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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Catholic Mission’s Workplace Giving campaign: “Together, we can reach out and give life”
Catholic Mission is launching its Workplace Giving campaign, “Together, we can reach out and give life”, to promote supporting mission programs through payroll deductions.
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Minions: The Rise of Gru (Universal) draws kung fu films and Tupperware parties, and music from the 70s that results in a generally wholesome and breezy bit of entertainment.
Young people called to look beyond ‘shortsighted’ ideologies
In a message to participants at a European youth conference, Pope Francis encouraged young people to not “be drawn into shortsighted ideologies that want to show others, those who are different from ourselves, as enemies.”
Archbishop Costelloe commences term as Conference President
At the Bishops Conference’s biennial election of president and vice-president in May, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB was elected President, and Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP re-elected Vice-President.
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Members approve Council closure
Plenary Council Members applaud the closing of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, Saturday 9 July 2022. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC.
The nine-month celebration phase of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia ended on Saturday, with Council Members standing and applauding as President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB formally declared the Council closed.
Almost four-and-a-half years aft...
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Council re-imagines the Church through a missionary lens
Archbishop Costelloe encouraged Members to believe that what the Archangel Gabriel said to the Blessed Virgin Mary is true for them today: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow.”
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Second Assembly ends on high note
Plenary Council Members have celebrated the passage of almost all motions contained in the Motions and Amendments document that formed the second assembly’s agenda on Friday 8 July.
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Action on ecology, Church Governance reform gets tick of approval
Plenary Council Members have on Thursday said ecological conversion is “both personal and communal”, and that there was “urgent need for action” from Catholic entities through the development of, or alignment with, Laudato Si’ Action Plans inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical letter of the same name. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC
Plenary Council Members
have passed all six motions they consid...
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Virgin Mary’s Protection invoked
In his homily for the votive Mass Friday 8 July at the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council, Ballarat Bishop Paul Bird said the mother of Jesus is with us, as she was with those first disciples. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC.
Members
of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia should persevere in their prayers to
the Mother of God, Bishop Paul Bird CSsR said on Friday morning.
The
Bisho...
Plenary Council Second Assembly: Blessed Peter To Rot hailed as model of fidelity
Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand, Cardinal John Dew gave the homily at the Mass on Thursday 7 July, for the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council at Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC.
Those gathered for the
Fifth Plenary Council of Australia are following in the footsteps of the early
Christians, Cardinal John Dew said at Mass on Thursday evening.
The Arc...
