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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
New aged care community opens in Maddington
MercyCare’s new 108-bed community in Maddington, is based on the best practice small-house model of care and features six homes of domestic scale, which will be home to just 18 residents each.
Traditional olive harvest brings MercyCare volunteers together
Among the volunteers were MercyCare staff, their families, local residents, and current clients from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds.
Mercy Week 2023 Celebrating Heritage, Values, and Community
Catherine McAuley, the visionary founder of the Sisters of Mercy, dedicated her life to serving the less fortunate, and her legacy of compassion lives on through the work of MercyCare.
MercyCare’s New Norcia partnership provides opportunities for refugees
A partnership between MercyCare and the New Norcia Benedictine Community has provided promising employment opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers.
Beloved portrait of late MercyCare resident returned to family after nearly three decades
A Western Australian family have revealed their close family ties to MercyCare’s rich history after they were reunited with a painted portrait of their late loved one close to three decades after her passing.
MercyCare hosts virtual Easter celebrations to learn more about death and resurrection of Christ
MercyCare’s annual Easter event is an opportunity for staff to learn more about the traditional Easter story and how it connects to the work carried out across MercyCare.
SPECIAL REPORT: Church in Western Australia enters new world order
The advent of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Western Australia has introduced a totally new feature in the landscape of end-of-life options, and a new challenge for Catholic acute, aged and disability services.
MercyCare Multicultural Services Manager wears her heart on her sleeve
Almost 30 years have passed but the memory and gruesome details of the 1992-95 Bosnian Civil War still clearly linger in the mind of Samira Husic, MercyCare’s new Multicultural Services Manager.
Youth mental health at the forefront of MercyCare new initiative
Accessing support for issues relating to mental health in youth – especially during recent times of the COVID-19 – have been addressed, with the availability of a new outreach service officially launching this August by MercyCare.
Hundreds of years yields the harvest at MercyCare Wembley
Heritage-listed olive trees at MercyCare’s Wembley Intergenerational Campus have been returned to their original century-old roots, with MercyCare staff and volunteers harvesting some 87 kilograms of olives thanks to the generous knowledge and assistance of volunteers.
