Confessionals across Perth, like this one at St Mary’s Cathedral, have been renovated to include glass panel doors and transparent sectioning. Photo: Michelle Tan. The confessional experience is a personal encounter between that person and Christ, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said this week. In a Pastoral Letter published Thursday 21 October, Archbishop Costelloe was speak...

In a Pastoral Letter published Thursday 21 October, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said the confessional experience is a personal encounter between that person and Christ. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The recent passage of legislation through the state parliament removing civil law protections around the confidentiality of the confessional has deeply disappointed ...

The Record Magazine, Issue 33, October 2021 Welcome to Issue 33 of The Record Magazine. As we go to print, we are eagerly awaiting the commencement of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. It is a life-changing moment for the Church in Australia and my team and I are honoured to be reporting first hand of its outcomes over the next few weeks and months. In ...

The official logo for the Synod of Bishops. Image: CNS. Dioceses across Australia will this weekend hold launches to mark the commencement of local participation in the two-year journey towards the 2023 Synod of Bishops. Last Sunday, Pope Francis celebrated a Mass to launch the global process for the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which has the theme “For a Synoda...

Perth Plenary Council Members gathered with friends and family in St Michael The Archangel Chapel after the closing Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Photo: Michelle Tan. Plenary Council President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke from the heart as he delivered his homily at the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly on Sunday 10 October, drawing on the richne...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week spoken about the need for a Gospel culture in a special video interview.

The development of the prayer resources for the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia has required a different way of thinking, said Mercy Sister Kerry Willison, Chair of the Plenary Council Liturgy Committee and Director of Liturgy for the Archdiocese of Perth.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB welcomes the congregation, including Members and guests, to the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia on Sunday 3 October at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Ron Tan. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has today emphasised that perhaps the most important thing that God is asking of us at this time is to return the Church to Christ and r...

Welcome to the Issue 32 of The Record Magazine. The curent Voluntary Assisted Dying debate has created a new world order for Western Australia. On 23 June, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe published a four-page Pastoral Letter in which he expressed his thoughts and concerns regarding the new legislation. We publish the Pastoral Letter in full from page four to seven. We speak with LJ Go...

The historic Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia will be celebrated by Plenary Council President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB at Perth’s St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 3 October at 11am WST. The Mass will officially open the nine-month journey of the two Council Assemblies. Photos: Ron Tan/Jamie O'Brien After nearly five years of planning and 84 years since t...