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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Sick with Worry report: People’s desire to participate shines through
The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council has marked Anti-Poverty Week 2015 with the launch of the ‘Sick with Worry…’ report, containing stories from the front-line of inequality and 14 recommendations for urgent action by the Federal Government to help enable people to achieve their dreams of a life without poverty.
Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office welcomes Government visa grants to resettle the first of 12,000 refugees
National Director of the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office, Fr Maurizio Pettenà CS, has this week welcomed news the Australian Government has given visas to the first of the 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to be resettled in Australia.
On Tuesday, at the Australian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton personally gave out the first refugee visas to fou...
Deaf and Hard of Hearing community – New website launched
The new website for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing has arrived.
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) have last week launched the new website, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Catholic Ministry, via video conference.
The Emmanuel Centre and Catholic Ministry for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, based in Perth co-ordinated services in Perth that enabled those who attended (in Perth) to part...
Deaf and Hard of Hearing community – New website launch
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) will this week launch a new website, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Catholic Ministry, via video conference.
TJH Council: Days of Church investigating itself ‘must end’
The days of the Church in Australia conducting its own investigations into child ¬sexual abuse “must be over”, according to the Chief Executive of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council, Francis Sullivan.
Annual report shows strong support of Catholic Mission in 2014/15
Catholic Mission more than doubled the number of children it supported through community-based programs, the charity has revealed in its recent 2014/15 Annual Report.
Perth teens gather in Brisbane to ‘Ignite’ their faith
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge described the recent Ignite Youth Conference as a wonderful gathering of more than 1,300 of the Church’s brightest young faces.
Single income families bearing the burden
Social Services Minister, Christian Porter, should dump plans to cut the income of most single breadwinner families by more than $54 a week, according to the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations (ACCER).
Catholic Mission National Director Appointed
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has announced the appointment of Father Brian Lucas as National Director of Catholic Mission.
Award-winning research to improve GP cancer screening
Research into the management of cancer patients by general practitioners (GPs) has seen Professor Moyez Jiwa, Associate Dean of The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Melbourne Clinical School, receive one of the country’s highest medical accolades.
