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Can you not watch one hour with me?

Can you not watch one hour with me?

Lachlan Gillespie, Youth and Young Adults - August 15, 2019

Photos by Daniel Hopper. While I have always professed being Catholic, there have been, and continue to be, many times where I live in a...

Rome sweet home—Finding our home in the Catholic Church

Rome sweet home—Finding our home in the Catholic Church

New evangelisation, Jude Hennessy - August 15, 2019

Henri and Tianah Taylor with their son, August. Photo by Daniel Hopper. Henri and Tianah Taylor are both 22 years old and grew up in...

It’s Fairs to say we love her! An interview with Frances Fairs

It’s Fairs to say we love her! An interview with Frances Fairs

Debbie Gates, Parish life - August 15, 2019

Frances Fairs teaching CCD in the classroom. Photo by Daniel Hopper. “I know who you are! I remember you from our cocktail party, but I’m...

The big story

The big story

New evangelisation, Peter Gilmore - August 15, 2019

Moses, Jeremiah, Ruth, Esther, Jonah and ... you. We hear people talk about God having a plan for our lives, but we don’t often think...

Quo Vadis—Pope Francis and the call to holiness

Quo Vadis—Pope Francis and the call to holiness

Vocations, Fr Duane Fernandez - August 15, 2019

In our time, there is a deeply felt urgency to “get more priests” for our diocese. Many dioceses throughout Australia and the Western world are...

Listen to what the Spirit is saying

Listen to what the Spirit is saying

Jude Hennessy, Plenary 2020 - August 14, 2019

In October 2020, the Catholic Church in Australia will gather for the first plenary council to be held since the Second Vatican Council. From August...

Positions vacant—Administration Officer

Positions vacant—Administration Officer

Parish life, Jobs - August 12, 2019

Position: Administration Officer Employer: Lumen Christi Catholic Parishes Wollongong Employment type: Casual (one day per week on Thursdays) Role commencement: September 2019 Closing date: 4...

Bishop announces retirement of diocese’s beloved Director of Schools Peter Turner

Bishop announces retirement of diocese’s beloved Director of Schools Peter Turner

Catholic education, Bishop Brian Mascord - August 7, 2019

Dear Friends I write to convey, to you, the news that Mr Peter Turner has advised me of his intention to retire from his position...

Help stop attempts to make abortion legal up until birth in NSW

Help stop attempts to make abortion legal up until birth in NSW

Family and life - August 3, 2019

Earlier this week, the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 (Bill) was tabled in NSW Parliament. If passed, it will make abortion legal up until...

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.