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 [...]

St Agnes' students set to benefit from new Uniform Store Around 4000 students attending St Agnes’ Parish schools are set to benefit from the new, purpose-built St Agnes’ Uniform Store opened on Wednesday 27 June.Representatives from Parish schools, P&F associations, Parish Pastoral and Finance Councils attended the opening, marked by special prayers and a blessing of the building [...]

Kirra Porter has a big plan to help the homeless population in Port Macquarie and needs your help For a year seven student, Kirra Porter certainly has a wise head on her shoulders. Currently studying at MacKillop College, Kirra is on a quest to help the homeless populations in Port Macquarie by collecting coats, scarves and jumpers [...]

New Learning spaces officially opened at St Joseph's Primary School New learning spaces at St Joseph’s Primary School support contemporary learning. The new learning spaces were officially opened on July 4 after which Student Representative Council members and special guests guided parish priest Father Paul Gooley as he blessed the new learning spaces and extended playgrounds. Eight [...]

Pop-up soup cafes support dementia program Buy winter warming soups from pop-up soup cafes and do your bit to support a dementia-friendly garden. People are encouraged to head to the pop-up soup cafes between noon and 2pm on July 2 at the Port Macquarie CWA Rooms (Town Green), July 3 at the Laurieton School of Arts Hall [...]

Big celebrations at St Peter's Primary, Port Macquarie as new buildings officially open There was a flurry of activity at St Peter’s Primary in Port Macquarie on June 26 at the official opening of their completed stage three building works. Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams and Most Reverend Bishop Gregory Homeming, Bishop of Lismore were on hand [...]