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
Hands-on learning: Digging up WA’s past
Recent discoveries by academics and archaeology students from The University of Notre Dame Australia’s School of Arts & Sciences, Fremantle, are providing a glimpse into WA’s colonial past and the first settlers’ stories of hope and survival.
Bishop Bianchini visits St Charles’ Seminary, installs three seminarians as lectors
Three seminarians took a step closer to ordination recently following the visit of Geraldton Bishop Justin Bianchini to St Charles’ Seminary to install them as lectors.
Multi-faith vigil for refugees and asylum seekers
The St Charles’ Seminary community last month took part in a multi-faith candlelit vigil on the eve of the UN International Day of Peace.
BOOK REVIEW: Two Women, Two Cultures and an ancient Maori Prophecy
The Pounamu Prophecy explores the universal issues of injustice, love and redemption. Of how an individual or race of people deal with the pain of betrayal.
World Mental Health Day reminds us we are all members of the Body of Christ
The Emmanuel Centre has this year celebrated Mental Health Week with a day of Reflection and Mass on Saturday, 10 October at St Francis Xavier Church in Windsor St, East Perth.
Book Review – Book gives sex-trafficked women a chance to be heard
Sister of Mercy Angela Reed PhD is hoping her ground-breaking book on the lives of 40 trafficked women in the Philippines sex trade will overturn widespread misconceptions about the insidious practice.
Annual report shows strong support of Catholic Mission in 2014/15
Catholic Mission more than doubled the number of children it supported through community-based programs, the charity has revealed in its recent 2014/15 Annual Report.
Perth teens gather in Brisbane to ‘Ignite’ their faith
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge described the recent Ignite Youth Conference as a wonderful gathering of more than 1,300 of the Church’s brightest young faces.
Special Report : Take a positive approach to families, synod members say
The first week of the Synod of Bishops on the Family ended with near unanimous calls to be more positive in describing family life today and to show more appreciation for Catholic families living close to the Church’s ideals. But there were also widespread questions among synod participants about the work they are expected to produce.
Movie Review – The Walk a light-hearted narrative, true to the facts
In August 1974, just as the Watergate scandal was approaching its climax with the announcement that President Richard Nixon would resign, a very different news story was competing for headlines.
