Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has last weekend addressed the pressing questions of young Catholics at a special event hosted by the St Joseph’s Church Subiaco Youth Group.

Imagine having an intense job that takes you away from your family for almost a year, as you travel around the world on a ship, and can only make contact with them when you reach port.

“The Lord is calling you to be with him in Poland, and He is preparing to send you out on mission.”

As many readers would know, I was born and raised in Melbourne. I come from what might be described as a normal Catholic family and attended a local Catholic primary school and then a Catholic boys’ secondary school, Salesian College, from where I matriculated in 1971.

It is difficult today to find a school in Western Australia that does not integrate digital learning into its curriculum.

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.

Over the last two decades, I have had the pleasure of serving on boards and committees of a variety of different Catholic educational bodies, including, for the last eight years, and by virtue of my position as Vice Chancellor, on the governing boards of The University of Notre Dame Australia.

Catholic Education Western Australia is a remarkable system of schools.

They say that life begins at 40; however, in various ways, the Centre for Faith Enrichment (CFE) has been abounding in life since its conception back in 1976!

At a time when there is great turmoil and distress for families around the world who are fleeing their homes to escape persecution, fearing for their lives, there is a resistance by many to welcome them into their communities.