Taizé visitor heading to Newcastle
Brother Ghislain from Taizé Community will be visiting Newcastle on Sunday 25 September, and Prayers with Taizé chants will be held at 6.00pm at Merewether Uniting Church on Glebe Road. All are welcome!
A place at the table: Social justice in an ageing society
Social Justice Statement 2016–2017 of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
Award recognises Fane Falemaka as Nurse of the Year
Catholic Health Australia (CHA) has honoured Calvary Mater Newcastle Clinical Nurse Specialist, Fane Falemaka, with the highly coveted Nurse of the Year Award.
Youth get “behind the scenes look” at Caritas
Caritas Australia has taken a major step forward in its continuing quest to engage young adults by recently hosting an inaugural Global Justice Workshop.
Raising awareness of an awful truth
Hardly a day goes by without reference in the various media to the prevalence of domestic violence in our society and the measures taken by individuals, governments, not-for-profits and other bodies to care for victims in the short term and bring about real change in the longer term. Of course, the sooner awareness grows and attitudes change, the better!
Seasons for Growth celebrates its 20th birthday
Over two days this week past and present trainers and Co-ordinators joined with Seasons for Growth Companions, Priests, parishioners, CSO and diocesan personnel to celebrate 20 years of the Seasons for Growth program.
New shoots
One of the most memorable phrases from the pen of Pope Paul VI was “when you evangelise you are evangelised”. And of course one of the key words in the post-Vatican II church has been ‘evangelisation’.
Caritas network responds to earthquake in central Italy
Local Caritas staff, partners and volunteers, part of the Caritas international network, are already responding with emergency assistance and support to those on the ground, following a powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck north-east of Rome, 11 km from Norcia, Italy.