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Building the Future of our Church Parish by Parish
This year 20 parishes established a new Parish Endowment Fund to provide parishioners with the opportunity to give a gift now or in their Will to a perpetual fund that…
Read MoreMay Quarterly Luncheon
The Assembly of Catholic Professionals was inspired by our guest speaker, Colin McDonald QC on 25 May 2017. A special note: Colin’s experiences working in Indonesia and the plight of…
Read MoreMarch Quarterly Luncheon
The Assembly of Catholic Professionals welcomes guest speaker, Professor Paul Carding from Australian Catholic University, to the first quarterly luncheon for 2017. Professor Carding will present the Ultimate Presention Skills:…
Read MoreChristmas in prison: a message from a Centacare prison chaplain
My name is Sr Elisabeth Keane, but the inmates call me Sr Lis. I don’t have an office but I move around the centre, talking to staff and inmates –…
Read MoreYour gifts to the Annual Catholic Campaign educate our seminarians
“A GOOD SHEPHERD a pastor after God’s heart, is the greatest treasure which the good Lord can grant to a parish, and one of the most precious gifts of divine…
Read MoreYour gifts to the Annual Catholic Campaign bolster grassroots ministries
IMAGINE a vibrant community of more than 250 young people, gathered in the name of Jesus Christ well before Sunday Mass even begins. Imagine the joy of the Holy Spirit,…
Read MoreYour gifts to the Annual Catholic Campaign provide a dignified retirement for Fr Ted Houlihan
Fr Ted remembers a time “priests died in the presbytery” without…
Read MoreYour gifts to the Annual Catholic Campaign bring hope to prisoners
“I have heard stuff that curls my toes. It tests my Christianity…
Read MoreCentacare’s Catholic Psychiatric Pastoral Care
21 years ago Jim Noonan saw a notice in the parish newsletter that caught his attention. The notice was about a training course for pastoral carers offered by Centacare’s Catholic…
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