You can drink a Mary MacKillop Shiraz, you can eat a cake named after her, you can wear her gold and sapphire encrusted image, you can see a musical on her life, you can even lick the back of her head and stick her on an envelope, but how many people are truly aware of the relationship with her Heavenly Father that founded her very existence?   Mark Reidy There are man...

Fr Roy Pereira, originally from Kuala Lumpur, has been in youth ministry for 35 years.   Spanish national colours: Around 600 attended the Malaysian-Singaporean Spring Dance gathering on 15 October to raise funds to help send young adults to World Youth Day in Madrid 2011. Fr Roy Pereira, pictured with members of the Malaysian-Singaporean community. Photo: Bridget Spinks ...

Scripture and prayer were front and centre for participants in the Seek 2010 Conference hosted by Riverton parish...   Tara Peters from Impact Catholic Ministry speaks with Jane Borg on How Do You See God, one of SEEK's keynote sessions.   Catholics were urged to seek God with everything they have at a conference in Riverton earlier this month. Initiated b...

Bishop Donald Sproxton and St Helena’s Catholic primary school parish priest, Fr Francis Nguyen visited the school in Ellenbrook to help staff, families, parents and pupils lay a new garden bed at a Saturday morning busy bee on 23 October. Auxilliary Bishop Donald Sproxton the St Helena’s Catholic Primary School community busy bee on 23 October. St Helena’s Ellenbrook ...

The Vatican’s former top man in charge of mission outreach to children and youth of the world was in Perth last week to thank supporters for their ongoing support. Too often forgotten: Fr Patrick Byrne SVD discusses the plight of the world’s children, particularly those in Third World and developing nations. The former Secretary General of the Vatican’s Pontifical Counc...

A French priest from the Community of St John has been invited to Perth and Bunbury from 8-16 November to teach children in particular how to adore the Blessed Sacrament. Fr Antoine leading children in Adoration. Courtesy: Children of Hope   The programme for the Children of Hope tour developed by Fr Antoine Thomas csj introduces children to Adoration of the Blessed ...

The establishment of an Archdiocesan evangelisation centre is one step closer with the appointment of Monica Podestà as the coordinator who will oversee its creation. Monica Podesta. Photo: Peter Rosengren Ms Podestà has been charged with establishing the infrastructure required for the evangelisation centre to operate at 450 Hay Street, Perth; a site currently o...

A Notre Dame Behavioural Science student  had no idea of the hidden effects of the Pill and the benefits and science behind natural approaches to fertility until she found herself working as an intern with Archdiocesan agency, Natural Fertility Services ... Amanda Wilson in the grounds of St Mary’s Cathedral near her NFS office in Victoria Square, Perth. She found the experien...

... exemplified the effectiveness of prayer as an expression of faith. Relics of the six new saints are seen in front of the Holy Father at the conclusion of the canonisation Mass. Photos: CNS/Paul Haring VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed six new saints, including an Australian nun and a Canadian brother, calling them “shining examples” of hol...

Record contributor Anna Krohn asks whether we really understand Mary MacKillop ...   Anna Krohn Over the past months, the Australian media has unwittingly aired what is a deep and complex conversation about the character of Australian women. There seem to be at least three broad and conflicting “cultures” evident in the mix – each with its own ideals,...