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.

Though at first glance the grass is long and the grounds are quiet, as Sister Lourdes Chitra Justin OSM leads the way through to the big shaded play area at the back of the Kora Centre, the sounds of little children happily talking and laughing as they eat a hot, nutritious meal can be heard and four smiling faces beam up at us from around the table.

Every child is “Elizabeth Grace” in the recently-published children’s storybook, God gave Elizabeth Grace the Right to Feel Safe

It is a word used to describe many forms of associations and groupings in our society today. Is it possible that the concept of community will be altered as a result and its rich meaning diluted?

A new informational video that promotes the work of LifeLink was launched in November this year.

At a time when all of humanity have been called to unite in a common cause, our Catholic school communities have witnessed the tremendous resilience and creativity of the human spirit and the significance of purposeful mission and service.

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.

Who knew when Pope Francis made this statement in 2015, how parents and carers would be required to become so much more engaged in the education of their children and young people in 2020, as a result of COVID-19. Catholic schools have for many years seen parents as integral partners in their children’s education and never more so than this year.

Western Australian politician the Hon Charles Smith MLC has this week described the Labor Party’s Children and Community Services Amendment Bill 2019 as an attack on Catholic’s freedom to practice their faith.

The University of Notre Dame Australia has once again taken the national top spot for undergraduate graduate satisfaction according to the latest Federal Government’s nationwide Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) 2020 Graduate Outcomes Survey.