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Steps towards sustainability

August 12, 2021 Lizzie Watkin

As one of the largest organisations in the region, the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is in a unique position to lead by example.

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Delivered to Country

August 13, 2021 Liz Baker

During this year’s NAIDOC Week (4-11 July), Australia Post unveiled new parcel packaging that includes a dedicated space for the inclusion of traditional Aboriginal place names.

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Humanitarian Goals

August 16, 2021 David McGovern

As a child growing up in Argentina, Pope Francis did what many other lads his age did when playing their favourite sport of soccer – they made do.

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Tracking change overtime

August 17, 2021 Brittany Gonzalez

In 2004 Conor Ashleigh studied Year 11 at St Francis Xavier College, Hamilton, when he took part in a school immersion trip to Cambodia. It was an experience that brought together many Catholic social teachings he learned during his formative schooling years and as part of his upbringing in a 'strong Catholic family'.

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Gate to Plate at St Joseph’s Taree

August 14, 2021 Lizzie Watkin

St Joseph’s Primary School, Taree has a cooking program called Gate to Plate. 

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Bee the change

August 18, 2021 Alexander Foster

The devastating bushfires of 2020 and extensive flooding of 2021 left Australian landscapes bruised, battered, and burned. Unfortunately, these events also caused the loss of hundreds of billions of natural plant pollinators like birds and insects.

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A change of heart

September 08, 2021 Sarah James

"God gave us a garden. Are we going to give our children a desert?"

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Sowing the seeds for success

September 08, 2021 Sarah James

With the Australian dream of living on a quarter acre block increasingly out of reach for many, unfortunately few of us have the space to fully indulge our horticultural ambitions.

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