A research project exploring how to improve the quality of life for adults with community-acquired pneumonia through ‘best practice’ has earned PhD candidate, Lisa van der Lee, a national award from the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA).

Three groups of students from Western Australian Catholic schools were last month awarded in the 2015 Students Advising Youth (SAY) Project, after producing films highlighting some of the negative aspects of alcohol.

St John of God Health Care (SJGHC) Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Michael Stanford, has last week said the impact of the recent opening of St John of God Midland Public Hospital would benefit the communities served as the hospital would be able to reach more people where there are identified community needs.

Students at St Joseph’s School in Southern Cross are taking advantage of technology to connect via videoconference with Chinese teachers in Beijing, and learn about Chinese culture and the Mandar

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe will this month celebrate the commencement of the Jubilee Year of Mercy with the opening of the Holy Door at St Mary’s Cathedral.

Alison joined Centacare Employment and Training’s Kadadjiny Bidi – meaning ‘Learning Path – program in February 2015. Also known as Gaining Access to Training and Employment, or GATE, the program provides support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to build new skills towards further training and employment.

A new book that details the writings of Bishop Rosendo Salvado and his work among the Noongar people at the Benedictine Mission in the late 1800s was last month launched at a joint City of Subiaco-New Norcia function.

Bishops Commission for Catholic Education chair Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) chair Greg Crafter AO and senior National Catholic Education Commission staff have this month met with key political leaders, offering a vision for school education – and Catholic education specifically – as the parliamentary year wraps up.

Now in its 11th year, Embrace the Grace will this year focus on the theme of the value of human life.

He was born in Nigeria, studied in Rome, served as a missionary in the Philippines and, on 23 October this year, Abraham Chukwu was ordained to the priesthood at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Bunbury.