Project Compassion 2021
This year due to COVID restrictions some of our communities are unable to meet face to face for the Project Compassion Launch. Our Diocese has had a long history of supporting Caritas and this year we invite you to access the number of resources produced locally.

Building the Kingdom of God Together: Our Journey
February 09, 2021

SYNOD 2021: An Update
February 02, 2021

An overview of the Diocesan Synod
December 15, 2020

Welcome to the Synod website
December 09, 2020

God's Christmas - Advent Message 2020
December 01, 2020
LATEST IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

Keeping in touch
January 01, 2021

GALLERY: Pecking order announced for ASPIRE songwriters
December 18, 2020

2021 change to school start dates
December 16, 2020

Kylie charts at No.1
December 15, 2020
LITURGY MATTERS: Grief Matters
In the past couple of years, we have experienced three miscarriages in our family. Beyond the grief of the present moment, this took me back more than thirty years to when one of my brothers and sisters-in-law experienced two miscarriages before having my now grown and larger than life, almost infamous nephews.

LITURGY MATTERS: Initiation Matters
February 02, 2021

LITURGY MATTERS: Ponies, Gregorian Chant and COVID-19
December 15, 2020

LITURGY MATTERS: 2021 a liturgical bridge from 2020
December 08, 2020

LITURGY MATTERS: The imagination of anticipation
December 01, 2020

LITURGY MATTERS: It's time to have your say
November 16, 2020

LITURGY MATTERS: Stark beauty
October 20, 2020
DOOHAN DISCOURSE: 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
Bishop Bill's homily for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) as preached during the live-streamed 9.30 am Mass from Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hamilton.

DOOHAN DISCOURSE: The Solemnity of Pentecost, Year A
June 02, 2020

DOOHAN DISCOURSE: 6th Sunday of Easter, Year A
May 18, 2020

DOOHAN DISCOURSE: 5th Sunday of Easter, Year A
May 11, 2020
FAITH MATTERS: 'Be More' - See, Judge, Act
Last month, I read The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea: A graphic memoir of Modern Slavery written and illustrated by Vannak Prum.

FAITH MATTERS: God of the Rice-cooker and Mystical Delights
December 21, 2020

FAITH MATTERS: Enjoying God
December 15, 2020

Life changes
November 24, 2020

Do not be afraid
November 20, 2020

FAITH MATTERS: 'You will not have my hate' Book review
November 09, 2020

FAITH MATTERS: Communion of Saints
November 03, 2020
LATEST IN OPINION & COMMENT
TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Women on Tuesday
2021 has the makings of a huge year in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. There is the Synod, Lenten, and Advent programs, the return of parish sacramental programs, a Safeguarding audit and the list goes on. However, already one giant step for women has been achieved with Bishop Bill giving his blessing to the formation of the Council for Women.

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Council for Mission
February 09, 2021

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Walking together
February 02, 2021

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Goodbye to 2020
December 22, 2020

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Making a difference
December 15, 2020

TUESDAYS WITH TERESA: Be on your guard, stay awake
December 01, 2020
Comes a time
The first book of the Hebrew scriptures and the last gospel of the Christian scriptures both open with the same phrase, "In the beginning". Both scriptures imply there was nothing before the “beginning” they go on to describe. For us, as humans, it is very difficult to conceive or imagine nothingness. We are made of flesh and we live in a world of matter.

Inmates upskill for re-entry to society
February 12, 2021

Patience proves a virtue
February 12, 2021

Have your say about Aurora
February 11, 2021

Accepting the constancy of change
February 11, 2021

Data and Analytics Transforms the Diocese
February 10, 2021

Dancing to change
February 10, 2021
LATEST IN CHURCH
Project Compassion Week 1: Jamila from Bangladesh
Twenty-two-year-old, Jamila, is a single mother, living in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh. A Rohingya woman, she fled the armed conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State to save herself, her elderly mother and eight-month-old baby daughter. Having been abandoned by her husband, she faced life in the camp on her own.

Project Compassion calls on Australians to ‘Be More’
February 17, 2021

Project Compassion 2021: Be More
February 02, 2021

Catholic Church supports SRE in schools
October 16, 2020

October is Mission Month
October 12, 2020

Ministry to seafarers gets new name, new logo in centenary year
September 30, 2020
LATEST IN SOCIAL SERVICES
A recipe for success
Big things are on the horizon for CatholicCare’s Food Programs, who have recently partnered with St Pius X High School to secure the use of their commercial kitchen to cook meals for those in need.

CatholicCare celebrate NAIDOC Week
November 13, 2020

A community kitchen for all
September 22, 2020

Walk to stop the wild side
July 20, 2020

CatholicCare’s Winter Appeal 2020
June 26, 2020

Community combo is cookin’
June 03, 2020

Turn unemployment into care
May 25, 2020
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.

Leap of Faith
May 14, 2020

It’s only the beginning …
May 06, 2020

Chapters of God’s Love
April 29, 2020

Happily placed
April 20, 2020

All you need is love
January 30, 2020

Maitland-Newcastle heads to ACYF: Day 9 (Retreat Day 2)
December 14, 2019
LATEST IN 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.

St Nick's has a brand new website
January 29, 2019

St Nicholas Early Education celebrates graduation day 2018
December 19, 2018

Child-led play-based early education available at Raymond Terrace
November 13, 2018

St Nick's Raymond Terrace aims to save preschool places
October 02, 2018

St Nicholas showcases its newest Early Education Centre
September 25, 2018
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.

New Flexible Learning Centre the first of many in the Hunter
December 12, 2019

Aboriginal Catholic Education Conference aims to close the gap
December 12, 2019

Synod question makes strong statement
December 12, 2019

From strength to strength
December 07, 2019

DARA – Year in Review
December 07, 2019

Message from Teresa Brierley
December 07, 2019