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Funding for Innovative Dementia Care Announced

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 [...]

2022-12-06T09:31:41+10:00October 14th, 2021|

St Agnes’ Catholic Parish is going Red for Dyslexia on October 15

St Agnes’ Catholic Parish is going Red for Dyslexia on October 15 October is Dyslexia Awareness month and St Agnes’ Catholic Parish is proudly supporting ‘Go Red for Dyslexia’ day this Friday 15 October by encouraging its staff to wear red to work on the day and to learn more about how dyslexia affects those who have [...]

2022-12-06T09:31:43+10:00October 12th, 2021|

National Safe Work Month sees St Agnes’ Catholic Parish launch new safety and wellbeing initiatives

National Safe Work Month sees St Agnes’ Catholic Parish launch new safety and wellbeing initiatives St Agnes’ Catholic Parish is using Safe Work Australia’s ‘National Safe Work Month’ to introduce a number of Safety and Wellbeing initiatives across its service areas. Taking this year’s theme, ‘Think Safe. Work safe. Be safe’, to heart St Agnes’ Catholic Parish [...]

2022-12-06T09:31:45+10:00October 11th, 2021|

St Peter’s environmental initiative sees uniforms worn out for a good cause

St Peter’s environmental initiative sees uniforms worn out for a good cause Year 6 Environmental Leaders at St Peter’s Primary school in Port Macquarie have begun a new environmental initiative in conjunction with ‘Worn Up,’  recycling non-wearable school uniforms. ‘Worn Up’ aims to reduce textiles in landfill by recycling unwanted and old school uniforms. ‘Worn Up’ can [...]

2022-12-06T09:33:53+10:00September 27th, 2021|

Passion drives Kitiara to thrive in an engineering career

Passion drives Kitiara to thrive in an engineering career An ambassador for women in trades, Kitiara Porter, is graduating in the Cert III in Engineering (Metal Fabrication) after completing her four year apprenticeship with John Henry Institute. Kitiara is currently employed as a Boilermaker and has inspiring ambitions to one day work in mining. After realising her [...]

2022-12-06T09:33:56+10:00September 20th, 2021|

Mary’s Many Titles

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: [...]

2022-12-06T09:34:00+10:00September 15th, 2021|

Update on the review of Parish Pastoral Council

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 [...]

2022-12-06T09:34:55+10:00September 9th, 2021|

Our Lesley is Port’s Local Woman of the Year

Our Lesley is Port’s Local Woman of the Year Congratulations to long time parishioner Lesley Tierney who has been honoured as the 2021 Local Woman of the Year for the Port Macquarie electorate. The NSW Local Women of the Year are chosen by Members of Parliament.  These local women are recognised for their outstanding contribution to their [...]

2022-12-06T09:35:17+10:00July 13th, 2021|

Language no barrier to learning for Ratchanee at John Henry Institute

Language no barrier to learning for Ratchanee at John Henry Institute When Ratchanee Swinnerton first enquired about learning through John Henry Institute (JHI) she was concerned that her English reading and writing skills would not be good enough for the Certificate III Individual Support course. Ratchanee came from Thailand where she met her husband on holiday, moving [...]

2022-12-06T09:35:19+10:00July 13th, 2021|

Prayer is our Sanctuary

Prayer is our Sanctuary Prayer opens the door through which you enter a sanctuary of strength and safety, protection, and renewal. Times of prayer, of conscious contact with God, provide you with sustenance and renewed vigour so that when you are ready you can face the world again – uplifted, refreshed and empowered. Prayer is a fundamental [...]

2022-12-06T09:36:08+10:00June 23rd, 2021|
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