After almost a decade of Prison Ministry, Joe O’Brien finally felt that it was time for him to start a new chapter in his career.
This year sees him taking on the role as Director of the Emmanuel Centre.
The self-help Centre provides a caring and supportive environment for people with a variety of abilities, empowering them to share their gifts through programs tailored to their needs.

About 50 clergymen and laypeople attended the first PPC consultation meeting, held in Bateman Parish’s function hall on Saturday 6 March.

The West Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (WACMRO) has this year designed and implemented an outreach programme that effectively combines aspects of faith formation and community in a manner that meets Parish Council, Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) and Archdiocesan Plan 2016-21 objectives.

Father Vincent Glynn officially commenced his role as the first Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation and a member of the Archdiocese of Perth Curia on 1 July 2020. His appointment by Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB indicates the importance that the Archbishop places on these areas of ministry in the Church.

The Parish Renewal Implementation Group (PRIG) - an organisation established by the Archdiocese of Perth as part of the Archdiocesan Plan Perth, WA 2016 -2021 – is moving into the second phase of its parish revitalisation, marked by the launching of a Lenten project titled, ‘We walk with Jesus: Jesus walks with us’. Photo: Josh Low. The Parish Renewal Implementation Group (PRIG) – a priorit...

My secondment to the 1990 Year of Mission Committee proved to be a wonderful opportunity to understand how to go about pastoral planning.

The Archdiocese of Perth’s means of communicating to its faithful has vastly evolved over the past seven years from a weekly newspaper to a now multi-media platform.

The Record Magazine Issue 21. Front Cover: Feby Plando. In this Issue 21 of The Record Magazine, we take a look at the topic of Effective Communication. With the recent release of the Australian Catholic Bishops 2019 Social Justice Statement, Making it Real, Genuine Human Encounter in our Digital World, the topic is ever more relevant for our Church today. In his 2014 message for World ...

Encountering and walking with people along their journey of life and providing valuable formation as advocates for life is the mission of the newly launched Centre for Life, Marriage and Family.

The Archdiocese of Perth Communications Office team. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. The Archdiocese of Perth’s means of communicating to its faithful has vastly evolved over the past seven years from a weekly newspaper to a now multi-media platform. In this current internet-driven climate, digital effective communications is key to any successful organisation. For our local archdiocese, actio...