The Archdiocese of Perth has last week officially launched the biographies of Archbishop Patrick Clune CSsr, written by Fr Christopher Dowd, and Bishop Martin Griver, written by Odhran O’Brien.

Lifelink Day is all about responding in a practical, down-to-earth way to people who are suffering, said Archbishop Costelloe this week, as he spoke to students, teachers and special guests at the launch of the 2015 Lifelink Day.

It is beyond question that we have to do much more in favour of women, said Pope Francis recently, as he began the first of two talks during his general audience on the Difference and complementarity between men and women.

A simple plan to help the homeless of Perth that was successfully devised by a 10-year-old Whitford Catholic Primary School student is once again under way for the third year in a row.

In a letter to all priests across Perth, Archbishop Costelloe said that some parishes may begin the 24-hour period with a specially designed liturgical celebration on the Friday evening.

More than 250 former students, teachers, parents and members of the school community gathered together, last weekend, to celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary.

Pancakes were aplenty at this week’s Shrove Tuesday festivities, thanks to Caritas Australia’s Perth office.

The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ACBC) has written to Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressing concern for the circumstances of Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who are facing the death penalty.

Mercy College teacher of 30 years, Mayford Godfrey, has this week retired from full-time teaching. PHOTO: Courtesy of Mayford Godfrey

As Christians, one of the things we simply must not do is to stand in front of someone else’s experience of the cross, these were the words of Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America, the Hon. Kim Beazley AC on December 9.