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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
St Jude’s Parish and School community – putting love and mercy in action
At a time when there is great turmoil and distress for families around the world who are fleeing their homes to escape persecution, fearing for their lives, there is a resistance by many to welcome them into their communities.
‘Whale of a Tale’ program encourages children to develop a lifetime love of reading
Education students from The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus are teaching the valuable lesson of reading to children in care through a unique and rewarding program developed to improve literacy outcomes.
Understanding the Catholic response to NAPLAN
National test results, known as the National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy, or NAPLAN, will once again hit the headlines when the results of testing in numeracy and literacy for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are released.
OBITUARY: Monsignor James Francis Nestor
Catholic education as we know it today wouldn’t be the same without Monsignor James Francis Nestor, who passed away on 22 February, just a few months shy of his 90th birthday.
MOVIE REVIEW: Documentary details truth about asylum seekers and refugees
Chasing Asylum documents the lives of asylum seekers sent by Australia’s refugee policy into offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru.
BOOK REVIEW: The Life of Don Angelo Confalonieri among the Aborigines of Australia
Between 1846 and 1848, Don Angelo Confalonieri undertook a mission to Aboriginal people at Port Essington, now part of Australia’s Northern Territory, where Britain established the Victoria settlement in 1838. Rome made the Victoria settlement a vicariate in 1845 and placed it under the Diocese of Perth led by Bishop John Brady. In 2016, a commemoration will mark the 170 years that have passed since Confalonieri arrived in Port Essington.
New Archdiocesan Plan commences implementation
The need to walk faithfully in the footsteps of the Good Shepherd was the central message Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe this week reinforced, as he paid thanks to those who have participated and contributed to the development of the new Archdiocesan Plan.
2016 NCEC CONFERENCE: Archbishop gives credit to Christ-centred education in Australia; describes it as a gift we must protect
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe has last week described Catholic education in Australia as a precious gift that must be protected, with Christ placed at its centre.
2016 NCEC CONFERENCE – Visiting Cardinal urges action on teaching the faith and protecting the environment
Visiting Hondouran Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga, – who was invited to Perth for the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) Conference, – has called for a return to Catholic values in the education system and spoken of the need for action on climate change at two separate events.
Two new Auxiliary Bishops appointed to the Archdiocese of Sydney
His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed as Auxiliary Bishops of Sydney, the Reverend Monsignor Anthony Randazzo of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, and the Reverend Father Richard James Umbers of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.
