Tag: Catholic Schools

They’ve been inseparable from birth and there is “no way” five-year-old Giselle and Valencia Pollicina were going to be apart in kindergarten at St Joseph’s Primary School in Enfield.

This NRL finals series features star players who attended Catholic schools across the country. While they go head-to-head on the field, they share a common history of faith, charity and friendship, formed by the education they received as teenage boys.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development was an interesting idea in its time. That time has passed and a new model is needed for Catholic welfare—one that recognises the church’s teaching and strengths, writes George Weigel.

In a generation where young people are increasingly “afraid there may be no truth at all,” University of Notre Dame Australia professors Fr Eamonn Conway and Leonard Franchi have encouraged Catholic educators to retain their distinct mission

: The church’s teachings were shamefully silenced in Catholic schools on account of those who felt challenged by the pro-chastity message of visiting US Catholic evangelist Jason Evert, writes Khiara Squires.

One would think that a speaker who challenges the narrative that young women need to make themselves more sexually attractive to be worthy of love is exactly what is needed at a time when we are seeing the devastating mental health impacts of girls placing their value in the number of “likes” they receive for their selfies, writes Monica Doumit.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Prime Minister John Howard has strongly defended the right of faith-based schools to hire staff who are aligned with the same beliefs and values, saying he thinks most Australians would agree that it is only “common sense."

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to shelve his planned discrimination legislation with thousands of people attending town hall meetings Australia-wide declaring it an attack on faith-based schools.

Catholic Schools Broken Bay has launched a $65 million project to cater to students with a disability from Kindergarten to Year 12 with a new school campus and network of support classes.

The Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry on religious schools, the first commissioned by Labor, has offered the conclusions Labor sought—hence the prime minister’s desire to shut down further discussion. But the ALRC’s recommendations don’t pass a common sense test, writes Monica Doumit

Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP and Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli are among dozens of religious leaders warning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese not to turn to the Australian Greens to help enact religious discrimination reforms that will affect faith-based schools.

Faith and religious schools’ leaders say the long-awaited Australian Law Reform Commission report, meant to guide the Federal government in drafting religious freedom legislation relating to religious schools, should be scrapped.