Rite of Election:  Saturday, February 29, at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Ballarat at 12.30pm.

Mass of the Oils:  Monday, April 6 at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Ballarat at 6.30pm.

A report of the responses from the Ballarat Diocese to the Listening and Dialogue phase of the Plenary Council has been published.

A message of support for bushfire affected people and communities.

Take the time to read and reflect on Sunday’s Gospel.

Registrations are open for the CSSV Conference, “Serving Communities with Courage and Compassion” to be held from February 26-28, 2020 in Melbourne. For more information and to register click here. 

How is God calling us to be a Christ-centred Church that is open to Conversion, Renewal and Reform? As a diocese we will be focusing on this theme during February.  Contact your local parish for Listening & Discernment Experience information.

Lent will be upon us in coming weeks. Project Compassion is Caritas Australia's annual Lenten fundraising and awareness-raising appeal.

Catholic Earthcare Certification is a new project for schools in the Diocese and Catholic Earthcare is looking for schools to participate in the trial during 2020. It looks to be an exciting project for Catholic schools and sits well with the ResourceSmart Schools project in which many of the schools in the diocese are engaged. 

Church leadership for a Post-Christendom Era - Formation, Partnership, Accountability.

Centenary celebrations will be held on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

All are welcome to attend the Final Mass at St Joseph’s Church Nullawil on Sunday, April 5, 2020.