27/03/2025

Schools celebrate faith and education

Thousands of students and teachers from Catholic schools across the Archdiocese of Melbourne came together on Friday 21 March to celebrate the culmination of a fantastic Catholic Education Week.

27/03/2025

Honouring local Anzacs

Owen McCoughtry from St Ignatius College Geelong, Drysdale, was one of only 12 secondary students from across Victoria to win last year’s Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Award and participate in a study tour to important historical sites in Türkiye.

26/03/2025

Beyond Harmony Week

Students from St Mary’s School, Dandenong, celebrated Harmony Week, enjoying activities both in the classroom and at ‘twilight school’ in the evening.

24/03/2025

Creative Arts Exhibition

Budding young artists took centre stage as the 2025 MACS Creative Arts Exhibition wrapped up with a celebration of talent and creativity. 

17/03/2025

Showcasing the spirit of young artists

Artwork by current and former students from MACS schools are featured in the NGV Australia’s exhibition Top Arts.

07/03/2025

Top of their class

Performing arts students from MACS schools are showcasing their outstanding talents on stage at the Melbourne Recital Centre as part of this year’s VCE Seasons of Excellence.

06/03/2025

Students unite to fight poverty this Lent

Emmaus College in Vermont South was the venue for an energetic and hope-filled launch of Project Compassion on 4 March, Shrove Tuesday.

20/02/2025

Catholic schools reap the benefits of ‘back to basics’ overhaul

A back-to-basics overhaul of how Victoria’s Catholic schoolchildren learn reading and maths has yielded positive results, including an improvement of more than 20% in numeracy skills.

20/02/2025

Compassion in action

Today, the World Day of Social Justice, sees MACS schools not only teaching the important Catholic value of service to others, but enabling their students, staff and communities to go out and enrich the world.

06/02/2025

Rolling out evidence-based instruction at St Mary’s School

Over the last five years, staff at St Mary’s School in Geelong have had a clear focus on lifting student outcomes through evidence-based instruction.

05/02/2025

Our new principals – ready to inspire

Over the past week, we’ve welcomed students and staff to a new school year. Along with the excited new starters, several new principals began their MACS leadership journey.

28/01/2025

Twin brothers Maximus and Domadius count down to first day of prep

Twin brothers Maximus and Domadius Missiha will have a very interesting story to share with their peers when they walk through the school gates on Thursday.

18/12/2024

Celebrating our VCE students

We celebrate the achievements of all students, knowing that they will enrich the world and enjoy a future filled with purpose and impact.

13/12/2024

Nurturing tomorrow’s STEM pioneers

Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School, Sunbury, triumphed over 103 schools in the Bee’s Knees National STEM Challenge for 2024.

12/12/2024

New 5 Star school

Our Lady of the Nativity School in Aberfeldie was awarded its fifth ResourceSmart Schools Star.

10/12/2024

Andi’s ultimate goal

Last year, we celebrated Andi Mole’s success when she came second nationally at School Sport Australia’s Cross-Country Championships, achieving her goal to reach ‘at least top five at national level’.

05/12/2024

Exceptional teamwork wins national eSports championship

In an exhilarating and nail-biting finale at the FUSE eSports Festival, a team from St Joseph’s School, Mernda, claimed the 2024 national championship in the Rocket League tournament for students in Years 5 and 6.

04/12/2024

Better together

The 300 students at St Anthony’s School, Noble Park, encompass 43 different cultural groups, with 93% of the cohort learning English as an Additional Language (EAL).

04/12/2024

Ecowarriors and sustainability superheroes

A ‘robust and multifaceted approach’ to innovation has seen St Columba’s School, Elwood, named a 5-Star Innovative School by The Educator, one of only ‘41 of the country’s most forward-thinking schools’.

03/12/2024

Passion for connection wins national award

Esther Kalala knows all too well how difficult it can be to make friends and feel like you belong. The Year 10 student emigrated from Zambia with her family as a young child and struggled to fit into life in Australia. 

29/11/2024

Principals recognised at Archdiocesan celebration

The efforts and achievements of our school leaders were acknowledged at the 2024 Annual Archdiocesan Celebration of Principalship.