Centacare Christmas Concert goes ahead Centacare’s annual Christmas Concert went ahead despite an untimely power outage caused by storms on Wednesday evening, November 28. The end of year performance night and Christmas party, held at Centacare Day Centre in Leith Street, West Kempsey got under way at 5pm with the premiere of the movie, ‘Who stole Christmas’, which was put together [...]

New relationships forged through memoirs project In early November, eight Year 10 English students from St Joseph’s Regional College English presented the Memoirs they wrote as part of their major assessment for the year, to the four CCA Mount Carmel residents who they interviewed for the project. St Joseph’s Regional College students: Cara Dowse-Collyer and Courtney Fyffe [...]

Working together to help John achieve his goals John Gough’s story is one of inspiration and perseverance.  He, pictured here with Matthew Fenton and Victor Patrzala, has been part of the Centacare community for more than five years.   Support worker, Matthew, has been working alongside John for much of that time. With the support of the Centacare [...]

Have your say in the future of aged care in the Hastings St Agnes’ Parish is looking to the future with the development of its aged care masterplan for the Port Macquarie/Hastings region, and are keen to involve the community in the conversation to identify the needs and expectations of retirees with regard to lifestyle, community and [...]

Youth Hub helps turn Jake's life around Growing up was tough for 19 year old Jake Donohue. A difficult home life contributed to serious mental health issues. Jake felt he had lost all hope, until he found a connection to community, and a future for himself, through the Youth Hub. “I grew up in a hostile environment, [...]

"Community Connections" still going strong after ten years Age is no barrier for the new friendships created through the “Community Connections” program. The program is celebrating ten years of bringing children from St Agnes’ Early Education Centre and residents from St Agnes’ Hostel together. “Intergenerational learning is a specific focus of the Community Connections program,” says Executive [...]

Caring for our common home is everyone's business Climate change has been in the news with the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change release of a special report on global warming targets in early October 2018. For a catholic perspective on this issue, Pope Francis’ encyclical letter Laudato si’ (which means ‘Praise be to you’) is a good [...]

Catholic Care of the Aged Men's group visit marine centre in Port Macquarie A tour by the Catholic Care of the Aged (CCA) Men’s Group of the Marine Centre at Newman Senior Technical College was a success. The tour was hosted by college students and staff and triggered many happy memories for those who attended on September. 6 [...]

Elizabeth Pike named St Josephs Regional College's 2018 student of the year St Josephs Regional College captain Elizabeth Pike has topped off 13 years of school and hard work with a top graduate’s honour. On Thursday, September 27, she was named the school’s year 12 Caltex Student of the Year after earning a swag of awards for [...]

Christine celebrates 40 years as an Aged Care nurse with St Agnes' Parish Enrolled nurse, Christine Walsh was among 80 employees of St Agnes’ Parish celebrating a combined total of 1,330 years’ service at the Parish’s Long Service Awards, presented during a special Mass on Tuesday evening (18 September). Christine has worked for Catholic Care of Aged [...]