The Emmanuel Centre and the Catholic Ministry for Deaf and Hard of Hearing have this month come together as a community, in response to the Archbishop’s blueprint for bringing the Church to Christ and Christ to the Church. The Way Forward was launched in parishes across Perth on September 19 and 20, inviting the Perth Catholic community to respond to a questionnaire that will in turn guide the pastoral needs of the Archbishop and the Archdiocese in the years to come.

The pursuit to support and nurture women in times of need is behind Santa Maria College graduate Madison Boot’s decision to study at The University of Notre Dame Australia’s Fremantle Campus.

More than 100 people from across Perth last weekend gathered to honour the work done by the Right to Life Association Western Australia. The 35th Annual Dinner, which was held at the Pagoda Restaurant in Como, served to support the independent, non-denominational group that lobbies state and federal government in defence of life of all human beings from conception until natural death.

The St Vincent de Paul Society in WA is seeing more and more people falling into poverty and, with an ever-increasing demand for its services, it has recognised a need to undergo some major changes moving forward. St Vincent de Paul Society CEO Mark Fitzpatrick said that, in 2014 alone, the society delivered material assistance to 38,243 people in WA, and provided $8.35 million in direct support to people in the WA community.

Music lovers had the opportunity to support the education of girls in Bangalore, India, while being treated to the tones of one of Western Australia’s most talented musical families at Infant Jesus Morley Parish recently.

Cup Cakes, fresh scones, tea and gourmet sandwiches were just some of the delicious food served at the recent High Tea hosted by Identitywa to mark Carers Week 2015.

MercyCare is celebrating Children’s Week for a special reason later this month, having recently launched a new fund to support children in care.

When then 11-year-old Amy McCabe first encountered Sisters from the Missionary of God’s Love (MGL) community in 2008, she recalls feeling drawn not only by their jovial and loving nature, but also to their mission to youth, people living in poverty and those on the fringes of society.

Recent discoveries by academics and archaeology students from The University of Notre Dame Australia’s School of Arts & Sciences, Fremantle, are providing a glimpse into WA’s colonial past and the first settlers’ stories of hope and survival.

Three seminarians took a step closer to ordination recently following the visit of Geraldton Bishop Justin Bianchini to St Charles’ Seminary to install them as lectors.