John Paul College student Jasmine, Loda-Batey, is a little closer to achieving her dream of performing on stage and screen, after being announced as the inaugural winner of the state-wide St John of God Health Care Catholic Arts Scholarship.

There could not have been a better way for Ignite Youth members to prepare for the advent season than with a final 2016 Ignite Live event full of music, prayer and contemplation.

Advent and Christmas mark the beginning of the new year in the Church’s calendar. This means that we embark on the next phase of our journey of faith in life. Another new year always raises questions as we look forward to what the year will bring.

Born in a village north of the capital Juba, Mr Lako was taken at the age of ten – along with many other boys – by the South Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), under the guise of providing them with an education.

In the context of a rising trend in global terrorist attacks over the past 15 years, the year 2016 has been no exception.

It goes without saying that 2016 has been a busy year for Catholic Education in Western Australia and the Archdiocese of Perth.

If you are one of the hundreds of parishioners who enjoy the powerful voice of Cantor Joshua Adams at St Mary’s Cathedral each week, you had better enjoy it while you can.

There is a great story to be told about the vintage house at 195 Lord Street, Perth.

More than 135 years after his death, bushranger Ned Kelly remains as popular a figure as ever.

Archbishop Daniel Mannix in Melbourne and Archbishop Patrick Clune in Perth, were divided not only by the distance between their archdioceses, but by their conflicting positions on Conscription – which the Australian government put to referenda in 1916 and 1917 – and Irish independence.