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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Centenarian leads knitting circle for aged care residents at MercyCare
For Angela Di Mori age is no barrier, especially when it comes to handicrafts.
Seventy WA musicians come together for new annual Cathedral Orchestral Mass
More than 70 young West Australian musicians gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral from various universities and Catholic schools to form an orchestra and choir, together with their teachers and the Cathedral Choir at the Solemn Sung Orchestral Mass at 11am on Sunday 23 July.
BOOK REVIEW: Images of Broome Diocese collated in loving detail for Jubilee
The Kimberley region of far-north Western Australia has long been a place of faith, with churches and schools being established there from the late 19th century onwards, and a recent book, A Photographic History of the Catholic Church in the Kimberley, collates this well, with images and stories of the parishes and local people in the area.
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
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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.
