 people browsed the pages of our website and read our online publications, while other supporters—from every habitable continent on earth— tuned in to more than 1,100 hours of video on Catholic Mission’s YouTube channel.

We constantly strive to research and improve the online systems of Catholic Mission and this has proven to be an important part of the organisation’s operation; in the last three months of Catholic Mission Annual Report 2015/16

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Global Funds Distributions

$117m

distributed to our work with communities, such as those in Madagascar, where brave missionaries are providing life-saving support to the local community (see page 6 for more).

$33m

distributed to our work with Church leaders, such as seminarians in Timor-Leste, who are ministering to their local communities with the support of Catholic Mission (see page 10 for more).

Catholic Mission’s Work with Communities

67%

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Africa – 59% Asia – 32% Americas – 5% Oceania – 3% Europe – <1%

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Catholic Mission’s Work with Church Leaders

19%

Africa – 68% Asia – 20% Americas – 2% Oceania – 1% Europe – <1% Other – 9%

$24m

distributed to our work with children in areas like Timor-Leste, where children can now enjoy clean water and nutritious meals (see page 8 for more).

Catholic Mission’s Work with Children

14%

Africa – 60% Asia – 34% Americas – 3% Oceania – 3% Europe – <1% Other – <1%

$1.9m

distributed directly by Catholic Mission, through our Home Mission Fund, to support remote Australian communities with predominantly Indigenous populations, such as Broome and Wilcannia-Forbes.

Total global distribution

176m

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Financial Report

2015/16 Distributions from 2014 Income Catholic Mission’s Work with Communities Fiji India Kenya Korea Malaysia Noumea Papua New Guinea Peru Sri Lanka Thailand Uganda Zambia Total disbursements Australian Home Mission Fund Armidale Broome Cairns Darwin Geraldton NATSICC Nungalinya College Port Pirie Rockhampton Toowoomba Townsville PALMS Wilcannia-Forbes Centacare Wilcannia Forbes Total disbursements Designated Projects Australia Cambodia East Timor Fiji India Iraq Jamaica Kenya Madagascar Papua New Guinea Philippines Rwanda Syria Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe Total disbursements

$AUD 48,368 910,748 575,844 83,120 374,732 66,497 730,762 166,240 215,396 74,437 544,277 349,667 4,140,088 $AUD 15,000 845,000 30,000 370,000 152,000 140,000 40,000 69,000 50,000 10,000 150,000 45,000 10,000 65,000 1,991,000 $AUD 145 772,296 114,803 48,414 215,109 84,034 19,768 619 13,802 50,580 670 14,211 159,959 62,241 61,714 77,315 1,695,680

Catholic Mission’s Work with Children Albania Azerbaijan Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Congo East Timor Ecuador Ethiopia Ghana India Kenya Kiribati Korea Laos Lebanon Liberia Madagascar Morocco Myanmar Nepal Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Rwanda Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tanzania Thailand Uganda Ukraine Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe Total disbursements

$AUD 83,120 5,116 62,659 67,775 42,839 150,896 66,240 59,003 58,824 70,333 964,090 189,259 26,343 10,230 27,749 73,529 12,118 75,448 31,969 108,439 52,960 175,192 79,157 52,429 107,417 104,092 10,230 98,466 63,938 10,230 153,452 21,739 76,214 144,501 20,460 3,356,456

Catholic Mission’s Work with Church Leaders Angola Australia Burundi Cambodia East Timor Papua New Guinea Uganda Vietnam Zambia Total disbursements

$AUD 152,077 6,740 22,522 101,836 94,329 108,428 28,146 446,679 40,454 1,001,211

These amounts are extracts from the audited financial statements of Catholic Mission for the periods specified. Full audited financial statements are available on request from Catholic Mission’s National Office.

Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout this report may not add up precisely to the totals provided, and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures.

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Gross Income by Diocese for 2015/16 Diocese Adelaide Armidale Ballarat Bathurst Brisbane Broken Bay Broome Bunbury Cairns Canberra & Goulburn Darwin Geraldton Hobart Lismore Maitland-Newcastle Melbourne Parramatta Perth Port Pirie Rockhampton Sale Sandhurst Sydney Toowoomba Townsville Wagga Wagga Wilcannia Forbes Wollongong Other Grand Total

Year Ended 31 March 2015 $AUD

Year Ended 31 March 2016 $AUD

328,664 130,874 367,566 157,757 1,509,063 1,577,184 14,126 98,210 110,096 381,149 48,489 49,126 91,750 220,214 490,240 5,711,931 709,955 1,831,598 80,405 177,047 89,261 94,081 2,464,182 182,070 130,101 320,601 26,277 716,041 2,343,175 20,451,233

