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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Easter Message from Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB
Once again, the great celebrations of our Christian faith have arrived. In this Holy Week, we remember the final days of Jesus’ life, when His love for us is shown in such a powerful and uncompromising way as he is lifted up on the cross.
Rite of Election 2020: Final stage to become one with the Church
The Church believes that no-one comes to faith without being called by God – God initiates, God calls and God converts, said Dr Carmel Suart, Director for the Office of Christian Initiation.
Pope Francis: ‘Even in time of pandemic, Easter proclaims the victory of life’
In an Easter celebration like no other, Pope Francis prayed that Christ, “who has already defeated death and opened for us the way to eternal salvation”, would “dispel the darkness of our suffering humanity and lead us into the light of his glorious day, a day that knows no end”.
EASTER 2020: Easter Masses celebrated online to combat COVID-19 pandemic
The reality of the COVID–19 crisis crashed home for Perth Catholics at this, the holiest time of the year, with Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton concelebrating the Easter Sunday Mass in front of an empty St Mary’s Cathedral for the first time in living history.
Archbishop Costelloe: God’s will for us lies in the Last Supper and in the Eucharist we celebrate
This year’s Holy Thursday Mass, broadcast live from an empty St Mary’s Cathedral on Thursday 9 April, provided Perth Catholics with the opportunity and time, now more than ever, to reflect on the question by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB: “What it is God is asking of us in Australia at this time?”.
EASTER 2020: Good Friday brings solemnity into the homes of Perth Catholics
Thousands of Perth Catholics have this year honoured the life and death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday by virtually attending the celebration of the Passion of the Lord, streamed live from St Mary’s Cathedral on 10 April.
More than 1m viewers watch Sydney Easter services
More than 1,300,000 people across Australia watched the Good Friday and Easter Sunday services broadcast live via the Seven Network, making this the most watched program nationally in their respective timeslots.
Easter Message 2020: The Lord has never and will never abandon us, Perth Archbishop affirms
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.
PALM SUNDAY 2020: ‘To heal is to draw ourselves to the mystery of salvation’
Thousands of Catholics from across the Archdiocese of Perth have virtually attended this year’s Palm Sunday Mass online on 5 April, streamed live from St Mary’s Cathedral.
Catholics urged to remember the lives of persecuted Christians this Easter
On Easter Sunday last year, more than 250 were killed and at least 450 were injured in vicious bombings at three Christian churches, four hotels, and a housing complex in Sri Lanka.
