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...

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...

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...

Jamie Cameron, with wife Carmel, on the occasion of Jamie’s 60th birthday. Photo: Supplied. The Perth Archdiocesan Catholic community has this week lost beloved staff member James (Jamie) Cameron. Maintenance Officer Jamie Cameron tragically passed away at Royal Perth Hospital on Tuesday evening, 3 February, following a game of tennis, just shy of his 65th birthday. One of five siblin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K51ScJpgozM Applecross Parish Priest Fr Nelson Po has been announced as the new Auxiliary Bishop of Perth by the Holy See at 7pm Perth time on Monday, 2 February. The appointment, announced simultaneously in Rome and Perth, was warmly welcomed by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, who described Bishop-elect Po as “a new and dynamic shepherd” whose gifts w...

Eucharist28 marks a significant moment in the life of the Church in Australia, coinciding with the centenary of the first International Eucharistic Congress held in Sydney in 1928. Image: Archdiocese of Sydney. The official journey toward the International Eucharistic Congress 2028 (Eucharist28), to be held in Sydney, has formally begun with the launch of the Eucharist28 website and the rol...

Bateman Parish St Thomas More Church has recently celebrated the official blessing and opening of a new Columbarium. A significant milestone in the pastoral life of the parish, the columbarium provides a sacred resting place for the ashes of the deceased. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB led the celebration that included the blessing, opening and a community Mass. Archbishop Co...