Notre Dame’s obsessive pursuit of prestige could send it down to Davey Jones locker. By Omar O'Shaugnessy  The University of Notre Dame is one of the oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities in the US. Even non-Americans have heard of the Fighting Irish, its legendary football team which inspired a famous film featuring a young Ronald Reagan. The team&rsqu...

Rejection of Notre Dame honour by US’s leading layperson a slap in the face for beleaguered university.                                        In an April 27 letter to Holy Cross Fathe...

By Bridget Chamberlain Monsignor Michael Keating, Sheelagh Dixon, Sr Kerry Willison, Ron Dullard, Bishop Donald Sproxton, Debra Sayce, Sr Catherine Brophy, Diana Alteri and Emma Nofal at the graduation ceremony. Photo: The Record. The inaugural graduates of the CEOWA Certificate of Liturgy program were commissioned and blessed at a ceremony in March. Sr Catherine Brophy from the Wood...

Reaction continues to spread through the US at Catholic university’s decision to honour most pro-abortion public official in the country.   People line up to place carnations at the foot of a statue of Mary in the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the US University of Notre Dame on April 5. Hundreds of anti-abortion advocates protested on the campus against the school&...

Unprecedented division has broken out in the Church in America over the issue of abortion following the decision by the University of Notre Dame in Indiana to invite President Barak Obama to give the annual Commencement Address at the University and to confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on him.   Chicago resident and Notre Dame alumnus Jeff Heinz, right, drops his han...

University of Notre Dame Australia lecturer Elsa Cornejo is about to delve into the underworld of human trafficking in the Philippines, learning how victims can be empowered to lift themselves out of their situation. By Anthony Barich Miss Cornejo, 29, was regional director of Caritas in WA for three months before accepting an Australian Postgraduate Award scholarship to undertake a P...

Msgr Kevin Long is congratulated by Archbishop Hickey. Photo: The Record. Pope Benedict XVI has bestowed the title of Monsignor on Perth Vicar General Fr Brian O’Loughlin and St Charles Seminary Rector Fr Kevin Long. Mgr Brian O'Loughlin is congratulated by Archbishop Barry Hickey on being made a Monsignor by Pope Benedict XVI. Photo: Anthony Barich Mgr Kevin Long is congratula...

Composers in Perth have been given a head start in composing musical settings for the text of the Order of Mass that will be introduced soon, according to Sr Kerry Willison RSM, Archdiocesan Director of Liturgy.

Q: Can you tell me something about devotion to St Joseph? Some of my friends have great devotion to him but I have never really managed to have much. Is this devotion new or old in the Church? A: It is only natural to have devotion to the one chosen by God from all eternity to be the husband of Mary, the Mother of God, and the guardian – or, as I like to say, the spiritual father – of Jesus, t...

By Anthony Barich The University of Notre Dame Australia Fremantle is in negotiations with the Archdiocese of Melbourne to “adopt” a parish affected by the Victorian firestorm and to possibly offer scholarships to people in the devastated areas. Staff and students of UNDA participate in an ecumenical prayer service at Holy Spirit Chapel.     &nbs...