Sacrifice in time of covid-19

Jared Lucky has an excellent article in Commonweal. He offers a critique of  those who decry the call to sacrifice natural goods and even supernatural goods like participation in Mass ...

Cathedral Bulletin for 29 March

[caption id="attachment_3744" align="alignleft" width="300"] Click for PDF of bulletin[/caption]                 Other aids to prayer A prayer service based on Morning Prayer of the church for you to use at home.   There are many other ...

Prayer in a time of covid-19

Many people may be experiencing the inability to participate in Mass as a deprivation, even as a desolation which is testing their faith. This is perfectly understandable; we, Catholics, are ...

Closure of Cathedral and other churches

The Commissioner of Police and State Emergency Coordinator has directed that certain places of worship, business and entertainment be closed from 23 March to 13 April. The Cathedral and other ...

18 March Cathedral programme update

The Archbishop has issued a letter this afternoon suspending all public Masses in the Archdiocese of Perth for an initial two-week period. The Sunday Obligation for the faithful does not ...

Update on health measures at St Mary’s

You will be aware that the Commonwealth heads of government have accepted the advice of the Chief medical officer Brendan Murphy that all gatherings of more than 500 people be ...