In this Jubilee Year of Hope, as we mark the 10th Anniversary of the encyclical, Laudato Si, we have been pleased to support the efforts our diocese is making to repair past damage to our environment.
The saying, from little things, big things grow is true of the story of St Mary’s, Gateshead. From small beginnings in 1964, it has grown into the thriving community it is today.
The death on 13 November brought to an end the remarkable life of Sr Evelyn Woodward. Her ministry reached far and wide, from the Hunter to Australia and countries overseas.
Explore-Embrace-Embody is the Action Plan for the Josephite community for the next seven years. It reflects the Catholic Social Teaching presented in Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’.
Sr Louise Marie McDonell rsj who died on 11 October was the last member of a well-known and extensive family that worked the land in the Taree area for many years.
Amid the challenges, fear, violence and contradictions in our troubled world, Sr Ann’s garden shows the beauty of what is possible. It speaks for “the first fruits of hope.” (cf. Romans 8:19-25)
The recent pilgrimage of Pope Francis to South East Asian communities coincided with some sad news for a local Australian Timor-Leste parishioner and her friends
