Scholarship Recipients Return to Travelling the World

Mass with Choristers Ribbon Award Ceremony

The BJ Hickey Scholarship is back in full swing doing what it does best – equipping students to travel interstate and around the world in their pursuit of the study of Word of God.

Scholarship recipients gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral in February to receive their certificates, listen to past experiences of students who had travelled to study Scripture, and network

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Archbishop Barry James Hickey speaks of the importance of Scripture studies.

Opened with a prayer by Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation, Fr Vincent Glynn, the first part of the event featured an address by Centre for Faith Enrichment Director, Dr Marco Ceccarelli, and founder of the scholarship programme, Emeritus

WhenInvited to share the reasons why he opened the Scholarship Programme, Emeritus Archbishop Hickey acknowledged that he always felt that his own Scripture studies had been insufficient, especially as he undertook them in Rome in Latin, with no English Bible at hand. Only later in his priestly life, was he able to study the Scriptures in depth and visit the Holy Land.

He stressed how proud he was that this scholarship program enables many lay people to study the Scriptures and get to know the Bible as a book, as well as the places in the Holy Land where Jesus and His disciples

Archbishop Hickey expressed his hope that this scholarship program will continue to might bear fruit beyond his own lifetime.

CFE’s new Senior Project Officer, Sr M Luka Juenemann ISSM, introduced and called forward each recipient who were presented their certificates by Fr

As the scholarship recipients set out to grow in familiarity with the Scriptures, Archdiocese of Perth eagerly awaits their return so it too can be enriched with their

Recipients of this year’s BJ Hickey Scholarships included:

Ed Pytlowany

July Program at Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem - a Bible study course infused with the spiritual and theological significance of the Holy Land.

Naiara Galea

Course on Salvation History and Acts of the Apostles for a Diploma of Catholic Youth Ministry at Acts 2 College of Mission and Evangelisation.

Karen Pertile

16-day Study Tour of the Biblical Lands in Israel with Dr Rosemary Canavan. The tour is focused on the Gospel of Luke, and includes travel to Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, Nazareth, Magdala, the Jordan River, the Mount of Olives, the Western Wall, Bethany, Qumran, and Bethlehem.

Jennie Jago (on behalf of Sharee Hart, Karen Pertile, Caitlin Reynolds, Thomas Atkins, David Colace, Esther Vallance and Jacqueline Riches)

Funding toward supporting Notre Dame students undertaking a Scripture and Church Course at Notre Dame University – the course is aimed at offering aspiring teachers an opportunity to travel to Israel.