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Called to Love and Lead: Archbishop Costelloe on the Courage to Say Yes to Vocation

During Good Shepherd Sunday Mass, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB reflected on the meaning of vocation and the courage it takes to say yes to God’s call. Speaking at St Mary’s Cathedral, he encouraged openness to vocations and highlighted the qualities of faith, love, and service, linking them to the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, whose own journey began with a simple “yes” to God.

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Archbishop Costelloe on Good Shepherd Sunday

“Be the Eucharist in Memory of Me”: Brother John De Agnel ordained to the Priesthood

Newly ordained Norbertine priest Fr John De Agnel Anthoni Samy O Praem will be a living sign of Christ among us as the one who gives everything for His peo-ple, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said.

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Fr John De Agnel Anthoni Samy O Praem Ordination

“He gazes on each one of us with love”: Archbishop Costelloe’s Palm Sunday and Chrism Mass messages call for renewal and courage

“He gazes on each one of us tonight – he looks deeply into our eyes and searches our hearts – and with love and hope he says to each of us, ‘Come, follow me, walk in my footsteps, do not be afraid, for I have called you by your name – you are mine.’” This was the message of Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB to the people of the Archdiocese of Perth across the first major liturgies of Holy Week 2025.

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St Mary's Cathedral Palm Sunday & Chrism Mass 2025

SPECIAL REPORT: “We Mourn and We Weep”: Archbishop Costelloe leads Perth Catholic community in farewell to Pope Francis

In the presence of some 1500 mourners, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke about the deep pastoral heart of Pope Francis—someone who sought not to be an untouchable figurehead, but a fellow pilgrim. By Jamie O’Brien.

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Solemn Pontifical Mass Pope Francis

Archbishop Costelloe Launches Jubilee Year of Hope with Stirring Message of Faith and Mercy

On Sunday, 29 December 2024, the Catholic community of Perth gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral for the launch of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB urged the faithful to look to the Holy Family of Nazareth as a source of hope and inspiration in times of challenge.

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2025 Jubilee Year of Hope Perth Launch

Path to Christian unity must be a pathway to a deeper encounter with Christ, says Archbishop Costelloe

Promulgated by the now Saint Pope John XXIII on 21 November 1964, Unitatis Redintegratio – Vatican II’s Decree on Ecumenism – brought the Catholic Church into the ecumenical movement as a key player by signalling unqualified commitment to the search for Christian unity.

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Unitatis Redintegratio – Vatican II’s Decree on Ecumenism

Like Jesus, be patient with others, Archbishop Costelloe tells Synod members

By Justin McLellan ACBC President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB speaks during a Mass with members of the Synod of Bishops in St Peter's Basilica on 30 September, 2024. Synod members participated in a two-day retreat at the Vatican before the opening of the second session of the synod. Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez. Synod members must imitate Jesus' patience and acceptance toward oth...
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“We become a sacrament of thepresence of Christ alive…”

In his homily for the 25th anniversary of Mary Mackillop Church and 35th anniversary of Ballajura Parish, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe spoke about our understanding of sacraments.

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Archbishop Costelloe elevates the Body of Christ at Ballajura Parish's 30th Anniversary.

UNDA Graduates called to reflect on what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God

“As graduates from a Catholic university, you are graduating from an institution which draws its inspiration and the very meaning of its existence from the life and teachings of the one who said, “I have come to bring life to all and bring life in all its fulness” (Jn 10:10),” Archbishop Costelloe emphasised.

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UNDA Graduation 2024

Dual anniversaries unite Ballajura parish community

Ballajura Parish has marked 2024 with the dual anniversaries of the Parish and Church, celebrating with the blessing and unveiling of a new grotto of the Holy Family, a bush dance, a Mass with Archbishop Costelloe and a dinner with some 200 hundred guests.

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Ballajura Parish 35 Anniversary

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