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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
SPECIAL REPORT: Lockdown and fires offers us a chance to put into practice this basic truth of our identity, says Archbishop Costelloe
Perth has this week battled through fires in the hills region, and a COVID-19 lockdown. Photo: Evan Collins/DFES & Matthew Lau/Archdiocese of Perth.
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week issued a Pastoral
Letter encouraging the Perth Catholic community in light of the COVID19
lockdown and Perth bushfires.
Announced
on Sunday 31 January shortly after noon, the
Perth met...
Archbishop Costelloe: Educating the young is an incredible privilege and responsibility
“What an incredible privilege this is, and what an enormous responsibility it is,” said Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB to more than 600 Catholic Education WA educators on 28 January at St Mary’s Cathedral. Opening his homily by reflecting on St Matthew’s Gospel, Archbishop Costelloe reminded the educators of their tasks and responsibility that God has entrusted to them. By Theresia Titus
WA Knights of the Holy Sepulchre grow in faith and numbers
Dame’s Maureen De Wind and Maria Davies, Knight’s Nathan Peter Barnie and Allan Francis Dwyer have been received into the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (EOHSJ), Western Australian Lieutenancy at a ceremony and Mass held on Saturday, 30 January, joining the growing Papal Order of 30,000 members worldwide.
SPECIAL REPORT: Archbishop Costelloe reiterates Church’s mission during Vatican visit
“Christ is the beating heart of His Church.
Archbishop Costelloe speaks to Perth Catholics during Ad Limina visit
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week joined fellow Australian Bishops in meeting Pope Francis as part of the 2019 Ad Limina visit to the Vatican.
Synodality at Work: Journeying together Under the Guidance of the Holy Spirit
The Plenary Council is much more than just an event taking place in 2020. If it is to deliver on its promise of revealing what God is calling us to, it vital for it to be understood as a process that invites the Catholic community to walk together on the path to dialogue.
PHOTO STORY: Vietnamese delegation meets Archbishop Costelloe
Vietnamese Bishop Vi Nguyen, of the Diocese of Kontum, (fourth from left) and Fr Hong Dau (second from left), the Rector of the Seminary in Kontum, Vietnam, with Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton and Vicar General Fr Peter Whitely VG. Cloverdale Parish Priest Fr Michael Quynh Do (first left) and Banksia Grove Parish Priest Fr Vinh Dong (far right) were also in att...
The importance of seeking an encounter with Christ during the Jubilee Year of Mercy
“Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy.” These words, found in Pope Francis’ Bull of Indiction on the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, have often been quoted by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe since the Year of Mercy was inaugurated in our Archdiocese on 8 December 2015.
Perth clergy unite to celebrate the gift of Ordained Ministry
More than 175 priests, deacons and seminarians from across the Archdiocese last month gathered at Aquinas College for the annual Clergy Mass and Dinner.
New membership of bishops’ commissions announced
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has been announced as the new Chairman for the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Education Commission.
