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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
St John of God Health Care to run new adult mental health centre
A new adult mental health centre will be opened by St John of God Social Outreach, part of St John of God Health Care, in Midland named Head to Health adult mental health centre.
Expected to open early 2022, the centre will offer free advice, support and, if needed, assessment and treatment for people with stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues.
Taking a trip down memory lane as lives are celebrated
International Day of Older Persons, on Friday 1 October, was a special time for residents at Mercy Place Mont Clare to celebrate the contributions their fellow residents, such as WWII naval veteran and former university lecturer Dr Basil Balme, have made to their communities.
Catholic Mission foundress Pauline Jaricot to be beatified
Foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, known in Australia as Catholic Mission, Pauline Jaricot was declared Venerable on 25 February 1963, by Saint John XXIII. Her beatification will occur during year marking the 200th anniversary of the foundation of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
Australia has helped shape Synod of Bishops
Australian lay woman Susan Pascoe AM, who been assisting in the process of the current Synod of Bishops, says the Church in Australia has been a key supporter of the Synod.
SYNOD 2021 – 2023: Local consultation opens for global Synod of Bishops
Catholics across the world are now being invited to join local consultations about their experience of synodality within the Church as part of a two-year journey towards the next international Synod of Bishops, set for October 2023.
A voice for youth: Plenary Council’s youngest member looks ahead to historic gathering
A quietly-spoken 20-year-old university student and youth minister from the regional New South Wales city of Orange is set to make history in October as the youngest member of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.
Learning to hear God speaking through the creation: celebrating NAIDOC week 2021
Humans have known the therapeutic value of reconnecting with nature and the earth for thousands and thousands of years, writes Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, as he reflects on the celebrations of National Aboriginal and Islanders Day held on Sunday 1 August 2021.
Never seeing a need without acting – Sam’s story
For The University of Notre Dame Australia Communications and Behavioural Science alumna Sam Cook, her belief that we can make a difference drove her on with relentless passion.
PLENARY COUNCIL: Spiritual conversations: The path to discernment
A key component of the Plenary Council’s assemblies will help members to consider the 16 questions that make up the Council agenda.
Each day, some of those questions will be the focus of small group discernment, with about 10 members engaging in what is known as “spiritual conversations”. What are spiritual conversations? And how do they work?
Br Ian Cribb SJ, who led a retreat for the Australian Bishops in 2019, answers some questions about how the spiritual conversations process will benefit the Plenary Council Members as they discern the questions before them.
We must become, even more than we are already, a community of true disciples.
At the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe emphasised that the Lord is inviting us to reflect deeply and courageously on how we can better, as individuals and as communities of faith, be this living image of the life-giving God who, in Christ, is always seeking to be present and active in our world.
