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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...
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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 ...
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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.

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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.

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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.

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2021 Interfaith Abraham Day event to provide ‘Hope in Unsettling Times’

Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, joined by representatives from the Judaism and Islam tradition, will gather to dialogue and connect through their common beliefs at an event hosted by the University of Notre Dame Fremantle campus on Tuesday, 26 October.

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SPECIAL REPORT: Plenary Council Members called to ‘Let Go’

Perth Plenary Council Members gathered with friends and family in St Michael The Archangel Chapel after the closing Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Photo: Michelle Tan. Plenary Council President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke from the heart as he delivered his homily at the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly on Sunday 10 October, drawing on the richne...
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Plenary Members, friends and family in St Michael The Archangel Chapel.

Perth Plenary Council Hub Photo Highlights – Assembly #1

Perth Plenary Council Members were graced with the ability of gathering at the offices of Catholic Education in Leederville during the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Here are some of the highlights. Eva Skira AO from the Association of Ministerial Public Juridic Persons listens in on Day one of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Counci...
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Church exists to help bring about the Kingdom of God, says Archbishop Costelloe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nstq0Sxk__A Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB gave the following Closing Address for the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council on Saturday 9 October “As we come to the conclusion of this First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia I would like to call us back to the words of Pope Francis which shaped the d...
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Archbishop Costelloe Plenary Council Perth Closing Mass Homily

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1NmBx9RHJ4 The Homily of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB for the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council on Sunday 10 October. Video: Max Hoh. Plenary Council President Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, spoke from the heart as he delivered his homily at the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly on Sunday 10 October, s...
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