As Catholic European settlers arrived in the Kalamunda parish in the early 1950s, their skills were immediately utilised to build the first church in the area – now Holy Family Catholic Parish.

Each year, Project Compassion, which runs through the six weeks of Lent, brings hundreds of thousands of Australians together in solidarity with the world’s poor.

Pope Francis has last week sent out 31 families to preach in secularised areas around the world, at a meeting with thousands of members of the Neocatechumenal Way, including 200 missio ad gentes families.

Perth is set to join a new initiative currently spreading across the nation: Welcome Dinners for local migrants, international students, refugees and asylum seekers to share a meal with local, established Australians.

Based on its ingratiating surface, the comedy sequel The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel might be categorised as the sort of film that, while safest for adults, could also be appropriate, at a stretch, for well-grounded teens.

Being able to combine her love of swimming with her dream to become a doctor underpinned world-leading elite athlete Brianna Throssell’s decision to study at The University of Notre Dame Australia.

More than 50 youth from across Perth last week worked together to sculpt faith-minded images from sand in a competition hosted by Catholic Youth Ministry Perth.

Clinical Nurse at St John of God Murdoch Hospital Jodie Thompson recently visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) to help build a regional birthing suite and provide labour and delivery training to local community health workers.

“Holy See, Unholy Me – tales from Tim Fischer’s 1,000 days in Rome” provides a rare, fascinating and often humorous insight into the workings (and sometimes non-workings) of the Vatican.

The Lithuanian Community of Perth last month gathered together in celebration of the 100th birthday of North Perth resident and long-time St Francis Xavier East Perth parishioner Marija Stankevicius.