The World Mission Rosary returns in 2026, and Catholic Mission is inviting everyone to join the daily online Rosary prayer sessions during the month of May. Created in 1951 in the United States by the Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the World Mission Rosary is a unique tradition that serves as a powerful reminder that we all belong to a global Church, forming the foundations of community...

Catholic Mission is now represented across all four WA dioceses following the appointment of Sr Victoria Kithungu ASE as Diocesan Director for Broome. Sr Victoria joins fellow directors Francis Leong in the Perth Archdiocese, Rosemary Taylor in the Geraldton Diocese and Shendelle Mullane in the Bunbury Diocese. Hailing from Kenya, Sr Victoria is the first overseas religious sister to be ...

“Today, we celebrate that for 50 years, Father Kaz has done his best to be the face of the Father's mercy to his people. In each parish he has been, he has gathered people around him who can become the living face of the mercy of God - God to each other, and to the wider community in which we live,” Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has said. Speaking as the main celebrant of the community M...

Since their arrival in Fremantle in 1894, the Oblates of Mary Immaculate have found a home in Western Australia. In 2026, Mazenod College in Lesmurdie celebrates 60 years of Catholic education in the Oblate tradition. In 1966, two Oblate priests and the Australian Province had a dream – to provide quality Catholic education for boys in Perth’s hills area and to many others across the state ...

The University of Notre Dame Australia has announced four Transformative Research Fellowships for 2026, supporting research that improves lives and contributes to the common good. The Transformative Research Fellowships are a flagship initiative of the University’s Research Strategy that invests in promising researchers to build Notre Dame’s research capability. Transformative Research F...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this month had an interactive conversation with Rabbi Yonatan Dorfman, Rosh Kollel (Head Dean) of Kollel Emek HaTorah (also know as the Emek Learning Center) and Rosh Yeshiva (Dean of the academy) of Yeshivas Yedid Hamelech.Rabbi Dorfman talks with Archbishop Timothy Costelloe via podcast In the Valley of the Giants, exploring the shared moral values ...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB encouraged new Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po to “feed the Lord’s lambs – look after His sheep,” during Bishop Nelson’s Episcopal Ordination at St Mary’s Cathedral, Thursday, 16 April. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. Bishop Nelson greets guests following his ordination. Photo: Samuel Chan/Archdiocese of Perth. Deacon Jhee Baguinat elevates the B...

New Perth Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po sat down with Jamie O’Brien, Office of Communications Manager and Editor of The Record, to discuss his upcoming new chapter as the Seventh Auxiliary Bishop of Perth. https://youtu.be/h7O3R3KTIq8

Sandhurst Bishop Rene Ramirez RCJ, Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, new Perth Auxiliary Bishop Nelson Po and Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Charles Balvo on the occasion of Bishop Po’s Episcopal Ordination at St Mary’s Cathedral, Thursday 16 April 2026. Photo: Eric Odong/Archdiocese of Perth. By Jamie O’Brien and Phil Bayne New Perth Auxiliary Bis...

A parish priest commits to being a good pastoral leader, a man of service and a man of faith who is prepared to explain that faith and teach that faith in alignment with the faith of the broader church, Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, Bishop Don Sproxton has said. Speaking at the installation of Fr Andrew Albis as the new parish priest of the Doubleview parish, Bishop Sproxton said, “We pray for...