By Eric Martin A new 27-bell carillon for St Francis Xavier Cathedral Geraldton were blessed on Easter Sunday 21 April by Bishop Michael Morrissey. The carillion, called The Geraldton Bells, weigh a total of 10 tonnes and are the finishing touches to the restoration of the Geraldton Cathedral. The four-year restoration has involved major repairs, dramatic lighting, the entombment of a form...

Online registrations have officially opened for the 2019 Australian Catholic Youth Festival, to be held in Perth from 8 to 10 December 2019. A number of key festival speakers and performers have already been announced, including festival favourite priest-musician Fr Rob Galea, international Catholic speaker and author Katie Prejean McGrady, and American Catholic rapper and performer Joe Mele...

Centacare’s Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) Kadadjiny Bidi students have been working together to publish a book that tells “a little bit about me”. The program has been running for more than 10 weeks at Kwinana’s Youth Zone space works to teach language and literacy skills through project based, culturally embedded learning. In their books, the girls spoke openly and honestly, ta...

By Olivia Bunter Those who gathered at the Claremont property on 23 March witnessed the blessing and opening of the new Nano Nagle Centre. The centre originally opened as a prayer house in 1990, its purpose aimed to serve as a residential retreat house and venture for workshops, lectures and days of prayer to the wider community. Sister Catherine Warner, recently appointed Director for the...

By Amanda Murthy Journeying together as a community was the aim for the community of Rockingham Parish (Our Lady of Lourdes Church), as various groups of the parish took part in the events leading up to the Easter celebrations from 14 to 21 April. The Holy Week celebrations began with a Palm Sunday procession – neighbouring Kolbe Catholic College Year 7 students assisted the parish communit...

By Matt Lau and Eric Martin  Deacon Chris de Sousa CRS is set to make history once again as the first Somascan to be ordained to the priesthood in Australia on Saturday 11 May at his home church of St Jerome’s, Munster. The ordination will be celebrated by the Most Rev Donald Sproxton, Auxiliary Bishop of Perth. Dcn Chris became Australia’s first fully professed Somascan in the presence of...

By Amanda Murthy Angelic voices of the Lumina choristers reverberated through the building of St Mary’s Cathedral for an evening filled with history and tradition in music, debuting the group’s first concert for 2019 titled Allegri’s Miserere. The concert that took place on 5 May from 7pm and was attended by more than 250 audience members including Catholic parishioners from across the Pert...

A painting of Saint John Paul II, painted by one of Perth’s own priests, will hang in the new Banksia Grove Parish once construction of the church is completed in 2021. The inspiration for the painting stemmed from a promise Manning Parish Priest Fr Patrick Lim made to Banksia Grove Parish Priest Fr Vinh Dong, after the former heard the announcement the new parish in Banksia Grove would be n...

By Olivia Bunter The Sisters of Life will this month visit Perth to host a series of events, in conjunction with the University of Notre Dame Australia, and which are designed to help the local community to encounter God’s love and to experience a renewed sense of hope in their faith. The Sisters' Perth itinerary begins on Thursday 23 May with “Walking with Love”, a public forum to assist t...

By Olivia Bunter Dr Nathan Leber does not seem to mind keeping a busy schedule as he currently balances a part-time study load with his new role as Justice Educator at Caritas Australia. Dipping his toes in every pond, Nathan has garnered skills as a musician, lectured in university halls, and has also taken the role of a deputy principal in his stride before embracing his new role at Cari...