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...

The Youth For Christ group had a double duty at the mass, singing in the choir and performing the Sinulog dance. Photo: Supplied. Filipino Catholics of Maida Vale Parish St Francis Assisi Church held their inaugural celebration of one of the most important religious observances in their homeland – the Feast of Santo Niño de Cebú. More than 250 people were in attendance for the occasio...

Rattanak (right) standing in his barber shop. After finishing his training with the Deaf Development Program he is now able to sign in Khmer and has a thriving business styling hair. Photo: Richard Wainwright. Cambodians with a disability are enjoying improved personal and economic independence through the support of Caritas Australia, the Catholic Church’s international aid and developm...

Back row L-R facing – Fran Mulcahy (National Treasurer), Adele Parson (Vice President), Maria Parkinson (National Secretary), Karyn Kammann (Vice President); Front Row – Valma Ivory (National President), Fr Jess Navarra (National Chaplain). Photo: Supplied. By Amanda Murthy Five West Australian women have this month been installed as the leadership of the Catholic Women’s League Austr...

At the award ceremony, from left: Jacinta Burns, Katana Puntigam, Centre for Faith Enrichment Director Marco Ceccarelli, Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey, Patrick O’Connell, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, Joseph Harris, Anthony Osman, Mark de Silva, Belinda Norris, and Vincent Restifo. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. By Matthew Lau The 2018 recipients of the BJ Hickey Biblical Foundation Scholar...

Pope Francis has confirmed The Hon Justice Neville Owen as one of the nine new members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. Photo: UNDA. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week warmly welcomed the appointment of Justice Neville Owen to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors. The Hon. Justice Owen, Chair of the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice an...

Emeritus Archbishop Hickey has this month published a 54-page-book for those who struggle to pray and want to come closer to God and his Blessed Mother. Image: Feby Plando. By Brian Peachy and Jamie O’Brien Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey has this month published a new 54-page-book of prayers and scriptural meditations to encourage Eucharistic Devotion. The Emeritus Archbishop exp...

A new book by Dr Laura D’Olimpio suggests that the study of philosophy can develop vital critical thinking skills that can help people to better separate fact from fiction. Photo: Supplied. Philosophy in the classroom teaches critical thinking skills: research People across the world describe it as a threat to democracy, honest debate and freedom of knowledge. Global leaders use it s...