A Catholic community is one that looks beyond its own needs and wants, said Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton at the Indonesian Catholic Community of Perth (ICCP) 28th anniversary Mass on Sunday 15 November.
The Italian Catholic community has this month gathered for an unusually lacklustre Blessing of the Fishing Fleet Festival because of COVID-19 social distancing measures.
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.