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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Master’s student receives Helen Lombard Award
Dearbhla Curtin-Tully, a Master of Teaching student at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle has received this year’s Helen Lombard Award for her outstanding service to the university and the wider community.
Alessio aims to bringing joy to the liturgy through music
Music plays an essential role in the celebration of liturgy and a good range of songs can truly enhance the Sunday Mass, according to Centre for Liturgy Music Field Officer, Alessio Loiacono.
NATIONAL: Respecting and meeting end-of-life care needs in residential aged care
Consumer peak bodies said last week that access to high quality palliative and end-of-life care in aged care facilities will enable more Australians to have a good death, aged care, palliative care and aged care.
Catholic education needs to remain responsive, relevant in rapidly changing world
If all students in Catholic schools are to flourish, there is a need to address an overarching challenge for Catholic education to remain responsive and relevant in a rapidly changing world.
Fellowship and mentoring draws more Catholic women together
The launch of a new Catholic Women’s Mentoring initiative has been a big moment for the Young Catholic Women’s Interfaith Fellowship group of 2015/16.
INTERNATIONAL: Pope Francis: Get a spiritual EKG to make sure heart pulsates with Holy Spirit
Never speak, act or make a decision without first listening to the Holy Spirit, who moves troubles and inspires the heart, Pope Francis advised on 29 May during a morning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae
Irish girls and their Famine story honoured at Dardanup memorial service
Irish history and its role in the establishment of the Catholic Church in Western Australia was a key theme at a recent memorial service held in Dardanup, in honour of Elizabeth Carbury, who arrived in the town in the 1850s after fleeing the Potato Famine.
2017 LIFELINK WINTER APPEAL: Ocean Reef parishioners look forward to supporting the local community
“What does it mean to ‘do the will of my Father who is in heaven’? For us as Christians it is about following the one who said, among other things, ‘Whenever you give a cup of water to someone who thirsts, or clothes to someone who is naked, or shelter to someone who is homeless, you do it to me,’” (cf Matt 25:31-46).
Mercy Health’s WAAPA student is a caring soul
Twenty-one year old Mercy Health employee Mayumi Morales is a unique individual in many ways – not least because she’s a carer to elderly West Australians on weeknights, in addition to being an aspiring opera singer studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) by day.
MOVIE REVIEW: The Shack: A faith-based film with solid foundations, but in need of dire renovations
Back in 2007, William P Young finally released his debut faith-based novel, The Shack after being rejected by countless publishers who had little faith in his vision.
