At the sixth meeting of the Sandhurst Mission and Pastoral Council held on 20 April, members worked on a final draft of the Strategic Mission and Pastoral Plan (Direction and Goals); learned more about the forthcoming Parish Visitation Program; and were updated on the 150th Anniversary Celebrations.

The Seasons for Growth program is designed to help anyone who has experienced significant change such as loss, death, family breakdown, or other change which has had an impact on their wellbeing. Seasons for Growth is led by trained facilitators and is held over four two-hour sessions.

Diocesan Vocations Director, Fr Nathan Verallo, says vocations discernment doesn’t apply only to the priesthood.

The L’Arche Bendigo Community celebrated their tenth anniversary at a fundraising lunch at St Kilian’s Hall on Sunday 14 April 2024.

In St Mary’s Church, Avenel there is a heritage-listed, stained-glass window with imagery of St Martin of Tours, a patron saint of France.

Caritas Australia thanks schools and parishes for another successful Project Compassion.

Grade 6 Sudents fromSt Kilian’s Primary School  travelled to the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne to participate in Legacy's 92nd ANZAC Commemoration Ceremony for Students on 19 April. 

After almost 132 years as the heart of the Catholic community in Avenel, St Mary’s Church has closed due to declining congregation numbers and increasingly large maintenance expenses.

The story of the church building including its unique architectural and devotional trimmings is one that should be read in context with the story of the place, writes Diocesan Archivist, Dr Donna Bailey.

Dr Donna Bailey provides pages of the Inglewood Baptism Registry 1881 for you to peruse. Maybe you have a descendant whose baptism was on these pages?