For Year 12 Trinity College student Ashton Godfrey, an educational trip earlier this year provided a good opportunity to reflect on the status of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution ahead of NAIDOC week next month.

CEOs from across the State gathered at the WACA in East Perth last week on Thursday 22 June for the 2017 Vinnies CEO Sleepout to raise money to support Vinnies homeless services as well as raise awareness around the issues surrounding homelessness. This year, the Vinnies CEO Sleepout in WA raised more than $548,341.

Excitement is in the air for the coming weekend as the biggest Catholic youth conference in Western Australia, the Veritas Youth Festival is set to kick off tomorrow evening.

By Josh Low Unification as the ‘Body of Christ’ to worship the Lord with joy will be the focus of the third Australian Pastoral Musicians Network (APMN) Conference, which will be held in October this year. Being held for three days from 5 to 7 October at the Rendezvous Hotel, Scarborough, the theme of this year’s Conference is ‘Sing with Joy! United in Diversity’. The event will se...

By Josh Low Geraldton’s Monsignor Hawes Heritage Centre last month won the prestigious 2017 Heritage Council of WA Award under the ‘Interpretation Project’ category. Held on Friday 26 May at the WA Ballet Centre (formerly the Royal WA Institute for the Blind) in Maylands, the awards night recognised 16 individuals and heritage projects for heritage excellence. Diocesan Director of ...

By Josh Low Some 40 students last month received awards for their academic excellence over varying fields of law at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s School of Law (Fremantle Campus). The St Thomas More Academic Awards Ceremony was held on 23 May, with awards presented by the President of The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administrators, the Hon Justice Robert Mazza. Vi...

By Natashya Fernandez Glendalough Parish last weekend celebrated the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) with a procession on Sunday 18 June. A true expression of Catholic Faith, Parish Priest Father Douglas Harris said the feast of Corpus Christi reminds us that our Lord is present with us. With a particular personal devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, Fr Dou...

By Staff Writers Some 70 young men and women last weekend volunteered their time to create a powerful visual demonstration now on display at St Mary’s Cathedral in a follow-on event of Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe’s LifeLink Day initiative. In a tremendous show of support and enthusiasm for those in need, Catholic secondary students from across the Archdiocese and staff from Cat...

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB last week celebrated the 10th anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination, celebrating Mass at St Mary’s Cathedral. Here is a transcript of his homily. “On this occasion that is the anniversary of my ordination as a bishop, I just wanted to offer a couple of words of reflection. I think both the first reading and the Gospel today certainly have messa...

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe has last week emphasised the importance of seeing others in need through Jesus’ parable of the rich man, during an address to primary students as part of his annual LifeLink Day initiative.