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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Fremantle Chamber Orchestra gives an eclectic performance at Redemptorist Monastery
The Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth served as a venue for Fremantle Chamber Orchestra (FCO) Concert on Saturday 9 November.
The Stables restoration: Monks to olive oil
Built by the Benedictine monks more than 160 years ago and later used to produce Royal Show-winning olive oil, MercyCare’s restoration of The Stables at Wembley has brought one of Perth’s earliest agricultural buildings back to its former glory.
New Schoenstatt pilgrim shrines to promote prayer in families
The Schoesnstatt Movement community in Perth, together with Knights of the Southern Cross, are producing new pilgrim shrines, inviting young families to join the WA Pilgrim Mother Apostolate in WA.
SPECIAL REPORT Catholic Homes in Medicinal Cannabis trials for dementia support
Researchers at The University of Notre Dame have selected Catholic Homes to be part of a ground-breaking study to be undertaken by the University’s Institute for Health Research in partnership with Israel-based, MGC Pharmaceuticals.
Catenians commemorate past members, support work of 2020 Plenary Council
About 150 Catenian brothers and their wives attended the Western Australian Catenian Association’s annual Commemorative Mass, held at St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 3 November 2019.
INTERNATIONAL: Don’t join devil’s game of jealousy, says Pope Francis
The devil is real and is so jealous of Jesus and the salvation Jesus offers that he tries everything he can to divide people and make them attack each other, Pope Francis has this week said.
Pilgrim’s progress reminds believers of the journey of faith
The eRecord is giving away five DVDs of “Pilgrim’s Progress”. To enter, send an answer to the following question to therecord@therecord.com.au: From which language does the word “Lux” come from and who does the character represent?
Kristallnacht: the night of glass remembered
Kristallnacht will stay forever etched into the cultural consciousness of the Jews as the day of violence and terror that marked the beginning of their open persecution by Nazi Germany: on the night of 9 November, 1938, anti-Semitic mobs burned or damaged at least 1,000 synagogues and vandalized or looted 7,500 Jewish businesses across the country, killing 91 Jews in the process.
Church will decay if it does not evangelise, Pope Francis says
By Junno Arocho Esteves
The Catholic Church must follow Jesus' command to preach the Gospel to every person, otherwise it will not fulfil its mission of bearing witness to Christ, Pope Francis said.
In an excerpt of a new book-length interview published on 4 November by Fides, news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, the Holy Father said the phrase he uses – "a Chu...
Message of hope for World Day of the Poor
In the lead-up to next month’s World Day of the Poor, the Church in Australia is recognising volunteers who work to bring hope to those in need.
The third World Day of the Poor, to be observed on Sunday 17 November, will focus on the theme “the hope of the poor shall not perish for ever”.
Taken from the Book of Psalms, Pope Francis said those words “express a profound truth that faith impre...
