Former editor’s scholarship backs new theology students at Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame Australia will soon open applications for a scholarship established in memory of the late Father Patrick Cunningham. The scholarship offers up to $25,000 to students beginning theology studies at the university's Fremantle Campus.

The fund supports lay students studying the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. Father Cunningham, a former editor of The Record for 24 years, served various parishes in Perth and regional areas, including Highgate, Subiaco, York, and Narrogin. He also worked as a chaplain at St John of God Hospital in Mt Lawley.

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB previously described Father Cunningham as a significant source of knowledge regarding the history of the Archdiocese. Father Cunningham passed away on November 7, 2014.