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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Perth prepares blessings as Plenary Council members move to the next phase
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB will bless Perth’s delegation to the Fifth Plenary Council in Australia this Pentecost, preparing them for the next phase of the historic meeting when council members will come together in Sydney.
Plenary Council: People of God invited to surround Council in prayer
The Walking in the Spirit pilgrimage has been prepared to encourage individuals, families, parishes, schools and other ministries to keep the Plenary Council in their prayers. Image: Supplied.
Catholics
across the country are being invited to participate in a new prayer pilgrimage
as the Church journeys towards the Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council
of Australia.
The Walking
in...
Archbishop Fisher: “Be powerhouse of prayer”
As the First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia neared the halfway point, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP preached on the power of prayer and trust in the Holy Spirit.
The importance of beginning with Christ: An interview with Bishop Sproxton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtFft0gprQw
Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton spoke to The Record on Day Five of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council. Video: Max Hoh.
One of the lessons
learnt during the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council has been the
importance of beginning with Christ, said Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton.
Speaking in an
exclusive interview w...
SPECIAL REPORT: “The Lord is closer to us than we are to ourselves,” says Archbishop Costelloe
The Lord is closer to us than we are to ourselves, said Plenary Council President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, as he officially opened the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, Sunday 3 October at St Mary’s Cathedral.
Fruits of First Plenary Council Assembly published
Perth Members of the Plenary Council following the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly on 10 December. Photo: Michelle Tan.
The fruits of the First General Assembly of the Fifth
Plenary Council of Australia have been gathered together in a new report that contains dozens of
proposals to shape the ongoing Council journey.
The more than 270 Plenary Council Members gathered online
for...
A voice for youth: Plenary Council’s youngest member looks ahead to historic gathering
A quietly-spoken 20-year-old university student and youth minister from the regional New South Wales city of Orange is set to make history in October as the youngest member of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.
PLENARY COUNCIL: Spiritual conversations: The path to discernment
A key component of the Plenary Council’s assemblies will help members to consider the 16 questions that make up the Council agenda.
Each day, some of those questions will be the focus of small group discernment, with about 10 members engaging in what is known as “spiritual conversations”. What are spiritual conversations? And how do they work?
Br Ian Cribb SJ, who led a retreat for the Australian Bishops in 2019, answers some questions about how the spiritual conversations process will benefit the Plenary Council Members as they discern the questions before them.
We must become, even more than we are already, a community of true disciples.
At the Opening Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe emphasised that the Lord is inviting us to reflect deeply and courageously on how we can better, as individuals and as communities of faith, be this living image of the life-giving God who, in Christ, is always seeking to be present and active in our world.
A conversation with Fr Peter Whitely VG
Eric Martin speaks with Vicar General Fr Peter Whitely, about his experience of Assembly 1 of the Fifth Plenary Council; the highlights; what he found personally challenging during the sessions; and how we can effectively engage with the wider Catholic community.
