The eRecord has taken out the award for Best Online Publication at this year’s Australasian Catholic Press Awards. The awards were held on Wednesday 15 September via ZOOM after the annual ACPA Conference was cancelled for the second year due to COVID-19 state lockdowns. The eRecord has taken out the award for Best Online Publication at this year’s Australasian Catholic Press Awards. Imag...

The Australian Salvatorian family together with the Perth Catholic community, gathered at Saint Mary’s Cathedral for a thanksgiving Mass, to mark several significant events for the Order. The beatification of their founder Blessed Francis Jordan, his 103rd death anniversary, 140 years since their foundation, and the 60th anniversary since the Salvatorian Fathers started their pastoral work in Australia.

Students from nearly a dozen Catholic schools around the state gathered at Aquinas College on Friday, 3 September, for the 2021 WA Earthcare Youth Eco-Summit. The delegates met in discussion groups throughout the day, attending 12 sessions, covering topics such as Our Carbon Footprint and Managing Waste to Our School Strategies – What are we Brewing, interspersed with special online presentations on topics such as Pope Francis’ Laudato Si and the Climate Clever App, developed for Australian schools.

Mt La Verna Retirement Village have been blessed with a new cross of San Damiano, written by WA icongrapher Marice Sariola.

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Australia needs a national Suicide Prevention Act, says Suicide Prevention Australia CEO Nieves Murray. This plea comes after one in four Australians report knowing someone who died by suicide during the past 12 months of the pandemic – the equivalent of five million people.

Recognising that humans are hard-wired to be kind particularly during difficult times such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic Mission Conference speaker Hugh Mackay posed, Will there be a culture shift at having lived through this pandemic?

The Sisters of St John of God arrived in Kalgoorlie in 1896, originally for the purpose of establishing a hospital. On Sunday, 29 August 2021, the Catholic community of Kalgoorlie-Boulder celebrated 125 years of Catholic education in their region. By John Paul College, CEWA.

There is growing fear among Catholic providers of disability services that the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will not deliver the level of support that clients and providers need.

The Mission: One Heart, Many Voices conference held from 1 to 3 September 2021, with an additional day of creativity shaped by young people on 4 September, explored the challenges of living the gospel and leading mission in Australia and globally. The biennial event was last seen in 2019.

As the Church in Australia prepares for Assembly 1 of Plenary 2020 (2-10 October, 2021), it has asked members to consider the question: “In what way does the Church in Australia recommit to the mission of Catholic education, including Catholic schools and universities in the decades to come?”

The role of Catholic schools has always been central to Australian Catholic identity, and the introduction of curricula and teaching practices, such as WA’s Religion and Life as an ATAR subject, plays an important role in the Church’s evangelisation and formation of young people.

Plenary asks for “candour and courage” as members examine the future of Catholic education.