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NETworks Issue One – January 2026

Seen & Heard “For we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” The Acts of the Apostles 4:20 January has been full — formation, fire, laughter, commissioning, leadership and young people encountering Jesus in real and powerful ways. Our latest Seen & Heard newsletter shares: • Training highlights from ‘Glendalough’ • The

NETworks – Issue 9 – 2025

Check out the latest news from NET Ministries. We’re on the road again — carrying hope, sharing faith, and reminding young people that they’re never alone on the journey. Wherever the Spirit leads, Jesus is already there, and hope follows close behind.

NETworks – Issue 8 – 2025

Check out the latest news here from us at NET Ministries.

NETworks – Issue 7, 2025

Mission Mindset. Hear from the teams about their past month, the upcoming events and how you can get involved to support the mission.

NETWorks – Issue 6, 2025

Inspiring a Generation! The 2nd half is underway. Catch up on the latest from the teams, Mid-Year training, Ignite Conference and the ministry underway.

NETworks – Issue 5, 2025

What a Mission! At the mid way point of the year we check out what the teams have been up to in the first half of the year.

NETworks – Issue 4, 2025

In this issue: An Extraordinary Encounter, Team Updates, 2026 Applications Open and Ignite Conference’s 2025

NETworks – Issue 3, 2025

The latest news: Bridging the Gap, Team Updates, Applications for 2026 Open and Ignite Conference.

NETworks – Issue 2, 2025

The latest news: The Disciple Effect, Team Updates, Applications for 2026 Open and Ignite Conference.

NETworks – Issue 1, 2025

Meet the 2025 NET Teams and read all the latest news from NET Ministries Australia & New Zealand, including, 2025 NET Training, 2025 Missionary Prayer Poster and more

NETworks – Issue 9, 2024

Big Up’s, 2024 Overview + Stats, Thanksgiving Mass & Celebration, Debriefing the Year, Hear from a NETter, Thank you & Farewell, Merry Christmas!

NETworks Issue 8, 2024

Hope for Young People and the Church, Archbishop’s Annual Fundraising Dinner and Get To Know Our 2024 NET Missionaries

NETworks Issue 7, 2024

In this month’s issue we hear about the recent Ignite Conference’s, NET Uganda’s 20th Year Celebrations along with our regular ‘Get to Know Our 2024 NET Missionaries’ and what to expect at this years Archbishop’s Annual Fundraising Dinner.

NETworks Issue 6, 2024

In this edition we cover Green Shoots of Hope, The Heart of a NET Missionary – Auckland Team and Get to Know Our 2024 NET Missionaries

NETworks Issue 5, 2024

NETworks Issue 5, 2024: In this edition we cover The Peace We Seek, The Heart of a NET Missionary – Maroochydore Team & our ongoing feature of ‘Get To Know the 2024 NET Missionaries’.

NETworks Issue 4, 2024

FAITH MADE POSSIBLE: In this edition we cover how Faith is Made Possible, The Heart of a NET Missionary & our ongoing feature of ‘Get To Know the 2024 NET Missionaries’.

NETworks Issue 3, 2024

BUILD OR EARN TRUST: A Pentecost Reflection. In this edition we catch up with the Hamilton Team, hear from Alumni, Sr Anastasia OP and look to the big things coming up this year.

NETworks Issue 2, 2024

THE JOY OF MISSION: This edition contains articles on: Click the Prayer Poster below for the newsletter

NETworks Issue 1, 2024

NET Ministries Australia and New Zealand recently finished our intensive training period for four dynamic teams ready to embrace their transformative missions.

NETworks Issue 3, 2023

35 years of ministry! This is the story of our year, celebrating and giving thanks for a ministry that has trained, formed and sent one thousand missionaries out to encounter over 750 thousand young people with the story of Jesus in their…

NETworks Issue 2, 2023

I have just returned from WYD in Lisbon, Portugal together with some 2 million others. It was both a privilege and a gift to be asked to assist in the leading of the Archdiocese of Brisbane pilgrimage.

