CHANGE TEXT SIZE
The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Faith communities must find sense of purpose and identity in Christ, says Archbishop Costelloe
Speaking to Principals and teachers at the annual Thanksgiving Mass for Catholic Education Western Australia, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe said that any Christian faith community, including an educational faith community, if it is to be a living expression of a gospel culture, must ultimately find its sense of purpose and identity in Jesus Christ. Photo: Ron Tan.
Any Christian faith
c...
New catechists program completed; local parish catechists honoured at launch
The new Parish Religious Education program, Gathered in My Name, developed by the Catholic Education Western Australia Catechist Service, is finally complete.
New book from Australian Catholic Bishops expresses light and hope amidst lockdown
A new book produced by the Australian Catholic Bishops titled Streams of Light: Easter Messages from Australian Bishops During Lockdown 2020 is a collection of sermons and pastoral letters of the bishops of Australia during the height of the pandemic.
We need disciples who are faithful and faith-filled, says Archbishop Costelloe
We need disciples who are faithful and faith-filled, said Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, at the liturgical launch of the 2021 LifeLink Christmas Appeal for Parish Priests and Parish Appeal representatives.
New legislation will not protect children, says Bishop Holohan
Bunbury Bishop Gerard Holohan has said Western Australia’s new Community and Family Services Amendment Bill will not protect children in any practical sense.
EXCLUSIVE: New legislation ignores recommendations, carries no guarantee, says Archbishop Costelloe
Confessionals across Perth, like this one at St Mary’s Cathedral, have been renovated to include glass panel doors and transparent sectioning. Photo: Michelle Tan.
The confessional experience is a personal encounter between that person
and Christ, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said this week.
In a Pastoral Letter published Thursday 21 October, Archbishop Costelloe
was speak...
PASTORAL LETTER Community and Family Services Amendment Bill (2021)
In a Pastoral Letter published Thursday 21 October, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said the confessional experience is a personal encounter between that person and Christ.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
The recent passage of legislation through the state parliament removing civil law protections around the confidentiality of the confessional has deeply disappointed ...
We must become, even more than we are already, a community of true disciples.
At the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe emphasised that the Lord is inviting us to reflect deeply and courageously on how we can better, as individuals and as communities of faith, be this living image of the life-giving God who, in Christ, is always seeking to be present and active in our world.
Time between Assemblies a chance for prayer, reflection
The months between the first and second general assemblies of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia are a time for “prayer, reflection, maturation and development”, according to a concluding statement from the first assembly.
Plenary Council’s First Assembly, ‘Inspiring, Challenging’
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has reflected on a week that had been “inspiring, challenging and sometimes unsettling” following closure of the formal proceedings of the First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia on Saturday 9 October.
