James Drinkwater
James Drinkwater is a Newcastle born and based artist whose practise traverses painting, sculpture, assemblage and collage. His work explores place, intimacy, and memory.
Aunty Mary's incredible gift
Lucia Minto, 12, has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Australian Catholics ‘Young Voices’ competition for her powerful digital story, The cover is not the book.
Feeling love through tragedy
For high school sweethearts Bernice and Tony, love was like the feeling of home.
The Unfettered Soul
The Unfettered Soul, authored by former St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton student Serafina Angeli, is a pastiche of historical recreation combined with elements of portrait memoir.
Roll up, roll up, it’s family time
As the 2021 COVID-19 stay-at-home orders came into place, the Diocese’s family ministry coordinators developed ways to encourage families to purposefully remain connected with each other, and other families in the community.
The Common Good
“The coronavirus is showing us that each person’s true good is a common good, not only individual, and, vice versa, the common good is a true good for the person. If a person only seeks his or her own good, that person is egotistical. Instead, the person is kinder, nobler, when his or her own good is open to everyone, when it is shared. Health, in addition to being an individual good, is also a public good. A healthy society is one that takes care of everyone’s health, of all.”
Pope Francis
What do you remember about that day?
“We’ve got a safe house, a couple of rooms, access to a Care Team and training and a lot of love.” That was enough to prompt Scone couple, Rob and Dale to become foster carers.
Dangerous love
Person A meets Person B in some unexpected way, and they quickly fall in love, start planning a life together, and enjoy the happiness that comes from having found ‘the one’.
