More than a thousand people flocked to Holy Family Parish Maddington to attend a March 16-20 retreat organised by Perth-based Syro Malabar Catholics from Kerala, South India.
Moments after Fr Crispin Witika was ordained a priest on March 21, the front-row pew at St Mary’s Cathedral erupted in joyous song and ululating voices.
The Australian branch of a lay movement with its roots in the 16th century was launched in Perth last week by the global leader of an order looking after orphans, the sick, and those afflicted by physical and spiritual poverty.
Richard Charlwood, a Perth teacher and one of Australia’s leading icon painters, was ordained a Deacon for the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Perth on March 9 before a full church of confreres and friends.
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