Arguably one of the most down-to-earth Australian Bishops, Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green, from the Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese in Western NSW, was tasked with equipping the young pilgrims of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2019 (ACYF), with strategies that would enable them to take something from ACYF and keep it going once they get home.

Personal encounters that filled the Expo and Justice Centre at the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival numbered in the thousands, as young people from all across Australia gathered to visit the stalls and find out all about the myriad organisations that call the Catholic Church home.

The young pilgrims gathered with a sense of respect and expectation on Day Two to hear Archbishop of Perth, Timothy Costelloe, give his workshop address at the Australian Catholic Youth Festival 2019: Listening to God, how do we know what God is saying?

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB welcome more than 5500 pilgrims to ACYF19, which was held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre from 8 to 10 December. Photo: Iceberg Media. By Jamie O’Brien and Gavin Abraham Thousands of young Australian Catholics have been challenged to “go out and rebuild” God’s Church on the opening day of the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival. The o...

Bishops’ X-Change sessions held during the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival have significantly increased the conversation with young people on issues facing the Church and society today.

American speaker, evangelist and author Katie Prejean McGrady has told 5500 young Australian Catholics that they are made “not only for something great” in this world, but that they are ultimately made “to worship God for eternity”.

The Saturday Vigil Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral had a decidedly larger and younger congregation this evening as hundreds of Australian Catholic Youth Festival delegates joined regular parishioners to pray together

The Archdiocese of Perth will be officially launching and distributing their latest handbook titled The Power of Freedom (dedicated to Youth and Young Adults) as yet another gift to the young Church of Australia, who will be attending the upcoming 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF).

The fourth Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) will kick off in just over one week, commencing Sunday 8 December and concluding Tuesday 10 December at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (PCEC).

The Record Magazine Issue 12. Front Cover: Feby Plando. The Gift of the Young Church is the focus of this issue of The Record Magazine. We take an indepth look at the recent Australian Catholic Youth Festival celebrations, as well as some of the significant events and the work of its people, across the Archdiocese. Perhaps one of the greatest inspirations for young people all over the...