How a life-changing moment lead Kingsley to Australia
Kingsley Chidiebere Dibia is a seminarian in the Good Shepherd Seminary, Homebush. Here is the journey that brought him 15,263 km to follow his call:
Bishop Bill arrives in Rome for pilgrimage
Bishop Bill has touched down in Rome and is looking forward to meeting Pope Francis. He is one of about 40 bishops making the Ad Limina Apostolorum visit, translated as “To the Threshold of the Apostles”.
Five events that help change the world
Five separate events linked by the social justice heart of the Church will be held in the next few weeks.
One woman speaks for the Easter people
Dr Michele Connolly rsj, author of Disorderly Women and the Order of God: An Australian Feminist Reading of the Gospel of Mark, spoke at the recent Tenison Woods Education Centre dinner in East Maitland.
Our volunteers play a key role in the Diocese's mission
The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle’s mission has long been “to live the joy of the Gospel and share it with the world” – and so we are incredibly grateful to our 10,000 volunteers who, in partnership with our clergy and staff, assist us to fulfil this mission by serving in the Hunter-Manning region.
The Catholic Diocese celebrates Volunteers | Gallery
To celebrate National Volunteer Week, the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle - in conjunction with Events Cinemas, Kotara - hosted a premiere screening of POMS.
Mission makes us forever young
Recently, I travelled from Hamilton to Sydney Central. Over the past 40 years, I have made this train trip more times than I wish to remember, but interestingly most of the significant events in my adult life have been prefixed by this trip south. I remember leaving home at the age of 19 to join the missionary Franciscan Order, which I pursued for some years until I felt God calling me elsewhere.
Old stone church fires imagination
Imagine Newcastle in the late-1800s. A book came across my desk recently that caused me to ponder what life was like as a Catholic in 1876.