Researchers at Notre Dame University are rewriting the playbook for educators in a bid to provide greater spiritual opportunities for children.

Identitywa recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special edition of their triennial magazine, Identikite. By Natashya Fernandez.

A national conference celebrating pastoral music has highlighted the role of music and song in bringing people together and reflecting the very nature of the Church, as an integral part of its ritual, liturgy and prayer, with keynote speakers reflecting on this theme. By Caroline Smith.

It was with great enthusiasm that the Centre for Faith Enrichment (CFE) recently announced the opening of applications for scholarships from the BJ Hickey Biblical Foundation, which intends to help lay people in the Archdiocese of Perth, further their biblical studies. By Marco Ceccarelli.

To celebrate the influence of Cardinal Joseph Cardijn in Australia and on the 50th anniversary of his death, a special Mass was held at the Holy Spirit Chapel at the University of Notre Dame Fremantle on 10 September and saw 50 former, current and future members attend. By Natashya Fernandez.

People wanting to know more about Indigenous spirituality were given the opportunity through a series of Perth workshops. By Caroline Smith.

Father Peter Toan Nguyen OP was recently farewelled at Doubleview Parish as he moves on to Camberwell Parish in Melbourne. By Natashya Fernandez.

Major upgrades to Willetton Parish Sts John and Paul Church were celebrated after the successful completion of the project. By Josh Low.

Transmitting the word of God through the mainstream media has been a labour of love for Shalom World TV, an international television network which started in 2014 and is now planning to start regular productions in Australia from September 2017.
Shalom World TV emerged from the Indian network, Shalom Television, which began in 2005, promoting the work of local parishes and providing other faith-specific programs for not just Catholics, but for all people, transmitted in the regional Malayalam language.
Nine years later, it was decided that this work could be expanded to other countries in English, and Shalom World TV was set up, with its headquarters in Texas, USA. Since then, production centres have opened in the United Kingdom, Vatican City, Ireland and Canada.
Programs available through Shalom World TV include interviews, talk shows, movies, concerts, and coverage of live events – often from the Vatican. By Caroline Smith.

A parish is a place where people walk side-by-side with Jesus, and represent God’s community in the world, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB told attendees at a recent Mass to mark the 50th anniversary of blessing and opening of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Nollamara. The Mass, held on Sunday 24 September, brought together a church full of parishioners past and present, and was celebrated by Archbishop Costelloe and con-celebrated by Parish Priest Father Stanislaw Bendkowski SDS, Fr Laurence Murphy SDS and Fr Vincent Glynn. In his homily, Archbishop Costelloe said that such an anniversary was both a time of celebration and reflection on the nature of Catholic community at both parish and universal levels. “This anniversary is an occasion for gratitude, for acknowledgment, and for hope. I think it’s also an occasion for us as a Christian community to reflect on just why it is that we come to church week after week,” he said. By Caroline Smith.