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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Social media and COVID-19 crisis management: helpful or harmful?
Under the shadow of COVID-19, social distancing measures have resulted in the cancellation of group recreational activities at all levels, many businesses have been forced to close and others have had to require their employees to work from home: the world has found itself stuck at home and our use of digital technology has spiked massively as a result, with both positive and negative consequences.
The importance of compassion and care in emergency medicine
In the world of medicine, physical trauma is defined as wounds produced from deliberate physical injuries as a result of traumatic events such as accidents and acts of violence.
‘Sins are not confessed to the priest, but to God’, Archbishop Costelloe tells Parliamentary Committee
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has once again been called upon to defend the faith – this time before a State Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry on 6 August in response to the Children and Community Services Amendment Bill 2019.
Working at home with children is hardly kids’ play
Everyone who has tried to work at home with kids in tow knows it can be more challenging than dealing with a child surrounded by confectionary at a supermarket check-out.
Christ stands beside us in every trial
In his homily for the Second Sunday of Easter, also known as Divine Mercy Sunday, Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton spoke about the immense compassion and mercy of God.
The work of the Church and the Spanish Flu
Over the last few months the world, has grappled to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, many parallels have been drawn between this current crisis and the outbreak of the Spanish Flu following the end of the First World War in 1918.
Bushfire crisis: Faith is all that remains for two Yanchep survivors words
Two Yanchep women in their 80s’ never imagined they would live to see their home and family business engulfed in fire, let alone in the span of just 15 minutes.
COVID19 SPECIAL REPORT
Western Australia has emerged relatively unscathed by COVID-19, with Premier Mark McGowan announcing via Twitter, “Thank you Western Australia, we are leading the nation because of you,” in the second week of May, when official announcements were made that on the 18th of that month, Australians would finally be able to enjoy an easing of quarantine restrictions.
Notre Dame 2020 Fremantle Open Day goes virtual
The University of Notre Dame Australia is reinventing its Open Day experience for 2020 and hosting its first ever fully online Open Day from 10am to 4pm, Sunday 20 September.
Cultural Diversity Mass an opportunity to strengthen bonds, increase faith
Acknowledging the many cultures that exists within the Archdiocese of Perth, the West Australian Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office (WACMRO) is encouraging the faithful to gather at St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday 24 October at 6pm for the annual Cultural Diversity Mass.
