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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Seedlings get chance to grow
Les Mutton stumbled across thousands of seedlings when on business in Tanzania in 2008. It was a discovery that led him to meeting a visionary priest, Fr Melodious Mlowe, and to a shared project that is changing hundreds of children’s lives, writes Matthew Biddle.
God’s grand final example
The rough is part of getting to the smooth, writes Canberra priest Fr Peter Day in this short story.
Catechist recalls Abyei violence: ‘We prayed the rosary as we ran’
When Bruna Maloal was a child, Abyei was a peaceful place, and every year her tribe, the Dinka Ngok, welcomed the Misseriya nomads who came to the region with their vast herds of cattle. But then things changed. With a separatist movement pushing the South of the country toward eventual independence, Abyei was caught literally in the middle. The nomads who once came to Abyei in peace were transformed into an armed militia by the northern government in Khartoum.
Rebuild the Church: Archbishop says to faithful
The following homily was given by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB of Perth at the Chrism Mass, St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth on Tuesday evening 26 March, 2013.
Mary’s Men
By Hugh Ryan
This week’s article is the second in a series looking back over the WA Marist Brothers’ century.
Brother Sebastian Hayden, who had helped Br Stanislaus to establish SIC in 1913-1916, returned as principal in 1929-31. NZ-born, he was trained in Sydney and spent the rest of his life in Australia.
He was a prefect at St Joseph’s and not long afterwards he returned to spen...
It’s not about the numbers
Just 100 students strong, Sydney’s Campion College is
unique on the Australian Catholic tertiary education scene in its
focus on offering a liberal arts education, writes Matthew Biddle.
But despite its size, Australia’s littlest university has a big
vision.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Younger children are spending up to 11 hours a day at school as their parents use before and after-school care for child minding. Almost no-one, except school principals, appears to have noticed that there may be something very wrong with this picture. Where does one start? writes Peter Rosengren in this weeks Editorial …
The hurdles rural schools keep having to jump
Schools far away from the city face a complex range of issues, including negative perceptions from teachers and communities, writes Greg Clune
No Pole-vaulting for Argentine
Pope Francis reminded Michael Cook of John Paul II on his election night. Their agendas may end up being similar, he writes.
In the footsteps of Marcellin
The Marist Brothers are one of the great teaching orders in the Church in the last two hundred years, and they’ve been quietly working in WA for 100 of them, reports Hugh Ryan.
