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 [...]

St Agnes’ Catholic Parish schools back full-time from 25 May Students enrolled at St Agnes’, St Joseph’s and St Peter’s primary schools and St Joseph’s Regional College, MacKillop College and Newman Senior Technical College will return to school classrooms full-time from Monday, 25 May. Coordinating Executive Officer for St Agnes’ Parish Education, Stephen Pares, says the staged [...]

New 'Parish Giving' webpage launched The Coronavirus Pandemic restrictions have required all of us to adapt to many new ways of doing things. Our Parish Giving is no exception – we have created a new webpage on our website for both our Planned Giving Program and our fundraising for Special Appeals. Our current Appeal (which should be [...]

Jesus chose to walk A short reflection on the Ascension by Sr Anne Hannigan RSM I think perhaps it is no small thing that Christ – even in his resurrected form – chose to spend his last days walking on terra firma with his friends and family. Often in the scriptures, (the Gospels) we read of Jesus [...]

The Road to Emmaus As we move towards the end of the Easter Season, with the Feast of Pentecost on 31 May, it is appropriate to be reminded of, and to celebrate, the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35). This story known as the Road to Emmaus or the Walk to Emmaus [...]

Pastoral Care during COVID-19 The St Agnes’ Care & Lifestyle Pastoral Care team has done an amazing job adapting the way they are working at the Parish’s residential aged care services during COVID-19 restrictions. During COVID each member of the Pastoral Care team has been assigned a particular area. Beth Anderson and Paul Smith work in Emmaus; [...]

'April Falls' day fun Residential Aged Care services, Homecare and NDIS staff across St Agnes' Care and Lifestyle participated in “April Falls” Prevention day on 30 April 2020. The purpose of the day was to raise awareness of falls prevention and to help educate those most at risk of falling in ways to stay on their feet. [...]

Enquiries about new admissions welcome Despite the changing Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, our Catholic Care of the Aged services - Residential Care, Respite Care, Home Care and Independent Villages - remain operational, taking new admissions, welcoming and supporting individuals and their families at their time of need. As always the health, safety and wellbeing of our residents, clients, team [...]

Plan underway for students’ return to St Agnes’ Parish classrooms St Agnes’ Parish primary school and secondary college students will begin to return to school classrooms in a staged approach from Monday, 11 May. Coordinating Executive Officer for St Agnes’ Parish Education, Stephen Pares, says St Agnes’ Catholic Parish schools had worked with the Catholic Schools Office [...]