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St Jerome celebrates 80th anniversary

St Jerome’s Primary School in Munster celebrated its 80th Anniversary on Sunday, 9 August, with a fun-filled program of entertainment, games and art enjoyed by students and staff, past and present.

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St Jerome’s Primary School celebrated its 80th anniversary with Mass and included an Open Day with student performances and a variety of activities. PHOTO: Mat De Sousa

Attendance at Cathedral Concert rises to musical heights

More than 150 people braved the weekend’s bad weather on Sunday evening, 9 August to be treated to a heartwarming musical performance at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth.

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‘A Pageant of Hymns’, the second in a series of three concerts held at St Mary’s this year, featured glorious solos by Yann Kee (soprano), Joshua Adams (tenor/baritone), Alexander Platts (Bass) and a selection of treble choristers, supported by the harmonious voices of the St Mary’s Cathedral Choir. PHOTO: Mat De Sousa

Beloved priest of Hamilton Hill finds eternal rest after a life of service

Messages of prayers, thanks and fond memories have poured in throughout social media following the death of Fr Julian Luis Matias Carrasco earlier this month – a priest who has been described by many as “a rock” and “a man with a heart of gold”.

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Archbishop Emeritus Hickey presents Fr Julian Carrasco with a special certificate in recognition of and gratitude for his pastoral services to the Portuguese community of Australia in 2014. Fr Julian passed away on Saturday, 11 July at Fiona Stanley Hospital after a long battle with ill health. PHOTO: Mat De Sousa

Sanctity of life upheld at annual Mass for Pregnancy Assistance

More than 100 people gathered last weekend at St Mary’s Cathedral for a Mass in support of Pregnancy Assistance, the Perth-based independent Catholic organisation which provides support to women in need of care throughout their pregnancy.

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Perth woman Michelle Firth, far left, and family take up the gifts to Bishop Don during the Mass for Pregnancy Assistance at St Mary's Cathedral on April 18. PHOTO: Mat De Sousa

Minions fall short as lead, but charms their way to success

With the release of its most recent entertaining animation Minions, Illumination’s prequel to the Despicable Me franchise is bound to satisfy audiences’ love for the yellow, pill-shaped creatures.

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On mission in England, Kevin, Stuart and Bob help an evil supervillain steal the Queens crown in order to save their species from annihilation. PHOTO: Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures

New scholarship fund to provide education for underprivileged

More than 80 people gathered at Han’s Café in Joondalup at the end of last month for the launch of a scholarship fund which is aimed at sustaining the development and growth of St Vincent College of Education in Yendi, Ghana.

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Archbishop Emeritus Barry James Hickey made a brief speech about the Scholarship Fund to more than 80 people gathered for the launch of a scholarship fund at Han’s Café in Joondalup at the end of last month. PHOTO: Mat De Sousa

Hundreds gather for feast of Our Lady of Fatima

The recent feast of Our Lady of Fatima, celebrated worldwide on 13 May, did not go unobserved within the Archdiocese of Perth.

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Hundreds gathered earlier this month at St Patrick’s Basilica Fremantle for the feast of Our Lady of Fatima where they celebrated Mass, Benediction and a candlelight procession on the streets of Fremantle. PHOTO: Mat De Sousa

Aspirational nurse finds inspiration at Notre Dame

Making a difference to the lives of those people one comes into contact with on a daily basis is the inspiration for student Tanisha Tigulu to continue her Nursing studies at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Broome Campus.

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Tanisha Tigulu hopes to make a difference to the lives of others through studying the HLT51612 Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled / Division 2 nursing) course at Notre Dame’s Broome Campus. PHOTO: UNDA

Budget designed to secure a political future, not the future of Australia’s most vulnerable

Catholic Social Services Australia released a statement this week about the 2015 Federal Budget, saying that, despite its commitment to listen to the community, the government has taken the approach of making itself as small a target as possible by deferring its critical 2015 budget measures until after the next federal election.

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Speaking on budget night, CEO of Catholic Social Services Australia Marcelle Mogg pointed out that many of the key measures in the 2015 Federal Budget, such as the childcare subsidy, are not scheduled to take effect until 1 July 2017. PHOTO: Supplied

Vatican gives tips on preparing homilies, tying them to catechism

A homily at Mass is not a mini catechism class, the Vatican says in a new document on homilies, but it is an opportunity to explain Church teaching using the Scripture readings and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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