Parramatta Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen, has this week called for an urgent increase in minimum wages and the Newstart Allowance. Photo: Supplied. Chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Parramatta Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen, has this week called for an urgent increase in minimum wages and the Newstart Allowance. “Australia is facing a wages crisis, and low-p...

On 26 May, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB will launch the 2020 Plenary Council process during the Vigil Mass of Trinity Sunday at 6pm. Photo: Ron Tan. By Jamie O’Brien Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB will launch the 2020 Plenary Council process this month during the Vigil Mass of Trinity Sunday on 26 May at 6pm. In announcing the launch, Archbishop Costelloe affirmed this will be a ...

Students Jay McLean and Latrell Pearce play the Digeridoo as part of the Welcome to Country for the blessing and opening of the new student accommodation facilities at St Thomas More College on 22 March, by Archbishop Costelloe. Photo: Pyay Chan. By Matthew Lau New student accommodation that has enabled St Thomas More College to increase its student population capacity from 175 to 400...

Leaders from across the WA Catholic community have last month gathered to talk about and prepare for the upcoming Plenary Council scheduled for 2020. Photo: Supplied. By Jamie O’Brien Leaders from across the WA Catholic community have last month gathered to talk about and prepare for the upcoming Plenary Council scheduled for 2020, themed ‘Listen to what the Spirit is saying’. Leaders ...

Safeguarding Officers from parishes across the Archdiocese of Perth came together on Sunday 29 April to receive a special blessing from Archbishop Costelloe at the 11am Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. By Amanda Murthy “Jesus invites us to make our home in Him, to remain and to become one with Him. “As we eat his body, and drink His blood, we recognise the Lord who wa...

International chastity speaker Jason Evert speaking during his two-day tour of Perth. Photo: Feby Plando. By Matt Lau and Josh Low Motivational speaker Jason Evert hit home with his message about chastity and spirituality to about 2500 people in Perth last week. The American author entertained his audiences with in-depth storytelling, advice, and sharing of knowledge across the two...

Leader of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Mgr Harry Entwistle, with the Very Rev Fr Richard Waddell VG and the Very Rev Fr Steven Hill. Photo: Giovanni Portelli. By Mgr Harry Entwistle If non-Christians look at the sweating, bleeding Jesus being crucified on Good Friday, do they see another State sanctioned murder or a just end to a rebel? When Christians look a...

Perth Archdiocese Safeguarding Director Andrea Musulin seen conducting an annual training session for Safeguarding Officers in Perth. Photo: Sourced. By Amanda Murthy Ensuring the safety of children, young people and vulnerable adults are protected within the Church at all times, is the mission of all Safeguarding Officers in surrounding Churches in the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. F...

In his 2018 Easter Message, Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders says that there is much to reflect upon at Easter and thereafter. It is in gratitude that we remember his words of the last supper “do this in memory of me”. Photo: Catholic Mission. By Bishop Christopher Saunders Those of us who have ventured out to Town Beach on Roebuck Bay, at the right time in the morning, most often e...

In his 2018 Easter Message, Geraldton Bishop Michael Morrissey has said that as a Catholic community, we have had to listen to stories where people‘s lives and hearts have been destroyed. Photo: Jamie O’Brien. “Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn.” These words are from the reading of the Prophet Joel 2:13 during the Ash Wednesday Mass at the beginning of Lent. As Easter ...