Bishop Greg welcomes Royal Commission hearings in Newcastle
Today’s Newcastle Herald has published an article that relates to the work of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and a hearing related to the Diocese. Although the Diocese has not received formal notification from the Commission, it is foreshadowed that a two week public hearing into Newcastle Anglican Diocese is…
Gosford Anglican Church will establish a “LOUD FENCE” as a show of support for the victims and survivors of child abuse
Gosford Anglican Church will establish a “LOUD FENCE” on Sunday April 3 at 9am. The original LOUD FENCE is the front fence of the former “St Alipius Boys’ School” site, in Victoria Street, Ballarat. From May 21 2015, the local community was invited to tie LOUD (bright, coloured) ribbons on to the fence as a…
Gallery: Easter Around the Diocese
He is Risen! Browse through a collection of photos from Easter services and events from across the Diocese.
Anglican Care receives new residential places and home care packages
Anglican Care is pleased to announce that they have been successful in the 2015 Aged Care Approvals Round, receiving: 30 Residential Places in Gloucester 15 Residential Places for C A Brown 17 home care packages in the Central Coast Region 12 home care packages in the Manning Region The receipt of these places will allow…
Commissioning: Rev’d Jenny Foley
The Rev’d Jenny Foley was commissioned to the Parish of Cockle Bay on Thursday March 3. Congratulations Jenny. View the gallery here.
headspace Maitland releases Youth Activity Report
headspace National and headspace Maitland have released a report on youth engagement in the mental and health wellbeing support service, highlighting that participation from young people in the Hunter region has increased over the last twelve months. The report presents a snapshot of centre performance against national averages, and shows that headspace Maitland is achieving…
Church group shares its produce with the community
Food grown by a Maitland church group and given free to those who need it is a project treated with great respect by local people, their members said. For the past six months, members of the Rutherford-Telarah Fiacre’s Feast Community have grown herbicide-free vegetables that have been made available to whoever wants them. Group members were…
Volunteer for SRE (School Scripture) – all it takes is 1 hour!*
As the new school year takes form, Hunter SRE (School Scripture) is calling for volunteers to teach SRE in local schools across the Diocese. Already in 2016, Hunter SRE has had over 10 new Anglican SRE teachers start. There are over 200 Anglican SRE teachers in this Diocese. By becoming a volunteer SRE teacher you…
Building Youth Engagement in Indigenous Communities this Easter
ABM’s 2016 Easter Appeal is supporting young people in communities across the top end of Australia. Youth engagement will be a strong focus for the ABM Reconciliation Program in 2016 as it is clear that more needs to be offered for youth to find identity and purpose. ABM’s Reconciliation Coordinator, Mal MacCallum said, “Youth suicide…
Samaritans Opens New Emergency Relief Centre
Samaritans has provided emergency relief in Newcastle, the Hunter Valley, Central Coast and Mid North Coast regions of NSW for over thirty years, and soon will launch a new centre in Rutherford. Each month Samaritans provides more than 1,000 families with emergency assistance and relief throughout the Hunter Valley and Central Coast regions, supporting people…