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“Today is a day to acknowledge with profound gratitude all that has been done and been sacrificed over the past 200 years to provide education to countless thousands of young people.

When families choose Catholic education for their children, they do so because they want the best education for their children that they can give them. Everything that goes into making a school an excellent school, a school of choice, must be a part of our Catholic schools. But equally, a Catholic school won’t be a good Catholic school, unless it is Catholic.

The founding impulse of Catholic education 200 years ago was the desire to ensure children should not be deprived of their life’s foundational principle: that they were created, loved, called, and cherished by God. This must still be the grounding impulse of our commitment to Catholic education today and into the future, notwithstanding all the changes that have taken place in the past 200 years, both in the Church and in the society of which we are a part,” Archbishop Costelloe concluded.

CEWA Deputy Executive Director Wayne Bull delivered the Vote of Thanks before the Archbishop’s final blessing. “On behalf of the 163 Catholic schools across WA, I extend my gratitude to all parishes across the Archdiocese who support our Catholic schools and colleges. This partnership is pivotal to the spiritual wellbeing of our Catholic school communities and provides an important foundation for Christ-centred learning.

He acknowledged members of the Catholic Education

Commission, distinguished guests, principals, school leaders, sponsors, representatives, and staff for joining CEWA in commemorating “a rich and vibrant” 200-year history of Catholic education in Australia.

“Most importantly, our students… your presence here today reminds us that the reason for our existence in Catholic education over the past 200 years is to ensure that we always remain Christ-centred and focussed on serving you,” said Mr Bull.