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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Plenary Council Member Introduction: Sr Lucy Van Kessell PBVM
Sr Lucy is the Community Leader for the Presentation Sisters, based here in Perth, Western Australia.
National groups welcome new CEO of Catholic safeguarding body
Ursula Stephens has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer of the recently-formed Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd. Photo: Supplied.
The three
member organisations of Australian Catholic Safeguarding Ltd have welcomed the
appointment of Ursula Stephens as the chief executive officer of the
recently-formed company.
The board of
ACSL, which was established in December 2020 to ov...
Fundraising program launched for MASS FOR YOU AT HOME
As Mass for You at Home prepares to celebrate 50 years on free-to-air television, a fundraising program recently launched will help enable the ongoing broadcast of Catholic Mass. The program first aired on August 1, 1971. Photo: Supplied.
As Mass
for You at Home prepares to celebrate 50 years on free-to-air
television, a fundraising program recently launched will help enable the
o...
Pope Francis to institute formal ‘Ministry of Catechist’
Pope Francis is preparing to formally institute the “ministry of catechist”.
Plenary Council Member Introduction: Gemma Thomson
Introducing our Plenary Member, Gemma Thompson, Dean of Mission and Catholic Identity at Iona Presentation College.
Mercy Health takes time to remember
Mercy Place Mont Clare resident Norman Walker will be one of many to remember those who were involved in the war effort at a commemorative ceremony at the not-for-profit home this ANZAC Day.
Plenary Council Member Profile: Fr Phillip Fleay
Introducing Plenary Member Fr Phillip Fleay, Rector of St Charles Seminary, based in Guildford.
Leaders gather to consider Catholic policy response to COVID-19
Economist Chris Richardson from Deloitte Access Economics and social commentator Bernard Salt from the Demography Group were the keynote speakers during a recent gathering of leaders of Catholic agencies and external experts focusing on the impact of the pandemic on the economy and the community. Photo: Provided.
Leaders
of Catholic agencies and a number of external experts have recently ga...
Plenary Council Member Profile: Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB
Our first member profile is of course, our own Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB.
Educated at St Peter’s Parish Primary School, East Bentleigh and at Salesian College, Chadstone, from where he graduated in 1971.
In 1985, Archbishop Costelloe made his Final Profession as a Salesian of Don Bosco and was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Sir Frank Little on 25 October 1986.
