“Academic league tables are a poor reflection of a holistic education”, says Western Australia’s Catholic Education Director Tim McDonald in response to Catholic schools missing out on placing in the state’s top 10 of best performing schools.

The University of Notre Dame (UNDA) has recognised one of Australia’s great diplomats, awarding Michael Gerald L’Estrange AO a degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa. The accolade adds to a number of Mr L’Estrange’s prestigious academic achievements, which include graduating from the University of Sydney with honours in 1974 after studying history. He is a Rhodes scholar and graduate ...

The Road to becoming a recognised parish has not always been smooth for Pater Noster in Myaree, making the celebration for its 50th anniversary all the sweeter. The small parish, flanked by the large parish of Applecross, applied several times for permission to build a church, only to be rejected by the diocesan planning committee on the grounds that the parish was not viable. In 2002...

Bateman l St Thomas More [gdl_gallery title="Bateman St Thomas More" width="130" height="100" ] There were angels everywhere at St Thomas Moore, Bateman as the children performed the nativity for the parish. Inside the church, Christmas decorations brought cheer to all who attended Mass as they looked on to the scene of baby Jesus’ birth. PHOTO: Supplied. Woodvale l St Luke [gdl_ga...

Twenty-three year old Perth woman Lauren Menegola is running out of time and you might be the person to help her. Not long after her 21st Birthday, Lauren was diagnosed with a very aggressive type of leukaemia, myeloid leukaemia, and with her rare tissue type, doctors have been looking for a donor ever since. A search of 20 million registered bone marrow donors throughout the world ha...

Immaculate Heart College  (IHC) in Chittering celebrated its own brand of Christmas celebrations with camel rides and reptilian close encounters on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The special day is also the feast day of the college, making it one of the most important days of the year. The college’s biggest fundraiser, this annual event provided a day of entertainment for the...

Observers were too optimistic about the power of social media following Iran’s disputed presidential election in 2009, a research collaboration at Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus has found. Honours student, Jarrad Goold, collaborated with Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations and his honours supervisor, Dr Daniel Baldino, on the research paper titled - Iran and ...

Following the lead of parish priest Fr Robert Carrillo, Canning Vale parish have established an ongoing mission to support impoverished people on the island of Negros, in the Philippines. In June 2012 a group of 11 parishioners joined Fr Carrillo on a mission to Bacolod where they visited schools, parishes, a slum area, an aged priest’s home, the seminary, the social action centre and a ...

A pastoral care worker married to a Melkite priest, an artist who wants to explore the concept of pilgrimage and a wheatbelt resident who hopes to share a deeper experience of the Scriptures with her family, parish and school were the winners of the first BJ Hickey Biblical Foundation scholarships last week. Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey was on hand at the Faith Centre last Wednesday ...

After more than 10 years of hard training, a first year Physiotherapy student from the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus has fulfilled a childhood dream of winning a gold medal at the Rescue 2012 Life Saving World Championships in Adelaide. Brittanny Brymer, representing the City of Perth Life Saving Club, was part of the Under 19 Women’s team that claimed first place...