Posts by Beate Matthies
2024 AGM Booklet
Police Vetting
Our Diocese’s aim is to have all priests and volunteers working with children, youth and vulnerable adults police vetted. Volunteers in the following positions will be required to be police vetted, undergo Level 2 volunteer training and reference checked before being able to undertake this role: Altar Server Trainers Catechists – Sacramental Programme Coordinator/Leader Children’s…
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Pope Francis has made it clear he expects the Church, on every level, to implement whatever steps are necessary to ensure the protection of minors and vulnerable adults and to respond to their needs with fairness and mercy. Read more here. All employees and volunteers need to read and sign the Code of Conduct when…
Read MoreMarriage
A Christian marriage isn’t just a big ceremony held in a church with nice flowers and everyone wearing fancy clothes and taking lots of pictures. Marriage is an act of faith between a man and a woman who are both fragile and limited, but courageous enough to follow Christ and seek to love each other…
Read MoreBaptism
Baptism is the sacrament that marks the beginning of our life of faith. In Baptism we are welcomed into God’s family and begin the journey of getting to know and understand the meaning of God’s love. At East Coast Bays Parish, there are two programmes of preparation of the Sacrament of Baptism depending on the…
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