Tag: Catholic Education
Why young people need ‘risky play’
Age-appropriate ‘risky play’ can help children and young teenagers build confidence, resilience and judgement, according to a world-first position statement co-authored by Notre Dame lecturer Dr Michael Down.
Eight sports carnivals, one sporting community
More than 6,000 student-athletes from all 147 Sydney Catholic Schools Systemic Schools have come together for eight athletics carnivals at Sydney Olympic Park, celebrating achievement, participation and school community.
Santa Sabina commissions new principal on Feast of St Dominic
Former Santa Sabina College teacher and parent Elizabeth Brooks has been formally commissioned as its principal. She pledged to lead the Dominican school in faith, justice and love while placing its young people at the heart of her leadership.
SCECS opens three new early learning centres across Sydney
Sydney Catholic Early Childhood Services has opened three new preschool and long day care centres in Lurnea, Matraville and Camperdown, creating 200 new childcare places across the Archdiocese of Sydney.
Teachers in the AI age
As artificial intelligence transforms education, Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas challenges educators to focus on something deeper than technological competence. The real task of schools, argues this reflection, is the formation of the human person.
New initiative helps teachers rediscover their vocation
A new initiative supported by The PARED Foundation and the University of Sydney's Sydney Character Initiative is helping teachers reconnect with the deeper purpose of their profession and view teaching as a vocation rather than simply a career.
Catholic service recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
Catholics with long records of service in education, healthcare, parish life and charitable outreach were among those recognised in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours announced on 8 June.
Catholic School Leaders 2026
Catholic School Leaders 2026
The Catholic School Leaders Magazine is a special tribute to Catholic School student Leaders across Sydney and NSW. The Schools Leadership annual...
An opportunity to listen and learn beyond Lent
Lent invites not only prayer and fasting, but a deeper discipline of speech. At a time of rising division, Pope Leo XIV’s call to listen and learn speaks directly to university life.
Magis 2033 sets new vision for Sydney Catholic Schools
Rapid social and cultural change is reshaping education in Australia. Sydney Catholic Schools has responded with Magis 2033, a decade-long strategy aimed at strengthening faith, excellence and mission across the archdiocese.
Why Catholic education still matters
Sydney Catholic Schools has launched its new strategic plan, Magis 2033, following a process of consultation and discernment led by executive director Danielle Cronin.
Catholic education and the formation of the whole person
Catholic education is not simply the transfer of information or the management of behaviour. It is the formation of a person who has been made in the image of God, with intellect and will, capable of truth and love.
