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...

Archbishop Costelloe anoints the altar with Chrism oil at the official opening and dedication of Attadale Parish’s St Joseph Pignatelli Church. Photo: Matthew Lau. By Archbishop Timothy Costelloe One of the great benefits of regularly praying the official Prayer of the Church each day, as deacons, priests and bishops do, along with many lay people and members of Religious Orders, is t...

The Goldfield’s Parish of Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Coolgardie, Norseman and Kambalda is large; with an enormous amount of Catholic Church history. Photo: Murray Joyce. By Matthew Lau “Information supplied by the Catholic Church’s resources, suggests that the first Catholic Mass ever performed at Kalgoorlie, was celebrated in the latter the part of 1893, when an improvised altar was erected ...

Vincent Restifo, Belinda Norris and Jacinta Burns – three of the 2018 BJ Hickey Scholarship winners who completed a two-week scripture study course in Israel, pictured at the Mount of the Beatitudes. Photo: Courtesy of Vincent Restifo. By Amanda Murthy The BJ Hickey Biblical Foundation 2018 Scholarship winners Vincent Restifo and Jacinta Burns are inspired to bring a positive influenc...

18-year-old Fatema is one of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh. Photo: Christopher Riechert, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) for Caritas Bangladesh. Photo: Supplied. In our world today where an unprecedented 68.5 million people have been forced from home – among them, nearly 25.4 million refugees[1], Caritas Australia, the Catholic Agency for International Aid and...

Real Talk Managing Director Paul Ninnes uses his 15 years of ministry experience to present life-changing messages. Photo: Matthew Lau. By Matthew Lau In helping Australians understand their deep desire for authentic love and human greatness, the Archdiocesan Safeguarding Project has last week teamed up with Real Talk Australia to highlight the problem of pornography. Dozens of Per...

The dinner dance at Thornlie Parish on 2 June saw a variety of games, raffles and dancing, with live music by local band ‘Tale of Two Citiez’. Photo: Iceberg Media. More than 150 people came together for an evening at Thornlie Parish for a dinner dance, in an effort which raised more than $2500 to support the parish youth group. Held on Saturday 2 June, the night was filled with joy a...

Broome’s St Mary’s College Principal Coby Rhatigan received an Award of Excellence in Building Positive Catholic School Communities 2018. She was presented with the Principal award during the PFFWA state conference opening dinner held Friday 25 May at Crown Perth. Photo: PFFWA. By Amanda Murthy Parents from across Western Australia have last month gathered for the annual Parents and F...