Tag: Education
Greg Sheridan delivers annual Kathleen Burrows Institute lecture at USyd
Guests at the University of Sydney’s St John College were treated to a talk from noted journalist Greg Sheridan AO at the annual Kathleen Burrows Research Institute Lecture. Instead of listening to the state of the world, however, the audience was given a short history of the early Christians and why Christianity is good for society.
The importance of Special Religious education in public schools
At a time when religious intolerance is in the news, the collaboration amongst faith groups to provide Special Religious Education to students in public schools is a shining light, writes John Donnelly.
Catholic Schools Week 2025
Catholic Schools Week 2025
The ‘Catholic Schools Week 2025 Magazine’ is a timely way to celebrate Catholic education and the successes of another year. It is...
St Mary’s Cathedral College welcomes back female students
St Mary’s Cathedral College has accepted female students for the first time in 58 years.
Future leaders in Catholic schooling take flight on wings of faith...
Over 30 schoolteachers completed the staff faith formation and networking course run jointly by Sydney Catholic Schools and the Archdiocese of Sydney, also known as the “Two Wings” program.
D’Souza family takes hat trick of Archbishop’s Awards for Student Excellence
Faith, service and a love of learning run in the D’Souza family at Penshurst parish, with Kezia D’Souza the third child in her family to receive an Archbishop’s Award for student excellence at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney last month.
Little readers learn the faith at Sydney City South
The growing number of young families at Sydney City South has led Elizabeth Arblaster and other parents on a mission to help foster faith and education in the area, turning the page for the parish’s little ones.
Human development and truth a model for successful Catholic institutions
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
Monica Doumit: Evert talk urgently needed
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.
Catholic School Leaders 2024
Catholic School Leaders 2024
The Catholic School Leaders Magazine is a special tribute to Catholic School student Leaders across Sydney and NSW. The Schools Leadership...
It’s Groundhog Day, again
So-called equality advocates are up to their old tricks, once again encouraging anti-discrimination complaints as a way of retaliating against Archbishop Julian Porteous for distributing a pastoral letter that outlines Catholic teaching to kids in Catholic schools, writes Monica Doumit.
Report warns of a mass exodus of stressed school principals
More than half of Australian school principals are “seriously considering” leaving their jobs as workplace violence and heavy workloads keep rising, a new report says.