Winners Jakob Strohmeier, Adrian Sinagra and Mackenzie Matthews with judges and sponsors. Photo: Trinity College. By Theresia Titus The Trinity College had last month hosted their annual Innovation Expo on the evening of Wednesday 16 May. The event showcased ideas and creations of the Trinity College Year 10 Accounting students, who were encouraged to incorporate financial literacy...

Senior Researcher from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Dr Tim Moore gave a talk on the subject “The role and nature of relationships and how this relates to authentic engagement”, during the Parents and Friends Federation WA (PFFWA) State Conference held on Saturday 26 May at St Brigid’s College, Lesmurdie. Photo: PFFWA. By Amanda Murthy A recent talk presented by Senior Resear...

The work of MercyCare will be extended into five new Perth communities with the purchase of early learning centres from Acacia Hill Childcare. Photo: Supplied. The work of MercyCare will be extended into five new Perth communities with the purchase of early learning centres from Acacia Hill Childcare. Located in Ballajura, Bassendean, Bennett Springs, Kelmscott and Landsdale, the cent...

Perth Archbishop Costelloe SDB has last weekend presented the Hon Justice Neville Owen with a Papal Honour of the Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great on behalf of his Holiness Pope Francis. Photo: Supplied. By Jamie O’Brien Perth Archbishop Costelloe SDB has last weekend presented Neville Owen with a Papal Honour of the Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Gre...

More than 125 students and 36 teachers from 24 schools across WA have last week come together for the third annual Catholic School Youth Summit (CSYS) at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle campus with the aim of sharing in a day of faith-filled learning, listening and collaborating with the help of guest speakers and workshop facilitators. Photo: Carina Harris. By Carina Harri...

By Josh Low Supporting students with hearing loss, and enabling them to pursue their passions, is the aim of a program currently being run at St Brigid’s College in Lesmurdie by Telethon Speech  & Hearing. Known as the ‘Outpost’ program, the goal is to enable hearing impaired students to take a full and active part in mainstream school life. One such student, who has benefited greatly ...

By Dr Anthony Horton We celebrated the third anniversary of Laudate Si in May. Following a time of reflection that Easter affords, it is increasingly apparent to me as a scientist who works in the field of climate change, that if we as Catholics are going to accept and address Pope Francis’ call to stop it, we need to focus on two aspects: self-education and action. Pope Francis is quite ...

Some 70 people in total from the parishes of Mt Lawley, Highgate, Joondanna and the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross were in attendance for the retreat day. Photo: Josh Low. By Josh Low In what has been described as ground breaking by Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton, four neighbouring parishes from the Archdiocese of Perth united for a Joint Parish Retreat Day to chart a co...

Archbishop Costelloe blesses the Plenary Council candles at the Perth launch on 26 May. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. By Jamie O’Brien Archbishop Timothy Costelloe has now launched the 2020 Plenary Council journey for the Archdiocese of Perth. The launch of the 2020 Plenary Council journey – which took place at the Vigil Mass for the Feast of the Trinity, Saturday 26 May at St Mary’s Cathe...

The Bishops at the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania assembly in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Fr Ambrose Pereira. In April this year, Archbishop Timothy and l travelled to Port Moresby to join the bishops conferences of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand, the Pacific Island nations and Australia for our four yearly meeting. The Federation of Catholic Bis...