Jamie O'Brien is the Archdiocese of Perth Communications Manager and Editor for The Record, incorporating The eRecord and The Record Magazine.
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Australian dioceses prepare for Synod of Bishops launch
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...
SPECIAL REPORT: Plenary Council Members called to ‘Let Go’
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...
EXCLUSIVE: Archbishop Costelloe calls Church to live a Gospel culture
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week spoken about the need for a Gospel culture in a special video interview.
Prayer resources a spirit driven process, says Sr Kerry
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.
EXCLUSIVE: “Return the Church to Christ and return Christ to the Church,” says Archbishop Costelloe
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...
The Record Magazine Issue 32 (August 2021)
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...
EXCLUSIVE: Historic Plenary Council Opening Mass to be celebrated in Perth
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...
The eRecord takes out Best Online Publication at Press Awards
The eRecord has taken out the award for Best Online
Publication at this year’s Australasian Catholic Press Awards.
The
awards were held on Wednesday 15 September via ZOOM after the annual ACPA
Conference was cancelled for the second year due to COVID-19 state lockdowns.
The eRecord has taken out the award for Best Online Publication at this year’s Australasian Catholic Press Awards. Imag...
New San Damiano Cross a blessing for Gwelup retirement village
Mt La Verna Retirement Village have been blessed with a new cross of San Damiano, written by WA icongrapher Marice Sariola.
SPECIAL REPORT: Church in Western Australia enters new world order
The advent of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Western Australia has introduced a totally new feature in the landscape of end-of-life options, and a new challenge for Catholic acute, aged and disability services.
