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More than 68,000 take part in Plenary Council’s first stage

Plenary Council 2020 President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, has expressed his gratitude for the faith, energy and generosity of all those who took part in the first stage of preparation for the Plenary Council which closed on 6 March.

Liturgy Matters

LITURGY MATTERS: Liturgical resources for Lent

Happy St. Joseph’s day!  May our reflection on Joseph lead us into an ever deepening listening to God’s word; a listening that opens our eyes and hearts to recognise when our ways are not consistent with God’s ways; a listening that empowers us to let go of what we thought was a good idea and do what God asks. 

Doohan Discourse

A special message from Fr Andrew Doohan

On the evening of Saturday 16 March, together with hundreds of people from across Newcastle, I gathered at the Newcastle Islamic Centre in Mayfield. I gathered there to stand in prayerful solidarity with the Islamic community in their grief and shock of what had happened the day before in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was not the way I had envisioned marking the beginning of Harmony Week, yet it was the perfect example of why Harmony Week is something to be acknowledged in the civic life of Australia.

Opinion & Comment

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: everyone belongs

Transform us as you transfigured,
stood apart on Tabors’s height.
Lead us up our sacred mountains,
search us with revealing light.
Lift us from where we have fallen,
Full of questions, filled with fright.

These are the words of a hymn which we sang at our Cathedral this weekend, for the Second Sunday of Lent. The words were written by David Haas in his Song of the Transfiguration.

Catholic Schools

St Pius X Adamstown raises $12,000 for World’s Greatest Shave

Ten brave members of the St Pius School X High School, Adamstown school community shaved their hair and raised over $12,000 for the World’s Greatest Shave.

Early Education

St Nick's has a brand new website

Learn more about our centres and wonderful team and keep up to date with all our latest news on the brand new St Nick’s website.

Social Services

It's right to turn the page - but first you have to read it

Felicity (Flic) Ryan is a Wadi Wadi woman, and her mother’s family are freshwater people from the Swan Hill and Moulamein areas of Victoria and New South Wales. Flic’s father is of Scottish background and his family hail from the region below Glasgow in the central lowlands.

DARA

John Sandy shares a message of acceptance with students of Holy Family, Merewether for Harmony Week

Development and Relief Agency (DARA) Project Liaison Officer, John Sandy, visited the students of Holy Family Primary School, Merewether to share his story in time for Harmony Week 2019.

MN Youth

Youth invited to Light to the Nations Easter pilgrimage

Light to the Nations invites Catholic youth from around Australia and other countries throughout the Pacific to participate in its Easter pilgrimage.

Aurora

Calvary Mater cancer app

A cancer diagnosis usually leaves people in a state of shock – unsure what to do or where to turn.

Church

Pope Francis to open secret archive on World War II-era Pope Pius XII

Proclaiming the Church “isn’t afraid of history”, Pope Francis says he will open up the Vatican archives on World War II-era Pope Pius XII, a historic decision Jewish groups have sought for decades.

Year in Review

Caritas has a project named Compassion

Addressing the People of God at the liturgy to launch Project Compassion 2018, Bishop Bill reminded the congregation that Pope Francis is continually urging us to be a church that goes out.