NETworks Issue 1, 2023

A new year. A new perspective. A fresh start. God is always doing something new and that is no different with NET Ministries. In our 35th anniversary of ministry, something new has certainly emerged. It has been an extraordinary start.

NETworks Issue 4, 2022

On November 19 we celebrated the Thanksgiving Mass and Banquet for the 2022 NET Missionaries with their family and friends. It is always a significant moment in the year. In my final address to all those gathered I said to the team members,

NETworks Issue 3 2022

We live in a new era, a new age in the life of the Church – we are in a new apostolic moment. Calling our time “Apostolic” touches on two meanings.

NETworks Issue 2 2022

During 2021, two alumni, Chiara Keady and Madeleine Luciani (also NET Staff) wrote and recorded the song 'Everything (It's Yours)'. The song is this year’s theme song for NET Ministries, and one that resonates with the teams and staff.

NETworks Issue 1 2022

I am excited to be taking up the role of Executive Director for NET Ministries Australia & New Zealand.

NETworks Issue 3 2021

As the end of the 2021 NET year drew to a close, Mark Doyle (Executive Director of NET Ministries) decided to call time on his sixteen years with NET Ministries, eight of those as Executive Director of NET Ministries Australia.

Our Mission

NETworks Issue 2, 2021

We never really understand the full impact of the choices that we make. Life is unpredictable, and often it’s from the most mundane of events or choices that incredible life flows.

2022 Fundraising Dinner

GET TICKETS We warmly invite you to join us at the NET Ministries 2022 Fundraising Dinner to celebrate more than 30 years of transforming the lives of young people in Australia! NET is founded upon the generosity of so many who share the vision of evangelising the youth of Australia and the world. This event

Jessie’s Story

Learn more about the impact the NET missionaries are making on young people in Australia through Jessie’s story.

NETworks Issue 1, 2021

As the staff gathered at the beginning of this year, we prayed for direction and inspiration. We were led to two scripture passages. One of them was the parable of the loaves and fish found in Matthew 14.

Faithful To The End

Kia Ora! My name is Diana and I served on mission this year with the Hamilton New Zealand NET team. This was my second year on NET. Last year I was on a university campus ministering to young adults. I decided to stay another year because through my team and the people I ministered to

Finding The Love That Satisfies

“Life is not about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep on moving forward,” – Rocky Balboa. We all know, in our own different ways, how true this is. Life can hit hard! For me, it all started in grade 7. I experienced some severe bullying, every day

From Musicals To Mission

This time last year I was working as an actress performing six musicals a week at a professional theatre in America. If you had told me then that I’d be spending 2020 on mission in Australia, I would have thought you were crazy. A Broadway career had been my dream since before I could remember.

Discovering The Truth About Beauty

Beauty has transformative power. I believe this with my whole heart, but I didn’t always. For the longest time, THE longest time, I thought that knowing, accepting, and especially embracing my beauty personally would keep me from humility. I knew and believed that God had created me “very good” in His image and likeness, except

Leaving A Mark… (Literally)

Well, we all know that the ‘rona season has left a side effect of sadness and uncertainty for many people, and it was a bit tough to see the usually busy and bustling hotspot, Kings Beach, emptier and quieter than normal. We thought we would help in bringing back some positivity and would #spreadkindnessnotrona, so

How Chicken Wings Changed My Life

You’re probably wondering by reading the title how some mouth-watering, throat-burning absolutely heaven-like finger food can have such an effect on someone’s life. I’ll get to that in a little bit after I tell you a little bit about myself and my story. I am the eldest of six and have always lived in a

Danielle’s Story

Learn more about the impact the NETTERs are making on young people in Australia through Danielle’s story

Life After a Year On Mission

I think my life from now on is always going to be segmented into three parts: Who I was before NET, who I was on NET, and who I am growing into each day after NET. I did not expect in any way when I walked onto training that the next ten months would forever

God Can’t Fit in a Box

GOD CAN’T FIT IN A BOX? The other day I sat down for prayer and was confronted by the Lord about how much of a silly bugger I have been lately. I have spent the last three years trying to streamline evangelisation into the most effective artform possible. That

Looking to the Resurrection

The Coronavirus global pandemic has disrupted our lives in a way that few of us could have anticipated.

