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Bishop Brian calls for delegates to represent the diocese at Plenary Council

Bishop Brian calls for delegates to represent the diocese at Plenary Council

Plenary 2020, Bishop Brian Mascord - January 20, 2020

My Sisters and Brothers in Christ I am writing to invite expressions of interest from prospective Diocese of Wollongong delegates to attend the Plenary Council...

Pilgrimage of St Thérèse of Lisieux and her parents to visit the diocese

Pilgrimage of St Thérèse of Lisieux and her parents to visit the diocese

Catholic Mission, Bushfire crisis - January 14, 2020

The relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux and her parents, St Louis and St Marie-Azelie (Zelie), will be taken through a number of dioceses early...

Caring for yourself and others affected by bushfire

Caring for yourself and others affected by bushfire

CatholicCare, Bushfire crisis - January 13, 2020

The devastation caused by a bushfire can lead to a range of thoughts, feelings, emotions and behaviours that can be intense and confusing. It is...

A personal reflection upon visiting Lake Conjola and Ulladulla

A personal reflection upon visiting Lake Conjola and Ulladulla

Bushfire crisis, Debbie Gates - January 12, 2020

Our director of development and community and engagement, Debbie Gates, has spent much of the past week travelling with Bishop Brian Mascord to many of...

CatholicCare offers free trauma counselling to people impacted by bushfire

CatholicCare offers free trauma counselling to people impacted by bushfire

CatholicCare, Bushfire crisis - January 9, 2020

CatholicCare Wollongong have announced free trauma counselling and Community Connect meetings to support people in bushfire affected areas. Director of CatholicCare, Mr Michael Austin, said:...

Diocese responds to the bushfire crisis

Diocese responds to the bushfire crisis

Bushfire crisis, Parish life, Bishop Brian Mascord - January 8, 2020

Bishop Brian Mascord travelled to St Mary Star of Sea Parish in Milton this morning to see first-hand the devastation of the recent bushfires. Bishop...

Bishop Brian’s letter to bushfire affected parishes in the diocese

Bishop Brian’s letter to bushfire affected parishes in the diocese

Bushfire crisis, Parish life, Bishop Brian Mascord - January 3, 2020

My Dear Brothers and Sisters I write these words at a time when many within your communities have lost so much and many grieve the...

A prayer for the Shoalhaven

A prayer for the Shoalhaven

Bushfire crisis, Parish life - January 3, 2020

We continue to pray for the Shoalhaven region that encompasses the parishes of St Michael's Nowra (including the church communities of Vincentia, Culburra Beach, Bombaderry,...

Milton church saved in fire

Milton church saved in fire

Bushfire crisis, Parish life - December 31, 2019

Please keep your prayers going for those in the Shoalhaven region of our diocese. There have been reports that our St Mary Star of Sea...

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Our diocesan logo is theologically rich and very succinct. As a hand, it depicts our mission as a diocese and as individuals within the diocese, of bearing (bringing, carrying) Christ’s love to one another and to the world around us. In this, we are the hand of Jesus Christ, and we are offering ourselves to him so that he might work through us.

We can be the bearers of his love only as a response to his call and in the strength of his grace. We are reminded of this in two ways—through the symbol of the dove (the Holy Spirit) also present in the logo, and by the incorporation of the cross that segments the logo. The presence of the cross is a reminder that bearing the love of Christ will inevitably cost us if we live it authentically. However, in the way that the Cross is the portent of redemption and life—an echo of the tree of life in the book of Genesis—so becoming bearers of the love of Christ will also bring us to life.

The four fingers of the hand also represent the four regions of our diocese. The first is blue representing the beautiful water of the Shoalhaven. The second is a blue and green combination representing the waters and escarpment of the Illawarra. The third is green depicting the hills and plains of the Macarthur. The fourth is dark green illustrating the forests of the Southern Highlands.