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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
PROJECT COMPASSION 2023: Generous support sees Caritas Australia continue mission of helping lift vulnerable communities out of poverty
Every day, more than 200 million children miss out on school, around 690 million people experience extreme hunger and 2.2 billion people cannot access clean drinking water.
New document highlights Catholics, Jews ‘walking together’
Bishop Michael McKenna, Chair of the Bishops Commission for Christian Unity and Inter-Religious Dialogue, said Walking Together “aims to help Catholics understand more deeply the uniqueness of our relationship with Judaism, our elder sisters and brothers in faith”.
New Maitland-Newcastle Bishop encourages people to ‘Go forth and teach’
New Maitland-Newcastle Bishop Michael Kennedy was last week installed as the ninth Bishop of the Diocese, taking up the motto is ‘Euntes Docete’, referencing Jesus’ final words to the apostles to ‘go forth and teach’.
LITURGICAL FORMATION & RENEWAL PROGRAM: We go forth from the Eucharist to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters, says Sr Kerry
Released to the Catholic community this week, Why Do We Gather? presented by Sr Kerry Willison RSM as the fourth and final video of the Liturgical Formation and Renewal Program, focuses on the words in the Eucharistic prayer ‘Do this in memory of me’. (Luke: 22:19).
Finding hope in hard times; letting God move you through your suffering
The death of a baby, highlighted Pregnancy Assistance Counsellor Lisette Jas, at any stage of pregnancy can be a very sad, distressing, and overwhelming time.
Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has last weekend Saturday 18 March celebrated the Day of the Unborn Child Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral.
NCEC Director witnesses’ examples of thriving Catholic Education in WA
NCEC Director the Hon Jacinta Collins said the interactions the visiting entourage had with staff and students leave her with no doubt that Catholic education in WA is meeting its mission to deliver accessible, affordable, Christ-centred education to Australian families.
Project Compassion 2023: Young women reconnect with culture through art
Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation was founded by five Elders from Western Sydney – home to one of the largest urban First Australian populations in Australia.
NAPLAN reporting to parents and carers – more and less
The Catholic School Parents Association has this week said that moving NAPLAN to earlier in the year will present some initial challenges, however the new timing, together with the online adaptive design of the tests, should prove more useful for student learning.
Scream VI
In this latest edition of the Scream franchise co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and screenwriters James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick move the mayhem that is Ghostface from fictional Woodsboro, California, to New York City. And on a long Halloween weekend at that.
Abuse is ‘clear and present danger,’ Pope Francis says; local action essential
Pope Francis kisses the hand of residential school survivor Alma Desjarlais of the Frog Lake First Nation during a welcoming ceremony at Edmonton International Airport 24 July 2022. Photo: CNS /Paul Haring.
By Justin McLellan
Establishing clear procedures for protecting vulnerable people against abuse "must become a priority in every local church," Pope Francis said.
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