Dr Marco Ceccarelli completed his PhD research in History and European Studies at The University of Western Australia with a focus on Catholic journalism and its response to 21st century Islamic terrorism.
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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Migration lawyer highlights importance of Church’s role on refugee issues
In October 2016, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Denis Hart, called for an end to the offshore detention of refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island.
Legacy of Sisters of Mercy lives on with unveiling of Ursula Frayne sculpture
In one of this year’s final events celebrating the 170 year anniversary of the Sisters of Mercy’s arrival to Western Australia, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton unveiled and blessed a life-size bronze sculpture of Mercy Sister Ursula Frayne.
Award winning artwork donated to St Mary’s Cathedral
A captivating painting which took out this year’s Catholic prize at the Mandorla Art Award and described by the panel of judges as “beautifully worked”, was recently donated to Perth’s St Mary’s Cathedral.
2016 ARCHBISHOP’S CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR LifeLink: The privilege of growing up with a Down Syndrome sibling
In this special report for the 2016 Archbishop’s Christmas Appeal for LifeLink, The eRecord journalist Marco Ceccarelli talks about his 25-year-old brother Andrea who has Down Syndrome and the impact of the support he has received from Identitywa, an Archdiocesan agency supported by LifeLink.
Special Mass celebrates 30th anniversary of St John Paul II’s visit to Australia
Today we remember the visit of Saint John Paull II to Alice Springs 30 years ago. His words to the Aboriginal People still ring out around Australia: The Church in Australia herself will not be fully the Church that Jesus wants her to be until you have made your contribution to her life and until that contribution has been joyfully received by others.
ORDINATIONS TO THE DIACONATE: Ready to be a sign of Christ’s own serving mission
Four young men from St Charles’ Seminary in Perth will this Friday reach one of the great milestones of their spiritual journey as they step into the diaconate – one of the three forms of the sacrament of Holy Orders.
BLESSING OF CATHOLIC HOMES: Ensuring the elderly have their rightful place at the table
Almost two months after the ACBC Social Justice Statement, A Place at the Table, celebrated “the great success story of our ageing population,” Archbishop Timothy Costelloe blessed the new Burswood Head Office of Catholic Homes, a Christian based, not-for-profit aged care organisation.
CLOSING OF THE HOLY DOOR OF MERCY: Remain open to God’s mercy, says Archbishop Costelloe
As this Holy Door closes, the sense of God’s mercy in our lives does not become closed off from us.
Fr Laurence Murphy celebrates trifecta of birth, arrival in Australia and religious life
Fifty years in Australia, 60 years in religious life and 80 years alive! – join me for my 2016 trifecta. This could be read on the invitation which Father Laurence Murphy SDS sent out to friends and family earlier this year to announce the celebrations which took place on Sunday, 9 October at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Nollamara.
Anniversary Mass acknowledges Centre for Faith Enrichment’s forty years of faithful service
The remarkable service which the Centre for Faith Enrichment, formerly known as the Maranatha Institute, has offered to the Archdiocese of Perth for the past forty years was recently acknowledged at a special Anniversary Mass celebrated by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe.
