Week 338 - The Summer Series

"What is God or life trying to say to me through this experience?" TRISH McCARTHY This week on the Journey (Ep 338) It's the middle of summer and this time on the Journey we brought more of your favourites together, all in the one place for you to indulge in beside the pool, in the air-conned car or in the cool morning sun. Let us know if you love it as much as we do! Visit www.jcr.org.au or www.itunes.jcr.org.au where you can listen anytime and subscribe to weekly shows by email. Got friends or family who you'd like to hear this show ever week? All you've got to do is send them this email and they can subscribe by clicking here. The Journey is a weekly program developed by the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong and is the only Catholic radio program in Australia aired on general Christian radio. Listen to this week's presenter inputs Byron and Francine Pirola—Sticky Vows Mother Hilda Scott OSB—A Memory Pete Gilmore—Talking a Big Game Sam Clear—Silence Trish McCarthy—Flowers or Weeds Listen to the full show Listen to past shows You can listen to all our past shows and presenter inputs at www.jcr.org.au You can also subsribe to the Journey Catholic Radio Podcast on iTunes and have it automatically downloaded onto your iOS Podcast app or your iTunes Store: Listen to past shows You can listen to all our past shows and presenter inputs at www.jcr.org.au You can also subsribe to the Journey Catholic Radio Podcast on iTunes and have it automatically downloaded onto your iOS Podcast app or your iTunes Store: Contact We love to hear feedback and comments on the show too, so drop us an email at journey@dow.org.au or call (02) 4222 2407. Copyright © 2020 Catholic Diocese of Wollongong, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you either opted in to receive Faith and Life Enews from the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong, the Journey Catholic Radio Podcast or you are a Catholic School or Parish in Australia. Our mailing address is: Catholic Diocese of Wollongong PO Box 1239 Wollongong, Nsw 2500 Australia

FAITH CIRCLES February 2020 | Download Now!

We are delighted to let you know that you can now download your monthly batch of Faith Circles for February 2020.

"For where two or three meet in my name, I shall be there with them." MATTHEW 18:20 We are pleased to provide you with your monthly batch of Faith Circles for three weeks of February 2020 spanning the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord to the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). Whether through participating in Alpha, Lenten or Advent groups, people have realised the joy and fruitfulness of journeying in faith with people they have come to know, love and trust. All the evidence shows that living and growing in our faith is best done as part of a small group—turning rows into circles. As the use of Alpha continues to grow in our diocese, Faith Circles is the ideal post-Alpha resource for continuing to build and develop strong community and faith relationships with God and one another. Faith Circles is free, no strings attached, we just want Catholics to be nurtured by doing life and faith in groups, not on your own—you can print as many copies as you like. DOWNLOAD FILES Encounter – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Yr A) Salt and Light – 5th Sun Ord Time (Yr A) Reconciliation – 6th Sun Ord Time (Yr A) Love your enemy – 7th Sun Ord Time (Yr A) LEADER RESOURCE We have published a  resource giving tips on how to start and run a Faith Circles small group in your community setting. Click here to download the resource. REFER A FRIEND If you know someone who would like to receive Faith Circles, ask that they sign up at faithcircles.dow.org.au. CONTACT If you have any questions or feedback, we would love to hear from you! Please contact our coordinator of evangelisation and discipleship, Darren McDowell on (02) 4222 2463 or darren.mcdowell@dow.org.au. Copyright © 2020 Catholic Diocese of Wollongong, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have either subscribed to Faith Circles, Journey Catholic Radio or Faith and Life eNews in the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong or you have purchased one of our previous publications (eg, Advent or Lenten Program) Our mailing address is: Catholic Diocese of Wollongong PO Box 1239 Wollongong, Nsw 2500 Australia

CatholicCare's Term 1 Courses - Enrolments Open!

 Strengthening relationships and supporting children's development

Child Development & Group Work Courses Strengthening Your Relationships  Enrolments for CatholicCare's Term 1 Campbelltown groups are now open. We offer a range of group work courses for adults, parents and carers, children and couples. We offer courses to strengthen relationships, support children's development and build resilience within a supportive environment alongside others who share similar life experiences. TERM 1 CALENDAR All of our 2020 courses are listed on our website. Click below to view the 2020 group work schedule. 2020 GROUP WORK SCHEDULE If you have any questions or would like to book into one of our courses, please call 4254 9395 or email IntakeService@catholiccare.dow.org.au Copyright © 2020 CatholicCare Wollongong, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are a part of CatholicCare Wollongong's emailing list. Our mailing address is: CatholicCare Wollongong 35A Cordeaux Street Campbelltown, NSW 2560 Australia

Limited spots left for YLES 2020!

