“2026 marks the launch of a new campaign by one of Australia’s oldest Catholic international development agencies, Palms International Volunteering”, said its Executive Director Soraya Kassim.  “We are launching Simplicity September as a distillation of the wisdom of the last 65 years of our operation.”  The essence of the Simplicity September campaign is to challenge Catholics...

The relic of Saint Carlo Acutis on display in the St Mary’s Cathedral crypt. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. By Jamie O'Brien and Phil Bayne Perth pilgrims have flocked to venerate the relic of St Carlo Acutis, the Church's first millennial saint, during the relic's national mission. St Mary’s Cathedral, St Michael the Archangel Chapel in Leederville and Sacred Heart Church in...

Let us be generous with ourselves and allow God to work through us, Bishop Nelson said at the National Vocations Awareness Week Mass on Sunday 2 August. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. We all have the vocation to live holy and Christian lives, to be always Christ-like. This is the general and common vocation of all of us, of all the baptised, Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po has said. ...

The Society is urging the government to recognise housing as a fundamental human right and to make it a national priority. Photo: Phil Bayne. The St Vincent de Paul Society has used National Homelessness Week (3 - 9 August) to urge the Australian Government to act on this year's theme, Homelessness Action Now by recognising housing as a fundamental human right ...

What face of God do you allow to shine through your life and ministry? That was the thought-provoking question Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB posed to staff and guests at the blessing of the new Catholic Regional Tribunal of Western Australia office on Tuesday 28 July.  Quoting the same question Pope Leo XIV asked a group of Italian bishops while speaking about leadership and m...

Catholics from across Perth are collecting signatures on a petition asking Members of the Western Australian Parliament to keep the Lord's Prayer at the start of each sitting day, joining a growing number of West Australians who have made their views known to a parliamentary committee now weighing in on the question. The proposal to drop the prayer came from Bassendean MP Dave Kelly, a form...

By Joel Hall As the 2026 Catholic Social Services Western Australia (CSSWA) Awards hover on the horizon, last year’s winners have reflected on the processes that led them to be worthy recipients. Employee of the Year Ian Smith said he was humbled and honoured for not only receiving last year’s award but for doing pastoral care work for Catholic Homes- the service for which landed him the...

The Catholic Earthcare Season of Creation Gathering 2026: Listen Reflect Act online event will be held from 3 – 4 September. Image: Caritas Australia. Caritas Australia and Catholic Religious Australia have announced the national Catholic Earthcare Season of Creation Gathering 2026: Listen Reflect Act online event will be held from 3 – 4 September. An endorsed Caritas Australia init...

Laws for the protection of life need to be passed because every single life is important, Perth Archbishop Emeritus Barry Hickey said recently. Addressing the estimated 1800 people gathered on the forecourt steps of Western Australia's Parliament House on Wednesday 6 May for the annual Perth Rally for Life, Archbishop Hickey prayed that “the goodness, expectations and hopes in our hearts wi...

I will never forget you (Is 49:15) is the theme selected by Pope Leo XIV for the Sixth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly that will be celebrated on Sunday 26 July. This year’s celebration coincides with the feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus. It provides an opportunity to bring the Church closer to the elderly and acknowledge their contribution to fa...