Caritas Australia has announced the launch of Project Compassion 2026, its Lenten fundraising and awareness appeal that attracts participation from 1700 schools and 1200 parishes across Australia annually. This year, Caritas Australia is calling on the community to Unite Against Poverty. For six weeks, schools, students, parishes and individuals are encouraged to donate, participate in T...

On 24 October 2025, Padbury Catholic Primary School celebrated its 40th anniversary attended by more than 100 guests including past principals, students, staff, parents and members of the broader community. An inspiring community liturgy celebrated by Whitford Parish Priest Fr Cyprian Shikokoti set the tone for the entire day. The day of celebration commenced with a community liturgy. Ph...

Approximately 1500 kilometres off the Australian coast, 2600 kilometres northwest of Perth, in the middle of the Indian Ocean, lies the unique community of Christmas Island, home to some 1700 residents. Equally unique – and inspiring – is the island’s Catholic faith community that, although not within the jurisdiction of the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth, falls under its pastoral care. O...

Seventy years of Catholic faith were celebrated in Brookton near the end of last year with the Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church community coming together to commemorate their milestone anniversary. A special Anniversary Mass celebrated by Parish Priest Fr Joseph Kakumanu CRS saw the church filled to capacity for what the parishioners described as “a truly joyful celebration.” Addin...

An invitation to listen and to act. Image: Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Australia’s Catholic bishops have urged courage and tenderness in addressing the nation’s cost-of-living crisis in their latest social justice statement, The Cost of our Living: Economic and Social Justice for the Common Good. “Across Australia, many of our sisters and brothers are burdened by the rising c...

The Year 3 to 12 students celebrated a Mass with The Very Reverend Fr Vincent Glynn, Vicar General of the Perth Archdiocese. Photo: Aranmore/C.Smith. Aranmore Catholic College has celebrated a historic start to the new school year as an amalgamated Pre-Kindergarten to Year 12 Catholic school. At special opening events held last week, all staff and students came together for the first tim...

The University of Notre Dame Australia has announced an Australian-first program for student teachers to undertake practical teaching placements in Europe as part of their Bachelor of Primary and Secondary Education studies. The program began in 2024 with ten students completing education placement in schools across Darlington, England. In 2026, a record 75 UNDA students will complete sc...

As the new school year gets underway, sixty-four Year 12 graduates from WA’s Catholic schools have been recognised as Catholic Education WA’s high achievers for 2025. Graduates and their families joined senior leaders from Catholic Education WA at an annual Academic Excellence Award ceremony held in Leederville recently. The ceremony celebrates the achievements of those students who rece...

Unite Against Poverty. That is the theme for Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion 2026 appeal that will be officially launched on Sunday 15 February at a Mass held at St Mary’s Cathedral, celebrated by Bishop Don Sproxton, Auxiliary Bishop of Perth. This year’s appeal focusses on four stories from around the world - Tanzania, Bangladesh, Fiji, and a special emergency appeal in Gaza. ...

We celebrate this garden as a sign of hope, cooperation and stewardship; a place where the earth’s gifts are cultivated, where community is strengthened and where all are welcome. That was the primary message shared by The Very Reverend Fr Vincent Glynn, Vicar General of the Perth Archdiocese, who recently blessed and opened the Personal Advocacy Service’s (PAS) Community Garden i...