Tag: SRE
Festival of service and faith
A colourful celebration of faith and the power it has to bring people together was held at Parliament House in Sydney this week.
Fifty people,...
Renee Hourani: Why I love sharing my faith
As a catechist here was my chance to give back to God
I struggled a lot throughout high school, dealing with a lot of personal...
Monica Doumit: Suffer the little children
Well, it wouldn’t be a new school semester if the Greens didn’t again try to push Special Religious Education (SRE) out of public schools.
Greens...
Murray Norman: SRE: a highly-valued educational asset
The place of faith has been prominent in the media in the last week, with two Facebook polls associated with mainstream media programmes asking...
Murray Norman: SRE is vital in our schools
A recently released report has broken new ground in finding that Special Religious Education in our schools provides a host of additional benefits, including...
Monica Doumit: How to make non-existent things illegal
Earlier this week, a dear friend suggested that I might in future be the patron saint of having to listen to the unbearable. While...
Paul Green MLC: Keeping SRE is vitally important for kids
I believe Special Religious Education (SRE) also known as scripture classes is a vital program that belongs in NSW schools. It is concerning to...
Catechists under threat in State schools
The debate around the validity of faith-based Special Religious Education (SRE) in NSW Government Schools was reinvigorated when the Secondary Principals’ Council, in their...