We are incredibly excited to announce that tickets are now on sale for the third Somascan Missions Dinner Dance. Over the past two years, thanks to the generosity of sponsors and benefactors, we have been able to raise over $300,000 which has primarily provided relief for Somascan Communities caring for orphaned youth in Sri Lanka, India, and Mozambique. Together with …
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Sound of Freedom fundraiser fights trafficking
Recognising the efforts of these religious communities and inspired by the recent anti-trafficking film Sound of Freedom, Somascan Missions hosted a fundraiser at Hoyts Wetherill Park on 25 September.
Hands on Heart reaches out to women in crisis
Hands on Heart assists with the care for those women and families at Liverpool Women’s Refuge.
Charity raises just under 200k for the orphaned
Doubling its donations from 2022, the Somascan Missions Dinner Dance has raised just under $200,000 for orphans in the world’s poorest communities.
Somascan Charity raises 100K for people in need
An inaugural fundraising event held in Sydney’s west raised the roof while raising more than $100,000 for orphans in the world’s poorest communities.
Orphan House Renovations – Kimbulapitiya – Sri Lanka
Due to the success of the Somascan Mission Dinner Dance in February 2022, Somascan Missions have been able to help fund the renovations to house in Kimbulapitiya, Sri Lanka. Due to the existing economic conditions in Sri Lanka, the Somascan Fathers had to postpone the works for a number of months. This particular house will be a new community in …
Somascan Movement raises 6K for communities
With COVID-19 vaccines rolling-out and many countries experiencing a promising decline in cases, it was a shock to witness a new wave of the virus hit India and infect hundreds of thousands of people every day.
Miani Meals Food Service
Our Miani Meals Service provides preishable and non pershable groceries to struggling families in the surrounding suburbs of St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Chipping Norton. Starting during the first lockdown in 2020, the food service has since continued to operate thanks to the generosity of our volunteers and Benefactors. We are now in need of non-perishable food items to be …
Sister 2 School Program
The Pilarinas Sisters in Maputo, Mozambique, care for 44 girls from 6 to 17 years old who are either orphans or from very poor families.
About the Somascan Fathers
The Somascan Fathers are an Order of Religious Priests and Brothers, formally known as the Order of Clerics Regular of Somasca (CRS). Their founder is Saint Jerome Emiliani, Venetian +1537, and the Universal Patron Saint of Orphans and Youth-in-Need. Saint Jerome Emiliani commenced the ‘Company of the Servants of the Poor’ following his miraculous liberation as a prisoner of war …