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Catholic Education Sandhurst names new executive director
- . 19 September 2023
Catholic Education Sandhurst has appointed Kate Fogarty, current principal of Assumption College in Kilmore, as its new executive director.
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From cleaners to nurses, new dementia care training program covers entire staff
- . 19 September 2023
An innovative, in-house dementia care training program is seeing positive outcomes for aged care residents living with dementia – and greater understanding from staff. Source: VMCH.
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Australian Jesuit astronomer looks to the heavens
- . 19 September 2023
When is an astronomer not really an astronomer? When he has trouble distinguishing Venus from Sirius. But Matthew Pinson SJ explains why that didn’t cloud his recent experience at the Vatican Observatory Summer School. Source: Australian Jesuits.
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Marseille next stop in Pope’s ‘Mediterranean pilgrimage’
- . 19 September 2023
Pope Francis’ trip to the French port city of Marseille this week is another stop on a decade-long Mediterranean pilgrimage, which began with his maiden voyage as Pope to the Italian island of Lampedusa in 2013. Source: CNS.
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre revealing more of its secrets
- . 19 September 2023
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the holiest places in the world for Christians and an important pilgrimage site since the fourth century, is revealing more of its secrets. Source: CNA.
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Japanese bishops’ call for honesty over 1923 massacre of Koreans
- . 19 September 2023
Korea’s Catholic bishops have welcomed a statement from Japan’s bishops calling on the Japanese Government to accept responsibility for the 1923 Kanto Massacre and uncover the truth behind it. Source: The Tablet.
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Faithful invited to pray for Synod of Bishops
- . 18 September 2023
The Vatican is asking all baptised people, regardless of whether they will be in Rome, to participate in October’s assembly of the Synod of Bishops with their prayers. Source: CNS.
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Catholic schools want changes to national education policies
- . 18 September 2023
Australia’s Catholic school leaders want to see national education policy initiatives become more aligned to student outcomes and centred on a strong evidence base. Source: The Educator.
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MP rebuked after likening abortion due to Down syndrome to ‘eugenics’
- . 18 September 2023
Conservative Liberal MP Nick Goiran has likened abortion due to the discovery of Down syndrome to “eugenics” as debate on the state’s abortion laws continued in the West Australian Parliament last week. Source: The West Australian.