In 1871 the third Parish Priest of Inverell, Fr John Kelly and the first Bishop of Armidale, Bishop Timothy O’Mahony, dedicated and officially opened the newly built Inverell Catholic Church. This building stood on the land now occupied by the Inverell Shire Council offices’ carpark in Otho Street. Upon completion, records show the church was […]

St Thomas More Church in Werris Creek celebrated its 100th anniversary on October 7th, 2018. Sharing the commemorations with the 50th anniversary of the local swimming pool, St Thomas More saw more than 100 people celebrate mass with Bishop Michael Kennedy, Parish administrator Father Vic Ignacio, past Parish priest Fr John Curran and Fr Paul […]

On Thursday, 27th September, a number of Catholic Schools from throughout the Diocese joined together to sing, dance and entertain. With the theme this year being “Share the spirit of youth”, an energetic, fun and creative night was had by all. ADIG was thrilled that we could once again be a sponsor to such a […]

During the last week of Term 3, our Diocesan Catholic Colleges held their Year 12 assemblies. Our Relationship Officer, Jason Crocker attended these assemblies and was pleased to not only be a part of celebrations of achievement but also to be able to present the ADIG All-rounder Awards to the successful recipients . These students […]

The ADIG All-rounder award for Yr 12 students is closing very soon. This award is open to all students currently in Year 12 at a Catholic High School in the Armidale Diocese and who will be going on to tertiary study in 2019. The award brings with it a $1500 prize that students can use […]

The Armidale Diocesan Investment Group sign was recently replaced to reflect our new logo and branding. The bright new sign can now be seen as you travel along Bridge Street in Tamworth. Have a look next time you are going past and drop in and say hello to the friendly staff while you are there!

St Joseph’s Parish Gunnedah was originally the vision of Fr Daniel Keane who was the Parish Priest from 1918 -1944. The growing population of Gunnedah meant that the old St Joseph’s Church (1876-1919) was too small and so construction of the current St Joseph’s Church began with the laying of the foundation stone on July […]

ADIG was proud to be a part of the 120th annual Philippine Independence Day celebrations. This event is organised by the Ministry to Migrants and began with a celebration mass officiated by Bishop Kennedy. This was followed with a dinner where over 350 people attended and who were all treated with wonderful food and entertainment […]

In June 2018, Mary Help of Christians Church South Tamworth, played host to the Philippine Consulate General to Sydney. Mr Emmanuel Guzman and his consulate team held a Consular Outreach Mission for the Filipino community throughout the Diocese. The purpose of this mission is to help Filipino citizens in regional and remote areas access services […]

In November 2017, Sr Gabrielle Foley approached ADIG and asked if we could help with the cost of a new hot water unit for their new kitchen. The unit was to be installed in the kitchen which is in the former Gunnedah parish church and part of St Joseph’s Hall and would be extremely useful […]