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Looking back a bit
It was a dark and stormy night... And then it seemed to rain for weeks afterwards. June 15 2011, the night I was ordained and installed as bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, just on six years ago.
At St Joseph’s, school is where the heart is
June 07, 2017
Church dialoguing with the world in a secular age
June 07, 2017
Bringing light to darkness and colour to lives
June 07, 2017
A conversation with Sister Libbey: “It’s all of us”
June 07, 2017
Being mindful, thinking mindfully
June 07, 2017
LATEST IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Diocesan Secondary Public Speaking 2017
On Wednesday 21 June, secondary students from across the diocese showed off their public speaking skills at the Diocesan Secondary Public Speaking day.
St Aloysius celebrates Feast Day
June 24, 2017
Beanie for Brain Cancer day at St Peter’s
June 23, 2017
Confirmation at St Joseph's Kilaben Bay
June 16, 2017
LATEST IN SOCIAL SERVICES
GALLERY: Art for more than art's sake
CatholicCare Social Services Hunter-Manning hosted its Annual Indigenous Art and Cultural Program on 11 and 18 June, with participants thrilled by the artworks they created with guidance from artist Lesley Salem, daughter of renowned artist Les Elvin.
A Long Journey to Parenthood
May 29, 2017
Supported Accommodation Superstar: Penny’s Story
May 23, 2017
National Families Week
May 16, 2017
The Skye’s The Limit
May 09, 2017
Taree Community Kitchen National Volunteer Week
May 01, 2017
Out Of Home Care focus group feedback night
May 01, 2017
LATEST IN LOCAL CHURCH
Dialogue in the secular age
Added to my ‘to do’ list after listening to Rev Dr James McEvoy speak in Raymond Terrace recently was “Read Gaudium et Spes”. This is one of the documents of the Second Vatican Council, properly titled Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (1965).
‘Unpacking Mary’ at Forster Tuncurry
June 20, 2017
The story of a boat trip…
June 16, 2017
Two different traditions, one Catholic Church
June 13, 2017
Be informed about Australian Catholic Youth Festival
June 09, 2017
Giving thanks to seafarers around world
June 05, 2017
LATEST IN EARLY EDUCATION
Exceedingly good result for St Nicholas Early Education!
St Nicholas Early Education Newcastle West has recently undertaken its first quality Assessment and Rating review by the Department of Education.
The cow tripped over the moon
May 26, 2017
Skidamirink a lot!
May 25, 2017
French discovery
May 23, 2017
Thank you for keeping our community safe
May 22, 2017
Learning the hundred languages
May 10, 2017
Reflecting on the image of the child
May 09, 2017
A praying community with a family feeling
Many of you reading this article will have seen invitations to Adoration, or as this experience is affectionately called locally, Seven @ Sacred Heart (SASH).
Good people telling good news in good ways
When he teaches adult groups under the auspices of the Tenison Woods Education Centre (TWEC), Michael O’Connor, parishioner of Wallsend, describes himself in terms of “four Xes”.