“We need a somewhere, a special someplace, where we can pray – and pray together, because Jesus came into our world to save us as a people, as a community of believers who share faith in Him,” Fr Deeter said. “Our communication by phone and by email may be fast, but the effort to meet face-to-face seems more difficult. We have people sitting together at a table with their phones, each one in his or her own little world, ignoring the others. But by coming to Church to worship together, face-to-face, we open ourselves to the task of forming community.” By Josh Low

“I rejoiced when I heard them say, ‘Let us go to God’s house’ – and now our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem (Psalm 122).

These were the words that Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB said as he welcomed parishioners to the centenary anniversary celebrations of South Perth Parish on 29 October. “These words capture something of the joy which I suspect many of us feel as we gather in this historic Church to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the formal establishment of the parish of Saint Columba and the appointment of Father Raphael Pace as the first Parish Priest of the Catholic community which gathered on this site to celebrate Mass,” the Archbishop said. Archbishop Costelloe was the principal celebrant of the Mass together with Parish Priest Monsignor Brian O’Loughlin PP, Rev Fr Michael Casey PE and Rev Fr Manoel Borges LCL. Parish Priest Monsignor O’Loughlin said the celebration was a joyous occasion to remember the rich history of the Parish and all those who helped make it possible. By Natashya Fernandez

Fiambre is a cold salad that is traditionally eaten in Guatemala on All Souls Day (Day of the Dead). Fiambre originated from the Guatemalan tradition of bringing the deceased their favourite dishes to the cemeteries for the Day of the Dead. Fiambre differs from family to family and this recipe can be altered to suit yours and your families favourite ingredients. By Daniele Foti-Cuzzola.

Though it presents itself as a complex, thinking person’s thriller, The Snowman, director Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s best-selling novel, is not above dabbling in penny-dreadful sensationalism. In between, this Nordic whodunit returns to plodding wearily across the frozen landscape of its unconvincing mystery. By John Mulderig.

As a former Jesuit seminarian and current writer and literary critic, Gerard Windsor is well-placed to explore Catholic faith and identity from both a theological and personal standpoint in his recent book, The Tempest-Tossed Church. Indeed, personal experience infuses each chapter as Windsor reflects on his own journey of faith and the issues and people who have affected it. By Caroline Smith.

Jackie Chan takes a sharp turn from his typically genial screen personality to become the vengeful father of a London terrorist victim in The Foreigner. In this efficiently suspenseful adaptation of Stephen Leather’s pulp thriller, director Martin Campbell and screenwriter David Marconi have produced a drama about Irish Republican Army (IRA) violence and bureaucratic treachery. By Kurt Jensen.

Misogyny hangs over Blade Runner 2049 as blithely as the fog of the post-apocalyptic Los Angeles it portrays. While that’s not unusual for science-fiction epics with a substantially male audience, director Denis Villeneuve has made a two-and-a-half-hour film that, in its eagerness to have the audience linger over every point about artificial life developing authentic human emotions, feels more like four hours. By Kurt Jensen.

Roberto Benigni’s World War II drama, Life Is Beautiful (La Vita e’ Bella) is one of Italy’s most celebrated and beloved films. Winner of three Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Foreign Language Film; Life is Beautiful wowed audiences and critics around the world when it was released in 1997. Twenty years later, the Italian classic returns to the big screen at the Lavazza Italian Film Festival. By Daniele Foti-Cuzzola.

Naples, the home of pizza, pasta fazu and as Dean Martin famously crooned – amore (love), takes centre stage in Director Gianluca Ansanelli’s hilarious romantic comedy, From Naples with Love (Troppo Napoletano). The charming family friendly film celebrates love among all ages and is in itself a love letter to Ansanelli’s own birth city, Naples. By Daniele Foti-Cuzzola.

This British-American film is based loosely on a book of the same name written by Shrabani Basu in 2010. It tells the story of the relationship between Queen Victoria and an Indian Muslim commoner, Abdul Karim, in late 19th century England. Queen Victoria (Judi Dench), is lonely after the death of friend and servant John Brown, and she forms an ‘unlikely’ attachment to Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal). By Peter Sheehan.