Pope Leo XIV poses with Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday 3 October 2026. Photo: OSV News photo/Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe met with Pope Leo XIV last weekend. Archbishop Costelloe has travelled to Rome to participate in Pope Leo XIV’s global Vatican summit for presidents of Bishops' Confer...

Vicar General, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn, centre, with Maida Vale Parish Priest Fr Benny Calanza, fourth from left, with acolytes and altar servers at the Maida Vale Parish Feast Day, Sunday 4 October. Photo: Eric Odong. “When Francis heard Jesus say, ‘Go and repair my house,’ he first thought about rebuilding a crumbling chapel. But gradually he realised that Christ was calling him to ...

Celebrating their anniversaries in 2024 were Fr John Jegorow, third from right, Fr Brian McKenna, third from left, Msgr Brian O’Loughlin, first from right and Fr Peter Bianchini, second from right, seen here on their Ordination day with then Archbishop Launcelot Goody, 31 August 1974. Photo: The Record. Over seven years of seminary holidays, John Jegorow worked as a postie in Bassendean. At...

Sr Roma Banducci and Sr Kerry Willison with Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey and Fr Peter Bianchini. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. “I just knew that I wanted to help people,” Sr Roma Banducci RSM told The Record in 2006, recalling why she had chosen religious life. Sr Roma last week Thursday 24 September joined Sr Kerry Willison RSM for their anniversary celebrations, bringing ...

Launching the new Bishops Mandate for Catholic Education Western Australia Ltd on Thursday 10 September at The Westin were Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, third from left, CEWA Executive Director, Annette Morey, fourth from left and from left, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, former CEWA Executive Director Wayne Bull, CEWA Commission Chair Tim Shannahan, Broome Bishop Tim Norton, B...

Salvatorian priests of Western Australia with visiting confreres from Poland, Fr Mikołaj Markiewicz, Provincial of the Polish Province, and Fr Tomasz Górny SDS, Provincial Treasurer, alongside Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Bishop Karol Kulczycki SDS, Bishop George Kolodziej SDS and Bishop Emeritus Justin Bianchini. Photo: Michelle Tan/Archdiocese of Perth. "To be chosen and commi...

Christian prayer has opened sittings in the Westminster tradition since 1558, and the Commonwealth Parliament has done so since 7 June 1901. Photo: Adobe Stock. Two members of the Western Australian Parliament have argued publicly for retaining the Lord's Prayer in parliamentary proceedings, lending weight to the case Perth Catholics have been putting since petitions on the question began c...

This year – staff from across the Archdiocese gathered Friday 7 August at St Mary’s Cathedral Parish Centre to honour the outstanding contributions of two remarkable women— Carey Brown and Doris Zembonetti.

Bishop Sproxton with Doubleview parishioner and 2026 CSSWA Volunteer of the Year Award recipient, Doris Zombonetti, also with Matt Tranter (son of Tom Tranter) Catholic Outreach Director, Marietta Russo. Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth.

Merriden Parish Priest Fr Phillip Perreau, Woodvale Parish Priest Fr Stan Bendowski, Auxiliary Bishop Dson Sproxton, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Fr Andrew Bowron, Central Wheatbelt MP Lachlan Hunter and parishioners Heather Giles and John Jeffreys. Photo: Em Louise Photography. "We are called to be faithful disciples of Jesus, not in some imagined golden age, but in the reality of our...