Perth’s disadvantaged are finding themselves even more vulnerable as fear and COVID-19 quarantine restrictions keep people home.

Easter Sunday is God’s answer to the despair Jesus’ first disciples faced and it is God’s answer to the deafening silence and distressing void which fills our lives now, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said in his 2020 Easter message.

Plenary Council President Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said that in in response to the dramatic changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the bishops of Australia have made the “difficult, but necessary” decision to postpone the first assembly of the Plenary Council.

More than 40 Australian agencies united on Palm Sunday, 5 April to host a two-hour online event championing justice and dignity for refugees and people seeking asylum. The theme for this year’s event was “For a Just Future”.

The Record Magazine Issue 24. Front Cover: Feby Plando. In this Issue 24 of The Record Magazine, we take a look at the theme of Soul. The past few weeks and months have been a trying time for many. Following weeks of devastation from the bushfires, the effects of COVID-19 are now well and truly upon us. Unfortunately, the situation has meant that it was not possible to print this issu...

By Jamie O’Brien The Perth Catholic community are this year being encouraged to participate in the celebrations of Easter from the safety of their own homes, following the Government ordered restrictions due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Photo: Ron Tan. The Perth Catholic community are this year being encouraged to participate in the celebrations of Easter from the safety of th...

As the St Vincent de Paul Society in WA closes its stores in response to COVID-19, the Society says it is well aware of the unique role that its conference members will play in meeting the needs of those Australians who will be most challenged by the measures designed to restrict the pandemic.

Daily Mass has commenced being streamed by the Archdiocese of Perth.
The Masses, which will be celebrated by priests of St Mary’s Cathedral, will be streamed daily at 12.10pm to the Archdiocesan website, YouTube and Facebook, as well as St Mary’s Cathedral website.

Western Australian Catholic school families on a healthcare card are receiving automatic fee concessions with the emergence of financial hardships caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) Executive Director Dr Debra Sayce assured families who are not qualified for a healthcare card, that they are also able to receive “immediate support”.

Scalabrinian priest Father Anthony Paganoni, who currently resides in the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Bergamo, Italy, has shared his brief observation and thoughts on the COVID-19 situation in Italy with The Record.