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SPECIAL REPORT: Return Christ to the Church: Archbishop Costelloe commissions new Diocesan Pastoral Council Members

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, ...
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Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, Vicar General, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn and Chief, Mission Enhancement, Dr Debra Sayce, with Members of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, who will serve a three-year term include Wayne Bull, Michelle Carrick, Karen Hart, Lourdes Has, Daniel Hewitt, Robert Hicks, Lauren Italiano, Sr Chitra Justin, Anne Mahony, Rommie Masarei, Rodney Mascarenhas, Richard Miles, Tara Peters, Dr Francesco Piccolo, Michael Piu, Catherine Rice, George Sekulla, Fr Michael Twigg OMI. Photo: Eric Odong.

Tommy More welcomes new Deputy Head of College

Amy said she was looking forward to helping students can flourish throughout their educational journey. Photo: St Thomas More College. St Thomas More College (Tommy More) is pleased to announce Amy Price has been appointed as Deputy Head of College. Amy joins Tommy More from Geraldton Grammar where she held the position of Deputy Principal. She brings significant experience in student...
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Amy said she was looking forward to helping students can flourish throughout their educational journey. Photo: St Thomas More College.

Heart of a saint: major relic of St Carlo Acutis to visit St Mary’s Cathedral

The relics of Carlo Acutis on display in 2024. Photo: Archdiocese of Perth. The relic of St Carlo Acutis, the Church's first millennial saint will draw pilgrims to St Mary's Cathedral from 31 July to 5 August, as the relic's national mission reaches Perth. The relic is a section of St Carlo's pericardium, the membrane that encloses and protects the heart, measuring six centimetres by tw...
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The relics of Carlo Acutis on display in 2024. Photo: Archdiocese of Perth.

A decade of creative excellence at Seton Catholic College

(L-R) ‘Changeling’s Grace’ by Eleanor Read, ‘Like a Moth to a Flame’ by Hannah Marinovich-Zano and ‘Life’s Ephemeral Dance’ by Lauren Branch currently on display at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Photo: Seton Catholic College. When visitors enter The West Australian Pulse 2025 exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA), one of the first artworks they encounter is a lar...
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(L-R) ‘Changeling’s Grace’ by Eleanor Read, ‘Like a Moth to a Flame’ by Hannah Marinovich-Zano and ‘Life’s Ephemeral Dance’ by Lauren Branch currently on display at The West Australian Pulse 2025 Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Photo: Seton Catholic College.

UNDA to explore philosophy of the Abrahamic traditions

The University of Notre Dame Australia will host a A$3.5 million share of a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Synergy Grant in its Centre for the History of Philosophy (CHOP) for a project examining methods of logical argumentation across the Abrahamic philosophical traditions (Jewish, Christian and Islamic). Newly appointed Professor of Medieval Arabic Philosophy, Professor Tony ...
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CHOP Co-Directors and Associate Professors in Philosophy, Nathan Lyons and David Bronstein. Photo: UNDA.

Perth to celebrate National Vocations Awareness Week 2026

The week opens with a Vocations Mass on Sunday 2 August, celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po at St Mary’s Cathedral at 11am. Image: Supplied. Catholics across the Archdiocese of Perth are invited to pray for vocations and reflect on God's call in their own lives during National Vocations Awareness Week, celebrated across Australia from 2 to 9 August 2026. The Perth Vocations Office ...
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The week opens with a Vocations Mass on Sunday 2 August, celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po at St Mary’s Cathedral at 11am. Image: Supplied.

Twenty years on, Perth’s permanent deacons give thanks for a ministry that has changed them

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...
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Former Office of the Permanent Diaconate Director, Fr Peter Bianchini, far right, with Permanent Deacons Aaron Peters, Patrick Moore, Greg Lowe, John Kiely, Albert Aitkinson, Trevor Lyra, Bruce Talbot, Paul Reid, Mark Powell and Paul Russell on the occasion of their 20th Anniversary Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sunday 28 June 2026. Photo: Jamie O’Brien.

SPECIAL REPORT: Servant of God John Cyril Hawes takes first step on road to sainthood

A circa 1915 portrait of Monsignor Hawes. Nearly 70 years after his death, the Catholic Church has taken its first formal step toward declaring him a saint. Photo: Sourced. On a hill in the Bahamas, in a cave he fashioned into a burial place with his own hands, lies Monsignor John Cyril Hawes, dressed in a Franciscan habit, arms outstretched in the form of a cross. It is exactly how he a...
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A statue of Monsignor John Hawes with one of his famous buildings, Geraldton's St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, in the background. Photo: Adobe.

Mercedes College hosts historical TEDx Event

The event was the culmination of years of planning and a commitment to empowering young women to question, think critically and use their voice. Photo: Mercedes College. Equity in education, bullying, ATAR scaling, stereotyping women’s sports, AI, politics, society’s expectations and facing our fears were some of the highly engaging topics addressed at the inaugural TEDx Youth Event hosted ...
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The event was the culmination of years of planning and a commitment to empowering young women to question, think critically and use their voice. Photo: Mercedes College.

UNDA introduces new course focused on volunteering

The course will launch later this month and will be available across the Fremantle, Broome and Sydney campuses. Photo: Adobe Stock. The University of Notre Dame Australia is launching a distinctive new course that will give students the opportunity to contribute to meaningful community change while earning credit towards their degree. The Volunteering for Community Impact course enables ...
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The course will launch later this month and will be available across the Fremantle, Broome and Sydney campuses. Photo: Adobe Stock.

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