Fr Brian was born in 1949, the younger of two sons, and was raised in the Scarborough Parish, with both parents continuing to live in the parish until they passed away.

The fifth Australian Plenary Council has been formally convoked, or launched, by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB will this weekend commission additional members at the 11am Mass, on the Feast of Pentecost, at St Mary’s Cathedral. All welcome.

A month-long prayer campaign in the build-up to the first assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia has been launched this week.

Sr Lucy is the Community Leader for the Presentation Sisters, based here in Perth, Western Australia.

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has spoken about the planning and preparation of the upcoming Plenary Council during an address to members of the Catenian Association.

What will we do when we finally get back to our parishes? I
don’t think anyone really knows, but I suspect it will not be business as usual. For many it will be a joy to return to the Masses they have missed so much; for
others it may be a little more complicated. Our lives have been turned upside down and we will have had months to think with
only streamed Masses to accompany us. There is much to rethink and rebuild. There will be questions that we will only
slowly come to appreciate. That
is why I believe that it is fortunate that the assemblies of the Plenary
Council have been delayed. We will need time to come to grips with our new
reality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye70OvSHtZ0 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 ...

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has recently taken the time to discuss the upcoming 2021 Plenary Council with ACBC Media & Communications Director Gavin Abraham.

The working document for the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia has today been released ahead of the first assembly in October.
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, President of the Plenary Council, said the document, known as an Instrumentum Laboris, provides a catalyst for the Church to renew the journey of prayer and discernment toward the first assembly.