A Tribute to Archbishop John Bathersby

Following the retirement of Archbishop Rush, I remember well the appointment of Bishop John Bathersby (Cairns) to succeed him as Archbishop of Brisbane in 1991. What a joy! Over the years, I had got to know the new Archbishop in his role as the Spiritual Director of the Seminary in Brisbane and then as Bishop

Life to the Full

Ever since I read the book, ‘Wild at Heart’ by John Eldredge many years ago, I have been enthralled by the idea of ‘life to the full.’ This phrase comes from a scripture passage from the Gospel of John: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may

The Harvest

We are in the final stage of our mission here in Cape Town for 2019. Thinking back over the past few months, it is easy to remember times where a day felt like a week, but now it feels as if each week were only a day. Each day – a day well spent in

The Call

Have you ever spent any time with a 3-year-old? Well, if you have, you will know that the most said word in any conversation is ‘why?’. People often ask what we do. But often, what they really want to know is why. Why are you giving a year of your life away from your home,

Plenary Council: The Next Phase

I’ve spent the last few days sifting through the data that has emerged from more than 200,000 pieces of input from across the country who have answered the question: “What do you think God is asking of us in Australia at this time?” Collecting that information and shaping it into a number of key themes

NET Lands in South Africa

NET Ministries is in the business of hope! There are so many things that are happening in our church and our world at the moment that can easily steal and rob our peace and joy.

Place of Discipleship

When we had our first team meeting, we had an opportunity to brainstorm ideas for events we could do regularly throughout the year at UQ. We had a vision to create an event people not only wanted to come to but looked forward to coming to. It was evident to us that university is a

Cape Town: A First Look

Each of us on the NET Cape Town Team has a very unique story in how we came to this pilot mission. Whether it was a thirst for adventure, a passion for our faith, doors being opened, or the gentle voice of God speaking into our hearts, we heard the call in one or many

Identity

Identity: An Eastertide Reflection Holy Week was like a mini spiritual/physical marathon. We, the Melbourne Encounter team, were lucky to attend Mass at a variety of locations: local parishes, the Cathedral and a detention centre. Experiencing the Paschal Triduum split among many services really brought about a true sense of unity; although it is done

Report from the Australian Bishops

The Report of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference identifies NET Ministries as one of three activities that young people consider the most interesting and relevant to share with the universal Church. It states: NET Ministries (Archdiocese of Brisbane) Description: NET Ministries (National Evangelisation Teams) is a Catholic peer-to-peer youth ministry that puts into action the

Celebrating 30 Years

MARK DOYLE: As I sit and ponder 30 years of NET Ministries a song pops into my head called, “Seasons of Love.” Here’s’ a few of the lyrics: Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets/ In midnights, in cups of coffee/ In inches, in

Sister Mel: From chasing the world to chasing the call

Melissa Dwyer thought she was born to throw the javelin. A natural athlete growing up and competing in many sports, she found her niche in javelin and by the time she was in year 12, she was already training 35 hours a week. Sport was her single-minded focus because she dreamed of winning a gold

Seeking Brotherhood

Dean Monteiro was in absolute shock. Somehow, in only one hour, he had received a positive response from the international agency for studies in Mumbai, India to his request to study Geology in Australia. What would he say to his parents? He felt like his heart was going to leap out of his chest. ‘Thank

Finding her identity in God

Stephanie was a year 12 student in a small coastal town of NSW. She had many friends, went to a good school and had a lot of independence for a 17-year-old. Steph was invited to all the right parties, was dating a guy she really liked and was considering different universities for life after school.

A South African Perspective

As I stepped off the plane into a humid Brisbane day, I did not know who was fetching me or where I was going or what exactly I would be doing. This was could be attributed to a spirit of adventure and trust in God, or a foolhardy recklessness and lack of planning. Luckily Shayne