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.
MEGA GALLERY: Catholic Schools Week - Day 6
With many schools ending their Catholic Schools Week celebrations yesterday, it was certainly a busy day around the Diocese, with the highlight being the annual Bishop’s Award presentation.
GALLERY: Catholic Schools Week - Day 5
Schools celebrated day five of Catholic Schools Week with open classrooms, liturgies, shared picnic lunches, opening evenings and more.
GALLERY: Catholic Schools Week - Day 4
Not only was today the fourth day of Catholic Schools Week it was also Ash Wednesday which saw schools across the Diocese putting on celebrations for the first day of Lent.