Leaders without hats or badges or titles

Two teachers from diocesan schools – Sophie Cox of St Peter’s Campus, All Saints College, Maitland and Leah Wilson of St Catherine’s Catholic College, Singleton – have joined a cohort of young women from across Australia to participate in a promising new education and formation program called Leadership for Mission.

‘Sportswomanship’ is alive and well

Even if you were not glued to the screen during this year’s Commonwealth Games, it’s unlikely you missed seeing the Australians who competed in the 10,000m women’s final. While no Australian won a medal, all three won hearts when they waited trackside to welcome Lesotho’s Lineo Chaka, the final athlete to finish the event.  

Local author tells tales tall but true!

When James Tobias (Toby) Ryan, 17, and his cousin, George Rope, found themselves in a drunken fight with police in Penrith in 1835, they decided that escape was the best course of action. Accordingly, they walked to Parramatta, thence to Sydney where they boarded the steamer, “William the Fourth”, and sailed north to Newcastle Harbour.

Experienced Maitland nurse finds a second home

The March edition of Aurora introduced experienced nurse from Maitland, Sue Bartlett, who was about to head to Kiribati on a two-year mission under the auspices of Palms Australia.

At that time Sue was, understandably, both excited and a little anxious as a new calling beckoned.

A few months in, Sue reports on her experience volunteering with the Kiribati Catholic Education Office to improve the health of local students.

TWEC DINNER 2018: “It does mean a new us”

Geraldine Doogue AO’s address to guests at the 25^th annual TWEC Dinner on 21 May was encouraging and challenging, in equal measure – not unlike the gospel!

Reimagining the future

There’s a butter churn in the dining room of Rita Gee’s home, “Dalara”, at Jerry’s Plains in the Upper Hunter. Rita recalls that she used it as a girl, growing up on a succession of Hunter Valley dairies run by her parents.