At the best of times, working in the ICU requires a strict attention to detail and the ability to walk the line between life and death, COVID-19 shifted existence in this tenuous purgatory to the next gear, and made that thinnest of lines a precarious tightrope walk.

The Archdiocesan Safeguarding Office is next week set to launch its 2020 Child Protection Week competition for secondary school teenagers aged 12 to 18.

Father Vincent Glynn has officially commenced his role as the first Episcopal Vicar for Education and Faith Formation and a member of the Curia for the Archdiocese of Perth on July 1.

A new initiative to encourage parish and local communities to harbour a fully inclusive church environment has been launched by the West Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (WACMRO).

Students across the country experienced the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption first-hand with changes and uncertainty in schooling this year, however some CEWA students have also turned their focus to local businesses affected by the economic consequences of the virus.

Uniting as one Catholic Church to give thanks for faith and culture, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community from across Perth gathered last Sunday, 12 July at Embleton Parish Holy Trinity Church despite the postponement of the 2020 NAIDOC celebrations due to some COVID-19 restrictions still in place.

A group of Willetton parishioners have been among the first to answer the invitation from Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB to make a submission to the Western Australian Parliamentary Inquiry into the Children and Community Services Amendment Bill 2019.

Church growth and parish renewal are two topics that should always inspire – and the recent announcement that the Mother Teresa Church in Baldivis has almost been completed and is open for service is an exciting and encouraging reminder that God and his Church are an active presence across the Archdiocese of Perth.

The University of Notre Dame Australia and WA Country Health Service (WACHS) have teamed up to offer regional and rural nurses the opportunity to take the acclaimed School of Nursing & Midwifery Adult Deterioration: Assessment; Prevention; Treatment (ADAPT) course.

A staff and resident duo at a local not-for-profit home are making a difference to the lives of WA health staff, including those at Royal Perth and Fiona Stanley Hospital, during the coronavirus crisis.