In 1990, Archbishop Foley appealed to the members of the Order of the Knights of the Southern Cross in Western Australia to help in up-skilling the laity to meet the urgent and growing need to provide qualified teachers of Religious Education in the Catholic school system.
Each year Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) recognises school programs and initiatives that reflect a vision of Christ-centred and child focused engaged learning environments. In 2020, CEWA’s awards program was renamed the Quality Catholic Education (QCE) Awards and its categories aligned to the QCE pillars of Catholic Identity, Education, Community, and Stewardship.
In a world that is not of our own making, under conditions we didn’t choose and circumstances over which we have little control, the Christian virtue of hope is a way for the future of faith, said Professor John Haldane.
Students at Padbury Catholic Primary School have this term been immersed in integrated learning, driven by the central idea of exploring the cultures and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culminating in a whole-school Exhibition, Djooroobidiny.
Catholic School Parents Western Australia (CSPWA) acknowledged five categories of individuals, groups, and a parish, in appreciation of their significant contribution to work collaboratively with their schools and parishes to provide a Catholic education to help all children reach their full potential.
The Catechist Service supports Religious Education and Sacrament preparation for the roughly 50 per cent of Catholic primary school-aged children who are not in Catholic schools.
Father Vincent Glynn officially commenced his role as the first Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation and a member of the Archdiocese of Perth Curia on 1 July 2020. His appointment by Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB indicates the importance that the Archbishop places on these areas of ministry in the Church.
Athena Route, a Year 12 student at Mater Dei College in Perth, won the Caritas Australia Perpetual Trophy at the 2020 Angelico Exhibition for her artwork titled The Value of Intangible Memories.