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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
At 101, Sheelah keeps on delivering
When Sheelah Rudman was seven years old she was told that the polio she contracted would stop her from ever walking again. One could only wonder what that doctor would say today to the 101-year-old as she strolls her neighbourhood delivering the local newspaper.
PART 2: Celebrating the active role and witness of women in spreading the Gospel
To celebrate the role of women in the Church, the e-Record will publish a number of articles in each edition throughout the month of May – often referred to as the month of the Virgin Mary – highlighting the active role and witness that a number of women and organisations from across the Archdiocese of Perth provide in spreading the Gospel.
Palliative Care aims at putting patients back in the driver’s seat
A diagnosis of terminal cancer or other life-limiting illness is a distressing experience for anyone, but more recent advances in Palliative and Supportive Care are putting patients back into the driver’s seat when it comes to deciding how their treatment will unfold and how they will experience the journey ahead of them.
MOVIE REVIEW – New film dramatises Irish woman’s work with Vietnamese orphans
Noble, which will debut on 150 screens nationwide on 8 May, tells the story of an Irish woman with an indomitable spirit.
Gallipoli remembered
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 2015, The Majellan Editor David Ahern talks about what it all means.
We religious have to understand the “language” of the world: Archbishop Costelloe
Over two weeks, Archdiocese of Perth Communications and Media Manager James Parker writes about Archbishop Timothy Costelloe’s keynote address entitled ‘Religious Life Today – A Gospel Path which calls to us’
Perth author pays tribute to ANZAC War Chaplain, Priest
There could not have been a better writer taking on the brief biography of ANZAC Catholic Army Chaplain Fr John Fahey than leading Western Australian historian, author and researcher Ruth Marchant-James.
Comic-book reissue of St John XXIII’s life improves on the original
Forget the Avengers. The coolest Marvel-related character this year is Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, better known to the world as St John XXIII.
MOVIE REVIEW – Do You Believe?
Despite its title, the competent ensemble drama Do You Believe? is not a film well calculated to invite the attention of the inquisitive, still less to convert the doubtful.
Movie Review – Furious 7
True to form, exotic settings, stale dictums and always-murky moral values characterise Furious 7, the latest instalment in the Fast and Furious series.
