Twenty-nineteen marks some significant milestones for artist and iconographer Michael Galovic – 30 years in Australia, 50 years as an iconographer and in November he will celebrate his 70th birthday.
The milestones have rendered him renowned for creating works of sacred art that are artistically and spiritually challenging.

The long awaited Religious Freedom Review, chaired by Philip Ruddock, was released at the close of last year and its findings and recommendations are being welcomed by the majority of Australian religious leaders and communities, including the Catholic Church.

Looking back over some 60 years, Emeritus Archbishop Barry James Hickey has nothing but fond memories and formative experiences to reflect on as a priest, including as Bishop of Geraldton and later Archbishop of Perth. The Emeritus Archbishop shared some of the most formative experiences of his vocation, highlighting memorable moments in an exclusive interview with The Record.

Some 1000 outstanding Australians have been recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, including The University of Notre Dame Australia’s (UNDA) Emeritus Chancellor, Justice Neville Owen AO.

“The Father gives us the Son and the Spirit, for the full truth and love, that we might be led back to Him.”

Australia’s Catholic bishops have this week arrived in Italy and are preparing for their pilgrimage to the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul with a period of prayer and discernment.

Religious Education (RE) Week at Clontarf Aboriginal College had its inauguration in 2017, which has now become an annual fixture of the school’s calendar, starting on Monday 3 June (Mabo Day) which was also the date of WA Day 2019.

Founding Senior Director of Flame Ministries International (FMI) and commissioned Catholic evangelist Eddie Russell passed away on 16 May 2019 aged 75.

The winners have been announced for the 2019 Catholic Liturgical Art Competition which, inspired by Aboriginal knowledge and the Catholic faith, encouraged schools and parish communities to produce artwork that combined traditional indigenous methods and Catholic ideology.

Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) La Salle Academy has published Ways Forward in Religious Education, La Salle Publications (No.3), a comprehensive report on Religious Education (RE) in Catholic schools across Australia.