Over 50’s Social Club
The Craft Group want to share and expand their space. We want to create a Social Club. A safe place where men and women can meet for 2 hours on a Monday morning each fortnight. The plan is to bring…
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Easing Restrictions
Following the easing of restrictions last Monday, we are now able to sing at Mass! It is also no longer a requirement to sanitise before communion (our communion ministers will still wash their hands). We are still limited in capacity…
Vinnies Flood Appeal
The Vinnies NSW Flood Appeal has raised $162,695 in much needed funds so far. The Society is making available financial assistance for people most affected by the recent floods to help them recover in the aftermath of the disaster. People…
The Way of the Cross
This year’s Way of the Cross was filmed right here at St Joseph’s. It is now available to watch online.
The Journey of a Lifetime: Formation and Education
“Sir, give me this water.” – Jn 4.15 The Journey of a Lifetime: Formation and Education Through 2020 and into this year, we have had to ponder deeply on the way we do things as a church, particularly the way…
The Cry of the Heart: Worship and Prayer
“I trusted, even when I said: ‘I am sorely afflicted.’” – Ps 115.10 The Cry of the Heart: Worship and Prayer On Monday afternoon, a blackbird (a White-winged Chough) found its way into our church only to become caught in…
Letting Go
“ Repent, and believe the Good News.” – Mk 1.15 Letting Go On Ash Wednesday morning, our community gathered for Mass. It was different this year. The familiar ritual of placing a cross of ash on our foreheads was not…
Lent 2021
From Lent until Pentecost the people of the diocese will be invited, through a process of contemplative dialogue, to discern more fully the framework for considering ‘Building the Kingdom of God Together’ inour diocese. The Church of Maitland-Newcastle is centred…
A Matter of Perspective
“Whatever you do at all, do it for the glory of God.” – 1Cor10.31 A Matter of Perspective Our parish is on a journey within our Diocesan community of Building the Kingdom of God Together. Last week we were invited…
A Matter of Perspective
A Matter of Perspective “Is not our life on earth nothing more than pressed service, our time no better than hired drudgery?” – Job 7.1 A friend of mine shared the following story: A supervisor was observing his workers one…