Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week reinforced the message of Pope Francis and the upcoming World Day of the Poor at the liturgical launch of his 2017 Christmas Appeal for LifeLink.
“It is an initiative which we can be sure will find a place in the Church’s life for a long time to come, touching as it does one of the most fundamental aspects of our Christian faith,” Archbishop Costelloe said.
“In his letter inaugurating this first World Day of the Poor, the Pope writes powerfully of the many faces of poverty in our contemporary experience,” the Archbishop continued.
“We live in a country which is richly blessed with natural and human resources, with a stable political system, with a well-developed and resourced education system and with generally good access to medical care for all who need it,” he said. By Jamie O’Brien.

More than 550 students from 73 Catholic primary schools across the Archdiocese of Perth came together at Newman College for the launch, which aimed to share with students our responsibility to help care for those who reach out for help and how the Church in Perth responds via LifeLink. By Jamie O’Brien

The Record Magazine Issue 10. Front Cover: Feby Plando. Welcome to the Social Outreach issue of The Record Magazine. This issue has been dedicated to the more than 20 social outreach agencies and organisations across the Archdiocese and the Perth Catholic community, with the aim of telling a little of their story and good works. At the launch of the Archdiocesan Plan in 2015, Archbishop...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB issues a Pastoral Letter ahead of 2017 Mental Health Week
Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe has this week encouraged all Catholics to remember that it is important to welcome, support and pray for those experiencing mental health issues, their families and people who provide support. Speaking ahead of 2017 Mental Health Week Western Australia, which commences Saturday 7 October and includes World Mental Health Day on Sunday 8 October, Archbishop Costelloe said whatever the cause, our call, as followers of Jesus, is to care about people with mental health issues. “The question for each one of us becomes, when we meet someone with a developing mental health issue, will they see in us the face of Jesus, or will they see someone in fear?” Archbishop Costelloe said. “I am sure Jesus met many people experiencing mental health issues, whom he treated with dignity and respect,” he said. By Jamie O’Brien.

ARCHBISHOP Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week said the Catholic Church, through its official teaching, cannot support proposals for the changing of the legal definition of marriage to include same sex couples.
In a Pastoral Letter to be distributed to all parishes this coming weekend, Archbishop Costelloe has clarified the reasons for the Church’s teaching and encouraged all to reflect deeply on the issue.
Archbishop Costelloe’s Pastoral Letter comes following a decision by the Federal Government to hold a non-compulsory postal plebiscite on the redefinition of marriage, after Labor and the Greens last week 9 August successfully blocked a bill to hold a plebiscite. At the time of going to press, a High Court challenge to the postal vote was being prepared to be lodged by Labor, the Greens and cross-bench senators. By Jamie O’Brien.

The Record Magazine Issue 9. Front Cover: Feby Plando. In this issue of The Record Magazine, we explore the theme of Vocation.Journalist Josh Low investigates the meaning of Vocation, speaking with Archdiocesan Vocations Office Director, Fr Jean Noel Marie, and Catholic Education WA Catechist Service Team Leader, Dr Pina Ford. Our Assistant Editor, Natashya Fernandez, speaks with Perth l...

The Record Magazine Issue 8. Front Cover: Feby Plando. “The Church herself in Australia will not be fully the Church that Jesus wants her to be until you have made your contribution to her life and until that contribution has been joyfully received by others.” These were the words of Saint (Pope) John Paul II during his momentous address to the Aboriginal people of Australia in 1986. So,...

Perth Catholic Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB last month joined fellow Christian and Jewish leaders in honouring Perth Hebrew Congregation’s Rabbi Dovid Freilich.

An accomplished highly respected Aboriginal leader from the Bibilmum Whadjuk Noongar language group of the south west, Lynwood Langford parishioner Robert Isaacs has dedicated his life to breaking down cultural barriers and improving the lives of disadvantaged people.

In 1987, then Prime Minister Bob Hawke promised to ensure that ‘By 1990, no Australian child will live in poverty.”