Some people choose to be optimistic about the future, adopting a positive mindset calculating that “the glass is half full” so “It’ll be alright.” I believe such optimists are better off than ...

Laurie Woods is based in the School of Theology at the ACU Strathfield campus of Australian Catholic University. He has been teaching biblical studies at ACU in Sydney for 25 years and is also ...

Hope, faith, and a whole lot of fun filled the air in Newcastle on Sunday as more than 1,000 people gathered to launch the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year. It started with a Pilgrimage of Hope from ...

It is with great excitement that Bishop Michael Kennedy has organised an international exhibition of Blessed Carlo Acutis to visit our Diocese this week. Carlo Acutis, a young Italian boy who died at ...

Lent is often portrayed as a journey from one point in time to another. Commencing at Ash Wednesday to the beginning of the period known as the Triduum it allows us to deeply reflect internally so our ...

This is a discussion about what is happening in the area of personal injury compensation claims related to institutional child abuse (‘claims’). However, for a leader in the Diocese of ...

On Sunday 2 March, the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle launched Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion as part of our Jubilee Year celebrations. In his opening remarks at the Mass of Hope, ...

“I was looking back at a PowerPoint I made in Year 4, and in it I said I wanted to play cricket and soccer for Australia. When I saw that, I started tearing up... It’s just so incredible to think I’m ...

That’s the sentiment I took away from my visit to The Unforgettables – a choir that’s using music to help people with dementia. They come together once a week for rehearsals, but the impact of the ...

In a world where you can be anything, what do you want to be? I think the very top dream would be to do cinematography, audio lighting or even set design – something that involves movies and ...

They’re also the words Liam Woods held onto during his darkest days. An alumnus of St Patrick’s Primary School Cessnock, St Joseph’s Catholic College Lochinvar and All Saints’ College Maitland, Liam’s ...

It is a 40-day time of prayer, fasting, and giving to the poor that helps Christians prepare to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter. It is a time of reflection, repentance, and transformation.