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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Easter in the Parishes 2022: Armadale, Wanneroo and Lynwood/Langford
Parishes across Perth celebrated the various liturgies of Easter in a variety of ways this year, including the Vigil at Lynwood Langford St Jude’s Church, A contemplative Way of the Cross at Wanneroo and a Tableau style Stations of the Cross led by youth at Armadale Parish.
Lynwood
Langford
Parishioners
from St Jude’s Church Lynwood Langford parish came together for the Easter
Vigil.
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MercyCare hosts virtual Easter celebrations to learn more about death and resurrection of Christ
MercyCare’s annual Easter event is an opportunity for staff to learn more about the traditional Easter story and how it connects to the work carried out across MercyCare.
St John of God Health Care appoints new CEO St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital
New St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital CEO Vanessa Unwin is currently Director of Nursing and Midwifery SJOG Mt Lawley, a position she has held since 2016.
PHOTO STORY: New statues blessed at Emmaus Community
The social outreach organisation was recently gifted a collection of statues and invited Emeritus Archbishop Hickey to bless them.
SPECIAL REPORT: Ukrainian Catholic Bishop speaks of joys, challenges and new opportunities
In a special interview during his recent visit to Perth and Western Australia, Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia Bishop Mykola Bychok speaks with The Record Editor Jamie O’Brien about his own experience growing up in Ukraine, becoming a bishop during a pandemic, as well as the current crises facing Ukraine.
St Jude’s students walk with Jesus
Students from St Jude’s Langford have last month prepared and performed a different style of the Stations of the Cross which was then premiered online for all classes to watch.
PALM SUNDAY & CHRISM MASS: In Jesus we see what a life lived with real integrity, faithfulness and constancy looks like, says Archbishop Costelloe
Archbishop Costelloe marked the beginning of Holy Week with two important celebrations, inviting the congregation to commit to an active search for communion with Christ.
The Palm Sunday Mass was livestreamed to YouTube and Facebook supported by captions and AUSLAN interpretation, with more than 500 viewers tuning in.
Welcoming incoming Ukrainian refugees requires community support
A couple poses on a bench outside destroyed apartments in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 18, 2022, during the Russian war. Photo: CNS/Alexander Ermochenko, Reuters.
The Archdiocese of Perth West
Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (WACMRO) have set up a Ukrainian
Refugee Local Appeal to aid war affected families upon their arrival in
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WA’S FIRST SAINT: Builder of ‘faith and churches’ may earn title as WA’s first saint
Known as one of the greatest priest-architects in Australia, Msgr Hawes spent some 24 years in Western Australia, designing and building numerous Churches and buildings across the mid-West.
And now…he could become Western Australia’s first saint.
SPECIAL REPORT: Archbishop Balvo takes up appointment as Nuncio to Australia
A native of Brooklyn New York, new Australian Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Balvo has said the task of any Apostolic Nuncio is to be the eyes, ears and hands of the Holy Father,
“An extension of the Holy Father’s Ministry, because the Holy Father has his concern for the Church, all aspects of its life.”
Archbishop Balvo presented his credentials to the Governor-General of Australia on Friday 1 April.
