Catholic Social Services Western Australia (CSSWA) held its Members Showcase last week, Thursday 14 November, bringing together a diverse range of agency directors from across the social services sector.

Saint Mary’s Cathedral is participating as one of thousands of buildings lit up in red this week as part of a yearly global movement to highlight and pray for those oppressed and persecuted because of their faith.

The Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth served as a venue for Fremantle Chamber Orchestra (FCO) Concert on Saturday 9 November.

Researchers at The University of Notre Dame have selected Catholic Homes to be part of a ground-breaking study to be undertaken by the University’s Institute for Health Research in partnership with Israel-based, MGC Pharmaceuticals.

About 150 Catenian brothers and their wives attended the Western Australian Catenian Association’s annual Commemorative Mass, held at St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday 3 November 2019.

Kristallnacht will stay forever etched into the cultural consciousness of the Jews as the day of violence and terror that marked the beginning of their open persecution by Nazi Germany: on the night of 9 November, 1938, anti-Semitic mobs burned or damaged at least 1,000 synagogues and vandalized or looted 7,500 Jewish businesses across the country, killing 91 Jews in the process.

By Amanda Murthy Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week issued an invitation to the whole Perth Catholic community to attend the Closing Mass of the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival. The once-in-a-lifetime Closing Mass, will be held at 6.30pm on Tuesday 10 December on the ovals of Trinity College, and will conclude the three day Festival. The Mass is expected to be att...

By Eric Martin An age-old Mediterranean practice to pray for the safety of fishermen and a bountiful catch has once again come to life on the streets of Fremantle. The annual celebration of the Blessing of the Fleet in Fremantle on Sunday 27 October attracted hundreds of spectators and tourists, in addition to local fishermen who took part in the procession, carrying the banners and sashes...

Staff members at Mercy Place Mandurah are the first to admit their residents are dab hands at being creative, particularly when it comes to contributing to their community. Craft-orientated seniors meet regularly to make individual, handmade items – but in recent weeks have turned their attention to a very specific project – producing handcrafted paper poppies prior to Remembrance Day on 11 ...

Sixty-one years after the opening of his sainthood cause in 1958, Saint John Henry Newman was canonised on 13 October at St Peter’s Square, Vatican. Representing the only Australian college named after St John Henry were Newman College Principal John Finneran, Director of Finance and Administration Steve Halley-Wright, General House Director of General Archives Br Colin Chalmers, and Marist ...