The effects of COVID-19 have caused an unconventional start of Lent as worshippers this year received ashes by having them sprinkled on the top of their head. In his Lenten Pastoral Letter for 2021, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke about how this six-week period is an opportunity for the faithful to acknowledge sinfulness as a serious matter that can have destructive effects on others and on ourselves.

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 ...

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...

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...

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. 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...

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 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.

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.

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.