St Joseph's Regional College students participate in Vinnies School Sleepout St Joseph's Regional College hosted the Vinnies School Sleepout on August 31 which saw 43 students sleeping in cardboard shelters outdoors for the night. Not only did it raise awareness of youth homelessness in Port Macquarie, according to leader of evangelisation at Regional Timo Gobius, it raised [...]

St Agnes' Primary School kids celebrate their special dads for Father's Day Why do ducks have feathers? To cover up their butt-quack! Boom-tish. Who doesn’t love a dad joke? One thing is certain though - the kids from St Agnes Primary School love their dads to bits. We caught up with some of the infants students and [...]

St Agnes' Parish appeal to help drought-affected farmers The St Agnes' Parish bale out appeal has topped $20,000 with the first roll-out of funds distributed this week. Across the Lismore Diocese, almost $40,000 has been raised for the cause. The appeal was launched about six weeks ago by St Agnes' Parish Priest, Father Paul Gooley. He says [...]

Nicole Bailey wins Australian College of Educators Community and Social Justice Award MacKillop College legal studies teacher Nicole Bailey has received one of the state's highest teaching awards. Mrs Bailey has been acknowledged for her leadership with the Australian College of Educators community and social justice award. The award reflects her commitment in empowering students to raise [...]

Organisations going 'above and beyond' recognised The seven finalists - including Catholic Healthcare, RFBI, Blue Haven Care Home, Southern Cross Care Broken Hill, Ashfield Baptist Homes, Catholic Care of the Aged Port Macquarie and Villa Maria Catholic Homes - have been nominated for their quality pastoral and spiritual care practice initiatives. Meaningful Ageing Australia Chief Executive Officer [...]

St Peter's Primary School students help the homeless with donations Year six students at St Peter’s Primary have had hands-on experience helping the many homeless people in the community. The school’s social justice group, comprised of 14 students, selected the Port Macquarie Youth Hub’s Community Outreach Program to support during term two. Alice McGrath, year six teacher at [...]

Spirit of the Outback to become a reality for Chris Chris has had this dream brewing for the past two years, ever since he was shown footage of the Outback Spectacular by a support worker at Bago Magic. In May, Chris then spoke about his dream to visit Longreach in the short film “I Am” produced by [...]

Port Macquarie Vanguard wins National Championship again Port Macquarie Vanguard put on an impressive display at the Australian Percussion Eisteddfod over the weekend, winning the overall Drum Line Championship as well as the “Own Choice”, “Test Piece” and “Drum Line Battle” categories. Drum Line Coordinator Mark Spence was delighted at the results. “This past weekend we not [...]

Port Macquarie Vanguard to defend national Drum Line title in Queensland Twenty one school students from St Agnes’ Parish schools will travel to Queensland this week to defend their 2017 National Drum Line title. Last year, a contingent of St Agnes’ Parish secondary school students from St Joseph’s Regional College, MacKillop College and Newman Senior Technical College travelled to Sydney to compete [...]

St Agnes' Parish has new leadership as Father Paul takes over as Parish Priest Father Paul Gooley says he wants to continue the legacy of former parish priest Father Leo Donnelly. No stranger to the Port Macquarie-Hastings area, Father Paul is the new leader of St Agnes’ Parish in Port Macquarie. Father Paul served in Port Macquarie [...]