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THE Queensland Catholic Education Commission has started a push to build 80 kindergartens on school grounds across the state – a project that would cost $80 million. The complete-campus approach would see preschools built onsite at about one third of all Catholic schools. It’s a project being championed by Queensland Catholic Education Commission executive director Dr Lee-Anne Perry, who  said ... Read More »

BULLIES seem to be thriving everywhere these days – in politics, in the media, in the workplace, online  – but one place they are not is St Eugene’s College, Burpengary. Assistant principal for religious education Megan Kozak said the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence on March 15 was the perfect time to highlight the problem. “We know ... Read More »

WILD winds whipped up by Cyclone Oma could not stop the blessing and official opening of Stage Two at McAuley College, Beaudesert. Following an Acknowledgement of Country by Foundation Student Luke Walsh, Auxiliary Bishop Ken Howell of Brisbane led a celebration Mass for the more than 154 students across Years 7, 8 and 9 and staff. They were joined by ... Read More »

THREE leading Catholic schools in Brisbane have started 2019 with a new two-year religious course to coincide with the implementation of the ATAR system. The new course is named “3:16”, with reference to the scripture of John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not ... Read More »

FROM its impoverished beginnings in one room of a convent to a chorus of 800 voices overflowing a cathedral 90 years later, the story of Brigidine College, Indooroopilly, has been one of strength and gentleness. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge celebrated the college’s 90-year anniversary Mass at St Stephen’s Cathedral on February 8, with Dominican Father Pan Jordan, Fr Neville Yun ... Read More »

ONE of Brisbane’s oldest schools has for the first time named two African refugees as college captains, identifying the pair as leaders strongly committed to their faith and to Catholic social justice. The new captains at Brisbane’s inner-city St James College are Mariam Ajang, born in a refugee camp in Kenya after her family fled war-torn Sudan, and Paul Paul, ... Read More »

PRIME Minister Scott Morrison received a rousing welcome at Emmaus College when he paid a surprise visit to the Jimboomba school.  The Prime Minister was there to thank volunteers in the area for the great work they did in the local community. He thanked and praised the college for its generosity in hosting him at such short notice. Following his ... Read More »

CHILDREN are multiplying like loaves and fishes at St Pius V Primary School, Banyo with five sets of twins joining the largest intake the school has ever had. Since 2009, the school has grown from 138 students to 430 students, with the largest Prep intake of 84 students too. School principal Peter Gordon attributed the growth to a few sources. ... Read More »

A NEW pathway to tertiary study for Queensland’s senior students is coming and Brisbane Catholic Education schools are prepared for the changeover. From 2019, a student who starts Year 11 in Queensland will graduate Year 12 with an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR), replacing the Overall Position (OP). An ATAR is a number ranging between 99.95 (highest) to zero (lowest) ... Read More »