SA Pupil Takes Bronze in Global Student Writing Competition
A Catholic school learner from Johannesburg was again placed in the top three of the senior section in the Queen’s Commonwealth Writing Competition.
Education
St Augustine’s College Joins Elite Group of Catholic Universities
South Africa’s Catholic university, St Augustine College, has been invited by the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) to join an initiative that, through the Vatican’s new Department for Promoting Integral Human Development, will provide support to papal diplomacy on important global issues.
6-Year Old Master of 4 Languages
A six-year-old Catholic school pupil in Grade 1 is the master of four languages at Grade 5 level! Keith Mashiane, learner at St Anthony’s Primary School in Heathfield, Cape Town, has a natural affinity for reading and languages, enabling him to fluently speak and read four languages at Grade 5 level: Sepedi, English, Afrikaans and Zulu
Do Schools Get ‘Catholic’ Right?
Do our Catholic schools always get the “Catholic” right? Fr Paddy Noonan OFM looks at some elements he believes should...
Homework Tips for Learners and Parents
Homework can be the source of stress, for learner and parent. Psychologist DR GLORIA MARSAY offers tips for learner and...
Value Our Catholic Schools
There are diverse reasons why Catholic schools in South Africa exist, but the one uniting cause must always to bring...
Are Courts Baby-Sitting our Democracy?
The judicial sphere of government seems to be the only one our people really trust. The Constitutional Court’s judgment on...
Catholic Schools: How Inclusive?
Jacques Batista, Port Elizabeth – Earlier this year I attended a teachers’ Mass in Port Elizabeth, including but not exclusively,...
Pope to Catholic Educators: Educators form lives that are ready to face the future
Catholic schools and universities play a key role in evangelisation and in creating a more humane world built on dialogue...