476,786 117,566 1,368,479 91,675 1,488,595 720,940 14,511 165,101 139,089 410,139 48,677 34,715 110,168 160,017 470,901 2,740,674 754,559 1,504,366 80,493 164,249 83,203 85,195 2,848,739 123,652 114,464 192,561 21,766 619,664 2,263,783 17,414,727

Funds Raised by Works in 2015/16 Work with Communities Work with Children Work with Church Leaders Designated Projects Other* Total

7,235,256 4,804,811 959,647 715,629 6,735,911 20,451,233

5,304,797 4,827,897 1,037,568 1,256,632 4,987,832 17,414,727

Distribution of 2015/16 Income Funds Distributable for Overseas

7,853,238

7,792,057

Funds Distributable for Home Mission Fund

1,961,169

1,832,427

3,095,904 3,254,770 591,564 3,694,588 20,451,233

3,157,659 - 11,204 481,600 4,162,188 17,414,727

Community Education Transferred to/(from) reserves Special Project Cost Net Operating Expenses Total

2015/16 Global Distribution by Catholic Mission (Pontifical Mission Societies)*** Catholic Mission’s Work with Communities

$AUD

Africa Asia Americas Oceania Europe Other** Total

69,658,185 38,093,511 5,504,421 3,696,616 589,445 117,542,179

Catholic Mission’s Work with Church Leaders

$AUD

Africa Asia Americas Oceania Europe Other** Total

23,116,203 6,690,854 558,847 375,045 76,664 3,043,127 33,860,742

Catholic Mission’s Work with Children

$AUD

Africa Asia Americas Oceania Europe Other** Total

14,575,405 8,257,909 823,024 641,372 126,547 61,581 24,485,840

*Works not specified by donors **Distributions to projects not region-specific ***Figures converted from USD at a rate of USD 1 = AUD 0.76

We would especially like to thank those who have assisted Catholic Mission through a bequest ensuring the happiness and wellbeing of those in need, even after they have departed.

May they rest in peace.

Battley Bourke Brady Brophy Butler Callaghan Castle Castro Clifford Connell de Freitas Doyle Farrell Grasso

Hagarty Halpin Hansen and Kean Jones Keany E. Kelly P. Kelly Lawrence Lever Lewis Lucas Lyons Manaton McComasky

Monaghan Moore Naisbitt Nihill O’Connor Otten Pace Roberts Rowley Ryan Smith Tomlinson Wildenberg Zaremba

For more information about leaving a lasting legacy in your Will, please contact your local Catholic Mission Diocesan Director for a confidential discussion.

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Local Diocesan Director: Adelaide Rev Deacon Anthony Hill 08 8210 8199

Melbourne Mr Kevin Meese 03 9639 1344

Armidale Ms Jacqueline Toakley 02 6771 3517

Melkite Eparchy 1800 257 296

Ballarat Ms Sue Searls 0409 401 329 Bathurst Mr Michael Deasy 0417 048 880 Brisbane Mr David McGovern 07 3336 9239 Broken Bay Ms Kathryn Endicott 02 9919 7842

Sandhurst c/o Mr Kevin Meese 03 9639 1344

Cairns Mrs Anna Jimenez 0450 213 042

Sydney Ms Kathryn Endicott 02 9919 7842

Canberra and Goulburn Mrs Catherine Ransom 02 6201 9885

Toowoomba c/o Mr David McGovern 07 3336 9239

Chaldean Eparchy 1800 257 296

Townsville Ms Wendy Stone 07 4726 3253

Lismore Mrs Michelle Sullivan 02 6622 0407

ABN: 52 945 927 066

Rockhampton Mr Greg Clair 07 4931 3751

Bunbury c/o Mr Francis Leong 08 9422 7933

Hobart Mr Rafal Kozlowski 0427 048 953

Freecall: 1800 257 296 catholicmission.org.au

Port Pirie Ms Brenda Keenan 08 8632 0500

Sale c/o Mr Kevin Meese 03 9639 1344

Geraldton Rosemary Smith 08 9964 2716

T: 02 9919 7800 F: 02 8904 0185 E: admin@catholicmission.org.au

Perth Mr Francis Leong 08 9422 7933

Broome 1800 257 296

Darwin Mr Michael Fox 0417 801 808

PO Box 1668 North Sydney NSW 2059

Parramatta Ms Kathryn Endicott 02 9919 7842

Maitland-Newcastle Mr Mark Toohey 02 4979 1141 Maronite Eparchy Father Yuhanna Azize 02 9744 8514

Ukrainian Eparchy Fr Simon Ckuj 0431 659 593 Wagga Wagga Mr John Goonan 02 6937 0013 Wilcannia-Forbes Mr Michael Deasy 0417 048 880 Wollongong Mr David Harrison 0449 716 363 National Office Fr Brian Lucas National Director 1800 257 296