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Education

St Kevin’s College breaks ties with Edmund Rice Education Australia

St Kevin’s College in Toorak, Melbourne, has won the right to become an independent school from December 1, breaking ties with Edmund Rice Education Australia. Source: Herald Sun.

HIgher Education

Student hub to ‘form the heart’ of Notre Dame campus

Work has begun to upgrade facilities at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle campus to create a modern and vibrant student hub. Source: The eRecord.

Feast Day Pope Francis

Francis celebrates Mass at military cemetery and calls for end to war

Pope Francis marked All Souls’ Day yesterday by celebrating Mass at a military cemetery in Rome, calling for an end to war and the loss of innocent lives claimed in violent conflicts. Source: Crux.

Film Review

Will this man survive a 30-day digital detox?

In Disconnect Me, Australian filmmaker Alex Lykos switches off his smartphone and social media for 30 days in an experiment that will challenge audiences to question their own reliance on technology. Source: Australian Catholics.

Pope Francis Theology

Pope calls for ‘paradigm shift’ in Catholic theology 

Pope Francis has called for a “paradigm shift” in Catholic theology that takes widespread engagement with contemporary science, culture and people’s lived experience as an essential starting point. Source: CNA.

Legal Matters

High Court decision opens way for claims on abuse

A landmark decision by the High Court could open the door for a string of legal claims against institutions in which historical sexual abuse occurred. Source: The Australian.

Tragedy

Child dies in lift accident at Sydney Catholic school

Broken Bay Bishop Anthony Randazzo has expressed sadness after a 10-year-old boy died after becoming trapped under an elevator at a Catholic school on Sydney’s Upper North Shore yesterday. Source: Sydney Morning Herald and Broken Bay Diocese.

Anniversary Eastern Rite

Ukrainian Catholic community celebrates 60th anniversary of cathedral

The Ukrainian Catholic community has celebrated the 60th anniversary of the blessing of the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Melbourne.

People

Indigenous leader named ACT Local Hero 

If we don’t change anything, nothing is going to change, according to 2024 ACT Local Hero Selina Walker. Source: Catholic Voice.