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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Financial counsellor wipes one million of debt for Peel residents
Dozens of Peel residents have kicked off the new year with fresh hope after a local Vinnies financial counsellor Liza Chatterton (picture) had over $1 million of their debts waived in 2021. By Jill Mather.
Dioceses preparing reports for Synod of Bishops process
The content that has been gathered over the past five months will be augmented by other processes that have considered the role of synodality in the life of the Church.
2022 EASTER MESSAGE by The Most Rev Timothy Costelloe SDB Archbishop of Perth
As Christians, one of our instinctive, and very sound, responses, is to turn to God in prayer. We are disciples of the one who told us to ask, to seek and to knock, believing that in doing so God would respond (cf Matt 7:7). We have been, are, and will continue to be people of prayer for the needs of our world, whether that world be our family, our neighborhood, our fellow Australians or people we have never met on the other side of the world.
Catholic school families make significant contribution to Western Australia
Catholic Education Western Australia is made up of 158 Catholic schools in Western Australia, educating more than 74,000 students, not just in metropolitan areas but in some of the most remote places in the State.
What’s more is that those numbers place CEWA as one of the largest employers in Western Australia, alongside household names in the mining sector and other
well-known large retail groups.
Fruits of First Plenary Council Assembly published
The fruits of the First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia have been
gathered together in a new report that contains dozens of proposals to shape the ongoing
Council journey.
The Church’s Answer to Cancel Culture: “Be Not Afraid!”
Perth theologian Professor Matthew Ogilvie writes that secular universities are filled with people searching for truth.
However, a lack of faith in the fount of all truth and lacking confidence, they resort to cancelling.
Saint John Paul II, writes Professor Ogilvie, did not tell us to preserve truth by suppressing challenges but by pursuing a higher truth.
The job search that kickstarted Wallace’s rewarding career in disability
New Migrant Wallace Mwapamba says that the support provided by Centacare Employment and Training has enabled him to add value to someone’s life – something you can never put a price on.
Wallace enrolled in Centacare’s Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability) course in early 2021.
Catholic Mission to celebrate 200 years of global mission activities
This year Catholic Mission is thrilled to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith, and the beatification of its founder, Pauline Jaricot who, as a young, faith-filled woman that desired to support missionaries around the world, founded the Society in 1822.
Bishop Sproxton Easter Message 2022: Easter is the greatest celebration of the victory of Christ over evil
In his 2022 Easter Message, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton says that the experience of Jesus, in facing his death and eventually succumbing and dying, touches on the deepest of questions we all must face.
Loss is made endurable by love and it is love that will echo through eternity
The gift of life was celebrated on the feast of the Annunciation as Catholics gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral Perth on 26 March to observe the Day of the Unborn Child. By Lissette Jas, Pregnancy Assistance Inc. By Lisette Jas.
