The Australasian Fleet Managers Association (AfMA) three annual awards were presented at the Associations Gala Awards Dinner in Sydney on 17 September 2009.

A Blessing Service was held for Centacare-Enoggera Respite Centre (C-ERC) on Sunday 5th July.

Breast cancer awareness was the focus when Centacare Brisbane helped organise a kite surfing festival in Brighton on March 22.

Brisbane archdiocese’s Centacare Employment Group (CEG) has defied a national trend to enjoy a net gain in contracts awarded by the Australian Government to assist disadvantaged jobseekers.

Centacare staff rallied relatives, friends and neighbours to receive and pack hundreds of kilos of fruits and vegetables two days before Christmas.

The St Luke’s Child Care Centre at Capalaba was officially opened and blessed by Archbishop Bathersby on October 25, 2008.

Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) has proposed an independent body to review welfare entitlements to ensure that Australian pensioners and others on benefits are no longer “fed the scraps from the political table”.

A ”Womb to tomb” pastoral vision has led to the creation of Capalaba’s new 75-place St Luke’s Parish Catholic Child Care Centre, according to parish priest Fr Peter McCarthy.

Centacare-North East Community Care (NECC) has excelled in the Quest newspapers Business Achievers Awards, winning in two major categories.