The meeting reignited critical discussions regarding Australia’s housing and homelessness crisis. Photo: Phil Bayne. A recent meeting between Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA) CEO Dr Jerry Nockles and Ben Rimmer, Director-General of the Housing Group in the Federal Department of Treasury, has reignited critical discussions regarding Australia’s housing and homelessness crisis. Du...

In the coastal southwest of Bangladesh, where rising seas and frequent storms threaten homes, crops and livelihoods, farmer Monoranjon is building a safer and more secure future for his family with support from Project Compassion. Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, and in the region where Monoranjon lives with his wife Anita and their two children, poverty...

The Australian Education Union (AEU) report on school infrastructure funding undermines the hard work and sacrifice of thousands of Australian families who contribute to the capital costs of their child’s school, the outgoing Executive Director of the National Catholic Education Commission, Jacinta Collins, has said. “Yet again, (this is) a poor characterisation of figures which advances se...

St John of God Health Care is pleased to announce the appointment of Elizabeth (Liz) Spaull as Chief Operating Officer. A respected leader with more than 20 years of senior leadership experience within the private acute and mental health hospital sectors, including a decade with St John of God Health Care, Liz has acted in the Chief Operating Officer role since November 2025. Liz is a re...

The latest WA census results confirm the enduring appeal of Catholic schools to families as enrolments grew for the sixth consecutive year. In the year to February 2026, enrolments increased by 1.5 percent with more than 84,500 students now enrolled. The growth was recorded in both metro and country schools, across primary and secondary year levels. First Nations students account for ...

In a statement released Wednesday 4 March, Archbishop Costelloe emphasised that the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has joined Pope Leo XIV and many world leaders in expressing deep alarm at the escalating violence now engulfing the Middle East.

By Jamie O'Brien and Phil Bayne It's almost impossible to fully grasp the extent of the good which our priests and indeed all our ordained ministers have done and continue to do for God's people, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said. “As ministers of God's grace, we've been drawn into the very ministry of Christ himself,” he continued, speaking to the nearly 200 clergy who gat...

Sisilia refilling her cup from newly installed water taps at her school in rural Tanzania. Photo: Caritas Australia. Thirteen‑year‑old Sisilia, from remote Tanzania, spent much of her childhood walking long distances to collect water each day, time that kept her from school and placed her dreams further out of reach. Today, thanks to Project Compassion and the support of the Diocese of M...

Dear friends, I thank you for your commitment: it is a very great and generous service that you give to your parish, and I encourage you to persevere faithfully. (Pope Leo XIV audience with French altar servers, 25.08.2025). Fifty years after he was first approached by Fr Pat Ahern to consider becoming an acolyte, John Foss, a parishioner at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Bruce Rock, is still...

The Chimera Ensemble piano trio, Rebecca Glorie, Melinda Forsythe and Tommaso Pollio. Photo: Supplied. Experience classical music in a deeper and more attentive way with the Dawson Society’s fourth instalment of their Wounded by Beauty series that combines classical performances with guided commentary. The performance on Friday 20 March features Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Trio No. 3 in F min...