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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
MOVIE REVIEW – The Age of Adaline
Glossy proceedings follow on a silly premise in the serviceable romantic drama, The Age of Adaline.
Past students, priests and community gather for Newman College’s 50th anniversary
Newman College Churchlands held its final celebration last week as part of its 2015 Golden Jubilee Year, with a Thanksgiving Mass and Twilight Soiree.
Palliative care nurse advocates right to die with dignity
A St John of God Murdoch Hospital nurse has spent three months in India using and sharing her experience to care for those without access to quality health care.
Don Bosco lecture forms part of Religion and Life lesson
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB delivered a lecture last month on the life of St John Bosco to Year 12 students from St Joseph’s College, Albany.
PART 3 – Celebrating the active role and witness of women in spreading the Gospel
This week, the e-Record publishes the third and final part of editor Jamie O’Brien’s analysis of the work of women in the Church.
Ocean Reef garage sale raises $2,600 for the Philippines
The garage sale hosted by an Ocean Reef family on two separate weekends has successfully raised $2,600 for homeless people in the Philippines.
MOVIE REVIEW – Marie’s Story
“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence.” So wrote Helen Keller (1880-1968), the deaf-blind activist portrayed in the 1962 movie The Miracle Worker.
Bishop in Nepal: Time is running out for victims of earthquake
Time is running out for victims of Nepal’s earthquake, who are suffering because aid cannot reach them, said Bishop Paul Simick of Nepal.
WOMEN IN THE CHURCH – House of Hope still a hope for those with none
At nearly 61 years of age, former sex worker and madam Linda Watson is clearly still an attractive woman: bright, articulate and passionate about her 16-odd years of ministry in helping women transition out of the sex industry in Perth.
BOOK REVIEW – O’Brien delivers compelling narrative on man and bishop
Martin Griver Unearthed: The life of a Spanish missionary priest who became a bishop in colonial Western Australia,1814-1886 by Odhran O’Brien
