Bishop of Geraldton Michael Morrissey. Photo: Supplied. By Michael Morrissey, Bishop of Geraldton “A light that shines in the dark, a light that darkness could not overpower.” These words from the first chapter of St John’s Gospel are read on Christmas morning. How are these words for Christmas in Australia meant to have an impact with the heat and bright sunshine we can experience ...

Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB has late last week signed the legal documents required for the entry of the Archdiocese of Perth into the Commonwealth Redress Scheme. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB has late last week signed the legal documents required for the entry of the Archdiocese of Perth into the Commonwealth Redress Scheme. Having sought a...

Auxiliary Bishop of Perth Donald Sproxton. Photo: Feby Plando. By Donald Sproxton, Auxiliary Bishop of Perth It is sometimes said that Christmas is “the silly season”. There is justification for this rather cynical view when we reflect on the fuss that surrounds the celebration of the feast. Yet could it be that all we do with Christmas speaks of our desire for those things that we search...

Attendees are pictured embracing music during one of the daily praise and worship sessions. Photo: Matthew Lau. By Matthew Lau “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world ablaze” – St Catherine of Siena. The 2018 Embrace the Grace (ETG) youth conference vitalised some 120 Catholics to bolster their relationship with God. The attendees, aged 16 to 25, ventured to New Norci...

Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe SDB. Photo: Ron Tan. By Timothy Costelloe SDB, Archbishop of Perth I would like to begin my Christmas message this year by recalling two phrases of Jesus from Saint John’s Gospel. The first is from Chapter 10: “I have come that you may have life and have it to the full” (John 10:10). The second is from chapter 17: “This is eternal life: to kn...

Ocean Reef parishioner Prafula Pearce speaks firsthand about her life and experience a woman. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. In this raw interview, Ocean Reef parishioner Prafula Pearce speaks firsthand about her life and experience a woman. The 62-year-old wife, mother and grandmother is a full-time academic who converted to Catholicism. “These days, I have to juggle my time between my variou...

Therese Le-Sanders with her daughter, Ava Le-Sanders. Photo: Inae/Inae Maree Photography By Theresia Titus Being a young mother is undoubtedly daunting to any woman. Perth woman Therese Le-Sanders, who recently became mum to a baby girl, spoke to The Record about her journey as a daughter, teacher and now mother of a baby girl. For Therese, being a young, Catholic mother has a s...

By Josh Low In a messy, chaotic world where young people are constantly bombarded with negative ideology, propaganda and falsehoods disguised as truth, lies the ever growing need for young people to deepen their relationship with God. But what do the youth of today seek in their lives? Do they recognise the need for God? Director of Catholic Youth Ministry (CYM) Perth, Vincent Haber, a...

Pope John Paul II greets Mother Teresa of Kolkata at the Vatican. Photo: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano. By Phillipa Martyr Catholics and feminism have an uncomfortable relationship. Catholic women of all ages shrink from calling themselves feminists because they know it will frighten the men around them. Catholic men might find themselves either flinching at perceived feminist attack...

Example of a CrMS chart: three cycles charted for the CrMS showing the occurrence of menstruation, the pre-Peak dry days, the mucus cycle, the Peak Day (P), and the post-Peak dry days. The pre-Peak phases are variable in length (14, 9, and 20 days) but the post-Peak periods are consistent (14, 15, 13 days). Photo: Pope Paul VI Institute/ NaPro textbook p46 By Theresia Titus A standard...