“Pope Francis is challenging us to rediscover Jesus’ presence with us when we celebrate the Liturgy,” says Professor Clare Johnson, Director of the ACU Centre for Liturgy.

A Reflection by Josh Lourensz, Executive Director of Catholic Social Services Victoria 

From June in 1852 Backhaus kept meticulous records of the Baptisms, Marriages and uniquely, Deaths that took place in and around the Bendigo goldfields.

Eighty senior secondary students and teachers from twelve Catholic High schools attended the annual Sandhurst ‘Justice Matters Camp’ in Beechworth from 8-10 May.

Vast majority of Catholic school families excluded from the State Budget's $400 School Savings Bonus 

An Hazara Afghani family of four will soon arrive in Bendigo via the Australian Government’s Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Program Pilot (CRISP). 

Monsignor Frank Hickey died peacefully in Nagambie on the morning of 9 May 2024. He was 97 years old and was in the 73rd year of his priestly ministry.

The Sandhurst Youth Ministry Reference Group has met three times since it was established in October 2023. The Group has been working on a detailed proposal for the future direction and provision of Youth Ministry in the Diocese.

Fr Adi Indra is looking forward to the next Vocations Discernment Session, which will focus on the first foundational aspect of discernment – prayer.

Approximately 600 people attended St Brendan’s Feast Day celebrations in Shepparton on Sunday 5 May.