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HOBART JOHN WALLIS 2021 MEMORIAL LECTURE – WEDNESDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2021
AROUND THE TABLE WITH POPE FRANCIS - A PLACE AND A VOICE FOR THE POOR with Dr Wayne Tinsey If you wish to attend in person - BOOKING DETAILS HERE Click here for the youtube link to watch via Livestream. There is no need to register. Just come in a little early...

GROWTH DURING A SEASON OF CHALLENGES
WYNYARD, TASMANIA Live Well Tasmania volunteers grew more than they anticipated when they began their seedling project with hundreds and hundreds of tiny seeds, soil, and a hothouse. As well as producing hundreds of tomato, vegetable and herb seedlings for local...

BUILDING UP IN TASSIE
HOBART, TASMANIA An innovative training program for young jobs seekers has two young Tasmanians now ready to tackle new challenges in the construction industry. The Build Up Tassie Community Project is a targeted employment and training program for young people at...

MANY PARTS CREATE COMMUNITY
WARWICK, QUEENSLAND Some people reckon Warwick’s community is nurtured through the activities in the local parks and playgrounds and others see it through the dedication of Australia Post posties, keeping locals connected to the wider world. But all the contributors...

SEASON OF CREATION – OUR HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS RESPONSE
Coming Together to Care for Our Common Home We are currently in the Season of Creation - 1st September 2021 to the 4th October 2021 marks this year's global Christian response to prayer and action for our common home. Here at Highways and Byways we have been nurtured...

SOCIAL GARDENING
SOUTH HOBART, TASMANIA In 2018, Tasmanian Archbishop Julius Porteous called out to the Tasmanian community to look to how it could work together to address homelessness. CatholicCare Tasmania, along with the South Hobart Catholic Parish and Centrecare Evolve Housing...

ANNUAL WALK TO REMEMBER FR JOHN WALLIS – HOBART TAS
JOHN WALLIS WALK, BELLERIVE SHORELINE, 28th AUGUST 2021 By Eva Dunn (Chair of the Hobart Branch of Highways and Byways) Every year, we try to celebrate Fr John Wallis’ great love for the environment with some event staged outside in the natural world. We have had bush...

REHABILITATING THE TALL TREE FORESTS
LUDLOW, WESTERN AUSTRALIA A group of 40 children and adults came together in the southwest of Western Australia in early July to help restore some of the last surviving tall tree forests in the world. These trees, eucalyptus known as Tuarts, are in in the Ludlow Tuart...

2020: A YEAR IN REVIEW
Highways and Byways – a Community of Service is pleased to release its final report on its 2020 Small Grants Program - Nourishing our Land and Our Communities - showcasing the efforts and achievements of its funding recipients nation-wide. Seventeen grants totaling...
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