DFV Prevention Month Resource Pack
This includes:
- How to Guide
- DFV Prevention Month Homilies and Prayers
- Additional Prayer and Candle Vigil Liturgy
- Small Group Discussion Resource
- Posters on DFV Prevention
- Information on how to support someone experiencing DFV
- Brochures from DFV organisations
archdiocesan prayer vigil
for DFV
Presider: +Shane Mackinlay, Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane
Join us in prayer and reflection for all impacted by domestic and family violence – victims, families, communities, those who have caused harm, and everyone working across the system. Together, we honour stories, raise awareness, and hold space for healing and hope.
June 2nd 5:30pm in the Cathedral of St Stephen
Purpose
The Archdiocese of Brisbane Domestic and Family Violence Project connects Archdiocesan agencies, external organisations, and people with lived experience to share resources and support parishes and communities in offering trauma-informed pastoral and spiritual care to those impacted by domestic and family violence.
Background
The Archdiocese of Brisbane DFV Project recognises that the systemic, cultural and institutional drivers and enablers that perpetuate domestic and family violence are complex and will need to be addressed consistently and intentionally over a long period of time.
Through the ACBC 2022-2023 Social Justice Statement “Respect: Confronting Violence and Abuse”, the Bishops of Australia remind us that:
“Confronting structures of sin requires both personal and collective effort. Our systems, structures, laws and policies, culture and attitudes are a collective enterprise yet action for change requires personal commitment too. We can remain willfully ignorant of the damaging ways in which structures and culture can function as drivers or enablers of family and domestic violence or simply passively acquiesce in them. We may unconsciously internalise attitudes and narratives that are not consistent with the Good News of Jesus. On the other hand, we can instead choose to take responsibility, and to reflect critically on the drivers and enablers of family and domestic violence in Church communities and in Australian society.” – ACBC 2022-2023 Social Justice Statement “Respect: Confronting Violence and Abuse” pg 9
Cultural change takes time and therefore requires a strong commitment by church leaders and agencies to a holistic and co-responsible approach across the archdiocese that actively facilitates, supports and advocates for pathways of formation and networking as well as the development and sharing of practical resources.
Areas of Focus
1: Research into and formation on trauma-informed pastoral care; long-term impacts of spiritual harm; theologies on respectful, mutual and loving relationships; and institutional drivers and enablers of domestic and family violence.
2: Practical resources for parishes and communities on domestic and family violence awareness and prevention, as well as how to pastorally and spiritually support all those impacted.
Beyond DV is a Brisbane-based charity that was established in 2017 after the Founder’s daughter was impacted by domestic violence.
Their main focus is on DFV prevention through recovery support and community education, delivering long-term, holistic recovery programs and services across social support, legal support, health support, housing support and financial rebuilding, from two hidden recovery centres across Brisbane, their HOPE Hub at Westfield Carindale and Hannah’s Sanctuary- a nine-townhouse transitional housing complex in partnership with Small Steps 4 Hannah.
Centacare Family and Relationship Services have an experienced team of qualified practitioners ready to assist with your relationships in a caring and non-judgemental way, no matter what stage you’re at. Whether you’re going through separation, experiencing family difficulties or hoping to strengthen your relationship, our courses and counselling programs could help you. If you’re experiencing domestic and family violence, our caring practitioners will work with you to ensure you’re connected with the right support services and feel confident to make decisions that best suit your situation.
Challenge DV is a leading domestic violence prevention registered charity, partnering with workplaces, businesses, schools and community organisations to empower safer, more inclusive environments for all.
The Honorary Consul for Portugal in Brisbane, Diana Lopes, is involved in the Consular Corps of Queensland’s Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence subcommittee which plays an active role in raising awareness, supporting victims, particularly within foreign communities, and works collaboratively to address the rising cases of violence in the state.
Joint Churches Domestic Violence Prevention Project (JCDVPP) was established in 1991 in response to the needs of victims and perpetrators of Domestic Family Violence in the Church and community. It was set up in recognition that in many instances those needs were being inadequately or inappropriately addressed by the church.
The group seeks to address the problem by raising the awareness of clergy and lay people through workshops and the publication of literature.
The Romero Centre, welcomes and supports people seeking asylum, walking the path where human dignity is considered sacred and where love has no borders.
Inspired by the mission of Oscar Romero and a deep respect for the human sovereign soul, the Romero Centre aspires to support the most vulnerable people in the community.
The Romero Centre is passionately and wholeheartedly working towards a community that we all want to be a part of.
SICURA-DV, was founded by Brian Sullivan, who has 25 years’ experience in counselling, training, and domestic violence intervention. SICURA-DV is a consultancy offering training, education, supervision, and support for those who work in the domestic violence sector. SICURA aims to work with practitioners to deliver safe, accountable, and evidence-informed interventions to those affected by domestic and family violence. Working with those who are working with men using violence in intimate relationships, SICURA-DV prioritises the preparation of practitioners to effectively support victim/survivors and hold men using violence accountable. Brian has a strong hope and belief that we can change the ending in DFV cases with coordinated and tenacious evidence-informed community interventions. With a long and varied history of training and consultancy, he has trained Court staff, including magistrates, police, corrective services, women’s services, men’s group facilitators, Indigenous communities etc., in interventions for men using violence, nationally and internationally.
Contact The project lead
inclusion@bne.catholic.net.au
Phone
07 3324 3440