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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Med students find their place at St John of God Midland
The first cohort of medical students from the newly-opened Curtin University Midland Campus have this week begun their placement at St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals (SJGMPPH).
Volunteer-run men’s group is a vintage success
The importance of older men having opportunities to spend quality meeting time together is not lost on the dedicated team at Mercy Place Mandurah.
1917
1917 (Universal) is a great movie about the Great War. By turns harrowing and lyrically beautiful – and deeply humane throughout – director and co-writer (with Krysty Wilson-Cairns) Sam Mendes’ gripping historical drama displays both the horrors of trench combat and the endurance of fundamental decency and spiritual striving.
Pope Francis: ‘The Gospel is spread by joyful, not bitter Christians’
Bitter or boring evangelisers will not help the Gospel or the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has said this week.
Chisholm Catholic College alumnus shows no dream is impossible to achieve
Chisholm Catholic College alumnus and Virgin Galactic COO Enrico Palermo interviewed by the Chisholm Catholic College Head of Science and Mr Palermo’s former physics teacher Paul Shanahan. Photo: Supplied.
Chisholm Catholic College alumnus Enrico Palermo has earlier this month (on 15 January) been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Virgin Galactic Holdings, a company founded by ...
MOVIE REVIEW: The Two Popes
In The Two Popes (Netflix), their glossy but highly speculative account of supposedly real events, screenwriter Anthony McCarten and director Fernando Meirelles ill-advisedly try to extol Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce) by trashing retired Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins).
NATIONAL: Collaboration aims to enhance Church’s disaster response
A new whole-of-Church initiative to help people and communities recover from the current bushfire crisis will set the blueprint for how the Catholic Church responds to domestic natural disasters in the future.
MOVIE REVIEW: Frozen II
Both the filmmakers and the central voice cast of the much-loved 2013 original are reunited in Frozen II (Disney). They deliver an exuberant animated musical adventure that’s suitable for a wide demographic.
Pope Francis: Protect your health, physically and spiritually
Jesus healed people of all sorts of physical ailments, but he always started with the essential – forgiving their sins, Pope Francis has said recently.
SJOG Health Care directly employs the first cohort of medical interns
The first cohort of directly employed medical interns began working at St John of God Health Care this week. The 12 interns will be based at St John of God Midland Public Hospital and will undertake an intensive care rotation at St John of God Subiaco Hospital.
