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Your Diocese

Online Information Session: Relationships Matter

Are you interested in relationships and the research around why they are successful or what happens when personal dedication erodes?

Catholic Schools

Ain’t nobody here but us chickens

National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually and involves a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, being read simultaneously all around the country. 

Liturgy Matters

LITURGY MATTERS: Celebrants or Consumers? It matters!

The ‘liturgical cafeteria’ opened for business in a new and expanded form at the same time businesses, jobs, shops, theatres, parks, sport and a range of other activities closed.

Doohan Discourse

DOOHAN DISCOURSE: The Solemnity of Pentecost, Year A

The homily for Pentecost Sunday (Year A) preached by Bishop Bill during the live-streamed 9.30 am Mass from (an all-but-empty) Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

Faith Matters

You’ve gotta have Faith

Faith:

1. complete trust or confidence in someone or something
2. A strong belief in the doctrine of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof
3. The name of a No. 1 album and song released by George Michael in 1987.

Opinion & Comment

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Electricity

This week will see a change to the isolation requirements of the past couple of months, with all of the students returning to school and for diocesan staff the beginning of a six week period of transitioning back into the workplace.

Aurora

VET to the rescue

The Hays Job Report for January 2020-June 2020 identifies early childhood teaching as Australia’s most in-demand education role.

Church

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Social Services

Turn unemployment into care

Even as many of us struggle to cope and adjust to the challenges coronavirus presents, it would be remiss of us to forget the thousands of children in NSW who, through no fault of their own, live in foster care placements.

MN Youth

A life-changing experience

It was late at night on the day the Pastoral Placement Program application was to close that I decided to apply for the position.

DARA

Fair wind blows with gratitude

The diocesan Development and Relief Agency (DARA) recently received a generous donation from the Newcastle branch of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA).

Early Education

Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle continues to expand its education network

The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is expanding its education network, with the official launch today of St Nicholas Pathways.

Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, CEO, Sean Scanlon, said the initiative was established to create meaningful pathways to employment and in particular, support the growing demand for early childhood educators.  

Year in Review

Partnership puts belief in leadership

In an effort to develop leadership through the prism of theology, the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is partnering with Australian Catholic University to offer a Graduate Certificate in Mission and Culture (GCMC) in 2020.