The Feast of Mary of the Cross MacKillop Mary MacKillop (1842-1909) is renowned for her generous approach to all endeavours, a women of courage who worked tirelessly to ensure all children were educated , she especially looked out for the poor and those in need. A famous quote of Mary’s is “Remember we are but travelers here” [...]

Fr Peter celebrates 10 years as a Priest To mark the 10th Anniversary of his ordination on 30 July, E-news caught up with Fr Peter Wood for an interview, in which he shares both the serious and lighter side of his personality! Q. Tell us a little about your road to becoming a priest… A: I was [...]

St Martha - Feast 29 July: Patron Saint of Cooks, Housewives, Servants, Waiters and Waitresses Megan Barber from our Parish Communications team reflects on what St Martha means to her: Tell the truth… when you think of Martha and Mary in the bible (Luke (10: 38-42) … do you think of Mary as ‘the good sister’ and [...]

Tea for Two, Three or more... The St Agnes Care & Lifestyle Pastoral Care team treated a number of ladies to High Morning Tea with fine china and a beautiful tempting patisserie on Thursday morning (16 July) in the Emmaus Café. Quite a few residents had expressed the need for connection and companionship and this carefully planned [...]

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 [...]