The Record is the weekly online publication and bi-monthly print magazine of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. Established in 1874, The Record is one of the oldest publications in Australia, providing an insight into the weekly news and events from a local, national and international perspective via The eRecord and an in depth look at current issues happening among us today via The Record Magazine.
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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Best-selling Aussie illustrator releases second colouring book
The increasingly popular trend of adult colouring books has been given a boost with the release of the second book by best-selling Australian illustrator, Lorien Atwood.
Loyal Willetton Parishioner Ted O’Callaghan turns 100
A Mass to honour the 100th birthday of Willetton parishioner and regular Mass attendee Ted O’Callaghan was celebrated last month in an event that showed just how treasured Mr Callaghan is within his community.
2016 WORLD YOUTH DAY: Pope pays tribute to Holocaust victims in silence, prayer
Sitting with head bowed and eyes closed, Pope Francis paid silent tribute to the victims of one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. The Pope arrived on 29 July at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp in Oswiecim, an area now blanketed by green fields and empty barracks lined by barbed wire fences, remnants of a horror that remains embedded in history.
Irene McCormack Catholic College honours former Principal with new multi-purpose facility
Butler’s Irene McCormack Catholic College looked back on its early history last month, with the opening of a sports and performing arts facility – the Paul Rafter Centre – named in honour of its foundation Principal.
Jason Bourne brings new degree of action to spy movies
Nearly all the characters in Jason Bourne (Universal) are under surveillance, being hacked, or in the gun sight of a government assassin.
Volunteers transform home to brighten children’s lives
Dedicated volunteers have shown they are dab hands with a paintbrush, selflessly giving their time to make over a MercyCare home for children in care.
Australian Bishops Launch Year of Youth to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of World Youth Day 2008
The 2008 World Youth Day in Sydney changed the landscape of youth ministry nationally, the Australian Catholic Bishops have said as they launched the 2017 Year of Youth.
2016 WORLD YOUTH DAY: Leave a Mark, Pope Francis tells Young Australians at World Youth Day Vigil
More than 3,000 young people from across Australia and half of the Australian Catholic bishops joined Pope Francis for a prayer vigil at Campus Misericordiae, Kraków on Saturday, 30 July as part of World Youth Day 2016.
Sandy finds strength to support others
St John of God Murdoch Hospital volunteer caregiver and cancer survivor, Sandy Sampson, is on a mission to dispel the myth that lung cancer is only a smoker’s disease.
PERMANENT DEACONS’ 10TH ANNIVERSARY: A decade on, diaconal role continues to inspire in different settings
In 2006, 14 men were ordained to the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese of Perth.
