Buying his first car – and its personalised number plates – may have been the beginning of a truly life-changing choice. Andrew Pratt I became a Catholic during Easter 2012 at Sacred Heart Church, in Thornlie and since then have become more prayerful. I now see things more from a Catholic perspective then I would have previously, like the Eucharist and Adoration. I have always con...

Much-loved former parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Rockingham for 31 years, Fr Finbarr Walsh passed away peacefully at Fremantle Hospital on May 31, aged 83. His Pontifical Requiem Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Thursday, June 7, was attended by more than 600 people and over 60 priests and was concelebrated by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey,...

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Wild Weather not enough to drown out the choir at Holy Cross Parish in the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi. Hundreds staved-off the wild weather to celebrate the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ at Holy Cross Parish, Hamilton Hill last Sunday, swapping streets for the interior of the church for the Portuguese-led annual Corpus Christi procession. Men and women of the Portu...

South Perth parish dedicated and consecrated on the feast of Corpus Christi by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB 75 years after it was opened. It had been a long wait, but St Columba’s South Perth was finally dedicated and consecrated last Sunday, 75 years after it was blessed and opened. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB joined Parish Priest Monsignor Brian O’Loughlin and long-serving Pari...

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Things might be looking up for Australia's fledgling neighbour, East Timor. International aid agencies are helping people to put the past behind them and, given the country's tumultuous history, that is no small feat. “I have a story,” she says quietly. Aged 33, Dirse Desilva Soares’ future looks bright - she is currently completing a teaching practicum in Perth - but the story she tells is ...

There are moments of genuine holiness to be found in some British television series, Guy Crouchback explains. I have recently obtained by mail order two rather elderly DVD collections of British television series featuring Catholic priests – Bless Me, Father, starring Arthur Lowe, and a collection of GK Chesterton’s Father Brown stories, starring Kenneth More. Both are excellent. In contrast ...

Not many couples celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in hospital, with one of them suffering from pneumonia. Pat and Frank Hackett, of Success, did just that on Thursday, May 17, with Pat visiting Frank in St John of God Murdoch and patiently sitting with him at his bedside. Two of their four daughters, Donna and Bernadette, brought a huge arrangement of roses to the hospital, wh...

Pregnancy assistance centre renamed 'Elisabeth House" during the Year of Grace in honour of Mary's cousin who welcomed the expecting mother of God into her home. Pregnancy Assistance have named their East Perth premises “Elizabeth’s House” to mark the Year of Grace. The site has been named after Mary’s cousin, Elizabeth, in Luke’s Gospel who, expecting a child herself, welcomed the pregna...