As the fifth part of The Record’s campaign about the 2020 Plenary Council, Facilitation team member Fr Noel Connolly speaks about the dream of Vatican II.

Some 100 music lovers gathered at Perth St Mary’s Cathedral to witness Paris Notre Dame Cathedral musicians, organist Johann Vexo and tenor vocalist Damien Rivieres on Sunday 10 February for the Cathedral’s annual concert.

Principals of Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) have this week come together to look at the four systematic priorities of the recently released Strategic Directions 2019-2021.

Professor Celia Hammond announced her immediate resignation as Vice Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) on Monday 25 February.

St Norbert College in Queens Park welcomed more than 200 new students to the school in 2019, taking its student numbers to a record high.

The annual St Joseph’s Subiaco Parish Camino Salvado Pilgrimage walk from Subiaco to New Norcia is set to take place once again for 2019.

Catholic Youth Leaders from across the Perth Archdiocese attended a Commissioning Mass organised by Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM), followed by a brunch celebration and a talk on Saturday 23 February.

The fourth Australian Catholic Youth Festival will invite delegates to follow Mary’s example of saying “Yes” when it opens on the great Marian Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

With just three weeks remaining of the Listening and Dialogue phase of the 2020 Plenary Council, parishioners across the Archdiocese of Perth are being encouraged to attend a session at their local parish.

“Jesus offers us the gift of life – a truly human, noble, worthwhile life now and eternal life beyond the gates of death.”