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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
PODCAST: Poverty and homelessness, a responsibility of all in the community
Over 9,000 people experience homelessness every day in WA and over 30,000 people are on the wait list for social housing. The Record podcast speaks to Centrecare Incorporated Director Adjunct Professor Tony Pietropiccolo AM to discuss why the state is in this crisis and how community support towards people faced with poverty and homelessness, makes a difference. By Amanda Murthy.
Recovering from natural disasters
Natural disasters, including bushfires and pandemics, can be highly distressing events for those in disaster affected communities. St John of God Health Care Psychology Manager Donna Buckingham explains the human response to disasters and strategies that can help to overcome these feelings.
WA Academics Stimulate Emotional Intelligence
The concept of emotional intelligence is a recent addition to our understanding of human behaviour, having only been coined in the early 90s by Peter Salovey and JohnMayer.
A group of researchers and practitioners from Western Australia, including several academics from the University of Notre Dame Australia, have recently established the Emotional Intelligence Society of Australia (EISA).
Additional Plenary Council Members to be Commissioned this Pentecost Sunday weekend
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB will this weekend commission additional members at the 11am Mass, on the Feast of Pentecost, at St Mary’s Cathedral. All welcome.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta Church dedicated and blessed
Baldivis has gained a new church, with the Dedication of the Mother Teresa of Calcutta Church on Sunday, 16 May. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB together with Archdiocesan priests were present along with hundreds who witnessed the momentous occasion.
Plenary Council Member Introduction: Damian Walsh
Damian Walsh is the Director of Archdiocesan agency, The Shopfront, and a Plenary Council Member for the Archdiocese of Perth.
Greenwood Parish brings the Crucifixion to life during Easter 2021
The Greenwood Parish community marked the Easter Triduum in spectacular fashion this year at All Saints Church.
Fan the Flame Prayer campaign launched for assembly countdown
A month-long prayer campaign in the build-up to the first assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia has been launched this week.
A life given in love: Aboriginal Catholic Ministry empowers student leaders to be a voice for Mission
Catholic Mission Perth Office invited student leaders from various Catholic schools and colleges to share their reflections on her incredible story and legacy, at St Joseph’s Convent Chapel in South Perth, WA.
Perth Community to join in celebrating bicentenary of Catholic education
Celebrations are continuing for 200 years of Catholic Education in Australia, marking the bicentenary of the first ‘official’ Catholic school opened in Parramatta in October 1820.
