Week 3
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FCBO ASSEMBLY 2023: Bishops will carry shared mission home from Oceania assembly
In his homily for the missioning Mass, concluding the quadrennial Assembly of Bishops from across Oceania in Fiji, Samoa Pago Pago Bishop Peter Brown CSsR urged his brother bishops – at the end of a week in which they focused often on God’s creation – to reflect on their place in the Church.
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FCBO 2023: Future hopes of all interwoven by the ocean
Titled The oceans of the world are interwoven with the future hopes of all peoples, the statement speaks of the need for “deeper ecological conversion” and to embrace “the challenge of integral ecology”. Please find the statement attached.
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Bishop Sproxton celebrates milestone birthday
Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has last week Tuesday 7 February 2023 celebrated a milestone 70th birthday. Bishop Sproxton was elected by Pope John Paul II to the episcopacy in December 2001 and ordained a bishop on 21 February 2002 at St Mary's Cathedral.
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St Mary’s Cathedral launch their Modern Slavery Project
An anti-slavery project was launched at St Mary’s Cathedral last Saturday 11 February and will run until the end of the year, which will include a review of procurement policies and practises as well as faith formation and social education sessions.
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Former refugee Fr Minh-Thuy Nguyen announced as new Vicar for Clergy
Hailing originally from Saigon, South Vietnam, Fr Minh Thuy is the middle child of five children to Nghiem Nguyen and Tuoi Nguyen (nee Nguyen). With some 32 years’ experience across the Archdiocese of Perth, the Thornlie Parish Priest has last week been appointed the new Episcopal Vicar for Clergy.