The 2023 Advent Reflection on Modern Slavery on 2 December promises to be a beautiful and inspiring evening of readings and music featuring tenor Paul O’Neill, organist Andrew Brown and the St Elizabeth of the Trinity Choir conducted by Emma Oorschot.
Reflecting on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Sunday, Episcopal Vicar Education and Faith Formation, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn writes that in response to an initiative expressed by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB in his Pastoral Letter of April 2023, and encouraged by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter Desiderio Desideravi, the Archdiocese of Perth has been taking part in a journey of Liturgical Formation and Renewal.
MercyCare’s annual Easter event is an opportunity for staff to learn more about the traditional Easter story and how it connects to the work carried out across MercyCare.
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.
It is the peace of God given when there seems to be turmoil all around and I need help to find my way through the darkness; it is the grace God gives, embodied in Jesus Christ who rose from the dead offering hope to all of us even if we do not deserve it.
Saintly wisdom was freely offered to some 130 guests attending “Trust and Love in Troubled Times, Drawing Inspiration from St Louie, St Zélie and St Thérèse”, a one-day spiritual retreat spearheaded by Catholic Mission, held at Infant Jesus Church, Morley Parish, on Thursday 1 October.
The Archdiocese’s Centre for Life Marriage & Family (CLMF) has recently introduced its latest resource – an Advent reflection journal – which aims to aid in spiritual enrichment among the faithful as Christmas draws near.