St. Mary Magdalene – an example of God’s grace and mercy St Mary Magdalene (whose feast is on 22 July and is featured in Fr Paul’s Gospel Reflection), is one of the greatest saints of the Bible and an example of God's mercy and grace. The precise dates of her birth and death are unknown, but we [...]

Café collaboration means great coffee for locals St Agnes’ Catholic Parish and Agostina’s Fine Food have come together to establish a new café within St Agnes Village in Lochinvar Place, Port Macquarie. St Agostina café was officially opened and blessed by Parish Priest Father Paul Gooley on Thursday 16 July. “The idea of a café in this [...]

The life of Saint Agostina Petrantoni Birth: 1864 Death: 1894 Beatified: Pope Paul VI on November 12, 1972 Canonised: Pope John Paul II on April 18, 1999 Olivia Pietrantoni was born and baptised 27 March 1864 in Pozzaglia Sabina, about 50kms north-east of Rome. Olivia, later known as “Livia”, believing she had a vocation to religious life, [...]

Micro stories mean major success story for St Peter’s Primary Three Year 5 students from St Peter’s Primary Port Macquarie were nominated in the Top 10 Finalists from 20,000 entries received for Storython, an online event for students across Australia and New Zealand. Storython challenges Australian and New Zealand students from Year 3 to Year 8 to [...]

John Henry Institute Graduate Mitchell Everingham Ex-student from Newman Senior Technical College (NSTC), Mitchell Everingham, became the first apprentice to complete their trade training through the John Henry Institute (JHI) engineering apprentice program and is now a fully qualified engineering tradesperson. Mitch, apprenticed to Birdon Marine, has completed the MEM30205 Certificate III in Engineering - Mechanical Trade having [...]

St Peter and St Paul – Feast day June 29th St Peter and St Paul are two great apostles whose life and stories are of utmost importance to the development of the church in the modern world .They are key to the integrity of the church as it exists today and they were living witnesses to the [...]

Vale Tom Quinn A tribute by Jim O’Brien Tom Quinn passed peacefully into eternal life on Wednesday, 10 June with his loving family supporting him. He leaves his wife, Terry, his daughter Therese, son Daniel, their partners and families. Born in the Sydney suburb of Epping on 15 November 1934, Tom was educated in Epping and Eastwood [...]

Kathleen Briscoe Scholarship Expression of Interest Open! This scholarship offered through The St Agnes’ Foundation is an amazing opportunity for families to help them financially with the burden of tuition fees during secondary schooling with St Agnes’ Parish Schools. Are you in Year 6 at a St Agnes’ Parish School, St Joseph’s Primary Wauchope or Laurieton? Do [...]

Bus trip means a lot to Reg Mt Carmel resident, Reg Renehan celebrated overcoming an old fear when he decided to go on a bus outing with other residents recently. With COVID restrictions in mind, Mt Carmel Lifestyle staff carefully planned the outing for the residents. Reg, who moved to Mt Carmel in 2018, had always declined bus [...]

Why do we celebrate Pentecost? Pentecost is celebrated fifty days after Easter Sunday (this year on 31 May) and we commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ while they were in Jerusalem. This story is told in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1–31). Pentecost is the beginning [...]