Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has announced the convening of a Diocesan Assembly to be held in 2024.
Hailing from a family of seven children, newly appointed St Charles Seminary Rector Fr Francis Huy Nguyen speaks about his journey from a young boy in Vietnam to a new life in Perth.
Under the stewardship of Director, Donella Brown, the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry has been proactive in ensuring Safeguarding is embedded within the work of the Agency.
Formally launching the 2023-2024 Diocesan Assembly on behalf of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn explained that convocation of the Assembly comes out of the recent Plenary Council held by the Church of Australia in 2021 and 2022.
Reflecting on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Sunday, Episcopal Vicar Education and Faith Formation, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn writes that in response to an initiative expressed by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his Pastoral Letter of April 2023, and encouraged by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter Desiderio Desideravi, the Archdiocese of Perth has been taking part in a journey of Liturgical Formation and Renewal.
As a leading scholar in theology and social theory, Tracey Rowland’s appointment to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences is not only a great achievement for her personally, but also for the University of Notre Dame, which is renowned for its high-quality research.
Held in conjunction with the Applecross Parish Modern Slavery Project, the Project has two aims: to raise awareness of modern slavery among parishioners and the local community and to mitigate the risk of modern slavery in the supply chains of the current suppliers used by the parish.
Speaking Sunday 21 May at the installation of Fr Alexis Vega Osorio as Parish Priest of Baldivis, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Sproxton reminded those present that we are working with Christ, especially when we are able to look beyond our own needs and wants, to that work of evangelisation of bringing Christ into the lives of others.