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Plenary Council Member Profile: Fr Phillip Fleay
Introducing Plenary Member Fr Phillip Fleay, Rector of St Charles Seminary, based in Guildford.
Baldivis Parish Mission, an opportunity to grow as a community
Baldivis parishioners have recently spent five days (Wednesday, 17 March to Sunday, 21 March 2021) in spiritual and community engagement, with the mission of journeying together in discipleship, prayer, mission/outreach and doing so, as a family of faith. By Amanda Murthy.
Plenary Council Member Profile: Fr Vincent Glynn
Plenary Member Fr Vincent Glynn is the Archdiocese of Perth’s Vicar for Education and Adult Faith Formation
The eldest of the six children, a young Vincent attended early primary school firstly at Our Lady of Lourdes Nollamara and then as a foundation student at the new parish of St Gerard Majella, Mirrabooka. He was ordained a priest in December 1982 by Archbishop Goody in St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth.
Plenary Council Member Profile: Dr Marco Ceccarelli
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Dr Marco Ceccarelli is a Plenary Council Member of the Archdiocese of Perth. Video: Max Hoh/Archdiocese of Perth.
Our next Plenary Member is Dr Marco
Ceccarelli, MA, PhD, current Director of the Centre for Faith Enrichment, the
adult faith formation agency of the Archdiocese of Perth.
Marco has taught European history,
literature and culture ...
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.
The Record Magazine Issue 29 (February 2021)
The Record Magazine Issue 29. Photo: Ron Tan. Artwork Feby Plando.
Welcome to the first issue of The Record Magazine for 2021.
Commencing from this issue, we are looking at stories from across the community; these are real stories of faith, hope and life. In this Issue 29 of The Record Magazine, we talk about the Year of St Joseph, and what it means for each one of us today.
We speak...
Community Hospice completes first phase of refurbishment
Exciting renovations are well underway at the St John of God Murdoch Community Hospice, with patients moving into the first five completed rooms on 21 January. Photo: SJOG.
Exciting renovations are well underway at
the St John of God Murdoch Community Hospice,
with patients moving into the first five completed rooms on 21 January.
The refurbishment to the 20-bed purpose-built palliati...
Project Compassion 2021 launched on Valentine’s weekend, encourages the nation to ‘Be More’
Project Compassion this year prompts the Catholic community to ‘Be More.’ With five Masses held over last weekend, 13 and 14 February, the annual initiative led by Caritas Australia, seeks to stand in solidarity with people around the world who continue to face the injustice of poverty. By Amanda Murthy.
ASH WEDNESDAY 2021: Faithful sprinkled with ashes in modified distribution format
The effects of COVID-19 have caused an unconventional start of Lent as worshippers this year received ashes by having them sprinkled on the top of their head. In his Lenten Pastoral Letter for 2021, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke about how this six-week period is an opportunity for the faithful to acknowledge sinfulness as a serious matter that can have destructive effects on others and on ourselves.
