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Plenary Council Second Assembly: Day 2 Highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsSmZ8EiSBI
Council Members listen to wisdom from theological advisors
At the beginning of the second full day of the Second Assembly of the Plenary Council, Members received input from two of the Council’s theological advisers, also known as Periti. Photo: Fiona Basile/ACBC.
At the beginning of the second full day
of the Second Assembly of the Plenary Council, Members received input from two
of the Council’s theological advisers — or periti — on topics being...
Plenary Council Second Assembly: “Cling to the Cross,” says Bishop Macbeth-Green
Wilcannia-Forbes Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green OSPPE has told Members gathered for the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia we need to cling to the cross.
National wage case decision gives low-income earners breathing space but still well below poverty line
The decision by the Fair Work Commission to increase the National Minimum Wage by 5.2 percent is welcome but workers on low incomes will still struggle to make ends meet.
Caritas Australia raises over $3.5 million for Ukraine Appeal
Since the start of the conflict, Caritas Australia has raised more than $3.5 million for its Ukraine Appeal.
Port Kennedy Parish invited to be a lamp on a lampstand for the whole community
Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton greets the parish community of Port Kennedy, Sunday 24 April, which also saw the installation of new Parish Priest, Fr Giovanni Raffaele. Photo: Jamie O’Brien.
The theme of keeping
the flame alive in our hearts was reflected in last Sunday’s Gospel, said Perth
Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, in his homily for Divine Mercy Sunday.
Speaking at Port
Kennedy Pari...
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.
...
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.
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
Australia during the comin...
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.
