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The best in Catholic news from across the Archdiocese of Perth
Personal Advocacy Service launches new website
The new platform is designed to reflect the agency’s growth and enhance accessibility for the community.
Vietnamese Catholic Community of Perth celebrate Tết with special Thanksgiving Mass
The Vietnamese Catholic Community of Perth celebrated the start of the Lunar New Year, or Tết, with a Thanksgiving Mass on January 28. Over a thousand parishioners, wearing colourful traditional attire, gathered at the Vietnamese Catholic Community Centre.
Volunteering experience supported professional growth for new graduate
Inspired by the office’s mission to preserve important information and ensure governance, Anish saw an opportunity to gain practical experience while contributing to a meaningful cause.
Discovering the Missionary Families of Christ: A Q&A with Joven and Sandra
Through their leadership, Joven and Sandra aim to inspire others to join MFC and contribute to its mission of transforming lives and communities through faith and family.
WA philanthropists take action to build a new home for people experiencing homelessness
The project includes a $7.5 million contribution from the Cook Government to fund 28 new social homes on the site, providing long term housing for people exiting homelessness in the form of self-contained apartments.
Child wellbeing the centre of homelessness crises
In partnership with the Equity Project and St Vincent de Paul Society WA, the Valuing Children Initiative is holding this lunchtime event as part of Homelessness Week 2024.
Accessible homes transforming lives
Identitywa recognises the importance of accessibility and ageing in place and is addressing this with the inclusion of features such as master sized bedrooms with ensuites, spacious communal areas, wide doorways and corridors, as well as the integration of assistive technology and security features.
Catholic social service agencies affirmed for dedication to the causes of fairness, kindness, and mercy
In a memorable speech for the inaugural St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, former Federal politician Ken Wyatt spoke of his own personal challenges of growing up in an indigenous family, encouraging those present to heed the timeless wisdom of Australia’s first saint.
$7.5 million for St Pat’s Fremantle to boost social housing
St Pat’s Community Support Centre CEO Michael Piu, far right, with Housing and Homelessness Minister John Carey, left and Fremantle MLA Simone McGurk, centre. St Pat’s has last month been boosted with 7.5 million with the aim of building 28 newly built social housing dwellings. Photo: Facebook/John Carey.
St Pat’s Community Support Centre has last month been boosted with 7.5 million with th...
SPECIAL REPORT: Poor and disadvantaged remembered at annual LifeLink Christmas Appeal launch
Speaking at the 2023 Archbishop Annual Christmas Appeal launch, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has drawn on the message of Pope Francis who reminded Catholics around the world,
‘Do not turn your face away from anyone who is poor’.
