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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
The Record Magazine Issue 36 (June 2022)
Welcome to Issue 36 of The Record Magazine.
Our thanks to our sponsors Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund for their ongoing support. This issue features a special report on Monsignor John Hawes, whose cause for canonisation is being put forward by the Diocese of Geraldton. Exclusive to this issue is our report that the Archdiocese of Perth is set to build a program of discernment for the formation of Permanent Deacons.
Students challenged at LifeLink launch – Be the difference in our society
Catholic school students have celebrated LifeLink Day in virtual space, this year, asking Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB what he sees as the trends needing the Church’s social action.
Archbishop Costelloe makes history as first WA President of Australian Bishops Conference
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB made history this week when he was elected the new President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
He is the first president of the Bishops Conference from Western Australia and, as a priest of the Salesians of Don Bosco, the first member of a religious order to be elected president.
PALM SUNDAY & CHRISM MASS: In Jesus we see what a life lived with real integrity, faithfulness and constancy looks like, says Archbishop Costelloe
Archbishop Costelloe marked the beginning of Holy Week with two important celebrations, inviting the congregation to commit to an active search for communion with Christ.
The Palm Sunday Mass was livestreamed to YouTube and Facebook supported by captions and AUSLAN interpretation, with more than 500 viewers tuning in.
Easter 2022: Perth Catholics called to be bearers of Christ’s light to all
Speaking about the women finding Christ alive, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe said that what this meant for those first disciples was that their faith, so shattered by the horror of the death of Jesus, was not just reborn but “exploded into something new and completely life-changing”
EASTER 2022: Nothing about our faith makes sense if Jesus is not at the centre, says Archbishop Costelloe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG679qK7ZCA
Nothing about our faith makes sense if Jesus is not at the centre, says Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his 2022 Easter Message.
Referring
to the words of St Paul in Romans 8, verse 38, Archbishop Costelloe said that
it is Jesus who can give us the
courage to face all our challenges, because He draws us into communion with
Him.
“...
Jesus is the face of the father’s mercy, says Archbishop Costelloe
Speaking to parishioners at the Ellenbrook Parish St Helena’s Church, Archbishop Costelloe reflected on the parable of the prodigal son from Luke’s gospel.
2022 EASTER MESSAGE by The Most Rev Timothy Costelloe SDB Archbishop of Perth
As Christians, one of our instinctive, and very sound, responses, is to turn to God in prayer. We are disciples of the one who told us to ask, to seek and to knock, believing that in doing so God would respond (cf Matt 7:7). We have been, are, and will continue to be people of prayer for the needs of our world, whether that world be our family, our neighborhood, our fellow Australians or people we have never met on the other side of the world.
Fruits of First Plenary Council Assembly published
The fruits of the First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia have been
gathered together in a new report that contains dozens of proposals to shape the ongoing
Council journey.
Perth Catholics come together to support Ukraine
Ukrainian Parish Priest Fr Ihor Holovko spoke of the deep sadness of his people and the horror which is being visited upon them during Ash Wednesday Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral.
Hundreds gathered for a community prayer service on Sunday 6 March, led by the Ukrainian Association of WA Inc and Archbishop Costelloe composed a prayer, encouraging Perth Catholics to pray for peace.
