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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
St John of God Murdoch opens south wing and cancer centre
brating its 20th anniversary in this year is the expanding St John of God Murdoch Hospital. Built to service Perth’s southern suburbs it is now nearing the end of a major redevelopment.
Bruce Rock parish hits the 50 year milestone
St Mary’s Bruce Rock Parish celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening and blessing of their church in July.
Trinity College student wins prestigious art awrd
Year 10 Trinity College student, Joshua Naylor was awarded second prize at the 2014 Angelico Art Exhibition which was held during August as part of Catholic Education Week.
Christendom tour offers unique learning experiences
Mercedes College students and staff recently experienced the journey of a lifetime during a visit to some of the world’s most significant religious and historical sites.
St Mary’s Carnarvon opens new buildings
St Mary’s Star of the Sea Parish Carnarvon celebrated the opening of their new presbytery and Parish Centre on Sunday July 20.
Mass was celebrated by Bishop Justin Bianchini, Fr Adam and Fr Greg in the presence of many visitors and parishioners.
Parish Councillors Yvonne Fahl and Paul Fee gave a brief summary of the huge work load undertaken by Fr Adam and Fr Greg and noted that the P...
Bishop Paride Taban offers support to Australian Sudanese
The well-being and happiness of families from the South Sudan region prompted a visit by Emeritus Bishop Paride Taban from the Diocese of South Sudan.
The now retired Auxiliary Bishop of Torit, south east Sudan, was visiting Perth to meet with and speak with migrants and refugees from the Sudanese community, offering his support and understanding.
Many of the former refugees would hav...
Caritas celebrates 50 years of solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable communities.
Caritas Australia started in the early 1960s among lay Catholics who wanted to make a difference on issues of social justice. To tackle the issues of hunger and poverty, they created the Catholic Overseas Relief Committee in 1964.
Liberian health system suffers from strain of caring for Ebola patients
Liberia’s health system is in “complete shambles,” a church aid agency said, as the death of a Spanish priest brought to six the number of caregivers at a Catholic-run hospital in the capital of Monrovia who have died of Ebola in August.
Time to act: Church teaches duty to intervene to prevent genocide
Pope Francis has echoed a century of papal pleas: “No more war!” But, referring to the outrageous violations of human rights taking place in northeastern Iraq, he also begged, “Stop these crimes!”
Let me call you ‘brother’: Pope takes ecumenism one step at a time
The only name Pope Francis wants divided Christians to call each other is “brother” or “sister.” “When one walks in the presence of God, this brotherhood results,” the pope told evangelical and Pentecostal Christians July 28 in Caserta.
