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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Centre for Life, Marriage and Family launches 2021 Lenten Journal
The Archdiocesan Centre for Life, Marriage and Family (CLMF) has made their newly launched 2021 Lenten Journal available for purchase online this week. The Centre aims to provide support for Perth Catholics across the Archdiocese as Lent season approaches.
SPECIAL REPORT: Open yourself to God’s healing power this Lent, says Archbishop Costelloe
In his 2021 Lenten Pastoral Letter, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB says that if during the coming six weeks of Lent we can find the courage and humility to acknowledge that we are, indeed sinful people then we will have begun the journey towards a true celebration of Easter.
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.
Aid to the Church in Need venerates modern martyrs
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has published an online Lenten Calendar for this year’s Lent and Easter to honour and remember modern martyrs who heroically offered their lives for God and their communities.
