Catholic Women's League members from Geraldton to the Southwest gather at St Mary's Cathedral to celebrate 75 years in Western Australia The Catholic Women’s League (CWL) celebrated its 75 year presence in Western Australia on Sunday, May 27 with a special Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth. The congregation included more than 100 CWL members from throughout the state - from Geraldton to ...

Monsignor Sean O'Shea confirms Rottnest resident, Singithi Megana Keyzer, with Bishop Don Sproxton and finishes up serving the Island after more than 50 years. When someone finishes up in a role he’s been in for more than 50 years, one might expect him to wax lyrical about the experience. This Sunday, Mgr Sean O’Shea will celebrate his final Mass as Rottnest Island Catholic chaplain – a p...

The theme of motherhood and the meaning of being a woman inspires young artists from UWA entering in the Mandorla Young Art Award's Young artists have been challenged by a Christian art award with its theme ‘born of a woman’, (Galatians 4:4), raising questions on the role of the mother in modern family life and what it means to be a woman. Among the many young artists having a tilt at the...

Susan (not her real name) is in her 20s and told The Record why she took part in the Walk and Rally for Life on May 22. What has been your personal experience of the issue? Abortion was one of those touchy subjects that I tried to avoid and ignore until it just couldn’t be ignored anymore. One of my best friends, a Catholic girl who was engaged to be married, told a group of friends that sh...

Breakfast Bash at St Joseph's Parish in Northam ignites discussion in the establishment of a parish youth group by students from both schools. Young people of St Joseph’s Parish in Northam recently enjoyed an early morning breakfast at the school to discuss the possibility of establishing a parish youth group. Students from Years 4 to 10, along with Father Dominic Savio and school staff, ...

Song and colour abounded at the inaugural Africa Day Mass with many of the continent’s 50 plus countries represented at the North Perth Monastery The inaugural Africa Day Mass on May 25 was never going to be a sedate affair. Standing before several hundred people at the North Perth Monastery, the woman who first suggested the event, Patience Sakonda, exhorted the congregation to the right...

Archbishop Costelloe joins St Kieran's Parish in honouring Our Lady of the Annunciation It was a case of one good announcement deserving another on May 20 as Catholics marched in procession for Maria SS Annunziata – Our Lady of the Annunciation, at St Kieran’s Parish in Osborne Park. This year, the annual celebration was a little different as devotees were joined by Archbishop Timothy Cos...

Spiritus was more than a night of listening to song it was a solemn experience An hour after the standing-room-only launch of the Year of Grace, St Mary’s Cathedral was stilled to nothing, lit only by candlelight, save for a few overhead lights on the sanctuary and the tabernacle. It was the perfect atmosphere for Spiritus, an organ and choral recital to celebrate Pentecost, the latest in...

US Sailors in a sign of goodwill help with the maintenance of St Mary's Cathedral Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Mgr Michael Keating welcomed US military chaplain Father Keith J Schuley and the sailors of the USS Carl Vinson at St Mary’s Cathedral on Friday morning. “We are blessed in a special way and delighted to meet you all,” Cathedral Dean Mgr Keating told the 14 sailors as he ...

St Jerome's Youth make like Jesus and take to the waterfront for witness and a spot of breakfast. It wouldn't be the first time Christians had taken to the waterside to witness to the Gospel. At Coogee beach on Easter Monday mornings, it has become something of a tradition. For the sixth year in a row, young adults from St Jerome's Somascan youth group trekked across the white sand, prayi...