April 10, 2019 - Faith development, Mission, Parish, School life, Student discipleship, Youth Ministry
Honestly, I haven’t always been the faith driven person that I am now. I started off my schooling at a Catholic Primary School and then at some point in year 3, I moved to a Public School. It was a MASSIVE change for me. I went from praying three times a day and having religious […]
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April 10, 2019 - Bishop Homeming, Faith development, Mission, Proclaim Lismore Staff, School life, Student discipleship, Vocation, Youth Ministry
An incredible new adventure for the Diocese of Lismore. Last week 23 faithful young adults gathered in Lismore for the first Youth Ministry Officer (YMO) Equipping School. Evolving from Bishop Greg’s vision for young adult formation, the Catholic Schools Office School Evangelisation (SE) Staff and Parish Youth Coordinator’s guided the YMOs in a six-day formation […]
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March 3, 2019 - Immersion, Mission, Proclaim Lismore Staff, Social justice, Vocation
CABUYAO, PHILIPPINES – JANUARY, 2019 EMPOWERING DAUGHTERS IMMERSION PROGRAM By Amber Scanes and Georgia Hickling AN AFTERTHOUGHT… Four weeks later and we still can’t believe it! What an amazing immersion experience we had. Our lives have been forever changed and we couldn’t be more thankful to Adamson University in Manila, the Catholic Schools Office in […]
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November 14, 2018 - Immersion, Parish, School life, Social justice, Student discipleship, Year of Youth, Youth Ministry
By Georgia Baker (YMO at Mt St Patrick’s College Murwillumbah) When I think back to the week I experienced in Wilcannia, the words that come to mind are selfless love. Everyone we came in contact with over the trip showed nothing but selfless love. On Sunday the 28th December, 10 students and 4 staff […]
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September 4, 2018 - Praise and Worship, Shine Gathering, Student discipleship, Year of Youth, Youth Ministry
Emma Fradd’s morning keynote address to the Shine Gathering, 2018. Check out Emma Fradd’s talk at the Proclaim Lismore Youtube. G’day everyone, how’s it going? I lived in Canada for 6 years and then England for 2 years. It’s really nice to be able to be with a group of people and be like […]
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September 3, 2018 - Faith development, Praise and Worship, Shine Gathering, Student discipleship, Year of Youth, Youth Ministry
By Hannah Post To describe SHINE as phenomenal, would simply be an understatement. There seems to be a lexical gap finding the words to express the emotions, realisations, and encounters experienced within the short 24 hours of the 2018 SHINE Gathering. Over seven hundred students from up and down our Diocese, converged together at St […]
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June 21, 2018 - Porta Fidei, Proclaim Lismore Staff, Teaching, Vocation
By Debbie Rennes A reflection for Porta Fidei 2018. I grew up in Bega and went to Catholic School K -10 and moved to a State School for Year 11 and 12. Dad said our prayers with us every night, I went to mass every Sunday and we all gathered for the Novena on Saturday evenings. My […]
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June 20, 2018 - Faith development, Student discipleship, Year of Youth, Youth Ministry
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell so sweet” – William Shakespeare Wherever you are right now, if you’re on the bus on your way home, on the couch smelling the delectable aromas of a nearly ready dinner, or watching the sun welcome the earth to […]
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June 7, 2018 - Faith development, Praise and Worship, Year of Youth, Youth Ministry
By Georgia Baker In the recent blog: Butch (YMO from Coffs) said, “There are so many reasons to thank and worship God, and there are so many ways to worship” I’ve come to realise, you don’t have to be musically talented to enjoy and appreciate worship and praise. Music is such a powerful way to pray, […]
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