Funding for Innovative Dementia Care Announced St Agnes’ Catholic Parish CEO Adam Spencer joined Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan for the announcement of funding for the construction of a Memory Support Village at the Parish’s Emmaus site on Colonel Barney Drive, Port Macquarie. St Agnes’ Care & Lifestyle, which is the aged care service provider of St [...]
Mary’s Many Titles On September 15 each year the Catholic Church celebrates the memorial of Mary with the title ‘Our Lady of Sorrows’. There are over fifty titles given to Mary, though not all are acknowledged in the Liturgical Calendar of the Church. Why does Mary have so many different titles? There are a number of reasons including: [...]
Update on the review of Parish Pastoral Council Per our Parish News (14-15 August 2021) Daniel Ang, the Director at the Sydney Centre for Evangelisation in the Archdiocese of Sydney, has been engaged by Fr Paul Gooley (PP) to undertake a review of our Parish Pastoral Council. The steps outlined in this process were publicised in the Parish News [...]
First Recipients of Kathleen Briscoe Tuition Scholarship Graduate The Kathleen Briscoe Tuition Scholarship is celebrating the 2020 graduation of its inaugural recipients, who were awarded their scholarships in 2015. Set up in 2014 through the St Agnes’ Foundation, the Kathleen Briscoe Tuition Scholarship (KBTS) helps families facing difficult circumstances meet the cost of their children’s secondary education at [...]
Little people taking big steps into St Peter’s Primary School With the year quickly coming to an end, St Joseph’s Preschool student Molly from Port Macquarie is getting ready for kindergarten at St Peter’s Primary School in 2020. “Molly is so excited she’s been wearing her ‘I’m going to big school t-shirt’,” mum Louise says. “It’s a [...]
Volunteers St Agnes’ Parish values the important contribution of volunteers within our communities. We simply could not provide the services we do and in the way that we do with out them. What You need to be a Volunteer with St Agnes Parish: An ability to work in a team Enjoy problem solving Be adaptable Like communicating Have [...]
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATOR - CERT III Type: Full Time - Maternity Relief Ref No: 18/59 Applications Close: Tue, 18/9/2018 Are you energetic, positive and outgoing? Are you able to adapt quickly? Do you want to make a positive difference to children’s lives? If you said yes to the above, we would love to [...]
Great WorldSkills results for Newman Technical College Newman Senior Technical College has continued its long history of success in Worldskills Competitions with an outstanding performance at ‘Skillshow Australia 2018’ which was held in Sydney 4-6 June at the International Convention Centre (ICC) Darling Harbour. This major event included the WorldSkills National Championships which drew competitors from all states of [...]
Volunteers make a world of difference As part of National Volunteers Week, 21-27 May 2018, St Agnes’ Parish thanked its volunteers at a special Recognition Mass held on Wednesday 23 May St Agnes’ Catholic Church in Hay Street. The Mass, concelebrated by Father Paul Gooley and Father Peter Wood, embraced the national theme ‘Give a little, change a lot” [...]
