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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
2017 Annual Catholic Schools Performing Arts Festival kicks off with amazing talents
The 2017 Annual Performing Arts Festival was officially opened with a commemorative Mass on Friday 21 July at Morley Parish Infant Jesus Church.
INTERNATIONAL: Pope prays for dialogue, reconciliation in Jerusalem
Pope Francis has last weekend called on Muslims and Jews in the Holy Land to “moderation and dialogue” as tensions continued around a key site in Jerusalem that is sacred to members of both faiths.
MOVIE REVIEW: Dunkirk not for the faint hearted
“Wars are not won by evacuations,” British Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously observed. As writer-director Christopher Nolan’s compelling historical drama Dunkirk (Warner Bros) demonstrates, however, fine films can be made about them.
NATIONAL: Sydney Archdiocese produces Deconstructing #ACYF17
What is the Australian Catholic Youth Festival?
Grotto statue holds special meaning for Ocean Reef parishioner
Like many others in Perth, Ocean Reef Parish, St Simon Peter Church has a grotto dedicated to Mary, complete with a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Archbishop Costelloe blesses Scarborough Parish Church renovations
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has last weekend told Scarborough parishioners to look to Jesus, listen to his words, treasure them in their hearts and put them into practice.
SPECIAL FEATURE: “If I was more informed and supported beforehand by the other channels, I wouldn’t have had the abortion.”
Samantha* had just started her postgraduate degree and saw it as a great start to the year, not realising she was pregnant until signs started appearing. Stuck in a complicated life situation with difficult decisions to make, she had an abortion.
‘Year of Youth’ Networking Night opens up discussion of youth involvement in the Church
‘Discernment’, ‘accompaniment’ and ‘listening’ were three key words regarding young people and their involvement in the Catholic faith that Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB invited some 150 people to reflect on at a ‘Year of Youth’ Networking Night this week.
“Walking in the footsteps of the Good Shepherd” Archdiocese growing from strength to strength through Plan implementation
A little more than one year on from the launch of what is the biggest renewal for the Archdiocese of Perth in many years, a stream of results are coming to the surface.
Pope Francis’ leadership style an inspiration for upcoming eConference
The leadership of Pope Francis will be a focal point for discussion at the upcoming 13th National e-Conference hosted by Broken Bay Institute and the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
