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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
SPECIAL REPORT: Catholic school parents and Catholic Education seek a fairer funding deal
Students from Star of the Sea Rockingham play at a water fountain. Catholic Education Western Australia and Catholic School Parents WA have launched a joint election platform, seeking a fairer funding deal from the incoming State Government. Photo: Supplied.
Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) and Catholic School Parents WA (CSPWA) have launched a joint election platform, seeking a ...
SPECIAL REPORT: Lockdown and fires offers us a chance to put into practice this basic truth of our identity, says Archbishop Costelloe
Perth has this week battled through fires in the hills region, and a COVID-19 lockdown. Photo: Evan Collins/DFES & Matthew Lau/Archdiocese of Perth.
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week issued a Pastoral
Letter encouraging the Perth Catholic community in light of the COVID19
lockdown and Perth bushfires.
Announced
on Sunday 31 January shortly after noon, the
Perth met...
New Church protocol published for responding to sexual abuse
The National Response Protocol, which was adopted by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference at its November 2020 plenary meeting, is the product of two years of work and widespread consultation within and beyond the Church. Image: Sourced.
A new protocol to be
introduced by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, provides a framework
for Catholic entities across Australia to respond...
INTERNATIONAL: Verify before sharing ‘news,’ Pope Francis says in Communications Day message
In the age of instant communications and fake news, journalists – like everyone else – need to recover the practice of going out and verifying information before they share it, Pope Francis said. By Cindy Wooden.
The Record Magazine Issue 28 (December 2020)
The Record Magazine Issue 28. Front Cover: Feby Plando.
In this Issue 28 of The Record Magazine, we take a look at the issue of the Good Works of the Church in Perth.
We start with the launch of the Archbishop’s 2020 LifeLink Christmas Appeal. I encourage you all to give generously.
We tell the story of the Tranters, who have been pivotal in the formation of Identitywa and we also spe...
First Provincial Council of Melbourne, 17-24 November 1907
This is the final article by Peter Wilkinson in the series looking at the various particular councils (provincial and plenary) convened by the hierarchy of the Catholic Church in Australia between 1844 and 1937. It examines the First Provincial Council of Melbourne held in Melbourne from 17-24 November 1907.
New Norcia’s Rock of Remembrance serves as act of reconciliation
New Norcia Parish has last month blessed the newly installed ‘Rock of Remembrance’ – an interactive memorial in honour of those who experienced any form of neglect or abuse – following Sunday Mass on 25 October.
SACRI Catechetical Association WA celebrates Christ the King
Members of SACRI, a Catechetical association of the Christ’s lay faithful and dedicated to ‘Mary, Mother of the Church’, celebrated the feast of Christ the King at Our Lady’s Shrine, Bullsbrook Parish, on Sunday 22 November.
‘Do not tear down the Lord’s Church, instead renew and restore it’ – Archbishop Costelloe
Gathering in the name of Jesus, more than 350 worshippers congregated for Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 4 October to witness the commissioning of 12 local delegates who have the privilege of representing the Archdiocese of Perth in the upcoming Plenary Council as representatives of religious congregations and other Church bodies.
Kora Centre the key to Bayswater families in need
Though at first glance the grass is long and the grounds are quiet, as Sister Lourdes Chitra Justin OSM leads the way through to the big shaded play area at the back of the Kora Centre, the sounds of little children happily talking and laughing as they eat a hot, nutritious meal can be heard and four smiling faces beam up at us from around the table.
