A committed MercyCare volunteer has called time on 23 years of selfless service, which has included publication of a heritage trail guide and a special music program for elderly folk with dementia.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) candidate from The University of Notre Dame Australia, Linda Khong, is part of a team heading on a sponsored trip to France after winning the inaugural Australian-French 24-hour Entrepreneurship Challenge on 2 to 3 June 2016.

Patient-focused research was recently celebrated at St John of God (SJOG) Murdoch Hospital for its contribution to ensuring high standards of safety and quality in health care at a research symposium.

Southern Cross Care has been likened to a light in the darkness by Emeritus Archbishop Barry Hickey during a Mass to celebrate the aged-care organisation’s 50th anniversary.

At the threshold of World Youth Day and the meeting with Pope Francis, Perth pilgrims could not have received better words of encouragement than those recently spoken by Archbishop Costelloe at Our Lady of Mercy Parafia Rzymskokatolicka NMP Matki Miłosierdzia in Warsaw on Friday, 22 July.

A mere six weeks after Pope Francis raised the 22 July memorial of St Mary Magdalene to a feast on the Church’s liturgical calendar, Perth pilgrims on their way to World Youth Day had the privilege of celebrating the feast with a Mass celebrated by Perth Auxiliary Bishop Don Sproxton.

Moving overseas can provide a great opportunity to explore new sights in different countries, and this was certainly the case for accountant, Mark Currell – who discovered among the intricate features of a Basilica in Amsterdam, a Holy Door similar to the one at his former parish in Whitford.

“Our Christian faith, before it is about anything else, is about a relationship with the Lord,” said Archbishop Costelloe. The Archbishop was speaking at the June 29 launch of the new Parish Religious Education Program, which took place at the Catholic Education Centre in Leederville. “A personal relationship with the Lord but one that takes place within the community of faith,” the A...

More than 130 student leaders gathered recently for the inaugural Catholic School Youth Summit, hosted by Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) and the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle campus.

Seminarian Joseph Laundy has described how he swapped Perth’s familiar Mediterranean climate for the steamy jungles of Borneo during a recent pastoral assignment to Malaysia.