This ninth instalment in the “Saw” franchise of horror films, is based on the victims’ past wrongdoing or lack of appreciation of the lives they have led, the purported agenda of the new killer is to achieve reform of the police force by slaughtering rogue cops. The result is yet another perverse celebration of sadism. A vengeance theme, pervasive gory violence, including hideous torture, frequent profanities, much rough language. By Kurt Jensen/CNS.

Natural disasters, including bushfires and pandemics, can be highly distressing events for those in disaster affected communities. St John of God Health Care Psychology Manager Donna Buckingham explains the human response to disasters and strategies that can help to overcome these feelings.

Fr Brian was born in 1949, the younger of two sons, and was raised in the Scarborough Parish, with both parents continuing to live in the parish until they passed away.

Catholic students from across the country have joined together in a video performance of the national song ‘Faith in the Future’, to celebrate 200 years of Catholic education in Australia, which marks the anniversary of the first official Catholic school opened in Parramatta in October 1820.

The concept of emotional intelligence is a recent addition to our understanding of human behaviour, having only been coined in the early 90s by Peter Salovey and JohnMayer.
A group of researchers and practitioners from Western Australia, including several academics from the University of Notre Dame Australia, have recently established the Emotional Intelligence Society of Australia (EISA).

The fifth Australian Plenary Council has been formally convoked, or launched, by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB will this weekend commission additional members at the 11am Mass, on the Feast of Pentecost, at St Mary’s Cathedral. All welcome.

Damian Walsh is the Director of Archdiocesan agency, The Shopfront, and a Plenary Council Member for the Archdiocese of Perth.

Finley, a talented aspiring violinist, meets Beckett, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small coastal village in Ireland. An unexpected romance emerges as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on an adventurous reawakening, and she emboldens him to take charge of his future, until the pressures of his stardom get in the way. By Sister Hosea Rupprecht.

The Greenwood Parish community marked the Easter Triduum in spectacular fashion this year at All Saints Church.