Imprisonment for the non-payment of fines in Western Australia could be addressed by removing their regressive nature on those with low incomes and adopting a ‘day fine’ system, according to research by Senior Lecturer at The University of Notre Dame Australia, Tomas Fitzgerald.

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe made the most of his annual visit to St Charles’ Seminary in Guildford last month on 3 November, where he celebrated Mass, met with seminarians and blessed newly completed renovations.

The feeling of being safe and secure has provided the confidence 18-year-old Callan needed to take on new life challenges, including his dream of racing a V8 Super car!

“God is like the Good Shepherd in the Gospels, who never tires of going in search of us, ready to place us on His shoulders and bring us back.” These are the words of Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy, which was officially launched this week on 8 December, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

“The old saying will always be true: ‘Where there are religious, there is joy!’,” stated Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter to All Consecrated People, just before declaring 2015 the Year of Consecrated Life.

If there is a group within the Archdiocese of Perth that took Pope Francis at his word, it is the Vietnamese Catholic Community, whose celebration marking the approaching end of the Year of Consecrated life was last month a resounding success.

As one walks through the premises of The Shopfront in Maylands during a busy weekday, it is immediately evident that the volunteers are the very heartbeat that pumps life through the Archdiocesan LifeLink organisation.

The effects of climate change and the resolve to find a solution has last week prompted Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe to join other local and national religious leaders to sign the Catholic Climate Petition.

This year’s Embrace the Grace (ETG) Youth Conference is set to once again provide youth from across the Archdiocese aged 16 to 30 with the opportunity to explore faith, life and culture through a mixture of talks, workshops, music, drama and prayer.

A music video of a skateboarding Franciscan, who spent 14 years living in Western Australia, received an Emmy at the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on November 7.

The Filipino Catholic community from across the Archdiocese of Perth last month came together at St Mary’s Cathedral for the first time to celebrate the instalment of a monthly Mass in honour of their culture and faith.