Archbishop Costelloe challenged young people across the Archdiocese of Perth to become instruments of peace. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has challenged young people across the Archdiocese to become “instruments of peace” and people of practical compassion. Speaking to Catholic secondary school students from across Perth at the 2026 Secon...

Archbishop Costelloe assists with the ribbon cutting at the blessing and opening of the Salesian College Chadstone Mannix Campus. Photo: Salesian College Chadstone. On the eve of the Feast of Saint Dominic Savio, Tuesday 5 May, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB visited Salesian College, Chadstone, Melbourne, Victoria, where he was welcomed as a special guest to preside over the blessin...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has been re-elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po has been appointed to the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service. Photo: Aaron Kong/Archdiocese of Perth. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has been re-elected President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference during the May ...

Representatives of more than a dozen Christian denominations joined with members of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference on Tuesday 12 May for an historic ecumenical worship service. Chair of the Bishops Commission for Christian Unity and Interreligious Dialogue, Bishop Michael Kennedy, led the gathering in Sydney’s Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel. The service was adapted from resou...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe’s LifeLink Day for Catholic Schools Initiative will hold extra significance in 2026 with commemorative prayer cards provided to every Catholic school student, teacher and member of staff across the Perth Archdiocese. Gifted to the Perth Catholic school community by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB and Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, a total of 85,000 prayer...

Speaking at the 2026 Clergy Conference, held Tuesday 14 April to Thursday 16 April at Newman College Amphitheatre, Archbishop Costelloe headlined the conference with his speech entitled, ‘Do you love me?’. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. As Christian disciples, and therefore and in a particular way as ordained ministers in God‘s Church, we have to know about Jesus, about who He was ...

“We have gathered around this Migrant Cross, a sacred sign inviting us to recognise the dignity of every person, and to welcome the stranger as Christ among us,” Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said recently. Celebrating the Welcome Mass for the Migrant Jubilee Cross, Archbishop Costelloe was joined by concelebrants Fr Paul Hyunh, Fr Thomas Zureich, Fr Yosep Remegius Asnabun, Fr Chrispine ...

“Today, we celebrate that for 50 years, Father Kaz has done his best to be the face of the Father's mercy to his people. In each parish he has been, he has gathered people around him who can become the living face of the mercy of God - God to each other, and to the wider community in which we live,” Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said. Speaking as the main celebrant of the community M...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this month had an interactive conversation with Rabbi Yonatan Dorfman, Rosh Kollel (Head Dean) of Kollel Emek HaTorah (also know as the Emek Learning Center) and Rosh Yeshiva (Dean of the academy) of Yeshivas Yedid Hamelech.Rabbi Dorfman talks with Archbishop Timothy Costelloe via podcast In the Valley of the Giants, exploring the shared moral values ...

Episcopal Ordination of Rev Fr Nelson Po Homily Most Rev Timothy Costelloe SDB Archbishop of Perth Thursday 16 April, 2026 St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth https://open.spotify.com/episode/4aBUih0w1icsDYAuRVcO2t?si=F6Rse1gyQ76mB6E0m89uTQ As we gather this evening for this wonderful moment in the life of the Archdiocese of Perth, we are certainly full of joy as we celebrate...