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Priests to teach Jesus to school students again
Clergy to have key, re Catholic primary and secondary schools are to be accountable to their Parish Priest for their religious activities, including the teaching of RE, Archbishop Barry Hickey announced this week. The Archbishop said that the new role for Parish Priests had been defined in agreements reached with the Catholic Education Office in accord with Part 4, No. 63 of the Bishops' Mandate Letter. That section states: "Within the Catholic school, the parish priest is responsible for ensuring that the Bishop's Religious Education Programme is followed, and for encouraging coordination between the school's and the parish's evangelisation activities." (The Bishops' Mandate Letter is the document under which the Bishops of WA create the Catholic Education Commission and the Catholic Education Office and authorise them to conduct Catholic education throughout the State.) Some of the specific provisions
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Sculptures in sand to promote WYD '08 • By Anthony Barich
The champs: The last few months have been Trinity College's most successful season, winning five titles and runner up in a sixth. They won the Alcock Shield (athletics), the Alcock Cup (Australian Rules football), PSA swimming, the Darlot Cup (cricket), the PSA basketball and, of course, the Head of the River (celebrated above at Trinity College), with the Challenge Cup for the 1st VIII race and the Hamer Cup for the being the strongest rowing school in the PSA.
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THE UNHEARD HOMILIES
Most of the world wouldn't have heard these words unless they were standing within hearing distance of the Holy Father throughout the Easter celebrations.
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THE PATHFINDER
INDEX I say,I say/Letters Chrism Mass Feature The World Reviews Classifieds
Over 100 teams of Catholic youth are expected to take West Australians' reputation as "Sandgropers" to a whole new level this Saturday as a means of evangelising ahead of next year's global Catholic extravaganza in Sydney. On April 21 Perth's youth will show an awesome public witness of being a young Catholic by hitting Scarborough Beach in a sand sculpture competition to promote the upcoming World Youth Day event in Sydney next year.
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Dr John Billings has been mourned and honoured the world over since his death in early April. Pope Benedict paid tribute to his synthesis of faith and science.
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