2025 NAIDOC Week Prayer Service
Sacred Heart Cathedral will host the NAIDOC Week Prayer Service celebrating the theme “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy”. This is the 50th year of NAIDOC Week and will feature the burial of a time capsule, a symbolic gesture preserving this legacy for generations to come.

Upcoming Events

Praise & Worship Experience
22 Jun 25
Young Adult Retreat 2025
27 Jun 25 - 29 Jun 25The NAIDOC Week Prayer Service is an annual event held on the first Sunday of NAIDOC Week and is a collaboration between the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and the Newcastle Anglican Diocese. Held on alternate years at either Sacred Heart Cathedral or Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle, 2025 will be hosted by the Catholic Diocese in collaboration with the Diocesan Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Ministry and local Aboriginal and faith communities.
With 2025 being the 50th year of NAIDOC Week, the theme “The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy” will be emphasised with the burial of a time capsule, a symbolic gesture preserving this legacy for generations to come.
Date: Sunday 6 July at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 841 Hunter Street Newcastle West.
Time: 1.45pm for a 2pm start.