Triple P International Country Director, Carol Markie-Dadds, said with two in five families in Australia experiencing school refusal, and many more facing cost-of-living pressures, the start of a new school year is adding an extra layer of parental stress and worry. Photo: Supplied. By Contributor As kids across the country return to school, experts at the Triple P – Positive Parenting ...

Triple P International Country Director, Carol Markie-Dadds said that with many families in Australia needing to tighten their belts as mortgage rates and rental prices hit an all-time high and living expenses are sky rocketing, parents and carers may be feeling stressed and under pressure to provide a happy festive season for their children. Photo: Supplied. A government funded parenting p...

The evangelical comedy Family Camp (Roadside) is almost squeaky clean and thus appropriate for a wide range of age groups.

Fr Richard Lennan is from the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese. Photo: Sourced. The concept of “sniffing out” the presence of God in the world, articulated by theologian Fr Richard Lennan in an address to the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, struck a chord with many members as they continued their discernment. Fr Lennan, a priest of the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese and an expert adviser to th...

The Hon Ben Wyatt, WA Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, has last month launched new online resources dedicated to Aboriginal communities to “assist them research on their families and community histories”.

Lifelong learning is a widely accepted part of any worthwhile endeavour and in the rapidly changing situations of 2020, the Centre for Life, Marriage & Family (CLMF) continues to offer support, educate and create resources and help form the lives of others.

The Record Magazine Issue 27. Cover: Feby Plando. In this Issue 26 of The Record Magazine, we take a look at the issue of Adult Faith Formation in the context of healing. In the Archdiocese of Perth, there are many agencies with a common goal, working with the community to offer mercy, compassion, healing, and hope. Their differing ministries offer us an opportunity to “choose life”. ...

Pope Francis waves to the crowd in St Peter's Square from a window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican during his 26 July Angelus address, in which the Supreme Pontiff urged young people to show grandparents and the elderly tenderness. Photo: IPA/Sipa via Reuters. By Carol Glatz Pope Francis called on young people to reach out to their grandparents or the elderly who may be lonely or ...

The Record Magazine Issue 2. Front Cover: Feby Plando. In this second edition of The Record Magazine, we take a close look at the meaning of marriage and family. Our stories this month look at the various dynamics of family life in today’s society - an issue that affects all of us and, most importantly, the role the Church has in providing the spiritual nutrition that is needed to sustai...