Two Aranmore Catholic College students have returned from the Bahamas as winners after competing in the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games.

Leading Irish theologian and scholar Professor Eamonn Conway has been hosting a series of lectures during his two-month period at the University of Notre Dame.In an interview with The eRecord, Prof Conway discussed his recent workshop organised for Catholic Education. By Natashya Fernandez.

One hundred and forty-four couples have last weekend joined together in celebrating their wedding anniversary at the 2017 Annual Marriage Day Mass on Saturday 12 August at St Mary’s Cathedral Perth. Couples celebrating a significant anniversary also received a certificate to commemorate their special milestone. Director of Catholic Marriage & Fertility Services, Mr Derek Boylen said that the Mass is a time to celebrate the contribution the sacrament of Marriage makes to the church, the community and society. “This year, the combined total years of married life experience comes to about 5800. A third of them have been married for 50 or more years,” Mr Boylen said. By Natashya Fernandez.

A vocation is understood as a call from God and, for Sister Therese Chau, it was a very surprising one, so much so that, even after 19 years, she is still amazed at God’s call for her. By Natashya Fernandez.

When Sister of Mercy Mollie Wright retired from her job as a headmistress and made the decision to volunteer her time to help others, little did she know she would have a defining impact on a young refugee mother struggling at one of the lowest points of her life. Sister Mollie, the principal of Mercedes College from 1978 to 1996, has devoted countless hours helping young mothers living at MercyCare’s Coolock Units in Wembley to further their life skills and education. For eighty seven year-old, Sister Mollie, volunteering is about giving a helping hand to people who desperately need it. “I’m especially interested in helping refugees because when I was principal at Mercedes College the terrible genocide in Rwanda was taking place and our school ran a fundraising drive for those affected,” she said. It was that link that drove her to help 24-year-old mother-of-two, Ruby*, a refugee from Rwanda. Ruby had spent 15 years living in a refugee camp in Rwanda before arriving in Australia with her family three years ago.

Awash in high-flown metaphysical hooey, director and co-writer Nikolaj Arcel’s dull sci-fi fantasy The Dark Tower is inappropriate for the impressionable. As for grown viewers, they should be prepared to slog through an involved exposition of non-scriptural ideas borrowed from the series of novels by Stephen King on which the film is built. By John Mulderig.

Pope Francis prays at the tomb of Blessed Paul VI in the grotto of St. Peter’s Basilica on 6 August, the 39th anniversary of Pope Paul’s death. Photo: CNS photo/La Osservatore Romano. Summertime can and should be a time for extra prayer, a moment of peace that allows Christians to savour the joy of their relationship with Jesus and find new strength to reach out with love to others, Pope...

The Bishops Commission for the Plenary Council have last week announced the appointment of Ms Lana Turvey-Collins as the Plenary Council Facilitator. Ms Turvey-Collins will work in partnership with members of the Formation Team of Catholic Mission, forming a Plenary Council Facilitation Team which will comprise Fr Noel Connolly SSC and Mr Peter Gates, Deputy National Director of Catholic Mission.

Finance and business staff from Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) got a sneak peek at the new Administration of Schools (AOS) platform recently.

Former Western Australian Senator, the Hon Chris Ellison has this week been appointed as the new Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia from January 2018. Former politician Michael L’Estrange AO has been appointed Deputy Chancellor from April 2018. Current UNDA Chancellor, Mr Peter Prendiville, who will step down from the position on 31 December 2017, said he is delighted with the appointments of Mr Ellison and Mr L’Estrange. “Both men are widely respected and bring with them a shared commitment to Notre Dame and a wealth of exceptional public, private and educational experience,” Mr Prendiville said. “It is this experience, underpinned by a passion for Notre Dame, that will prove vital in shaping the University…,” he said.