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Students and teachers enjoy creative magic of LitFest2444 The LitFest2444 website describes it as ‘a festival like no other’. The ‘Lit’ is short for ‘literary’ and ‘2444’ is Port Macquarie’s postcode. However, to experience it firsthand is to quickly realise that LitFest2444 is much more than a literary festival; it’s actually a vibrant celebration of… View Article

The Australian bishops will celebrate Mass in the papal basilicas, including St Peter’s, during the Ad Limina visit Australia’s Catholic bishops have arrived in Italy and are preparing for their pilgrimage to the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul with a period of prayer and discernment. Almost 40 bishops are in Rome for the… View Article

At this important time in the educational history of the Lismore Diocese and in view of the impending retirement of Mr David Condon following 20 years of service in the diocese, including the past 7 years as Director of Schools, Bishop Homeming has announced the appointment of Dr Sally Towns as Diocesan Director of Catholic… View Article

An Australian Tradition of Reflection on Work A Pastoral Letter for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker 1 May 2019 Did you know that for over twenty years now the Catholic Church in Australia has marked the Feast of St Joseph the Worker with a pastoral letter? These letters place Catholic Social Teaching in… View Article

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Archbishop Mark Coleridge has expressed shock at the attacks in Sri Lanka that have left many dead, including Catholics attending Easter celebrations. “Attacks such as this are always atrocious,” he said, “but especially when worshippers are the target and it’s the Resurrection they’re celebrating. “We don’t know who planned the… View Article