Forty years after it began offering tertiary studies, the Catholic Institute of Western Australia remains the unsung hero of Catholic education in this state.

When Permanent Deacon Trevor Lyra was ordained 10 years ago, it was the second time he had entered into a fellowship of men serving something bigger than themselves.

Seven residents of the Little Sisters of the Poor aged care home in Glendalough – including the cousin of an Emeritus Archbishop and a Sister of Mercy – have celebrated surpassing the milestone of 100 years of age.

The relics of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, also known as Padre Pio, are coming to St Mary’s Cathedral, Perth, this October.

It was with a great sense of honour and gratitude that Parish Priest of Saint Gerard Majella, Mirrabooka, Fr Giosuè Marini, recently accepted a first class relic of St Gerard during a pilgrimage to Materdomini, a small village within the Campania region of Italy.

A Swan View man who founded a charity in dedication to Our Lady has taken his devotion one step further by making private vows to live in her service.

For Bishop Don Sproxton, attending this year’s World Youth Day (WYD) in Poland provided a great opportunity to visit sites of spiritual significance, to meet young people and to reflect on the messages that Pope Francis – and the Church generally – has for them today.

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe has said that spending time with young people, and observing their small acts of mercy, was one of the most important aspects of his experience at this year’s World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow, Poland.

There are many things to be both grateful for and proud of in our Archdiocese. Without doubt, one of them is the extraordinary presence of the Church in the provision of health care. The range of services, agencies and institutions which work in this field in the name of the Church, and more importantly the flesh and blood people who are the face of the Church’s presence in health care in our Archdiocese, are celebrated in this edition of The Record Magazine.

World Youth Day will always be bigger than the Olympics. The sheer number of people who make the journey to participate proves the point. Forty thousand young people from the United States alone made their way to Poland.