The Perth Catholic community gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral on 28 February to mourn the death of 95-year-old Monsignor Peter Francis McCrann, who died peacefully on Sunday 17 February.
Catholic youth around the country are being encouraged to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ the new official Facebook page and Instagram account of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival.
“The Church remains an institution of beauty and transcendent truth, and the more it sticks to its’ core message and rich traditions… the more effective it will be.”
Lent is a season for renewal, a time to refocus and prepare to begin the sacred journey that takes us from Jesus’ dying on the cross to his rising from the dead, and for young artist Samuel Allum, 2019 has involved a visual exploration of this journey through the medium of art.
In November 2018, the Archdiocese of Melbourne launched the “Pledge to Pray” initiative.
“Come back to me with all your heart, fasting, weeping and mourning, let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn, says the Lord in today’s readings.
Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli’s latest book – titled In God’s Image: Recognizing the Profoundly Impaired as Persons – has been described as an important contribution to Catholic anthropology, especially in defence of persons who experience disability and who can be overlooked and misunderstood.
Good Shepherd Church, Lockridge Parish, came alive with reverent rejoicing during a special Sunday evening Mass on 3 March to celebrate a truly remarkable achievement, the 100th birthday of Adriana Olinda “Olive” Carvalho.
As part of Caritas Australia’s 2019 Project Compassion campaign, The Record will publish real life stories from successful projects undertaken by the international aid agency.
The Arthurian legend gets an inventive updating in The Kid Who Would Be King (Fox), a thrilling adventure that casts schoolchildren as latter-day Knights of the Round Table, destined to save the world.