ADIG - Armidale Diocesan Investment Group

05/11/2025

ADIG will be at the St Mary's Fete on Saturday 15 November 2025. We hope to see you there!

🌸St Mary’s Spring Fete🌸

Saturday 15th November 10am - 2pm

18/09/2025

HOPe in our Community

Heart of Peace (HOPe) was inaugurated in October 2022 as the charitable arm of the Catholic Diocese of Armidale. Its primary function is the serving of hot midday meals each Wednesday to the community in Tamworth. In addition to a hot meal, it has been a core mission of HOPe to spend time with its guests providing friendship and support to those experiencing hardship or loneliness. In 2024 HOPe expanded to Moree providing the same support to the community there.

While continuing this mission, over time, however, HOPe has developed as a support agency in numerous situations and circumstances. While continuing with its core mission, HOPe has expanded to be the last resort ‘safety net’ when assistance is not available through any other support agencies.

Some of the ways that HOPe has evolved has been in the type of support being offered. For example, after a Friday evening Lenten ceremony at St Nicholas’ Church East Tamworth, several parishioners discovered a homeless gentleman who was taking refuge outside the grounds of the church—he had no food or place to sleep. As the ‘support agencies’ had closed for the weekend, HOPe was contacted to see what assistance could be provided. HOPe arranged accommodation, providing a safe place to rest over the weekend, until he was able to visit one of the other agencies for further help once things reopened on Monday. Food was also provided to see him through the weekend.

On another occasion, support was provided to two women with young children fleeing, unrelated, cases of domestic violence. Neither lady had accommodation, food, or means to access emergency support—they had no money, or access to funds. Neither had access to Centrelink at the time due to lack of identification. HOPe stepped in to help—emergency accommodation was found as well as vouchers for food were provided. At the first opportunity they were able to visit Centrelink to register for interim and eventual ongoing support, ensuring safety and wellbeing for themselves and their children.

Lastly, our most recent form of assistance, was providing crisis assistance to a displaced family in the remote west of our Diocese. On a Saturday evening HOPe was phoned by NSW Police looking to secure emergency food and accommodation for this family. HOPe was able to use its contacts and local resources to secure food and accommodation at very short notice.

HOPe continues its mission, guided by the Gospel, through the generous support of many volunteers and organisations. HOPe is grateful for the support of ADIG, one of its founding partners. In 2025 ADIG has renewed its support for HOPe, donating $6,000. With every ADIG Bonus Saver Account opened, ADIG makes a donation to HOPe. By supporting the ADIG you are supporting and giving HOPe to your community.

ADIG, part of your community.

16/09/2025

02/09/2025

ADIG 2025 Parish Distributions

For 2025 ADIG is pleased to report that we have provided $5.53 million to the Diocese and Parishes for the support of our local catholic communities in their charitable, pastoral and educational works.

As part of its mission the ADIG provides the Diocese and each parish a distribution from the profits the ADIG made the previous year. These annual distributions allow our parishes to provide opportunities for new evangelisation programs or fund new charitable outreach programs in our communities, that otherwise may not have been possible.

The ability of the ADIG to provide this support to parishes and communities is heavily reliant on the support of lay investors and community groups who choose to invest in the ADIG. Our community benefits from the support of our parishioners and lay faithful. Through your investment with the ADIG we are able to support and provide an annual distribution to the Diocese and each of our parishes.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our investors over the last 12 months who have helped in the mission of the ADIG and the Diocese. We thank you for your support and look forward to many years ahead.

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13/08/2025

We're heading to Gunnedah for AgQuip 2025. Come and find us at site SPL 82 from 19-21 August. We hope to see you there!

05/08/2025

Vinnies 2025 Armidale Community Sleepout

ADIG is proud to support the 2025 St Vincent de Paul Armidale Community Sleepout.

The Sleepout aims to raise awareness, change attitudes and affect change in the levels of housing stress currently being experienced among some within our community.

All funds raised from the Armidale Vinnies Community Sleepout will go towards the Vinnies Fresh Start Community Connections Program. The program supports and empowers adults engaged with Freeman House in Armidale to achieve their recovery goals.

The Program assists participants to re-engage with their local community, help individuals build a new, safe and healthy social network and assist people to establish a safe, secure and stable living environment for themselves and their families.

ADIG is proud to support local grassroots initiatives like the Vinnies Community Sleepout, making a positive impact for those seeking assistance in our local community.

This year’s Sleepout will take place on Friday 22 August 2025 and aims to raise $35,000.

If you are interested in participating or donating towards this project, please visit,

https://my.fundraise.vinniesnsw.org.au/armidale-vinnies-community-sleepout-2025

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04/07/2025

ADIG 2025 Annual Report

We are pleased to present the ADIG 2025 Annual Report for the year ended 31 January 2025.

For the year, ADIG reported a surplus of $8.44 million, strengthening our equity base to $49.01 million. ADIG’s individual investor portfolio also grew to $99.2 million.

Distributions to the Diocese and Parishes also increased, totaling $5.54 million in 2025. These distributions are to support the missionary and charitable works of the Church in our Diocese.

Looking to the year ahead, in addition to the ordination and installation of Bishop Peter Murphy, the Board appointed a new CEO, Scott Morgan. Scott is a highly experienced finance professional who brings 15 years of experience in senior financial management roles.

The mission of ADIG continues to be to assist the Diocese, Parishes and communities in advancing the pastoral works of the Church. We commit ourselves to continue supporting our Parishes and Diocese for many years ahead.

We look forward to supporting the future growth of ADIG and its support in the mission of the Catholic faith.

For copies of the ADIG annual Report please speak to our friendly staff in our Armidale and Tamworth offices, or view online at https://adig.com.au/.

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28/05/2025

Congratulations to all the award winners!

15/05/2025

As we prepare for Catholic Schools Week we would like to thank those who have continued to support this event over many years. We thank UniSuper as our major sponsor and we also thank MSP Photography, Centacare New England North West & ADIG - Armidale Diocesan Investment Group for their ongoing support of the Spirit of Catholic Education Awards.

We will celebrate Catholic Schools Week from 25-31 May. The week will include;

🌟Monday 26th May- Launch of CSW & Tamworth Staff Spirituality Day at McCarthy

🌟Wednesday 28th May- Catholic Schools Week Mass & Spirit of Catholic Education Awards in Armidale

🌟Friday 30th May- ACS Primary Gary McSweeney Memorial Cup & Rugby Union Trials in Tamworth

Our 24 school communities also hold their own events and celebrations over the week so please contact your local school for information about what’s happening locally.

13/05/2025

Leadership Transition at ADIG: Appointment of New CEO
CEO Retirement and Leadership Transition

ADIG announces that Grant Devine, our current Chief Executive Officer, will retire on July 4, 2025, after serving the organisation since March 2019.
Under his leadership, ADIG has achieved significant growth and success, and we extend our sincere gratitude for his vision and dedication.

New CEO Appointment
The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Morgan as our new Chief Executive Officer, effective May 19, 2025. Scott joins us with extensive experience in financial services, bringing proven expertise in leadership and risk management from his previous role as Chief Executive Officer of Greater Bank.

Transition Process
To ensure continuity of operations, Grant and Scott will work collaboratively during the transition period to facilitate a seamless handover. We are confident that Scott's leadership will guide ADIG through our next chapter of growth and innovation.
We look forward to this new chapter in ADIG's journey.

Sincerely,
Alison Hamilton
Board Chair