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Parish’s learning pathways inspire Tristan to study Nursing

Parish's learning pathways inspire Tristan to study Nursing Tristan Cummings, a Care Support worker at Emmaus Home, recently commenced study towards a Bachelor of Nursing degree at Charles Sturt University (CSU). Here’s the story of how this learning pathway opened up for him. Since moving to Port Macquarie with his family and starting work at Emmaus in [...]

2024-03-04T12:27:31+10:00March 4th, 2024|

Emmaus Village Update

Emmaus Village Update Due to weather events earlier this month which presented challenges to our construction timeline, the opening of Emmaus Village and the Community Open Day has been delayed. Despite the challenges, particularly regarding the carpark and community centre, other areas of construction are speeding along, with the finishing touches being put on the houses. Many [...]

2024-02-29T07:36:43+10:00February 29th, 2024|

Second group of PALM workers from Vanuatu arrive in March

Second group of PALM workers from Vanuatu arrive in March Planning is now underway to mobilise another group of ten (10) Ni-Vanuatu PALM workers to come to Port Macquarie to work at Emmaus. They are part of the Australian Government’s Aged Care Expansion (ACE) program, which supports participants to complete the Certificate III in Individual Support, under the [...]

2024-02-26T12:21:30+10:00February 22nd, 2024|

Pancake Breakfast even better than last year!

Pancake Breakfast even better than last year! The Parish’s second annual pancake breakfast built on the success of last year’s. Around 60 people and a cat named ‘Faith’ gathered on Shrove Tuesday (13/2) for the 2nd annual pancake breakfast in the Parish BBQ area behind the Parish Administration Building. Some faces were familiar, still others were new [...]

2024-02-15T08:51:58+10:00February 14th, 2024|

Homelessness Collective receives Australia Day award for ‘Our Place’

Homelessness Collective receives Australia Day award for ‘Our Place’ The Port Macquarie Hastings Homelessness Collective, of which the Parish’s Youth & Community Hub is part, was named ‘Community Group of the Year’ at this year’s Australia Day award. The ceremony held at the Glasshouse on Friday 26 January 2024. Port Macquarie Hastings Homelessness Collective is a coalition [...]

2024-02-08T09:55:22+10:00February 7th, 2024|

‘Service before self’ is value in focus for 2024

‘Service before self’ is value in focus for 2024 Last Sunday (21 January) on the feast of our Parish’s patron saint, St Agnes, at Masses in churches and chapels throughout the Parish ‘Service before Self’ was launched as our Value in Focus for 2024. In December each year the Parish Priest (Fr Paul) and CEO (Tony Leahy) [...]

2024-01-25T07:41:20+10:00January 24th, 2024|

College opens its doors to industry and community for Skills Challenge Day

  College opens its doors to industry and community for Skills Challenge Day Newman Senior Technical College held a Skills Challenge Day on November 24 with the dual purpose of enabling students to engage with industry and the community as well as providing an opportunity for industry to connect with the College’s unique way of learning. Apart [...]

2023-12-19T07:53:35+10:00December 18th, 2023|
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