Bishop Nelson Po during the Midland Private Hospital chapel blessing Mass. Photo: Supplied/SJOG. Perth Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po has last week Thursday 8 October blessed a new chapel at St John of God Midland Private Hospital, designating it as a space for divine worship, prayer and reflection. The blessing ceremony establishes the chapel as a sacred space within the hosp...

A highly respected Elder of the Whadjuk-Bibilmum Wardandi Noongar language group, Dr Isaacs has dedicated his life to improving opportunities, wellbeing and self-determination for Aboriginal people. Photo: Supplied/UNDA. The University of Notre Dame Australia has this month awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters to respected Noongar Elder, community leader and advocate Dr Robert Is...

The letters AI (for "artificial intelligence") are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken 23 June, 2023. Photo: OSV News/Dado Ruvic, Reuters. In a special three-part series for The Record, University of Notre Dame Senior Chaplaincy Officer Amer Youhanna writes dialogue begins with genuine attention to the other and challenges us to move beyond oppositional ways of thinkin...

Local Wadjuk Noongar man, Thairon Jansen plays the didgeridoo during the Smoking Ceremony at the Aboriginal Sunday Mass, Sunday 19 October 2025. Photo: Brad Deregla, Infinitum Studios/Archdiocese of Perth. The Perth Catholic community is invited to join Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton to celebrate the annual Aboriginal Sunday Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sunday 18 October at 5pm. St ...

Pope Leo XIV poses with Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday 3 October 2026. Photo: OSV News photo/Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo. Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe met with Pope Leo XIV last weekend. Archbishop Costelloe has travelled to Rome to participate in Pope Leo XIV’s global Vatican summit for presidents of Bishops' Confer...

Fr Khalid Marogi said migration has enriched Australian society through faith, culture, skills and community spirit. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. We need to have a heart that is open to welcome, a heart that is ready to listen deeply, and a heart that is willing to step into the shoes of the other so to understand the other more deeply, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don S...

Catholic Youth Ministry has this week announced it is inviting Perth Catholics to join in celebrations for the Feast of Christ the King. Image: Archdiocese of Perth. The annual festival will take place at St Mary’s Cathedral and is the official Archdiocesan launch of the CYM journey to World Youth Day Seoul 2027. CYM Director Adam Phillips said the Festival is a chance for the community ...

Vicar General, the Very Rev Fr Vincent Glynn, centre, with Maida Vale Parish Priest Fr Benny Calanza, fourth from left, with acolytes and altar servers at the Maida Vale Parish Feast Day, Sunday 4 October. Photo: Eric Odong. “When Francis heard Jesus say, ‘Go and repair my house,’ he first thought about rebuilding a crumbling chapel. But gradually he realised that Christ was calling him to ...

Nedlands MP Jonathan Huston has this week said he does not see the Lord’s Prayer as a test of someone's religious commitment, nor does its value depend upon everyone in the chamber sharing the same beliefs. Photo: Adobe Stock. I am proud to be reading into the Western Australian Parliament a petition initiated by Cáit Folan-Sfakianakis calling for the Lord’s Prayer to remain at the commence...

The Society is supporting Anti-Poverty Week’s call for the Australian Government to establish standard measures of poverty and targets to reduce it. Image: Sourced. The St Vincent de Paul Society is calling on the Albanese Government to legislate official measures of poverty and set targets to reduce it, with children at the centre. Marking Anti-Poverty Week from 11 to&nbs...