RSS Wellbeing Day at The Francis Retreat sparks joy While for many the floods of March 2021 seem a long time ago to those who experienced the devastation first hand it may take them years to recover. The Wellness ‘Returning to joy’ workshop held at Francis Retreat on Tuesday 26 April was the second in a series [...]

‘Rejuvenate Garden & Mind’ workshop hits the mark Toni Holmes from the Parish Recovery Support Service (RSS), in partnership with Head Heart and Hands and Port Macquarie Community Gardens Inc “The Lost Plot’, developed the ‘Rejuvenate your Garden and Mind’ Workshop, free for RSS clients as part of community recovery efforts, tapping into research that shows gardening [...]

Newman College Set To Commence Building Upgrades Thanks To Parish And Grant Funding Newman Senior Technical College is set to construct specialised learning spaces to replace current demountable accommodation thanks to a significant Parish funding contribution and a grant of $2,298,886 from the NSW Government’s Building Grants Assistance Scheme. Newman Senior Technical College Principal Mark Nunan said the building [...]

Harry Takes Our Shoes To Feet That Need Them On Thursday 24 March 2022, Harry Harris, a support worker at IMAGE House (which is part Community Services at St Agnes’ Care & Lifestyle) reached out to the Parish’s Communications team asking for help to promote a drive to collect shoes and take them to people who needed them [...]

New Street Library At Joey’s House Connects Community And Makes Reading Fun Four-year-old Elijah Fuller was the first official borrower from the new street library launched by Joey’s House Early Education Centre (JHEEC) in Warlters Street, last Monday morning (11 April). Elijah was joined by his mum Tara Fuller, Angie Hazleton-Kelly from Community Place with Port Macquarie Hastings [...]

RSS Wellness day brings joy to Telepoint Community after tough year The St Agnes’ Recovery Support Service (RSS) hosted its first Wellness Workshop at Telegraph Point on Sunday 3 April as another step in the community’s recovery process after last year’s floods. During the day, twenty-three people aged from 5 to 75 years participated in a range of [...]

Families welcomed at our 2023 Kindergarten Information Nights Participation levels were once again high at the St Agnes' Catholic Parish Kindergarten Information Nights last week. It was wonderful to have both new parents and familiar faces attending in a new format this year, having an information night at each school over three nights. The schools did a [...]

Students infuse hope for flood victims by fun and colour Year 6 students from St Peter's Primary School organised a colour dress up and fun activities day for the school on Wednesday 16 March, to raise funds for flood victims in the Lismore Diocese. Students were invited to come out of school uniform and dress up in ‘rainbow colours’ [...]

Ten School-based trainees complete induction before starting with Parish services Ten enthusiastic Year 11 School-based Trainees (SbATs) from Newman Senior Technical College (NSTC) commenced traineeships with the Parish last week and attended a specially designed trainee orientation and induction program at the Parish Administration Centre (PAC) on Thursday, 17 March. The day involved the formalities of signing [...]

Patrick receives the LaMattina Drum Scholarship At the end of 2021, Mark Spence, Leader of Drums & Percussion St Joseph's Regional College was pleased to announce current Year 11 student, Patrick McGahon  as the first recipient of the LaMattina Drum Scholarship. John LaMattina was Mark’s first tutor many years ago back in Georgia, USA and has served as a [...]