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The Record Magazine Issue 37 (September 2022)
Issue 37 of The Record Magazine features Archbishop Costelloe’s Plenary Council Pastoral Letter, published 27 July, as well as the Concluding Statement.
Groups invited to prepare for next Synod of Bishops phase
Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary-General of the Synod of Bishops, is pictured at the Vatican, 7 October 2019. Photo: CNS/IPA/Sipa USA via Reuters.
The National Centre for Pastoral Research is
inviting groups of seven to 10 people to express their interest in
participating in the next round of consultation for the global Synod of Bishops
on Synodality.
The Document for the Continental Stag...
Who’s in the Pews: What the 2021 NCLS found about who’s at church and who is positive about it
The proportion of church attenders born overseas has risen over time according to results from the 2021 National Church Life Survey (NCLS). Photo: Michelle Tan.
Young adult
church attenders are most likely of any age group to report they are fully
confident their local church can achieve what it has set out to do, according
to results from the 2021 National Church Life Survey (NCLS).
Th...
Students celebrate foresight of Mercy Sisters initiative
Fifty years ago, Mercy Sisters from St Brigid’s West Perth had the foresight to establish Mercy College Koondoola, with the College now claiming the benefits of that initiative and the carrying out of that mission ever since.
Perth’s Piano Priest returns to the stage
Armadale Parish Priest Father Mark Baumgarten will next month host a live music event titled, “An Afternoon of Songs (and a few stories)”.
Christ the King to launch World Youth Day 2023 at St Mary’s Cathedral
Perth youth and clergy during the 2016 World Youth Day festivities in Poland. Photo: Supplied.
Catholic Youth Ministry Perth is inviting
Perth Catholic youth to join them in celebrating the Feast of Christ the King,
Sunday 20 November.
The celebration will also culminate with
the launch of the 2023 World Youth Day and will commence with a Youth Rally and
procession from Langley Park to S...
BOOK REVIEW: The Pell Diaries: Volume III – Hope Reborn
Australian Cardinal George Pell speaks during Phoenix Diocese's White Mass annual banquet 18 November, 2021. Photo: CNS/Jeff Grant, The Catholic Sun.
On
the 7th of April 2020, seven High Court Justices with over 160 years
combined judicial experience unanimously found His Eminence, Cardinal Pell,
innocent of the charges laid against him.
He
had been in goal, including solitary confineme...
‘Catechists are true witnesses of the Gospel,’ says Bishop Sproxton
Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton congratulates one of 20 new catechists, Thursday 20 October during the annual Mass celebrating the commissioning and blessing of 20 catechists from the Catechist Service and Personal Advocacy Service. Photo: Supplied/CEWA.
By Catherine Nguyen
“We thank God for you and
for your openness of heart to allow the Spirit to work within you, making you
true witnesse...
Notre Dame Vice Chancellor presents Blessing of the Fleet with WA cross
The University of Notre Dame Vice Chancellor, Prof Francis Campbell has last weekend presented Blessing of the Fleet President John Mintiullo and the 2022 Blessing of the Fleet Regina, Christina Manuele, with a Notre Dame Cross, made from beautiful Western Australian jarrah wood.
Teenage Vertigo rock Spirit of the Arts stage
Teenage band Vertigo, from Seton Catholic College, have professionally recorded two original songs at Vision Recording studios with Jon Clements. The band was awarded ‘most outstanding performance’ at the recent Catholic Performing Arts Festival last month.
