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Catholic Schools

St Michael's presents a Disney Dance Spectacular

The entire school community from St Michael's Primary School, Nelson Bay, entertained family and friends over two nights recently with their Disney Dance Spectacular.

Early Education

The best start for your child: St Nick's Transition-To-School program

For older pre-school students, the journey of a lifetime is about to begin as they prepare to start kindy at the beginning of a new school year.

Social Services

CatholicCare hosts an evening with Tracey Spicer

When it comes to coping with impostor syndrome, being a powerful female in a male-dominated field and daring to start a family while working as an on-air news personality, Tracey Spicer certainly has some stories to share.

DARA

Have your burger and support a good cause too!

Grill’d love to give back to local communities almost as much as we, the community, love their delicious burgers!

MN Youth

Pints With A Purpose - Two young men on a journey to priesthood

For National Vocation Awareness week, Pints With A Purpose welcomed two young men studying to become priests. Solomon Omeiza is a seminarian for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and Richard Sofatzis is a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Sydney. They are both 27 years old and are living and studying at the Seminary of the Good Shepherd in Homebush.

Your Diocese

Volunteer pastoral care opportunities: Southern Cross Care

Live life to the full

Southern Cross Care provides a range of personalised and flexible services and support which enables individuals to live life to the full. For those looking for a retirement community to call home, a helping hand at home, or a residential aged care home, Southern Cross Care offers services and accommodations uniquely tailored to each person’s needs.

Aurora

Becoming a successful step-parent

Q   I’ve just moved in with my partner and his two children; both girls, aged ten and 13. I’ve never had children on my own and I don’t want to replace their mother but I do want to build a relationship with them. My partner would like us to parent them together and this scares me a little bit as I never want to come across as the “evil stepmother”. We got along well before I moved in and I would like to build on this relationship. How do I now adjust to this new role while preserving our positive relationship?

Opinion & Comment

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Plenary Council 2020

Speak boldly and with passion, but also listen with an open and humble heart! ~Pope Francis

We have been very blessed over the past few weeks to have had a theological feast in our diocese, courtesy of the Adult Faith Formation Office and Council, as well as the Catholic Schools Office. We have been visited and theologically nourished by James McEvoy, Richard Lennan, Richard Gaillardetz and then by all of the presenters who spoke at the BBI e-conference. All of these speakers and events have drawn good numbers, but of course, there are very few new faces who come along to listen to, and to be engaged in, amazing faith formation and conversation. It has been an absolute delight to be with good people of faith, and to engage with them in deep listening and conversation. 

Church

Historic meeting of Christians leaders for Middle East peace

Pope Francis addressed Christian leaders from the Middle East in the Italian city of Bari to pray for peace in the region.