Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has spoken about the death and resurrection of Jesus in his homily at an all-night Easter Vigil.“One of the things that we learn in the life of Jesus is that He was the first person to experience death not because He was a sinner, and not because He had a determination to depend on His own resources, but rather because of the trust and the faith that He had in the Father, and in the Father’s plan for Him,” Bishop Sproxton explained. By Jamie O’Brien.

The death and resurrection of Jesus allows us to experience how God continues to work in the world and just as importantly in us., said Broome Administrator Monsignor Boyers in his Easter message.

The Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday celebrations at the Vatican this year was limited to 200 congregation members due to the COVID-19 lockdown. In his homily, Pope Francis said Jesus calls on all Christians today to “overcome barriers, banish prejudices” and to recognise the Lord “here in our Galilees, in everyday life.” By Junno Arocho Esteves and Cindy Wooden.

The Father has nothing new to say about the challenges of dementia. Yet, in adapting his play with co-screenwriter Christopher Hampton, director Florian Zeller does succeed in presenting the difficulties resulting from that illness in an innovative way. By Kurt Jensen.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week delivered his 2021 Easter Message, highlighting that the challenges we face, not just because of the pandemic but because of the many other difficulties and problems that each of us face, often overwhelm us.

I send you all my Easter greetings of peace, and my prayerthat you are refreshed in faith and hope through the celebration of theResurrection of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. The Easter story is, indeed, the great message of hope forthe world. It is the story of the immense love that God has for humanity andcreation. It is in the yearly telling of that story that we can be moved to arenewed faith and commitment to God who never ceases to work in our lives, in our times.

What will we do when we finally get back to our parishes? I
don’t think anyone really knows, but I suspect it will not be business as usual. For many it will be a joy to return to the Masses they have missed so much; for
others it may be a little more complicated. Our lives have been turned upside down and we will have had months to think with
only streamed Masses to accompany us. There is much to rethink and rebuild. There will be questions that we will only
slowly come to appreciate. That
is why I believe that it is fortunate that the assemblies of the Plenary
Council have been delayed. We will need time to come to grips with our new
reality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_zLy24AME The reality for many of us, at least some of the time, is that we are afraid and we are uncertain, writes Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his 2021 Easter message published today, Thursday 25 March 2021. “We can often feel as if God is not there or does not care,” Archbishop Costelloe highlighted. The message, which is available v...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHqZLWUtyao Dr Angela McCarthy is a Plenary Council Member from the Archdiocese of Perth. Video: Max Hoh/Michelle Tan. For today’s Plenary Member video, we feature Dr Angela McCarthy. Her first degree from Sydney University included work in Biblical Studies and Fine Arts and was followed by the beginnings of a teaching career in Catholic secondary educati...

Economist Chris Richardson from Deloitte Access Economics and social commentator Bernard Salt from the Demography Group were the keynote speakers during a recent gathering of leaders of Catholic agencies and external experts focusing on the impact of the pandemic on the economy and the community. Photo: Provided. Leaders of Catholic agencies and a number of external experts have recently ga...