Tag: Religious Education

Maronite prelate urges prudence online amid media flurry Maronite Catholic Bishop Charbel-Antoine Tarabay has defended the Diocese of Parramatta’s controversial religious education plans for next year and called for calm from anxious parents. “Despite some media...

Parramatta is standing by its new RE syllabus Despite controversy over its new draft religious education curriculum, the Diocese of Parramatta’s schools office will continue...

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...

When Theresa Ardler graduated from Australian Catholic University with a Masters of Religious Education last week she wore an item that powerfully linked her...

A recently released report has broken new ground in finding that Special Religious Education in our schools provides a host of additional benefits, including...

Earlier this week, a dear friend suggested that I might in future be the patron saint of having to listen to the unbearable. While...

Bishop Brian Mascord of Wollongong has expressed strong opposition to the push from the NSW Teachers Federation to have religion classes removed from public schools.

I believe Special Religious Education (SRE) also known as scripture classes is a vital program that belongs in NSW schools. It is concerning to...

Religious schools may again be under threat from proposed changes to the Sex Discrimination Act when the Commonwealth Parliament resumes on 11 February. In...

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...