Are you a carer of an older person? If yes, Anglican Care are offering free respite for a limited time at one of their spacious homes set in the beautiful town of Bulahdelah. Whilst staying with us, our respite residents are able to enjoy the provisi [...]

Dear sisters and brothers, I am delighted to inform you that the Diocesan Council has concurred with my nomination of the Venerable Canon Sonia Roulston to become the Assistant Bishop (Inland Episcopate) to exercise episcopal ministry in the Upper Hu [...]

Chinese New Year celebrations will return in style to Newcastle Foreshore next month with the Light Up Newcastle lantern walk set to be the feature of an afternoon full of cultural festivities. Launched on Tuesday at the Newcastle Maritime Museum, th [...]

A new billboard at the north end of Wyong has had a few heads turning this last week. Jesus the Game Changer has appeared on a billboard at the roundabout where the Pacific Hwy turns right across the railway line at Watanobbi. Jesus the Game Changer [...]

Bishop Irfan Jamil has stressed the need to “proclaim the gospel boldly” as the first of five components for Christian life and witness. [...]

The University of the South is facing a growing backlash over its decision not to rescind an honorary degree to journalist Charlie Rose. [...]

Archbishop Justin Welby is backing Pope Francis’ call for tomorrow to be set aside as a day of prayer and fasting for South Sudan & Congo. [...]

Archbishop Justin Welby has led tributes to US evangelist Billy Graham, who has died today at his home in North Carolina, aged 99. [...]

Unfortunately, we have had to change the date of Retreat 2 – the weekday one, to the following week. So it will be from Tuesday 27 February 4pm to Thursday 1st March 3pm. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. The post NOTE: Change of da [...]

TOUCHING CHRIST’S WOUNDS Sermon presented by The Revd Dr Barbara Howard at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, on the 25th Anniversary of Women’s Priesting in the Diocese of Newcastle: ‘Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Re [...]

People from the Central Coast Deanery gathered at Holy Family Church, Wyoming. The Ahli Arab Hospital is a haven of peace in the middle of Gaza, one of the world’s most troubled places. A Palestinian territory (41km long x 12km at its widest), with a [...]

Anglican Women’s Sunday is held on the last Sunday in July each year. This year it will fall on Sunday 30th July. Its purpose is to celebrate ALL Anglican women across the Diocese and the good work they do on behalf of your parish, the community and [...]

AN ACCOUNT of worshippers being dragged from a church by government soldiers then raped or shot, their elder hung from a tree, is among the testimonies published in a new UN report on South Sudan, published on the day Pope Francis and Archbishop W... [...]

THE nuns of All Hallows Convent, Ditchingham, in Norfolk, are giving away the buildings and the nine-acre grounds to whoever can successfully reimagine the site as a place of Christian community for the 21st century. The seven Sisters of All Hallo... [...]

LICENSED Readers in the diocese of York are being invited to consider ordination to the diaconate under a scheme proposed by the Archbishop of York, Dr Sentamu. In a letter to all licensed lay Readers and Readers with permission to officiate in th... [...]

MOSQUES across the UK opened their doors for Visit My Mosque day last weekend. A new survey suggested, however, that 90 per cent of British people had not visited a mosque in the past five years. The study, commissioned by the Muslim Council of Br... [...]