The Record Magazine, Issue 33, October 2021 Welcome to Issue 33 of The Record Magazine. As we go to print, we are eagerly awaiting the commencement of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. It is a life-changing moment for the Church in Australia and my team and I are honoured to be reporting first hand of its outcomes over the next few weeks and months. In ...

Perth Plenary Council Members gathered with friends and family in St Michael The Archangel Chapel after the closing Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Photo: Michelle Tan. Plenary Council President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke from the heart as he delivered his homily at the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly on Sunday 10 October, drawing on the richne...

Perth Plenary Council Members were graced with the ability of gathering at the offices of Catholic Education in Leederville during the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Here are some of the highlights. Eva Skira AO from the Association of Ministerial Public Juridic Persons listens in on Day one of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Counci...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjK3xTkvg7w An impassioned call for “a prayer for the future of our common home, a Gospel for the home of our future generations” was made during the final reporting back on small group discernment by Plenary Council members on Saturday 9 October. The presenters’ comprehensive reports on the 16 agenda questions included proposals and requests for furthe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nstq0Sxk__A Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB gave the following Closing Address for the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council on Saturday 9 October “As we come to the conclusion of this First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia I would like to call us back to the words of Pope Francis which shaped the d...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1NmBx9RHJ4 The Homily of Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB for the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council on Sunday 10 October. Video: Max Hoh. Plenary Council President Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, spoke from the heart as he delivered his homily at the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly on Sunday 10 October, s...

Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli has said the Council’s task is to reveal the face of Christ – a face that blends cultures, languages, ethnicities and histories. Image: Adobe In today’s Mass for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, Melbourne Archbishop Peter Comensoli has said the Council’s task is to reveal the face of Christ – a face that blends cultures, languages, ethnicities...

The Journey so Far As we conclude the First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, the process of discernment continues. From the opening Mass to the closing of the Assembly, our prayer has been ‘Come, Holy Spirit.’ The call to hear afresh the Good News of Jesus Christ through a spiritual posture of ‘deep listening’ has been a central element of the preparation of t...

Plenary Council Members enjoy lunch and a moment away from the screens, watched eagerly by a hopeful feathered friend. Photo: Michelle Tan.Digital Producer for the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of Perth, Max Hoh, watches the morning session of day 5 in the Comms' Hub. Photo: Michelle Tan. Archdiocesan Plenary Council Coordinator, Tony Giglia, has been hard at work behind the scenes...

Fr Richard Lennan is from the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese. Photo: Sourced. The concept of “sniffing out” the presence of God in the world, articulated by theologian Fr Richard Lennan in an address to the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, struck a chord with many members as they continued their discernment. Fr Lennan, a priest of the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese and an expert adviser to th...