Group Photo outside the village home of Fr Francis Ly in My Tho. Photo: George Favacho. By Matthew Lau In a quest to help the poor and needy of Vietnam, Maida Vale Parish Priest Fr Francis Ly has led an entourage of parishioners to his homeland. Fr Ly and 21 members of Maida Vale Parish went on a pilgrimage that covered Hanoi, Han Long Bay, Sapa, Hue, Danang, Hoi An, and Ho Chi Min...

Bayan (front) and her friends standing in their classroom, ready for the Caritas Education Program’s class to begin. Students receive vital assistance to help them catch up and adapt to the Jordanian curriculum. Photo: Richard Wainwright. The seven year conflict in Syria has claimed more than 400,000 lives and displaced half of the country’s 22 million people. Caritas Australia is hel...

The 2018 Trinity College Prefects have decided that the issue of bullying needs to be addressed in a new way. Photo: Supplied. The 2018 Trinity College Prefects have decided that the issue of bullying needs to be addressed in a new way. The student-led ‘Get on the Team’ campaign urges students to get on the team with their words and actions, reminding each of them what they stand for ...

New Chief Rabbi Dan Lieberman is the sixth rabbi in Perth Hebrew Congregation’s 126-year history. Photo: Matthew Lau By Matthew Lau Perth Hebrew Congregation’s new spiritual leader has encouraged people to be confident in their own religion in order to strengthen interfaith dialogue. Rabbi Daniel Lieberman’s speech was the main feature of the Council of Christians and Jews WA Inc annua...

The Archbishop said that by being baptised, or by being received into full communion with the Catholic Church means becoming a part of the body of Christ. Photo: Josh Low.   By Josh Low Taking courage and not being afraid to answer the call to baptism and full communion in the Church in following Jesus and being His living presence in the world was at the core of Archbishop Timoth...

Elieen Giles and Patty Powell were last month awarded Community Citizens of the Year for Rockingham. Photo: Supplied. By Josh Low Twin sisters Eileen Giles and Patricia (Patty) Powell of Rockingham Parish were last month awarded the 2018 Community Citizens of the Year for Rockingham at the Australia Day ceremony. Having begun both the Servants of United Love (SOUL) Soup Patrol in 2008 ...

Fr Blasco Fonseca with St Pius X parishioners at the leaving function. Photo: Supplied. By Matthew Lau Father Blasco Fonseca will embark on his sabbatical after three years as Parish Priest of Manning, St Pius X Church. More than 100 parishioners were present at a farewell celebration on 21 January to give Fr Fonseca their best wishes and to thank him for his work in the Manning Pa...

Fr Joe gives his final blessing to the congregation of Whitford Parish. Photo: Carmen Ip By Matthew Lau After 15 years of serving the Whitford Parish faithful, Fr Joseph Tran has bid adieu to a community he holds dear to his heart. Nearly 2000 lay faithful from Our Lady of the Mission Church turned out on Saturday 10 February to give Fr Tran the send-off he deserved. Adding to a...

Centacare Employment and Training staff during their 40th celebrations in 2017. The LifeLink agency is currently on the lookout for more volunteers to provide classroom support to teachers under the Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program. Photo: Supplied. Centacare Employment and Training are currently on the lookout for six more volunteers to provide classroom support to teac...

A university student from St Thomas More College in Crawley spends some quality time with children at the Jesuit-run Arrupe Centre in Battambang, Cambodia on 28 November 2017. Photo: Supplied. Students from St Thomas More College (STMC) have last year had the experience of a lifetime during a visit to Cambodia. Travelling to the Arrupe Centre in the north-western province of Battamban...