Along with celebrating new members, the occasion featured a recognition of four longstanding Guild members who hosted 110 years of collective service. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. The Guild of St Stephen has added 37 more members to its ranks following an investiture service held at Ellenbrook Parish St Helena of the Holy Cross Church. At Sunday Mass on 25 October, 23 altar s...

https://vimeo.com/1063030272?fl=pl&fe=vl The Iona Presentation Foundation is hosting its first public fundraising event to commemorate the 250-year legacy of the Presentation Sisters while looking ahead to the future of Presentation education. Titled “Light the Way”, the event will be held at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club on Thursday 19 November from 6 to 8pm. The fundraiser g...

Marking the 800th anniversary of St Francis’ death, Archbishop Costelloe spoke of a ministry which everyone present shared. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. “If we’re brave enough and inventive enough, we can find ways to help people who are desperately in need,” Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has told parish priests and appeal representatives at the liturgical launch of his ...

Eli McKenna, centre, starred as David, with seminarian Sebastian Loredo, as Mishael. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. Seminarians and parish youth brought the biblical account of three young men who refused to worship a king’s statue to the stage at Servite College on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 October. More than 200 people from across the Archdiocese attended each night of Daniel an...

As the first collaboration between the University's Centre for the History of Philosophy (CHOP) and the School of Philosophy & Theology, the symposium will explore philosophical traditions spanning the ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary periods. Photo: Supplied. The University of Notre Dame Australia will bring together leading philosophy scholars from its Fremantle and Sydney C...

A volunteer (left) assists an asylum-seeking family to select recently donated fresh produce. Photo: Supplied. The West Australian Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office (WACMRO) is encouraging schools and parishes to support Asylum Seeker Assist - a Catholic faith formation, outreach and community building response to vulnerable people seeking asylum in Perth. Recently, Holy Family Catho...

Archbishop Costelloe SDB, then Fr Timothy Costelloe SDB, receives the blessing of the hands from Melbourne Archbishop Sir Frank Littkle on 25 October 1986. Photo: Supplied/Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB. “This is the key to unlocking the mystery of Christian discipleship: to love as Jesus loved.” Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB spoke those words at St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday ...

Members of the Diocesan Pastoral Council came together Saturday 24 October with Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, Auxiliary Bishops Don Sproxton and Nelson Po, Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, the Very Rev Fr Minh-Thuy Nguyen and Chief, Mission Enhancement and Outreach, Dr Debra Syace at the Salvatorian Spirituality Centre. Photo: Supplied/Grace Kurniawan. Members of the Diocesan Pastoral ...

Bishop Sproxton blesses the new Catechists, Tuesday 20 October at the 2026 Catechists Services Commissioning Mass at St Michael the Archangel Chapel, West Leederville. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton has last week told new catechists they will hand on to children “an understanding of Jesus, and that Jesus is with them”. Bishop Sproxton celebrat...

At each historic place, participants made a connection to their own vocations and journeys in leading a Catholic school, and to how they follow in Jesus’ footsteps today. Photo: Supplied/CIWA. A combined pilgrimage co-ordinated by the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) and Catholic Institute of Western Australia (CIWA) has provided participants with new opportunities to reflect on t...