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Perth youth ignited by deeply spiritual experience

With the theme ‘Come Holy Spirit’ at the heart of occasion, over 150 young people from across Perth last week gathered for the third Ignite Live, held at Chisholm Catholic College in Bedford.

Over 150 young people recently attended the Ignite Live event held on 9 June at Chisholm College Bedford. This was the third Ignite Live event for 2017 that saw teenagers and young adults from around Perth. Photo: TLE Photography.

New Identitywa offices opportunity to praise God our creator, says Bishop Sproxton

Bishop Don Sproxton has last week praised the blessing and opening of the new Identitywa office in Balcatta as an opportunity to “praise God our creator, who gives us courage and strength.”

Catholic Education WA and United Arab Emirates discuss collaboration

Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) Executive Director Dr Tim McDonald highlights below the impact CEWA will have when it collaborates with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to reach and work together towards achieving the best educational needs for its students.

Catholic Education Western Australia recently hosted a delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to discuss how we can collaborate to reach our shared goal of meeting the contemporary educational needs of our students. Photo Supplied.

Mental Health First Aid course growing across Perth

A first aid course in Mental Health has now been successfully completed by some 90 people across the Archdiocese.

The Mental Health First Aid course enables a person to assist others who may be experiencing a mental health crisis or developing a mental health problem. Participants learn the signs and symptoms of these mental health issues, where and how to get help and what sort of help has been shown by research to be effective. Photo Supplied.

Presentation Sisters bid farewell to Iona Presentation Primary School

The Iona Presentation Primary School community last week came together to commemorate the handing over of the school to Archbishop Timothy Costelloe

Archbishop Costelloe blessing the Presentation Garden and the Mosaic, an abstract image representing Nano Nagle and the Presentation Sisters. Photo Natashya Fernandez.

Top WA honour for passionate mental-health nurse

Notre Dame University graduate Amy Wallace has been named Western Australia’s top Registered Nurse.

Amy Wallace received the WA Nurse/Midwife of the Year Award at the 2017 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards. Pictured with Gail Milner, Chairman of the WA Nurses Memorial Charitable Trust, and WA Premier Mark McGowan. Photo: Courtney Holloway.

MOVIE REVIEW: Exploration of faith and friendship in Apparition Hill

If you’re looking for an introduction to the Marian apparitions at Medjugorje and their impact on people who visit the site, then Apparition Hill (Stella Mar Films, 2016) provides an interesting entry point.

If you’re looking for an introduction to the Marian apparitions at Medjugorie, and their impact on people who visit the site, then 2016 film Apparition Hill provides an interesting entry point. Image: Supplied.

Edmund Rice Education Australia Apologises to Survivors and Victims

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) has today delivered a National Apology on behalf of its schools to the survivors and victims of sexual abuse.

INTERNATIONAL: Pope Francis: Hypocrisy kills the Christian community

The diabolical language of hypocrisy, which ensnares others through flattery has the power to destroy Christian communities, Pope Francis said in his homily during Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae on 6 June.