Our schools celebrate St Patrick’s Day
Students from St Patrick’s schools across the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle took part in a variety of fun-filled activities to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.
Exploring creative abilities with the Manning Creative Arts Program
Over two days, primary students from across the Manning region refined their creative skills during the Manning Creative Arts Program, hosted by St Clare’ High School, Taree.
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.
Gifted Education expert visits Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
Internationally-renowned authority on Gifted Education, Dr Karen Rogers, conducted a multi-faceted workshop for diocesan educators in Newcastle in February.
Globally Called at San Clemente
Coming from one of the wealthiest countries in the world, it is challenging to recognise the scale of extreme poverty in Australia’s region and around the world. An example of this is that about 600 million people lack access to clean water and the 2.3 billion people have no basic sanitation[i].
World Prayer Day at St Kevin’s Cardiff to remember the forgotten
The Diocese celebrated World Prayer Day (1 March) with this year’s country of focus being Slovenia with the theme being Come – Everything is Ready.
Bishop’s Awards for 2019 recognise efforts of young students
Congratulations to the eight young people, including four from schools in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, who received awards at the 2019 Bishop’s Catholic Youth Mass held last Friday at St John’s Chapel in Maitland.
GALLERY: Catholic Schools Week - Day 7
Catholic Schools Week for 2019 ended with celebrations of history and talent, including a Centenary Mass in Gloucester and the annual Blackbutt South Parish student art competition.