Diocesan Newsletter

February 2024

  • Bishop Michael’s Letter

    For these past few weeks, I have been travelling through the Diocese with Leesa Jeffcoat, the Director of Catholic Education and visiting our Diocesan schools and colleges.

  • Ignite Summer Camp 2024

    In January 35 high schoolers from our diocese travelled down to the Sunshine Coast for Ignite Summer Camp.

  • Top 5 Award for The Haven

    The Haven has been recognised as an industry leader after being placed in the top five at the National Australian Wedding Awards.

  • Parish News

    Bundaberg

    Capricorn Coast

    Emerald

    Gladstone

    Rockhampton

  • Lights of Christmas – a spectacular success

    The Lights of Christmas featured a spectacular light display being projected onto the beautiful, historic St Joseph’s Cathedral from 7:30pm to 10:30pm every evening in the week leading up to Christmas.

  • Opening Mass for School Year

    This year’s Catholic Education Opening School Year Mass held at St Joseph’s Cathedral Rockhampton on Friday 19 January and livestreamed across the Diocese.

  • Filipinos Celebrate “Sinulog,” The Feast of Santo Niño

    Filipinos Celebrate “Sinulog,” The Feast of Santo Niño
    “Sinulog” (“water movement”) is the Filipino term given to the celebration of the Feast of the Child Jesus or Santo Niño, commemorating the

  • ‘Open Hearts, Open Hands, Open Minds’, St Ursula’s theme for the Year

    St Ursula’s College, Yeppoon, held our Welcome Mass on Thursday 1 February. It was a wonderful celebration of our College theme for 2024, ‘Open Hearts, Open Hands, Open Minds’.

  • Social Justice to Be Key in Catholic Education 2024

    Social justice would be a key focus area in 2024 for communities within Catholic Education.

  • Bishop Michael visits the Families of our Indian Priests

    It is Monday morning and I have a few spare minutes to rest and catch up. There has been a lot happening these past few days. The flight from Brisbane was smooth and after a bit of a wait in Singapore, I transf

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