Limited spots left. BE NOT AFRAID!  Dive deeper into your call to discipleship with the week long live-in experience of the Youth Leaders Evangelisation School from January 25 to February 1 at Campion College in Toongabbie, New South Wales. Come and experience community life, daily prayer, and reorienting habits for ourselves and others. There are limited spots left. Register at sydneycatholicyouth.org/YLES

GRACE Lenten Program 2020 | Get in early for Lent!

Due to the early commencement of Lent on 26 February 2020, we are pleased to announce that we are now taking orders for our Grace—Lenten Program 2020 including discount pricing for bulk orders and a GST free option for Australian Catholic Religious Groups starting from just $5.00 per copy! Grace is a 76-page full colour book (240x170mm) book containing short daily reflections (from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday) in addition to the longer-form Sunday Gospel reflections, spiritual direction, Gospel readings, responsorial psalms, prayers and reflection questions that are traditionally part of the Lenten program for groups. Therefore, Grace is also perfect for individuals who cannot attend a Lenten group. For those part of a Lenten group, we are honoured to have Fr Christopher G Sarkis (parish priest at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Rosemeadow, NSW) providing the Sunday Gopel reflections and Sr Anastasia Reeves OP (St Cecilia Dominican Sister born and raised on the South Coast of NSW and now living in Nashville, USA) providing the spiritual direction. The shorter daily reflections have been written by 16 fantastic clergy, religious and lay contributors from around the world including Fr Sean Cullen, Sr Susanna Edmunds OP, Fr Damian Ference, Peter Gilmore, Michael "Gomer" Gormley, Sr Mary Helen HIll OP, Fr Antony Jukes OFM, Sr Elena Marie Piteo OP, Sr Magdalen Mather OSB, Darren McDowell, Trish McCarthy, Matthew Ockinga, Fr Chris Pietraszko, Mother Hilda Scott OSB, Dr Eleonore Stump and Michelle Vass. Grace also features beautiful religious artworks from the Masters such as Le Sueur, Morelli, Bellini, Luti, Ouwater, and Fra Angelico which Monsignor Graham Schmitzer expertly breaks open as part of his popular artwork reflections. BUY NOW DOWNLOAD SAMPLE TRIPLE CD RESOURCE Grace is accompanied by a Triple CD Resource that includes six beautiful responsorial psalms recorded especially for the Lenten program—written by acclaimed Catholic composer, Paul Mason, and performed by one of Australia's leading session musicians, Seth Harsh, and sung by the talented Michaela Rose and Fiesta Mataele.The Triple CD resource also includes audio narrations of the readings by Bishop Brian Mascord and Jude Hennessy, and audio narrations of the Sunday Gospel reflections narrated by Fr Christopher and spiritual direction by Sr Anastasia. LISTEN TO PSALM SAMPLES PRICING ($AUD) We have intentionally kept the bulk-pricing cost as low as possible to encourage parishes, schools and communities to buy the book on behalf of their communities. GRACE: Lenten Program 2020 Books   Qty Aust Catholic Religious Groups (+ post) Individuals (inc GST) (+ post) 1-9 $9.00 $9.90 10-24 $8.00 $8.80 25-49 $7.00 $7.70 50-99 $6.00 $6.60 100+ $5.00 $5.50 GRACE: Lenten Program 2020 Triple CD Resource*   Qty Aust Catholic Religious Groups (+ post) Individuals (inc GST) (+ post) 1+ Physical Triple CD $8.00 $8.80 * An MP3 digital download version of the Triple CD resource will be released in the coming weeks. GRACE: Lenten Program 2020 Book + Triple CD Resource Set   Qty Aust Catholic Religious Groups (+ post) Individuals (inc GST) (+ post) Book + Physical Triple CD $14.00 $15.40 To purchase your copies, just select whether you are purchasing as an individual or on behalf of an Australian Catholic Religious Group and you will see the discounted bulk pricing rates. If you have any questions or you would like to place a phone or email order, call us on (02) 4222 2411 or orders@dow.org.au Shipping of the books and CD's is expected to commence Friday 17 January 2020. We will send you an email confirmation when your order is shipped. N.B. If you live in the Diocese of Wollongong, please check with your parish, school, agency or religious order before ordering as they may be ordering copies on your behalf.   BUY NOW Copyright © 2020 Catholic Diocese of Wollongong, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you either opted in to receive Faith and Life Enews from the Catholic Diocese of Wollongong, the Journey Catholic Radio Podcast or you are a Catholic School or Parish in Australia. Our mailing address is: Catholic Diocese of Wollongong PO Box 1239 Wollongong, Nsw 2500 Australia