Volunteers enjoy a morning of renewal In a departure from the Parish’s usual practice of celebrating National Volunteer Week with Mass at St Agnes’ Church, Parish Volunteers were invited to enjoy a morning of hospitality and renewal in the peaceful environs of The Francis Retreat where Mass was also celebrated on site in the delightful intimacy of the Romero [...]

The Spirit of Pentecost alive and well at Parish Visioning Day Over 70 people came together for St Agnes’ Catholic Parish Visioning Day on Pentecost Sunday 28 May with the diversity of the gathering truly reflecting its theme, “Living Hope - Many Parts, One Body”*.A spirit of optimism and enthusiasm was evident as those who gathered took time to [...]

Family groups celebrate 35 years in our Parish At 9am Mass on Sunday 21 May, our Family Groups celebrated 35 years in our Parish and 50 Years since they first began in 1973 in Terry Hills, NSW. Many of our family group members came together to renew our commitment, remember the past and celebrate with the Eucharist and [...]

Parish hosts Aged Care Trainer From Tonga In April St Agnes' Catholic Parish hosted an Aged Care Trainer, Po’alo’i from Tupou Tertiary Institute in Tonga. The purpose of the visit was to provide Po’alo’i work experience and currency as a Trainer in aged care settings in Australia. This is an integral part of Po’alo’i’s role as an [...]

MacKillop students complete induction for St Agnes' Site 'Memoirs' project As part of their Christian Outreach program, fourteen MacKillop College senior students underwent induction at Maryknoll (which is part of St Agnes’ Site) in late April, as preparation for the intergenerational ‘Memoirs’ project. The ‘Memoirs’ project sees students partner with a resident to learn about their life story [...]

Parish Finance Council and Board Directors tour the sites of the Parish With Fr Paul Gooley at the wheel of one of the Parish’s minibuses, members of our Parish Finance Council and Directors of the St Agnes’ Assist and St Agnes’ Care & Lifestyle Boards embarked on an orientation tour of Parish sites on Saturday 30 April. [...]

A career in care a dream come true for Clare Clare O’Connor is one of the new team leaders at Emmaus. She has been working at Emmaus since she was 17 years old. Sharing the journey that started 7 years ago, Clare says, “Ever since I was young, I knew wanted to work in aged care.” For year [...]

World Youth Day representatives ask for our prayers, support and travel advice Sarah Jennings, Thomas McGhee, and Chloe Nash (pictured with other Lismore Diocese representatives) will be representing our Parish at World Youth Day (WYD), to be held in Lisbon, Portugal from 23 July to 11 August 2023. WYD is the largest gathering of youth with the Pope. [...]

Kelsey’s journey from Parish trainee to Uni graduate and business owner  For twenty-five-year-old Kelsey Petherick the journey to business ownership started as school-based trainee at St Agnes’ Catholic Parish in 2014. Kelsey did her traineeship through Newman Senior Technical College as part of her Higher School Certificate (HSC), which she completed in 2015. For the work placement component of [...]

Compliance audits confirm Parish services up to scratch St Agnes’ Site   The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) conducted an unannounced reaccreditation audit of St Agnes’ Site (which includes St Agnes’ House, Mount Carmel House and Maryknoll House) in March.  Such an audit evaluates the service against 42 requirements across eight Aged Care Quality Standards covering [...]

St Josephs' Family Services Community Spread Kindness this Easter Families and staff from across all of our St Joseph’s Family Services (SJFS) centres banded together to help collect donations this Easter for people in need within our community. An abundance of donations included not only the classic chocolate bunnies and eggs, but also other practical supplies such as [...]