Emmanuel Centre members with their families and volunteers celebrated their annual Christmas party on 4 December 2018. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. Every year, the Emmanuel Centre looks forward to their end of the year Christmas party as a chance to gather, reflect and give back to the community who have given them support throughout the year. The Emmanuel Centre is a self-help centre for people w...

The readings were interpreted with movements the PAS and IdentityWA Christmas Mass and celebrations on 8 December 2018. Photo: Amanda Murthy. “The Gospel of Jesus says to you today, do not be afraid you have won God’s favour.” Father Nino Vinciguerra delivered this message at joint IdentityWA and Personal Advocacy Service (PAS) final Mass for the year and Christmas celebrations that too...

Father Dat Vuong, Yangebup Parish Priest, consecrates the Holy Eucharist in the assembly hall of Hammond Park Catholic Primary School. Photo: Matthew Lau. From this month onward, Mass will be celebrated at Hammond Park Catholic Primary School every Sunday morning after much demand from the Yangebup Parish community. Previously, a Mass service was held in Hammond Park on the first Su...

Brydon Ring, a third-year Pharmacy student at Curtin University, shared his experience at ETG ‘18 of why being in the presence of the Holy Eucharist is so special. Photo: Matthew Lau. A 21-year-old man stepped up at Embrace the Grace 2018 to explain why Eucharistic Adoration is one of his favourite parts about being Catholic. Prior to the ETG ritual of Adoration on Friday 7 December, Bryd...

Archbishop Costelloe lays the statue of the new born Christ child in the nativity crib, assisted by the Very Rev Fr Peter Whitely VG, Fr Conor Steadman and Deacon Aaron Peters, at the commencement of the 2018 Christmas Midnight Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Ron Tan. When we see the compassion and forgiveness and healing power of Jesus we are encountering the God whose love for us knows n...

Trained midwife Monika cradles Lima’s healthy baby, Jyoti. Photo: Supplied. A baby’s first breath, the softness of their skin, the first time they open their eyes – these moments are precious and for a mother they bring a new purpose: to protect the child that rests in her arms. But childbirth does not always end in joy. According to the latest UN estimates, more than 300,000 women ea...

People of Kalgoorlie-Boulder at St Barbara’s festival parade. Photo: Abby Murray Photography. By Theresia Titus The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder celebrated the feast of St Barbara with a Miners Memorial service on 29 November. Following the memorial service, a parade was held on 2 December, recognising the City’s mining industry and the benefits the industry has produced. The even...

Members of SVDP at Bedford Parish, from left: Brian Preston, Lixia Jurak, Richard Jurak, Honey Rooney, and Mike Rooney. Photo: Supplied. Struggling to keep the lights on and make rent, with barely enough money left each fortnight to buy food – this year, thousands of Western Australian families are facing Christmas in poverty. Vinnies 2018 Christmas Appeal runs until the end of Januar...

In Western Australia, Mercy Health organisation cares for more than 300 people across six residential aged care homes, with an additional 78 retirement living units. Photo: Supplied. The increasing number of male residents who now call Mercy Place Edgewater home has prompted the establishment of a new men’s group, which is already proving popular. Local resident and volunteer Robert Cramp...

Esteemed guests at the recently unveiled statue of St John Baptist de La Salle. Photo: Supplied. Keeping with the Lasallian Tercentenary “One Heart, One Commitment, One Life” theme, La Salle College honoured its namesake ahead of the 300th anniversary of his death. The Middle Swan-based secondary school joined the worldwide celebrations of the Tercentenary of the death of Saint John B...