https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGS-b7r0g28 Maronite Archbishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay OLM has spoken about the significance of the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Latin Rite Church coming together as “pilgrims” for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Archbishop Tarabay, who celebrated Thursday’s Mass for the Plenary Council, said while the journey to the Council began in 2016, ...

Perth Vicar General Fr Peter Whitely told the assembly his group’s discernment on prayer sparked concerns that “too few young people in our schools have not yet been invited into a close relationship with Jesus”. Photo: Max Hoh. The 278 members of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia have continued to break open the 16 questions related to how we can create a more missionary, Christ-centr...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ4Ylu9Mmi4 As the first general assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia nears the halfway point, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has preached on the power of prayer and trust in the Holy Spirit. Celebrating Mass for the third full day of the Council, Archbishop Fisher’s homily reflected on Luke’s Gospel of the day, when the disciples ask Jesus h...

The first “spiritual conversations” of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia covered a broad range of thoughts and topics from Baptism being the place for fundamental conversion to the need for the Church to tend to its past and current failures.

The development of the prayer resources for the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia has required a different way of thinking, said Mercy Sister Kerry Willison, Chair of the Plenary Council Liturgy Committee and Director of Liturgy for the Archdiocese of Perth.

Members gather for the first sessions on Monday 4 October. Photo: Max Hoh. Vicar General Fr Peter Whitely listens to Archbishop Costelloe SDB give his opening adddress. Photo: Max Hoh. Damian Walsh, Fr George Kolodziej SDS, Daniel Lynch and Gemma Thomson gather to discuss the days events. Photo: Max Hoh. Bishop Don Sproxton is interviewed by Communications Office journalist Eric M...

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...

Welcome to the Issue 32 of The Record Magazine. The curent Voluntary Assisted Dying debate has created a new world order for Western Australia. On 23 June, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe published a four-page Pastoral Letter in which he expressed his thoughts and concerns regarding the new legislation. We publish the Pastoral Letter in full from page four to seven. We speak with LJ Go...

The historic Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia will be celebrated by Plenary Council President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB at Perth’s St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 3 October at 11am WST. The Mass will officially open the nine-month journey of the two Council Assemblies. Photos: Ron Tan/Jamie O'Brien After nearly five years of planning and 84 years since t...

Some of the country’s leading Catholic thinkers have been engaged to support the members of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia when they gather for the First General Assembly early next month.