Pet blessing attracts all sizes from Great Dane to Bearded Dragon  IMAGE Church

Pet blessing attracts all sizes from Great Dane to Bearded Dragon

November 04, 2024 Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle

Pets great and small were packed in the car and brought to St Joseph's East Maitland recently for the church's third Annual Pet Blessing.

 

Synod on Synodality enters final week IMAGE Church

Synod on Synodality enters final week

October 22, 2024 Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle

After almost three weeks, the last of two assemblies for the Synod on Synodality has entered its final stretch before it concludes on Sunday 27 October.

Bishops congratulate cardinal nominee Mykola Bychok IMAGE Church

Bishops congratulate cardinal nominee Mykola Bychok

October 11, 2024 Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Mykola Bychok CSsR has been nominated as one of the new cardinals to be created at the next consistory in Rome on 8 December.

Australian participants head to Rome for Synod IMAGE Church

Australian participants head to Rome for Synod

September 16, 2024 Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Australian Catholics will play a key role in a month-long global event aimed at shaping the future of the Church.

Caritas Australia shares stories of Ukrainian families supported in Moldova IMAGE Church

Caritas Australia shares stories of Ukrainian families supported in Moldova

September 03, 2024 Caritas Australia

Find out how generous donations are supporting people from Ukraine in this article from Caritas Australia. 

Don’t attend Sunday Mass regularly? Tell us why IMAGE Church

Don’t attend Sunday Mass regularly? Tell us why

August 13, 2024 Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) is running a survey to investigate why some Australian Catholics do not participate regularly in Sunday Mass.

Short course enriches our faith for the long-haul IMAGE Church

Short course enriches our faith for the long-haul

July 01, 2024 David McGovern

There is something romantic about a foreign language such as French, Spanish or Italian. For instance, I recently completed a local 'short course' on Christian spirituality; in Spain, where the course was founded, it has the exotic title 'Cursillo'. 

Sport can open the way to Christ IMAGE Church

Sport can open the way to Christ

June 24, 2024 Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

A new document, Open the Way to Christ, published by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, explains how sport is a gift which can draw people closer to Christ.