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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
CSSA survey to map the impact of Catholic social services
Image: CSSA.
Catholic Social Services Australia is inviting interested parties to participate in a national initiative designed to gather detailed data on the operations, challenges and contributions of Catholic social service organisations across Australia.
As Australians face rising cost-of-living pressures, growing housing insecurity, increasing mental health concerns, and escal...
Migrant communities in a synodal Church
The conference will be staged alongside the meeting of the Bishops Commission for Evangelisation, Laity and Ministry and its advisory council. Image: ACMRO.
The dynamic role that migrant communities play within a synodal Church will be the focus of the Eighth Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO) National Conference.
Held from 25 – 26 August, the conference will be stage...
Students contribute to a million stories for Refugee Week
The young musicians worked with a team of high-profile artists to create the music video. Photo: Poppy van Oorde-Grainger.
A short documentary and original music video created by a group of Aranmore Catholic College students is set to feature on ABC iView during Refugee Week (14 – 20 June).
The multilingual students, from migrant and refugee backgrounds, attend Aranmore's Intensive Engli...
Australians urged not to look away from Russia-Ukraine conflict
Caritas Australia is urging Australians not to look away as Ukrainian families endure another devastating wave of attacks, with young people forced to sit critical exams in the aftermath of mass bombardment.
On the night of 2 June, Russia launched a massive attack across multiple Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro, using 73 missiles and more than 650 drones. The strikes hi...
SPECIAL REPORT: Archbishop Costelloe calls Perth clergy to courage and resilience
By Jamie O'Brien and Phil Bayne
It's almost impossible to fully grasp the extent of the good which our priests and indeed all our ordained ministers have done and continue to do for God's people, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said.
“As ministers of God's grace, we've been drawn into the very ministry of Christ himself,” he continued, speaking to the nearly 200 clergy who gat...
Bishops statement an invitation to listen and to act
An invitation to listen and to act. Image: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
Australia’s Catholic bishops have urged courage and tenderness in addressing the nation’s cost-of-living crisis in their latest social justice statement, The Cost of our Living: Economic and Social Justice for the Common Good.
“Across Australia, many of our sisters and brothers are burdened by the rising c...
