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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Catholic social service agencies affirmed for dedication to the causes of fairness, kindness, and mercy
In a memorable speech for the inaugural St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, former Federal politician Ken Wyatt spoke of his own personal challenges of growing up in an indigenous family, encouraging those present to heed the timeless wisdom of Australia’s first saint.
UNDA Graduates called to reflect on what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God
“As graduates from a Catholic university, you are graduating from an institution which draws its inspiration and the very meaning of its existence from the life and teachings of the one who said, “I have come to bring life to all and bring life in all its fulness” (Jn 10:10),” Archbishop Costelloe emphasised.
Jesus Christ is the very best model of a truly decent human being: says Archbishop Costelloe
The annual Archbishop’s Secondary Schools Forum in support of LifeLink Day is an invitation to make sure that we never lose sight of those people in our society who are really in need, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said.
History, tradition, come together at Leederville after 100 years
On the 1 March 1919 the Leederville Parish was established with Father Moloney appointed parish priest, with the Church opened in December 1923. This year, the Church celebrated the 100th anniversary.
Dual anniversaries unite Ballajura parish community
Ballajura Parish has marked 2024 with the dual anniversaries of the Parish and Church, celebrating with the blessing and unveiling of a new grotto of the Holy Family, a bush dance, a Mass with Archbishop Costelloe and a dinner with some 200 hundred guests.
Bishops approve Mass of the Land of the Holy Spirit
The Mass has a history of use in Diocese of Broome for over 50 years and is celebrated in multiple local languages.
SPECIAL REPORT: New Priests encouraged to point people to the “Lamb of God”
What have we come here tonight to see, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has asked at the Ordination to the Priesthood of Jason Yeap and Errol Lobo.
ORDINATION SPECIAL REPORT: Jason and Errol engineering their journey to the priesthood
For Perth Deacons Jason Yeap and Errol Lobo, their Ordination to the Priesthood this Friday 19 April, just days before Vocation Sunday, will see them finally hand in their hard hats for clerical collars as they embark on a different kind of construction—building spiritual connections as the newest priests in the Archdiocese of Perth. By Joseph Younes.
Religious, civic leaders urge calm after Sydney stabbings
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference offers its prayers and condolences in the wake of the Bondi Junction attack. Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, said it was a time of mourning for all Australians.
The Cross becomes a source of life for us, Archbishop Costelloe tells City Beach parishioners on 50th anniversary of Holy Spirit Church
Because the death of Jesus was the final act of love in a life lived in love, explained Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Holy Spirit Church, City Beach Parish, the Cross, rather than being a source of scandal or a place of defeat, becomes a source of life for us. By Jamie O’Brien.
