Articles by Maryanne Kerrins

Beyond the Gates: An initiative of St Mary’s Catholic College, Gateshead and CatholicCare IMAGE Aurora

Beyond the Gates: An initiative of St Mary’s Catholic College, Gateshead and CatholicCare

March 07, 2018 Comments

Most young people and their families experience times when things are not panning out as they had hoped. All families and individuals have times when help is needed to navigate some turbulence that may have appeared on the horizon. Turbulence can creep in slowly, unnoticed and certainly uninvited. Or it can arrive like a bolt of lightning – out of the blue, unannounced and potentially destructive.

Tuning into teens IMAGE Social Services

Tuning into teens

October 09, 2017 Comments

Tuning into Teens, a course designed for parents and carers to better understand their adolescent children and enhance their wellbeing, will commence in Kurri Kurri on 16 October and attendance is free (for those living in the Cessnock Local Government Area).

Renewing pathways, growing hope IMAGE Aurora

Renewing pathways, growing hope

August 02, 2017 Comments

Towards the end of last year CatholicCare Hunter Manning took on a new project for women and children victims of Domestic Violence. 

Closing the gap IMAGE Social Services

Closing the gap

March 20, 2017 Comments

It is no secret that there is a significant gap between the outcomes across many different domains for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples when compared with the non-Indigenous Australian population.

CatholicCare Restoration Program IMAGE Social Services

CatholicCare Restoration Program

February 28, 2017

One of the meanings attributed to the word restoration is “a putting back into a former position, dignity”.

New family-focused project for CatholicCare IMAGE Aurora

New family-focused project for CatholicCare

December 07, 2016 Comments

Stacey Northam has been working in the CatholicCare Brighter Futures program – a targeted early intervention program − as a Domestic Violence Case Manager for the past two years. Soon she will move from that role to set up the new Integrated Domestic and Family Violence Strategy (IFDVS) project, taking her passion and her commitment to social justice with her.