Currently home to 86 residents, the Southern Cross Care retirement Foley Village celebrate 30 years of service to the Perth community.

The 2021 Practical and Creative Arts Exhibition at Chisholm College was officially opened on Monday 18 October, with 75 students awarded for their exemplary work in the Learning Areas of Business and Information Technology, Design and Technology, Home Economics, Visual Arts as well as Media and Photography.

A new report released last week has revealed that the experience of COVID-19 has caused many Australians to experience a renewed spiritual search.

The research, conducted by McCrindle Research, surveyed 1,000 Australians and found that two thirds of Australians are likely to attend a church service either online (64 per cent) or in-person (67 per cent) if personally invited by a friend or family member.

The much talked-about South Korean drama “Squid Game” has displaced the saucy period drama “Bridgerton” as the streaming service’s most-watched program ever. It resembles “The Hunger Games” franchise but with adults instead of young people fighting for their lives, manipulated by a mysterious organization.

The Mercyville Aged Care Facility has closed its’ doors from Tuesday, 5 October after operating for the past 40 years. The land was handed back to the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (ISMAPNG) in conjunction with the decommissioning ceremony of their chapel.

Pope Francis left the Vatican in the morning to attend the general chapter, which was held in Rome from 11 Sept to 24 Oct. The theme of the assembly was “Generative Communities of Life in the Heart of Contemporaneity.”

The Bateman Parish community set out to experience the renowed ‘Hawes Heritage Tour’ from 30 August to 2 September 2021. The three-day pilgrimage was jam-packed with activity and visits primarily to significant landmarks and icons associated with Monsignor Hawes.

Bunbury Bishop Gerard Holohan has said Western Australia’s new Community and Family Services Amendment Bill will not protect children in any practical sense.

Venezuelan lay theologian and advisor to the Synod of Bishops, Professor Rafael Luciani will share his experience in the inaugural ACI Cardijn Lecture on the theme “The Emergence of Synodality: The Latin American Experience,” which will take place on at 1.00pm AEDT on Saturday 13 November.

The Synod Office, the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network and the Women’s International Union of Superiors General have joined forces not only to encourage prayers, but to collect them, share them using an updated version of Click to Pray, an app and website run by the prayer network – www.prayforthesynod.va.