Popular character Toothless discovers a female Light Fury dragon in “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”. Photo: Universal Pictures International. Fans of the picturesque How to Train Your Dragon film franchise won’t be left disappointed with the spectacular third and final instalment of the DreamWorks Animation trilogy. The epic animated-adventure film How to Train Your Dragon:...

Exclamations of “Viva Pit Señor, Santo Niño!” reverberated through St Mary’s Cathedral on 20 January to venerate the Holy Child Jesus. Last Sunday was the first time a Sto Niño feast service had been held at the Cathedral, jointly organised by Damayang Filipino Inc and the Filipino Cathedral Core Group. Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is celebrated annually on the third Sunday of January...

Musical virtuoso David Cameron and soprano Marina Prior. Photo: Matthew Lau. Marina Prior hit the Astor Theatre stage with glitz and glamour on 14 December 2018 to belt out a few of her favourite Christmas tunes. The soprano singer-cum-actress was joined on stage by music genius David Cameron on the keys and guitar for her “Christmas with Marina Prior” show. Jeremy Ryan sin...

Father Dat Vuong, Yangebup Parish Priest, consecrates the Holy Eucharist in the assembly hall of Hammond Park Catholic Primary School. Photo: Matthew Lau. From this month onward, Mass will be celebrated at Hammond Park Catholic Primary School every Sunday morning after much demand from the Yangebup Parish community. Previously, a Mass service was held in Hammond Park on the first Su...

Brydon Ring, a third-year Pharmacy student at Curtin University, shared his experience at ETG ‘18 of why being in the presence of the Holy Eucharist is so special. Photo: Matthew Lau. A 21-year-old man stepped up at Embrace the Grace 2018 to explain why Eucharistic Adoration is one of his favourite parts about being Catholic. Prior to the ETG ritual of Adoration on Friday 7 December, Bryd...

Attendees are pictured embracing music during one of the daily praise and worship sessions. Photo: Matthew Lau. By Matthew Lau “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world ablaze” – St Catherine of Siena. The 2018 Embrace the Grace (ETG) youth conference vitalised some 120 Catholics to bolster their relationship with God. The attendees, aged 16 to 25, ventured to New Norci...

By Matthew Lau In this December 2018 edition of The Record Magazine, we celebrate great women of the Church. In the culinary world of inspirational females, one can look no further than Julia Child, a passionate chef recognised for bringing French cuisine to the American public. Fish baked in parchment paper is a foolproof and versatile recipe, the technique of which cooks the fillet ever so...

Sister Joan Kyrle Evans AO changed the lives of hundreds of students over the years. Photo: Matthew Lau. By: Matthew Lau As Sr Joan Evans, of the WA Presentation Sisters, went up to receive her Order of Australia medal at Government House, she could only imagine how proud her late mother and grandmother would be. “My mother has gone for some years now; I know she and my grandmother...

Western Australia lieutenant Jack Gardner KC*HS greets Pope Francis on 16 November in Rome. Photo: Servizio Fotografico L’Osservatore Romano. By Matthew Lau Pope Francis inspired the world’s lieutenants during a quinquennial meeting in Rome on 16 November, influencing them to place the evangelical love of thy neighbour as the final aim of their works. The Holy Father encouraged the...

By Matthew Lau Hammond Park Catholic Primary School has farewelled 10 pupils who exemplify the young school’s values and ethos. The maiden batch of pupils graduated on Friday 30 November and are ready to embark on secondary school. Father Dat Vuong celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving in the school’s assembly area that afternoon. “We are not saying goodbye, we are bestowing God’s strength...