Pope Francis talks to visitors during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall for at the Vatican on 24 January 2024. Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez. By Carol Glatz With little fanfare, Pope Francis officially opened the Year of Prayer after Mass for the church's celebration of Sunday of the Word of God. "Today we begin the Year of Prayer; that is, a year dedicated to rediscov...

Archbishop Costelloe delivered the opening address for the Congress on Friday 13 January, highlighting the importance of Mary’s selfless submission. Photo: Supplied. ‘Rejoice!’ was the theme of Flame Ministries International’s [FMI] 34th annual Congress, which was presented at John XXIII College from 13 to 15 January. Mt Lawley Parish Priest Fr Tim Deeter was the keynote speaker for t...

Opened by Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB on Thursday 30 November, the new St Joseph’s Chapel at Irene McCormack College has marked a milestone in the College’s commitment to faith and community.

The occasion will mark 70 years since former Perth Archbishop Lancelot Goody blessed and dedicated the foundation stone of St Joseph’s Marist College, Subiaco, on Sunday 7 February 1954 heralding the Marist Order’s first metropolitan school in the WA.

Continuing a series of audience talks about vices and virtues, the Holy Father reflected on the vice or “demon” of lust, which is “a kind of ‘voracity’ with regard to another person, that is, the poisoned bond that human beings have with each other, especially in the sphere of sexuality.”

Visiting Jesuit Fr Robin Koning SJ explained in a down-to-earth way how Mary is the one who is fully living up to what it means to be human, while we are often avoiding challenges in our lives.

The 36-year-old married father-of-two said he heard the Archbishop’s message during the LifeLink Christmas Appeal launch in November – particularly the words of St Mary MacKillop, “Never see a need without doing something about it,” and could foresee a good reason to ‘pay it forward’.

The appointment is in conjunction with Archbishop Costelloe’s concurrent appointments as a Member of the Preparatory Commission, and as one of the nine President Delegates to the Synod.

UNDA’S inaugural research Colloquium explored the challenges and opportunities for Catholic education under the theme Head, Heart and Hands: Together in Faith – a theme Pope Francis recently highlighted when talking about educators as community builders.

Maria and her fellow Notre Dame students, Charles Hurst, Jake Schloeffel and Jose Corpus, are the founding members of Australia’s first Junior Enterprise project.