The Record Journalist Eric Martin caught up with Perth Plenary Member, Professor Francis Campbell, Vice Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame, to explore some of the practical elements of the Council.

Perth Members Dr Angela McCarthy and Gemma Thomson spoke with The Record Journalist Eric Martin about the difference between mission and ministry, about we need to live the Gospel truth, as well as their overall experiences of the Plenary Council Assembly One process so far.

Perth Members Marco Ceccarelli and Eva Skira AO spoke with The Record Journalist Eric Martin about three key issues facing Australian Catholics in today’s society, giving them the opportunity to explain their experiences and insights.

The Record journalist Eric Martins speaks to Perth Plenary Council Members about their thoughts, ideas and experiences of Day one of the First Assembly for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia.

The months between the first and second general assemblies of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia are a time for “prayer, reflection, maturation and development”, according to a concluding statement from the first assembly.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has reflected on a week that had been “inspiring, challenging and sometimes unsettling” following closure of the formal proceedings of the First General Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia on Saturday 9 October.

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President and Brisbane Archbishop Coleridge drew on the Gospel for Sunday’s First Assembly Closing Mass to see how the protagonist had similarities with the Council’s members.

Perth Plenary Council Members gathered with friends and family in St Michael The Archangel Chapel after the closing Mass of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Photo: Michelle Tan. Plenary Council President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke from the heart as he delivered his homily at the Perth Closing Mass of the First Assembly on Sunday 10 October, drawing on the richne...

Perth Plenary Council Members were graced with the ability of gathering at the offices of Catholic Education in Leederville during the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia. Here are some of the highlights. Eva Skira AO from the Association of Ministerial Public Juridic Persons listens in on Day one of the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Counci...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjK3xTkvg7w An impassioned call for “a prayer for the future of our common home, a Gospel for the home of our future generations” was made during the final reporting back on small group discernment by Plenary Council members on Saturday 9 October. The presenters’ comprehensive reports on the 16 agenda questions included proposals and requests for furthe...