A team from The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Institute for Health Research is investigating the short-term links between head trauma and depression in young football players, in the hope of developing avenues for self-reflection and education about this issue at sporting clubs.

It has been more than three months since the release of Amoris Laetitia yet, in a sign of the document’s significance for the Church, it continues to make headlines.

A recent seminar in Perth, entitled Is She Safe?, which looked at the topic of human trafficking, brought together experts and interested parties to discuss the current situation, as well as examining potential responses and solutions through the witness of people working on such programs in Cambodia, the Philippines and Myanmar.

Nurturing a culture of prayer in the home can be a great boost to Catholic families, and can help reinforce what children learn about God in school and the local parish, says Perth group, Family Prayer Ministry.

More than 500 family, friends, colleagues and fans gathered earlier this month at St Mary’s Cathedral to farewell ABC radio broadcaster, Eoin Cameron.

A recent two-day program in Rockingham brought together members of Perth’s Focolare Movement for discussion, workshops and other activities focusing on the family and some of the challenges posed to family life by circumstances such as illness and disability.

Seniors at Mercy Place Lathlain have been busy unravelling the mysteries of yarn bombing - and adorning the home with their intricately knitted creations. The seniors - all residents at the not-for-profit residential home - took up the hobby earlier this year, following in the footsteps of the thousands of people worldwide who have become involved with the global yarn bombing movement. ...

Building community spirit among the Catholic community – particularly in a new area – can be a challenge for many priests, but Baldivis Parish Priest, Father Geoff Aldous, has found an innovative way of doing so.

Innovation is ideas, plus implementing them.

Senior Fellow at Melbourne’s Catholic Theological College, Professor Francis Moloney SDB, captivated an attentive audience at the Centre for Faith Enrichment on 20 May, delivering a lecture on the message of John 13; in particular, the foot washing and the gift of the morsel.