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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Students challenged at LifeLink launch – Be the difference in our society
Catholic school students have celebrated LifeLink Day in virtual space, this year, asking Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB what he sees as the trends needing the Church’s social action.
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.
Easter 2022: Perth Catholics called to be bearers of Christ’s light to all
Speaking about the women finding Christ alive, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe said that what this meant for those first disciples was that their faith, so shattered by the horror of the death of Jesus, was not just reborn but “exploded into something new and completely life-changing”
EASTER 2022: Nothing about our faith makes sense if Jesus is not at the centre, says Archbishop Costelloe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG679qK7ZCA
Nothing about our faith makes sense if Jesus is not at the centre, says Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his 2022 Easter Message.
Referring
to the words of St Paul in Romans 8, verse 38, Archbishop Costelloe said that
it is Jesus who can give us the
courage to face all our challenges, because He draws us into communion with
Him.
“...
Fruits of First Plenary Council Assembly published
Perth Members of the Plenary Council following the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly on 10 December. Photo: Michelle Tan.
The fruits of the First General Assembly of the Fifth
Plenary Council of Australia have been gathered together in a new report that contains dozens of
proposals to shape the ongoing Council journey.
The more than 270 Plenary Council Members gathered online
for...
PASTORAL LETTER Community and Family Services Amendment Bill (2021)
In a Pastoral Letter published Thursday 21 October, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said the confessional experience is a personal encounter between that person and Christ.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
The recent passage of legislation through the state parliament removing civil law protections around the confidentiality of the confessional has deeply disappointed ...
Return the Church to Christ and Christ to the Church
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe during his Homily for the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia on Sunday 3 October at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth.
Below is the homily of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe for the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia on Sunday 3 October 2021 at St Mary's Cathedral.
On
21 November 1964, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, kn...
EXCLUSIVE: Church in Western Australia enters new world order
The advent of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Western Australia has
introduced a totally new feature in the landscape of end-of-life options, and a
new challenge for Catholic acute, aged and disability services.
Seniors holding hands for consolation and sympathy. The advent of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Western Australia has introduced a totally new feature in the landscape of end-of-li...
WA Bishops convene in Perth, celebrate Mass at Cathedral as one vine
The Bishops of Western Australia have this month gathered in Perth for the annual Australian Catholic Bishops’ plenary assembly via teleconference because of travel restrictions.
Anzac long weekend disrupted as Perth, Peel regions thrown into three-day snap lockdown
The COVID-19 pandemic has last weekend disarrayed Good Shepherd Sunday and Anzac Day 2021 scheduled celebrations in the Perth and Peel regions because of a State Government implemented snap three-day lockdown.
