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Plenary poised for virtual guidance
Despite large parts of the country being in lockdown, organisers of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia are ready to deliver the first assembly in October wholly online.
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Despite large parts of the country being in lockdown, organisers of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia are ready to deliver the first assembly in October wholly online.
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There has been a flurry of building activity in Rosewater recently as new state-of-the-art training facilities at the Western Technical College begin to take shape.
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Catholics around Australia are being invited to join a seven year journey and work towards a more sustainable Church as part of the annual Social Justice Statement released by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference this month.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the south of Haiti on August 14, causing widespread destruction, reducing buildings to rubble and causing at least 1200 deaths with thousands more injured.
Australians are being invited to pray for local, national and global communities experiencing great need and distress as a result of the pandemic.
Teamwork and the sharing of wisdom are critical for the success of the Plenary Council and beyond, according to one of the Archdiocese’s lay delegates who will attend the local hub assembly in October.
The longest-running program on Australian commercial television, Mass for You at Home, is celebrating 50 years on our screens.
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A coalition of Catholic organisations has launched a campaign to change Federal Government policy and increase support for refugees and asylum seekers.
Students at St Raphael’s School took home eight awards, including five first places, in the inaugural State gifted and talented awareness competitions held recently.
More than 80 students from schools around the State were featured in advertisements in newspapers and magazines, and on billboards, buses, bus shelters and in shopping centres as part of Catholic Schools Open Week celebrations (August 9-15).
With significant wedding anniversaries being recognised in parishes in September, one couple whose 65 years of marriage have been firmly grounded in their local parish is Kathleen and Jude Smith.
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