Jamie O'Brien, Author at The Record

Archbishop Costelloe launches new teaching resource for parish Catechists

“Our Christian faith, before it is about anything else, is about a relationship with the Lord,” said Archbishop Costelloe. The Archbishop was speaking at the June 29 launch of the new Parish Religious Education Program, which took place at the Catholic Education Centre in Leederville. “A personal relationship with the Lord but one that takes place within the community of faith,” the A...

The Record Magazine Issue 3 (July 2016)

Education is an enormous issue and it is evident from the numerous reports over the years, that Catholic education as a ‘service’ has much to offer – particularly in the Archdiocese of Perth and indeed the whole of Western Australia. It certainly is at the forefront of working to deliver the very best in Catholic education now and into the future. In this third issue of The Record Magazine, we take a closer look at 21st Century Education, the encouraging work of LifeLink Day for schools, the opportunities at the Archdiocesan Centre for Faith Enrichment, as well as the supportive culture being fostered at St Jude’s Lynwood/Langford. In his recent opening speech at the NCEC Conference, Archbishop Costelloe said that […]

LifeLink empowers students, teachers to create powerful visual display

Six-hundred students from 74 Catholic Primary Schools came together on Wednesday 8 June, to create a powerful visual display at Lake Monger Reserve to celebrate the official launch of the Archbishop’s 2016 LifeLink Day.

Six-hundred students from 74 Catholic Primary Schools have this week come together to create a powerful and visual display at Lake Monger Reserve to celebrate the official launch of the Archbishop’s 2016 LifeLink Day. Photo: Supplied

The call of the classroom

The road to becoming a principal hasn’t been straightforward for Carmel O’Shaughnessy.

Principal Carmel O’Shaughnessy has followed an unconventional path to educational leadership, first pursuing a career in nursing before the struggles of a child close to her prompted her to become a teacher. Photo: Jamie O’Brien

2016 NCEC NATIONAL CONFERENCE: Archbishop Costelloe calls Catholic Educators to faith, leadership

Focused on the theme, Lead to Faith, Faith to Lead, representatives from the Catholic Education sector across Australia this week came together to explore, reflect and engage at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe gave the opening speech.

Catholic schools cannot afford to be places where the topic of faith is “off limits”, said Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, speaking to some 1,400 representatives of the Catholic Education sector across Australia at the 2016 National Catholic Education Commission Conference. The Conference was held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sunday, 19 June to Wednesday, 22 June. Photo: Jamie O’Brien

Doctrinal text looks at increasing harmony among Church groups

Local bishops have an obligation to welcome new movements and communities and guide them, while groups have an obligation to obey the local bishop and avoid the appearance of setting up a parallel church, according to a new Vatican document.

Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, arrives for a news conference at the Vatican on 14 June. Cardinal Muller presented a new Vatican document addressed to the world's bishops regarding Church movements. The document says bishops have an obligation to welcome new movements and communities, but that the groups have an obligation to obey the local bishop. Photo: CNS/Paul Haring

New presbytery set to boost space and activity for Perth’s Vietnamese community

Perth’s Vietnamese Catholic Community has this month welcomed the opening and blessing of a new Presbytery and Community Centre in Westminster, which it hopes will boost cultural and faith activities by providing more space for the Parish groups to meet.

EXCLUSIVE: Students, teachers join Archbishop Costelloe to create powerful visual display for LifeLink

Six-hundred students from 74 Catholic Primary Schools came together this week Wednesday 8 June, to create a powerful visual display at Lake Monger Reserve to celebrate the official launch of the Archbishop’s 2016 LifeLink Day.