Emergency vehicles at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday 14 December 2025. Two gunmen targeted Jewish beachgoers at an event celebrating the first day of Hanukkah, leaving 15 dead, including a gunman, and more than 40 wounded. Photo: OSV News/Izhar Khan, Reuters. By Jamie O’Brien On the golden sands of Bondi Beach last Sunday evening, an act of unspeakable ...

A Mass will be celebrated at St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth on Thursday, 8 January to mark 180 years since the arrival of the first Sisters of Mercy in Australia and to give thanks for the tens of thousands of women and men who have been inspired by Catherine McAuley’s expression of Mercy in the years that have followed. Some 15 years after Catherine McAuley established the Sisters of Mercy...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CkQpWFR6tg By Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In the Book of Daniel, we meet three young men — Ananiah, Azariah, and Mishael — whose story is one of remarkable courage and faith. Faced with the command of a mighty king to bow before a false god, they refused, choosing instead to entrust themselves entirely to the...

Archbishop Costelloe SDB with Outgoing CEWA Commissioner, Eva Skira. Photo: Matt Biocich/Supplied. The Catholic bishops of Western Australia have appointed four new Commissioners to the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia (CECWA):• Dr Marina Hogan PhD, MBA, BA (Hons)• Mr Geoff Mills MEd (Leadership & Management), MEd (RE), BEd, Dip.Teach., Dip. RE• Mr Justin Scanlan GAICD...

By the Most Rev Bishop Don Sproxton, Auxiliary Bishop of Perth Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, In the Book of Job, we encounter a man of deep faith who, in the face of immense suffering, never loses his trust in God. Job’s story is not one of simple endurance, but of courage — a courage born from faith that refuses to give way to despair. Even when everything he had was stripped...

Newton, one of Australia’s most celebrated portraitists, is known for his remarkable ability to reveal the essence of his subjects through light, tone, and expression. Photo: Supplied. By Jamie O'Brien A new portrait of Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, painted by renowned Australian artist Paul Newton, has been unveiled — a work that not only captures the Archbishop’s likeness bu...

Archbishop Costelloe holds a teddy as part of the End Child Poverty campaign. Photo: Michelle Tan. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB said protecting the rights of “children in our communities” is a responsibility the Catholic Church takes seriously. Leader of more than 500,000 Catholics across Perth, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President and Perth Archbishop Timothy Coste...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB as a member of the XVI Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod greets Pope Leo XIV prior to the first in-person meeting of the General Secretariat held on 26 and 27 June 2025 at the Vatican. Photo: © Vatican Media. By Jamie O'Brien As twenty-twenty five comes to a close, the Archdiocese of Perth, it’s people and indeed the Australian peop...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, fifth from left, Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, second from left, Catholic Homes CEO Darren Cutri, first from left, Board Chair John Ogilvie, first from right and Bunbury Bishop George Kolodziej, third from right, with clergy and residents of Catholic Homes. Photo: Supplied/Catholic Homes. Six decades of compassionate care and community were celebrated on T...