Jesus and the Church are like two sides of the one coin: you can’t have one side without having the other as well, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB told youth on Sunday 4 March. Photo: Sourced. Jesus and the Church are like two sides of the one coin: you can’t have one side without having the other as well, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB told youth on Sunday 4 March, during the...

Vinnies State Youth Representative Patrick Wallis, right, participates in some games at a camp for disadvantaged children which he helped to run with a team of young Vinnies volunteers. Patrick has been volunteering with Vinnies since he was 13. Photo: Supplied. Patrick Wallis has been volunteering with Vinnies for almost half his life – which is impressive considering he is just 21 year...

Archbishop Costelloe joined by eight priests from neighbouring parishes seen at the Newman College Commission Mass. Photo: Supplied. By Amanda Murthy Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB reminded staff and students that a Catholic school without God, will lose all its purpose, failing its students and its families. This message was proclaimed during a Commissioning Mass that took plac...

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...