All Churches were closed this Easter due to the coronavirus pandemic. Christianity was listed as a non-essential service for believers.

Cloverdale parishioner Sheelah Alice Rudman died peacefully in her sleep on 10 March 2020 at the age of 105.

In support of Australia’s frontline healthcare workers, The University of Notre Dame Australia’s School of Nursing and Midwifery is launching free online continuing professional development (CPD) short courses for any healthcare professional looking to refresh and upskill themselves in the management of the critically ill patient.

The mental health issues associated with the quarantine measures combating COVID-19 are all too familiar to Emmaus Community members, whose journey through life has seen them arrive at a place where social isolation is avoided and communal living paths the way to healing.

Perth Catholics were last weekend reminded of the immense compassion and mercy of God during the Mass for the Second Sunday of Easter, also known as Divine Mercy Sunday.

In the hope of promoting vocations across Western Australia, St Charles Seminary has created a new initiative called ‘The Vine’, a monthly newsletter with the first issue published in February.

Despite churches across the city being closed, the Centre for Faith Enrichment (CFE) remains operational in an online teaching capacity, providing a unique opportunity for Catholics to use this quarantine time to build their faith through education and understanding.

The recent decision to indefinitely postpone the First Assembly of the Plenary Council (PC) (scheduled for October 2020) due to the unavoidable circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, did not deter the absolute commitment of the bishops, and hopefully of all Australian Catholics, to the Plenary Council, and could instead buy more time for Catholics to discern, affirmed Plenary Council President Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB during the recent Holy Thursday Mass live telecast from St Mary’s Cathedral.

Churches have been closed, weekly and daily Masses are being streamed online and reception of the sacraments such as baptism, confession, marriages and funerals are extremely limited.

Once again, the great celebrations of our Christian faith have arrived. In this Holy Week, we remember the final days of Jesus’ life, when His love for us is shown in such a powerful and uncompromising way as he is lifted up on the cross.