Members and friends of Perth’s Focolare Movement gathered at Muresk Institute in Northam from 9 to 11 October for its annual Mariapolis retreat, with the theme “A light for the world”, marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Focolare founder Chiara Lubich.

The Vatican’s Congregation for Clergy issued a new instruction on pastoral care that specifies the role of laypeople in the Church’s mission of evangelisation and offers guidance in parish reforms and restructuring.

The Record Magazine Issue 11. Front Cover: Feby Plando. In this issue of The Record Magazine, we take a look at the meaning of Adult Faith, and how this is taking place across the Archdiocese of Perth. The Church, says Saint (Pope) John Paul II, has always considered catechesis one of her primary tasks, for, before Christ ascended to His Father after His resurrection, He gave the apostle...