Chaplaincies

Currently, we have Chaplains working in John Hunter Hospital, Mission to Seafarers, the University of Newcastle, Cessnock and Shortland Correctional Centres.

The Mission & Evangelisation team liaises with a variety of networks, forums, and support services beyond our core function to parishes. This ensures God’s mission is even richer in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. This includes, but is not limited to, Caritas, Catholic Mission, Aid to the Church in Need, migrant chaplaincies, the LGBTQIA+ Forum, ecumenical endeavours, natural family planning, and the Hunter Community Alliance.

Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter, this chaplaincy exists for the faithful of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle who are attracted to the liturgical traditions of the Church, namely, the Latin Tridentine Mass. Holy Mass is celebrated according to the 1962 liturgical books, which include the use of Latin, Gregorian Chant, and deep liturgical symbolism (praying ad orientem, facing east). Our community seeks holiness through participation in this liturgy, a deep sacramental and prayer life, and fraternal charity – all of this in fidelity to the Vicar of Christ and the Bishop of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.

The Priestly Fraternity of St Peter are a Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right established in 1988 for the sanctification of its priestly members through the celebration of Holy Mass and the Sacraments according to the 1962 liturgical books. Because a priest finds his holiness in serving Christ in Himself and in His members, we seek to bring souls under our pastoral care to holiness. We work in the living Church, professing fidelity to the hierarchy of the Church, by whom we are sent to minister to Christ’s faithful.