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27.01.2022 From all of us at CatholicCare Western Sydney and the Blue Mountain, may you have a Merry Christmas with your loved ones and a safe and healthy 2022. #merrychristmas #christmas #newyear #catholiccare

11.01.2022 Wishing everyone a happy and safe Christmas from all at Mamre House & Farm, and CatholicCareWishing everyone a happy and safe Christmas from all at Mamre House & Farm, and CatholicCare

01.01.2022 Townlife EMUS & RAIN Our people know that it's going to be a cooler, wetter Summer if the Emus lay their Eggs continuously throughout the Summer months.... This only happens in cooler, wetter Summers. The currents in the middle of the Pacific Ocean are pushing cooler air towards Australia and warmer air towards South America. This is called La Nina (The Little Girl in Spanish), when the reverse happens it's called El Nino (The Little Boy). There's also the Julian Madden Oscillation Index or the Indian Ocean dipole as it's also known, that weather system is as responsible for wet weather on the eastern coast as are the Spanish cousins. There's also the AMOC in the Atlantic which doesn't affect us directly yet it affects the strength of the JMI and the Spanish cousins. These names now commonly refer to these weather cycles which our people had many different names for, all around Australia. These weather cycles will result in a cooler, wetter Summer and Flooding events. Australia is experiencing La Nina for the 2nd year in a row. This has not happened since 2010/2011. Aboriginal people know it is a La Nina year when Emus seemingly breed twice in a single year. Emus normally only breed once a year in April - June in an El Nino year. Although they can continue the breeding process continuously from November - March. So it can seem as if they are breeding twice a year during La Nina. In a La Nina year they will go again in September - November. Female Emus do breed more than once in each cycle. It takes 8 x weeks to hatch an egg (56 x days). Eggs are laid every 3 - 4 days, with an average of 30 eggs produced. Some can produce as many as 50 eggs per season. Each egg contains the equivalent of 10-12 Chicken eggs. A nest of dark green eggs (called a clutch) usually numbering between 5 - 20, is laid by the female, but cared for by the Male. After about seven eggs the male gets 'broody' and sits on them for the entire incubation period, rarely (and reportedly not at all) leaving the nest to eat or drink or even defecate. The female then leaves the nest, after which she shows no more interest in her partner. She shows no further interest in her eggs as she knows the father will meet his responsibilities. She will wander off to join a group of non-breeding birds, or look for another male and mate again. Sometimes, first-time fathers will get so excited about fatherhood, that they will harass and even chase off other fathers & steal his chicks. This can result in super-broods of up to 50 x chicks of varying sizes. Travelling home from Mutawintji (on the Waterbag/UR40 Road) years ago, I personally saw a super-brood of 45 x young ones, ranging in sizes from young chicks to sub-adults. That young father had been busy stealing others chicks. We know it's Emu egg hunting time when the Dark Emu in the Milky Way points it's bum to the ground. When we are collecting eggs to eat (Emu egg hunting), we should only ever take one-third (1/3). That leaves 1/3 for the other predators (Goannas etc), and the final third for Nature (for the Father). This way we ensure that these magnificent birds will never become extinct. The Emu, Cassowary, Ostrich & Moa (Extinct - New Zealand) are all related. Nature is heaven on Earth. Top Photo - Emu/Kalthi (pronounced gul-thee) Bottom Left Photo - Egg/Palthi (pronounced bul-thee) in the Barkindji region of far-west NSW Bottom Right Photo - Dark Emu/Milky Way Original post by Townlife

28.12.2021 To commemorate Prison Sunday on 7 November, Catholic Outlook spoke to our very own Br Cyril Bosco cfc, a prison chaplain, who has been working at John Morony Correctional Centre, South Windsor, for the past four years. https://catholicoutlook.org/prison-chaplain-looking-for-th/

10.12.2021 Buy food or pay bills? Some CatholicCare families no longer have to make that hard choice with donated hampers from Oz Harvest. https://catholicoutlook.org/hampers-filling-the-shortfall-/

24.11.2021 Today marks the first ‘World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly’. Announcing the day in January this year, Pope Francis said the elderly, ‘remind us that old ...age is a gift and that grandparents are the link between the different generation, to pass to the young the experience of life.’ Local grandmother of 9, Pam (pictured below with one of her grandchildren), describes the role as wonderful! ‘I’m really blessed to be part of their lives,’ she said of her grandchildren aged between 3 and 17. ‘It’s lovely to see them all healthy and progressing well.’ A volunteer at Springwood Drop in Centre since it was founded after the 2013 bushfires, Pam works on reception one day a week and enjoys the opportunity to support people who come to the centre. ‘At the moment, because of COVID, we are calling clients once a week to check how they are going,’ she said. ‘It’s nice to have that connection to my community.’ Pam, a former special education teacher, is also a great help to her three children and grandchildren who live both locally and interstate. ‘I babysit in the school holidays and really enjoy when the children come to stay with us. We love reading favourite books, playing board games and going on lots of walks. We also have little chats on Facetime and sometimes talk for quite a while,’ Pam said. Thank you Pam, and all of the grandparents for the incredible support you provide your families and communities. #grandparents

21.11.2021 Delighted to share with you the latest news from CatholicCare Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains. You can read about: * Blacktown Neighbour Aid celebrating ...30 years of service * A new respite service we recently opened * Agnes, who shares her story of fleeing South Sudan and settling here in Western Sydney, and * We introduce you to one of our team members, Thu Le. Fr Fernando, our Episcopal Vicar for Social Welfare, also shares a message about Grandparent's Day. Click here to read: https://sway.office.com/1dOM3j2JzRRK3eTV?ref=Link&loc=play.

14.11.2021 Acknowledgement of Country In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands in which our Diocese sits, the land of the Da...rug and Gundungurra people. We would like to pay our respects to the Aboriginal Elders past, present and future, for they hold the traditions, memories of Mother Earth on which we place our feet upon today. - A section of the artwork now hanging in the meeting room of Aboriginal Catholic Services, Emerton, painted by a Bundjalung Elder. Artwork used with permission

01.11.2021 Acknowledgement of Country Welcome all. I would like to acknowledge the Darug and Gundungurra custodians of the Land where we are and give my respects to Elde...rs past, present and future. We commit to working for Healing and for Justice in this Land that we share this always was and always will be Aboriginal Land. - Artwork used with permission from Aunty Rhonda Randal from CatholicCare Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains' Aboriginal Catholic Services in Emerton.