The Catholic tradition of justice and service draws on the Old Testament Prophets (Isaiah 58: 6-7 and Micah 6:8), the New Testament parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10: 25-37) and the Gospel exhortation “to love your neighbour” (Mark 12: 30-31).
Our core values of collaboration, compassion, hope, justice and respect emerge from these inspirations. This combination of spirit, character and values is expressed in our Statement of Purpose and Values Statements.
MacKillop Family Services exists to support, to foster hope and to promote justice for children, young people and their families, particularly those who experience distress, disadvantage and abuse.
In keeping with our values:
- we work together to foster hope, to empower and to affirm the unique dignity of each person;
- we commit ourselves to support those adults, who as children lived in the homes which joined together to form MacKillop Family Services;
- we stand in partnership with those at the margins in the struggle for justice and human dignity; and
- we advocate for positive social change and a just society.
Put more simply our purpose is:
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