Merriden Parish Priest Fr Phillip Perreau, Woodvale Parish Priest Fr Stan Bendowski, Auxiliary Bishop Dson Sproxton, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Fr Andrew Bowron, Central Wheatbelt MP Lachlan Hunter and parishioners Heather Giles and John Jeffreys. Photo: Em Louise Photography. "We are called to be faithful disciples of Jesus, not in some imagined golden age, but in the reality of our...

You are a sign of God's care for His people Bishop Don told the congregation at the 2026 Eucharistic Celebration with Church Personnel on Friday 7 August at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. All of you, in one way or another, are touching the suffering of others, the needs of others, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has told the personnel and volunteers of the ...

Bishop Don Sproxton, Ambassador Keith Pitt, Bishop Nelson Po and Archdiocese Chancellor and Executive Director, Daniel Lynch. Photo: Michelle Tan/Archdiocese of Perth. Perth Auxiliary Bishops Don Sproxton and Nelson Po have last week welcomed Australia’s Ambassador to the Holy See, The Hon Keith Pitt, who was in Perth to deliver a lecture at the University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantl...

Fr Arulraj leads the Mass at St Cecilia’s Church in Floreat. Photo: Eric Odong. The Parish of Floreat-Wembley has welcomed Fr Arulraj Mulaguri Chinniah as its new parish priest, with his installation Mass on 12 July highlighting both the importance of pastoral leadership and the mission entrusted to every Christian to proclaim the Gospel. Presiding over the Mass, Auxiliary Bishop Don Spr...

Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has encouraged young artists of the Archdiocese to experience the joy of working together and performing together as they share expressions of themselves, their world, and Jesus with their audiences. Students from Iona Presentation College, Mosman Park perform at the Opening Mass for Catholic Education’s Spirit of the Arts Festival. Photo: Eric Odong. ...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, ninth from left, with Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, Vicar General, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn and Chief, Mission Enhancement, Dr Debra Sayce, second from right, with Members of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, who will serve a three-year term include from left, Lourdes Has, Catherine Rice, Tara Peters, Richard Miles, Wayne Bull, George Sekulla, Michael Piu, ...

The Permanent Deacons following their Ordination to the (Permanent) Diaconate on 29 June 2006 at St Mary’s Cathedral (prior to the renovations), with now Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey (centre) and then Office of the Permanent Diaconate Director, Fr Peter Bianchini; Patrick Seatter (now deceased) Greg Lowe, Patrick Moore, Albert Aitkinson, Damian Gorian, Trevor Lyra, Bruce Talbot, Paul Russe...

Bishop Don Sproxton has called on Catholics to pray for, give thanks for, and support the men and women whose work at sea sustains daily life. Photo: Adobe Stock. As the Church prepares to mark Sea Sunday on 12 July, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has called on Catholics to pray for, give thanks for, and support the men and women whose work at sea sustains daily life. In a Pastoral ...

Bishop Sproxton accepts a handcrafted commemorative cross made by the glassmaking students at Prendiville Catholic College. Photo: Michelle Tan. A beautiful sign of the presence of the Lord was given to us at the very beginning when we use the incense to incense the sacred altar, and to, in a way, remind ourselves also of the cross and have the place of the cross in our life, and how that c...

The pilgrimage of the Migrant Jubilee Cross across Western Australia has become a powerful reminder of the Church’s call to welcome the stranger, honour cultural diversity and journey together in faith. Welcomed to the Perth Archdiocese in April, the cross drew Catholics from numerous parishes and cultural communities into prayer, reflection, celebration and pilgrimage. In celebrating th...