Attendees left inspired after International Women's Day event Parish employees attended the 13th Annual International Women's Day breakfast at Westport Bowling Club hosted by the Hastings Women's Business Network, on Wednesday 8 March. The attendees heard inspirational talks from local employers, Just Better Care, Bennetts Steel, Men and Women at Work and the Commonwealth Bank on their [...]

Repairs underway to Church roof after storm The storm in early February 2023 caused one of the crucifixes on the church steeple to break away from its mount which caused damage to roof of St Agnes’ church in Hay Street. Last week Scaffolding was erected on the Horton Street facing part of the church (as shown in [...]

‘Back to School’ vouchers a winner for Uniform Store and Parish families The St Agnes’ Catholic Parish Information Technology (IT), Program Management Office, and Finance teams worked closely with the St Agnes’ Uniform Store to ensure families of students attending Parish schools could take advantage of the Service NSW ‘Back to School’ vouchers during the peak January/February [...]

 Jayden gains valuable experience through Lucid opportunity Jayden Farrington, a Year 12 student at Newman Senior Technical College, is completing a traineeship in Information Technology with the St Agnes’ Catholic Parish. In December last year, as part of his Parish traineeship, Jayden was given an opportunity to extend his skills and experience in digital media by working [...]

Indigenous Education Workers in Lismore Diocese benefit from training collaboration Eleven Indigenous Education Workers employed at schools in the Lismore Diocese have completed a Skill Set in Educational School Based Support (Inclusion) thanks to a collaboration between the John Henry Institute (JHI) and the Catholic Schools Office (CSO). Natasha Murphy, Manager of JHI based in Port Macquarie, [...]

Community Advent Breakfast enjoyed by all A beautiful morning and the smell of bacon and eggs (cooked by Chef Extraordinaire, Fr Paul) greeted those who attended the Parish Advent Breakfast, open to all, and hosted by our Pastoral Renewal Team from 6.30am to 8am on Wednesday 21 December! The team was delighted that around 60 people came [...]

Parish and Council reach agreement on sale of Tuffins Lane sporting fields  St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, owner of Tuffins Lane sporting fields since 2016, has reached agreement to sell the site to Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.  “In October, Council had agreed to approach the Parish to negotiate a possible sale of Tuffins Lane and, after a short period [...]

Advent Explanation and History The word Advent comes from the Latin work Adventus which means ‘coming’. The season of Advent occurs immediately before Christmas beginning on the Sunday that is closes to the feast of St Andrew (30th Nov). The season of Advent lasts for 4 weeks. Since the 9th Century the first Sunday of Advent became [...]

John Henry Institute (JHI) graduates celebrate Sixty-one students of the John Henry Institute (JHI) gathered with their families and staff at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish Hall on Thursday 20 October to celebrate the completion of study at the JHI Graduation ceremony for 2022. JHI has significant experience in providing quality vocational education and training, that is compliant [...]