Known worldwide as the singing priest on reality music competition, The X Factor, Fr Rob Galea was recently in Perth as the opening keynote speaker at this year’s Veritas Youth Festival that ran from 30 June to 2 July.

We are all called to be holy, it is not something that is set aside for people like Mother Teresa or Pope Francis, said 24:7 Youth Ministry’s’ Joel Massad during his recent talk at Veritas Youth Festival over the weekend of 30 June to 2 July.

Excitement was in the air as Western Australia’s Veritas Catholic Youth Festival, 2017 kicked off on 30 June and finished on 2 July.

Catholic Education Western Australia’s (CEWA) own Director, Religious Education Dr Debra Sayce has last week been named as a member of a new Executive Committee to ensure the successful preparation, celebration and implementation of the 2020 Plenary Council.

As many readers of The Record Magazine and The eRecord will know, this year marks the Centenary of the apparitions of Mary, the Mother of the Lord, to the children at Fatima in Portugal.

Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton spent some three weeks in Israel during April visiting the Tantur Ecumenical Institute, during which time he wrote to The Record to talk about his experience.

Was life imitating art or art imitating life? The canvas and brief for this sacred painting lay untouched for more than a year.

An accomplished highly respected Aboriginal leader from the Bibilmum Whadjuk Noongar language group of the south west, Lynwood Langford parishioner Robert Isaacs has dedicated his life to breaking down cultural barriers and improving the lives of disadvantaged people.

Two years ago, the parish of Balgo in the Kimberley region of Western Australia celebrated its Golden Jubilee, recalling the consecration of St Theresa’s Church on 16 May 1965.

Growing up in a big household with more boys than girls around, Aggie found solace in escaping to her grandmother’s house. It was here that she learned about the Church and her Catholic faith.