Anyone who works in a Catholic school must be prepared to put the wellbeing of pupils first, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said as he bestowed a blessing on 225 new and transferring school staff on 1 February.
As the Curtin Digital Life Stories Project screened to an audience of 100, Castledare’s Community Centre was charged with emotion.
For West Australians Simeon Dzieciol and Annellee Aguilar, their World Youth Day (WYD) pilgrimage which saw them visit Mexico and Costa Rica, before eventually arriving in Panama, was an experience they will cherish for the rest of their lives.
Rev Dr Russell Hugh Hardiman will be remembered as an incredibly hardworking, talented, generous, jovial and dedicated priest by all who loved him.
It’s an organisation that needs a strong leader at the helm and new Director, Marietta Russo is accepting the challenge with an open and eager mind.
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB celebrated the Feast of Saint John (Don) Bosco on Thursday 31 January during the regular midday Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral.
Parishes are the special presence of the Church, the presence of God in an area that they seek to open their hands, to draw people in, and everywhere they can, so that people come to know and love Christ our Saviour, said Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the opening and blessing of St Simon Peter Church, Ocean Reef Parish.
“If by now you haven’t heard that the Church in this country is preparing for its first Plenary Council since the 1930s, you may not have been paying attention.
Building warm and inviting spaces is exactly what St Marys Cathedral has done, with their recent installation of new clear glass panels for the Confessional rooms.