News & Events

2026 Winter Appeal

It's going to be a cold winter. Please consider making a donation to our Charity and help up […]

2026 Charity Lunch - Celebrating Volunteering

We wish to thank the 400+ guests who attended this year's Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch held at Le […]

2026 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch

We are excited to be hosting our Charity's annual Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch on Sunday, 1 March 2026, […]

2025 Winter Appeal

It's going to be a cold winter. Please consider making a donation to our Charity and help us […]

2025 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch - Celebrating Volunteering

We wish to thank the 520 guests who attended this year's Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch held at Le […]

2025 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch

We are excited to be hosting our Charity's annual Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch on Sunday, 2 March 2025, […]

Winter Appeal Update

We are immensely proud to have been able to provide funds, through donations received from our 2024 Winter […]

2024 Winter Appeal

It's going to be a cold winter. Please consider making a donation to our Charity and help us […]

Our Charity acknowledged in the NSW Parliament (Hansard)

We are excited and pleased to receive the news that a Community Recognition Statement was made to the […]

2024 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch - celebrating volunteering

We wish to thank the 550 guests who attended the Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch at Le Montage, Lilyfield, […]

2024 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. On Sunday, 3 March 2024, we are excited to be hosting our […]

Successful Historical Photographic Exhibition

On Saturday and Sunday, 18 and 19 November 2023, our Charity held an extraordinary photographic exhibition of weddings […]

Historical Photographic Exhibition

Saturday, 18 & Sunday, 19 November 2023 On the occasion of the centenary of birth of Father Atanasio […]

Winter Appeal 2023

We are grateful to all donors who gave generously during our Winter Appeal in support of the homeless […]

2023 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch

We wish to thank the 600 guests who attended the Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch on Sunday, 5 March […]

2022 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch

We wish to thank the 500 guests who attended our 10th Anniversary Charity Lunch on Sunday, 10 July. […]

10th Anniversary Commemoration Mass for Fr Atanasio Gonelli

On Sunday, 20 February 2022, our community came together to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the death of […]

Empowering & Supporting Local Communities Program

During the difficult years of the pandemic, many individuals and families were affected by COVID-19, finding themselves in […]

2021 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch

We wish to thank the 500 guests who attended our Charity Lunch on Sunday, 7 March. More than […]

Community Report “Supporting Italian Youth in Australia on Temporary Visas”

We are grateful to our donors for generously donating, allowing our Charity and our partner NOMIT Melbourne, to […]

2020 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch

We wish to thank the 550 guests who attended our Charity Lunch on Sunday, 1 March. More than […]

2019 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch

We wish to thank the over 500 guests who attended our Charity Lunch on Sunday, 3 March, which […]

$10,000 grant to help youth at risk

We are pleased to have approved a $10,000 grant to Youth Off the Streets and Kids Giving Back, […]

2017 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch

We wish to thank the 450 guests who attended our Charity Lunch on Sunday, 5 March. More than […]

Helping Annelise – December 2016

Our Board is pleased to have been able to help young Annelise, who suffers from the debilitating Rett […]

Acknowledging Community Service Volunteering

Our Board continues to recognise members of our community for their pastoral work undertaken in keeping with the […]

Catholic Institute of Sydney - Father Paul Hanbridge Research Scholarship

On 1 June 2016, the Board of the Father Atanasio Gonelli Charitable Fund presented a $5,000 scholarship grant […]

Italian Social Welfare Organisation Wollongong (ITSOWEL)

The Father Atanasio Gonelli Charitable Fund is pleased to have been able to assist ITSOWEL with a $3,000 […]

Chris O’Brien Lifehouse

The Father Atanasio Gonelli Charitable Fund is pleased to have donated $23,000 to the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. Some […]

Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation

We are pleased to have been able to donate $15,000 to the Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation, to […]

Concord Cancer Centre

We are pleased to have been able to provide $7,000 in funding to the Haematology Clinical Research Unit […]

Italian-Australian Community Commemorative Charity Lunch - Sunday, 6 March 2016

We wish to thank the 450 guests who attended our Charity Lunch on Sunday, 6 March. A total […]

Community Charity Bay Walk - Sunday, 27 September 2015

Proudly supporting Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation We are pleased to announce that $15,000 has been raised in […]

Establishment of a 5-year Research Scholarship with the Catholic Institute of Sydney

22 April 2015 – The Board of the Father Atanasio Gonelli Charitable Fund has signed a Memorandum of […]

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