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 ...

Over 1600 students, staff and special guests filled the grounds of St Peter’s Campus, Maitland this morning to celebrate the commencement of the new school year, launch the new visual identity and ...

Vatican City is a city-state within the city of Rome, Italy. It is home to both Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and is a veritable monument to Catholicism's influence on architecture. It ...

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 ...

For National Vocation Awareness week, Pints With A Purpose welcomed two young men studying to become priests. Solomon Omeiza is a seminarian for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and Richard Sofatzis ...

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 ...

MNnews.today is your source of Catholic news for the areas of Newcastle, Maitland, Taree, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter Valley. The site contains stories from the award-winning diocesan magazine ...

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 ...

Deacons are one of the ordained ministries of the Church alongside priests and bishops. They belong to the Order of Deacons and are ordained by a bishop to ‘serve’ the community in various ways. Keep ...

More than 90 women filled the seats of the Victor Peters Suite last Thursday night as they gathered for our annual Sisters of Faith dinner. Each year, we run this event to provide a platform for ...

Pilgrimage is an important element of every Jubilee Year and there will be opportunities in 2025 for international and local experiences. Those who have travelled the Camino de Santiago understand ...

It will start with a Diocesan pilgrimage from Nobbys Beach at 8am to Sacred Heart Cathedral, culminating in Mass at 10am and a FREE Festival at 11am in the Cathedral precinct grounds. All corners of ...